Chapter 265

There were about 10 days left until New Year's Day, the cold wind was howling, and the weather was getting colder and colder.

Li Heng pulled up his collar, hunched his head, kept breathing white air into his palms, and ran all the way into Old Li's Restaurant.

As soon as he entered, he bumped into the boss, and he asked: "Master Li, which private room is my classmate in?"

Because the food here was delicious, close to the school, and the prices were affordable, the two joint dormitories had long since made this their secret gathering base, and the boss knew them all.

Master Li was a bit hunched, smiled and pointed to the window seat on the second floor: "Private room 202."

Li Heng went up to the second floor along the stairs, pushed open the door to private room 202, and found that everyone had arrived, sitting there neatly; hearing movement at the door, they all turned their heads neatly to look at him.

"Holy crap! Our Fudan's number one handsome guy has finally arrived, Brother Heng, if you didn't come, I was planning to take them all to drink the northwest wind to pad our stomachs." As Le Yao's boyfriend, Watching Li Guoyi was naturally the protagonist tonight; while saying "Holy crap," he stood up and enthusiastically pulled Li Heng inside.

Li Heng looked at his watch, 3 minutes late, and said apologetically: "Something came up, delayed a bit."

Then he gave the birthday gift to Le Yao, "Le Yao, happy birthday, I wish you eternal youth and beauty."

"Thank you!" Le Yao stood up to take the gift and gave back two candies.

Li Heng asked: "Is this a custom from your hometown?"

"Yes, not to let everyone leave empty-handed," Le Yao said with a smile.

After he finished giving the gift, Watching Li Guoyi pushed him to Dai Qing's side, "Brother Heng, sit here, we've saved a seat for you."

"Mm."

Li Heng hummed, sat down without any burden; in the past, he always sat with Dai Qing, and this time was no exception, he felt it was normal.

However, the reactions of the two joint dormitories were different; having spent so long together, everyone now knew that Dai Qing had a crush on Li Heng. And Li Heng had a girlfriend, so arranging them together was still a bit uneasy.

In the end, Watching Li Guoyi overruled all objections, saying that Brother Heng wasn't the kind of petty person who would deliberately avoid Dai Qing.

After Li Heng sat down, Le Yao said to him: "Li Heng, we've all ordered dishes, just waiting for you, you order a few you like."

Li Heng asked: "How many dishes did you order?"

Le Yao listed them like family treasures: "There are already 16 dishes."

Then she marked the ordered dishes one by one on the menu with a ballpoint pen to avoid repetition.

Li Heng browsed through it quickly and said: "No need to order more, we can't finish so many dishes."

At this time, Watching Li Guoyi leaned over, patted his pocket, and said heroically: "Brother Heng, must order, today no one can be left out, everyone must order, don't worry, you can't eat me and Le Yao poor, money is plentiful, it's already prepared!"

Unable to refuse, Li Heng said with a smile: "Fine, you're Le Yao's man, I have to give you this face, then let's have the tea tree mushroom and old duck soup, haven't eaten this dish for a long time."

Le Yao checked the tea tree mushroom and old duck soup and persuaded: "You order one more, 17 dishes doesn't sound good, let's make it 18, four seasons of prosperity, everyone prospers together."

"The meaning is quite good, then let's have some baby cabbage." For the last dish, Li Heng picked the cheapest one.

When Le Yao returned to her seat, Li Heng found that Dai Qing, sitting next to him, was staring at him without blinking, so he took the initiative to greet her, "Classmate Dai Qing, don't you recognize me after a few days?"

"How could I not, I smell alcohol on you, did you already eat before coming?" Dai Qing asked.

Hearing this, everyone at the table cast their eyes over.

The male compatriots all clamored to express their dissatisfaction, saying that he usually didn't get drunk when drinking, yet he actually drank outside before coming; this was looking down on them.

Watching Li Guoyi shouted at the top of his lungs: "Brother Heng, everyone said they wanted to drink to their heart's content with you tonight, you wouldn't be almost drunk already, would you?"

Li Heng didn't hide it: "Something came up today, I did eat with friends, but it won't affect me drinking with you tonight."

Watching Li Guoyi bent down to pick up two new beers from the ground and opened them: "Great, come, Brother Heng, I'll toast you a bottle alone! We're brothers, what a pity if we don't chug a bottle?"

"Drink up! Drink up!" Everyone cheered, banging on the table, cheering him on.

"Fine, for the sake of your words, I'll drink this wine even if I have to crawl on the ground." Li Heng took the wine, cleared his throat, and then tilted his head back and drank it in one gulp.

Although he had already drunk several bottles of beer at home, one more was nothing; he drank it in one breath.

Watching Li Guoyi was not to be outdone, finishing at about the same time; in the end, this guy flipped the bottle and shook it: "Brother Heng, not a drop left, ha."

Li Heng also tilted his bottle, and there was not a drop left either.

With this chugging as a start, the atmosphere in the private room suddenly became heated.

