Chapter 267: Li Heng vs. Yu Shuheng, an excessive bet (Seeking votes)

Just as guessed, the dog meat hot pot was indeed being prepared by Chen Siya.

Old Fu was helping out on the side, but he was completely overwhelmed, so he called Mai Sui and Zhou Shihe in as soon as they met.

Yu Shuheng was currently using a corkscrew to open a bottle of red wine.

Li Heng leaned over to take a look, and oh boy! It was Petrus.

His eyes lit up: "Teacher, I've already eaten two meals tonight and originally came just to tag along and make up the numbers. You opening such good wine, aren't you seducing me?"

Yu Shuheng gave a light glance at someone, "Teacher seducing you?"

"Yes, uh, no, it's the wine, the red wine." Li Heng couldn't describe the look he had just seen, to the point that his focus was a bit scattered.

After focusing intently on finishing with the red wine cap, Yu Shuheng finally had time to ask him: "How many days do you plan to stay in Jingcheng?"

Li Heng answered truthfully: "Two to three days. Does Teacher have something on?"

Yu Shuheng took two plane tickets out of her pocket and gave them to him: "On the 1st, try your best to rush to Changsha. Teacher has something she needs your help with."

Li Heng took the tickets and looked; one was for the 28th.

The other was a ticket for 8:00 AM on the 1st.

Li Heng asked tentatively: "Teacher, what is it?"

Yu Shuheng revealed her icy side and didn't respond.

Li Heng was speechless and said in an uncertain tone: "I told my family I was going over to spend New Year's with them; I might not be able to make it back in time."

Hearing this, Yu Shuheng turned her head, stared straight into his eyes, and after a long while, said something meaningful:

"Your mother said that the Chen family can be ignored, the Chen girl's past can be let bygones be bygones, and Mr. Li's illness can continue to be treated."

"If you want to be closer to your family, she can have your father and the doctor brought to Hushi together for one-on-one treatment."

Li Heng was stunned and only managed to squeeze out a sentence after a long while: "Which mother?"

Yu Shuheng said with a half-smile: "Which other mother could it be? Of course, it's Shen Xin."

Li Heng's face twitched: "Teacher, you're joking, right? Don't scare me, my health isn't good."

Yu Shuheng withdrew her gaze, "Health isn't good, yet you can stay in the shower room for over 20 minutes?"

Li Heng: "."

He stared unblinkingly at the woman in front of him, wanting to catch a flaw in her micro-expressions, but unfortunately, things went against his wishes; she was just an iceberg, cold and colder, what the hell else could you expect?

His brain raced, wondering if Teacher was just trying to scare him.

Or, was it really said by Aunt Shen Xin?

If it really was said by Aunt Shen, then he needed to find an opportunity to clarify his relationship with Yu Laoshi to her.

Can't delay any longer!

And if it was Yu Laoshi's own intention, then things became complicated, and for a moment, he didn't dare to be sure what exactly she wanted to do.

With a thousand thoughts, yet they were within arm's reach, Li Heng gathered his composure and asked: "For what?"

This was a soul-searching question:

First, since the misunderstanding is already so deep, why doesn't Teacher go and explain the situation to Aunt Shen?

Second, is Teacher asking him to leave Jingcheng on New Year's Day intentional? Does she not want him to stay with Zijin for long?

As for the third question, both knew it well; it could only be understood, not spoken.

Seeing him a bit anxious, Yu Shuheng changed from her icy face, smiled like a spring breeze, stepped closer, leaned into his ear, and said, "Little boy, if I were jealous, what could you do?"

After saying this, she didn't give him a chance to react, walked away elegantly, and entered the kitchen.

The voice just now was pleasant and melodious, but to Li Heng's ears, it sounded like a devil—there was teasing, probing, cunning, and a truth or falsehood that couldn't be distinguished.

He felt this truth or falsehood could switch at any time, all depending on Yu Laoshi's mood.

Looking down at the two plane tickets in his hand again, Li Heng suddenly felt they weren't so appealing. After thinking about it, he placed them on the counter, pressing them down with the red wine bottle.

Regardless of whether it was true or false, he couldn't afford to provoke Yu Laoshi.

He couldn't give up on Zijin.

He didn't have any great abilities, just one merit: he was sentimental about old times.

Moreover, Zijin was his woman for a lifetime in his previous life; she had borne him a son and a daughter, and even in old age, she never complained about her status, at most loving to bicker with Xiao Han.

Women, unless they are saints, jealousy is normal; he had always been relatively tolerant of this.

Whether it was Xiao Han or Zijin, they had both grasped his temperament; bickering was bickering, but they would never let things reach a point of no return.

The dog meat hot pot was brought up, and the rest of the dishes followed.

When the drunkard Old Fu went to get the red wine, he saw the two tickets on the counter and subconsciously wanted to shout, "Whose are these?", but was stopped by Chen Siya on the side.

Old Fu looked at his fiancée, bewildered.

Chen Siya gave him a look.