Under the constant urging of Watching Li Guoyi and Le Yao running up and down, the dishes were soon served, all of which were the signature and specialty dishes of Old Li's Restaurant.

Among them were several game dishes, which the boss said were authentic mountain goods from his hometown in the Northeast.

The boss was a Northeasterner who had worked as a head chef in a state-run hotel, and his wife was a local from Shanghai, so everyone believed this statement a little bit.

When the 18 dishes were all served, Watching Li Guoyi and Le Yao stood up together, raised their glasses to the people in the two joint dormitories and said: "Today is very special for us, it has extraordinary significance, thank you brothers and sisters for coming to support us, I, Old Li, am putting it out there, brothers! Sisters! Let's go wild, tonight I seek to be drunk! If you have the guts, drink me under the table!"

"Damn it! So arrogant? I'm going all out tonight!" Li Guang was the first to roll up his sleeves, indicating that he would definitely support this round to the end.

"Crap! Old Li, you're going too far, not taking me, Old Zhou from the Northeast, seriously, get ready, I'll allow you to eat something to pad your stomach first, if I don't drink you under the table tonight, I'll run 20 laps around the playground tomorrow." Zhou Zhangming moved 10 bottles of beer from the ground to the table in one breath, his determination already evident.

"Exactly, Old Li, you're only 175, how much can that skinny belly hold? Who are you looking down on? Count me, Old Hu, in, I must teach you, kid who doesn't know the height of the sky and the depth of the earth, how to write the word 'submit'." Hu Ping was originally a drinking enthusiast, with this opportunity, how could he let it go, he had to get involved!

Watching Li Guoyi was very wild today, facing the threats of the three, he was not afraid at all, stood on the stool and said: "Who else? Tell me, who else? Can you be more manly? Come a few more?"

"I can't take it anymore! I'm going to start beating!" Tang Dailing was provoked and also took a few bottles of beer and put them in front of him.

"I'll take one." The girl Liu Yanling was the first to respond.

"I like this scene, exciting! Count me in." Sun Xiaoye's name matched her personality, she was very wild, eager to try, her expression very excited.

Zhang Bing kindly advised: "Old Li, you won't be able to end this if you go on like this."

Watching Li Guoyi patted his belly, winked and said: "Brother Bing, are you coming or not?"

Zhang Bing said: "I'll let you off for now, if they can't drink you under the table, it won't be too late for me to join."

"OK! OKOK! Oh, damn OK! Brother Bing, you're the biggest here, you have the final say."

Watching Li Guoyi gestured a few OKs and turned to Li Heng: "Brother Heng, I won't provoke you, you're especially mysterious in my eyes, I'm afraid I can't beat you, if I end up as a corpse later, give me a hand, don't let your brother sleep on the ground, it's easy to freeze your junk in this cold weather."

Everyone was collectively speechless, the boys laughed out loud, the girls rolled their eyes repeatedly.

Le Yao chided: "You've only drunk one bottle of beer with Li Heng, and you're already talking nonsense."

Li Heng looked up and asked: "Old Hu and Old Zhou are both drinking tanks, can you really do it?"

"Damn! I've been hiding my drinking capacity all along, my highest record for liquor is 2 jin, you have to believe me." Watching Li Guoyi patted his chest until it sounded like a drum.

That arrogant posture made even Li Heng's hands itch to hit someone.

After Watching Li Guoyi's wave of provocative operations, the dinner party entered its climax from this second.

The male compatriots of 325 were afraid that Watching Li Guoyi would try to be brave and not last long, and would refuse to drink anymore after getting drunk, so they scrambled to drink with this guy, saying they wanted to be the last straw that broke Watching Li Guoyi.

Liu Yanling used her 36D to lead the way; Hu Ping, Li Guang, and Tang Dailing gave her face and let her chug a bottle with Old Li first.

Sun Xiaoye said indignantly: "Don't you know ladies first? Don't you know what a gentleman is? Let me be the second."

Seeing this, the male compatriots had to put down their wine bottles for now and cheer for Sun Xiaoye!

Today's atmosphere had no buffer period and entered a tragic stage directly. It wasn't until Watching Li Guoyi, this troublemaker, caught Li Guang and Hu Ping to force them to drink that Li Heng had time to observe the situation inside the private room.

Tang Dailing and Wei Sisi were sitting together; the two had officially announced they were together not long ago, and at this moment they were whispering, their hands held under the table, looking very sweet.

On Zhang Bing's left and right were his old partners Sun Xiaoye and Cai Yuanyuan.

Hu Ping, who said last night that he was tired of chasing and wanted to rest, ran over to sit with Wei Xiaozhu again tonight.

Ever since Li Guang failed to compete with Watching Li Guoyi for Le Yao, he chose Zhao Meng, who also didn't have a partner, for every gathering; perhaps because they were both people falling on hard times, the two were unexpectedly compatible.

It was just unexpected to everyone that tonight, the 36D Liu Yanling was not as resistant to Zhou Zhangming's frequent picking of food for her as before, and the two even drank several glasses in a row.

Perhaps because of the resentment hidden in his heart after failing to compete for Le Yao, Li Guang was completely at war with Watching Li Guoyi tonight; the two went back and forth, and before long, each had drunk 5 bottles of beer.

Le Yao kept urging them to drink slower, drink slower.

Unfortunately, it was useless! Li Guang and Watching Li Guoyi were both in the mood, and neither was convinced by the other!

Hu Ping and Zhou Zhangming didn't think it was a big deal and joined in the drinking on the side. The same went for Liu Yanling and Sun Xiaoye, who were clapping and cheering.

For a while, it was noisy, like a vegetable market.

"Are you okay?" Seeing him resting against the chair, Dai Qing asked.

Li Heng shook his head, "I'm fine, haven't seen Old Li and Li Guang get along like this for a long time, it's rare."

Dai Qing lowered her voice and asked: "Are you talking about the competition for Le Yao back then?"

"Mm." Li Heng nodded.

Don't look at how Li Guang and Watching Li Guoyi seemed to have reconciled on the surface.

But everyone knew clearly in their hearts that for nearly two months, Li Guang never spoke to Watching Li Guoyi in private.

It even developed to the point where Li Guang would automatically avoid any occasion where Watching Li Guoyi was present.

Including the usual joint dormitory gatherings and the lying-down chats and reading clubs on the grass, Li Guang didn't participate.

Later, it was the girls' joint dormitory that sent the two great beauties Wei Xiaozhu and Dai Qing as representatives to talk to Li Guang, and their relationship gradually warmed up.

Drinking, chatting, and laughing, time passed the easiest.

And so, more than an hour passed without knowing it.

At this moment, the sky outside was completely dark, and the nearby restaurants and streets were bustling. It seemed as if today was an unusual day, as the private rooms 201 and 203 next door were also crowded with people, both men and women, and bursts of laughter came through the walls from time to time; one could tell they were Fudan students.

During this period, two senior students even specifically came over to see Li Heng, wanting to see what the junior who was going to be on the Spring Festival Gala actually looked like.

One senior in blue, relying on her looks, was the boldest; ignoring the gazes of the two joint dormitories, she walked up to Li Heng and asked: "You're Li Heng, right?

It's truly like thunder to the ears, I heard two months ago that a remarkable handsome guy had appeared among the freshmen, hehe, I apologize for the intrusion, please don't mind."

As soon as Li Heng saw her, he knew that this senior had drunk a lot tonight, otherwise she would absolutely not have had the guts.

Upholding the principle of not hitting a smiling face, he said: "Hello, senior."

The senior in blue brought her own beer and glass and asked: "Can we have a drink together?"

"Of course."

In a crowded occasion, Li Heng didn't refuse her request and drank a glass with the senior very readily.

After drinking, the senior stared at him for a long time, and in the end, her eyes flowed as she asked:

"Junior, I'm a local from Shanghai, I know where it's fun, want to go play together this weekend?"

As soon as these words came out, the private room went silent instantly.

Even Li Guang, who was drunk and lying on the table, barely opened his eyelids to see who this senior was.

How could she be so bold?

Liu Yanling muttered, "Cut! What's the use of being better looking than me, her chest is at least 2 sizes smaller than mine, and she has the nerve to say it."

Zhou Zhangming was confused, "Yanling, what are you saying?"

Liu Yanling said: "I'm saying this senior is daydreaming."

Zhou Zhangming nodded solemnly; this senior was indeed a bit pretty.

Also, if she were mediocre-looking, she wouldn't dare to have designs on Old Li.

But obviously, these designs were aimed at the wrong place.

In Zhou Zhangming's view, if it were an ordinary boy, he should be able to get her easily, but for Old Li, there was absolutely no chance.

Sure enough, Li Heng euphemistically refused: "Sorry! Senior, I'm going to see my partner this weekend."

With one sentence, the senior in blue turned red, and under the cover of her companions, she fled the scene in a sorry state.

"Holy crap! Brother Heng is worthy of being our Fudan's number one handsome guy, truly awesome, even she was rejected!" Watching Li Guoyi spat as he spoke, giving Li Heng two thumbs up with a look of admiration.

Sun Xiaoye asked: "Watching Li Guoyi, you know this senior? What's her background?"

Watching Li Guoyi dragged out a long tone and said: "Of course I know her, I've even eaten at the same occasion, heh, her background is huge.

Her name is Huang Tian, before the big and small kings of our grade entered the school, she was a relatively famous flower at Fudan.

But her beauty is not the most critical thing, her family connections are awesome to the grandmother's house, even my uncle greets her with a smile every time he sees her."

These words completely hung everyone's curiosity, and they chased him with questions.

But Watching Li Guoyi said it was a taboo and just wouldn't open his mouth to continue.

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10,500 words updated, continuing tomorrow. Posting first and editing later.

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