Old Fu understood and didn't mention the tickets again, until Li Heng, Mai Sui, and Zhou Shihe finished eating and left, when he reminded Yu Shuheng:

"Shuheng, there are two plane tickets on the counter."

Hearing this, Yu Shuheng sat quietly for a while, then later took the tickets from her best friend and left.

Once she was far away, Old Fu asked confusedly: "Everyone is acting all weird, what's going on?"

Chen Siya was equally confused: "Don't ask me, if someone hadn't come to deliver the tickets to Shuheng, I wouldn't have known they were hers either."

Old Fu said: "Yu Laoshi is going to Jingcheng on the 28th?"

Chen Siya answered: "She has a ticket to Changsha on the 28th."

After these words, both were dumbfounded, not understanding what kind of mystery was hidden inside.

On the 27th, at the small building, Mai Sui, who had finished washing up and was lying on the bed, suddenly got up and said to her best friend: "I have something to find him about, I'll be back in a bit."

Zhou Shihe took a book, leaned against the headboard, and said okay.

Mai Sui had keys to both the 27th and 26th small buildings, so she didn't need anyone to follow her to close or open doors; she could open the door from the inside to go out, or lock it from the outside.

Before long, she went up to the second floor of the 26th small building, looked around, walked straight to the study, twisted the doorknob lightly, opened a crack, and poked her head in to find Li Heng pondering something.

Li Heng sensed the movement at the door, turned his head to glance, and said: "Come in, I'm not writing."

Mai Sui entered as told, then closed the door, walked toward him, and looked at him with a face full of worry.

With their eyes meeting, Li Heng put down the pen in his hand, "What's wrong?"

Mai Sui asked: "Did something happen between you and Yu Laoshi?"

Li Heng was surprised, "Why do you ask?"

Mai Sui said: "A woman's intuition."

Li Heng smiled, "Then tell me, what have you intuited?"

Mai Sui had indeed guessed this question, but couldn't guess the answer.

However, before the two could discuss it in depth, a knock on the door had already come from downstairs.

Mai Sui quickly walked to the balcony to check, came back, and said: "It's Yu Laoshi."

"Hmm."

Li Heng hummed and said: "Yu Laoshi has something on her mind today, don't overthink it."

Mai Sui tilted her head and asked seriously: "Really?"

Li Heng said: "With our relationship, how could I lie to you."

Mai Sui looked at him and believed him; she said: "Then I'll go first, I'm going to keep Shihe company."

"Hmm."

Li Heng hummed and followed her downstairs.

Opening the door, Mai Sui called out: "Teacher."

Yu Shuheng smiled and nodded at Mai Sui as usual, "Not staying a bit longer?"

Mai Sui used the same excuse: "It's so late, Shihe is home alone, I'm going back to keep her company."

Yu Shuheng nodded again and stepped aside.

Mai Sui walked out, and Li Heng followed to the alley outside; only after the 27th small building closed its door did he return home with peace of mind.

At this time, Yu Laoshi was no longer on the first floor; he closed the door and hurried to the second floor with various suspicions.

Huh, no one in the living room?

He looked around, but didn't find anyone.

After thinking, he went to check the secondary bedroom, but it was also empty.

Then he checked the attic, balcony, study, and other vacant rooms, but still no one.

Finally, Li Heng cast his gaze toward his master bedroom; that was the only place on the second floor he hadn't checked yet. He remembered he hadn't closed the door just now, right?

At this moment, the master bedroom door was closed. Could it be?

Li Heng was frightened by the thought in his mind!

After hesitating on the spot for a while, he finally walked toward the master bedroom. When he reached the door, he paused, then gripped the doorknob, twisted it open in one breath, and walked in.

Sure enough!

Sure enough, Yu Laoshi was in his bedroom.

Hearing the movement, Yu Shuheng, who was sitting on the chair, turned her head to glance at him, then began to take off her coat. Her movements were very slow and gentle, but it left Li Heng completely stunned.

After a short while, he came to his senses and called out in a low voice: "Teacher"

Yu Shuheng turned around, holding the coat she had just taken off, facing him, staring at him with a half-smile, and asked playfully after a long while: "Little boy, scared?"

In this dim environment, Li Heng subconsciously glanced at her chest, then secretly swallowed his saliva and said: "Teacher, stop messing around."

Yu Shuheng paced, one step, two steps, three steps...

When she took the fifth step, she had already reached him; the two were within arm's reach, the distance no more than a hand's breadth.

Facing each other, you look at me, I look at you; for a time, the bedroom was silent, and you could hear a pin drop.

After a long time, her red lips moved, and she opened her mouth to say: "The plane tickets and me, choose one."

Li Heng: "."

After another standoff, Li Heng was afraid he wouldn't be able to hold back, didn't dare to look into her eyes anymore, and chose to surrender: "The plane tickets."

Yu Shuheng asked: "I'm not as good as the plane tickets?"

Li Heng took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and said: "I'll endure for another 2 minutes."

Yu Shuheng smiled, turned around, sat directly on the edge of the bed, and then looked at him with ease.

Time passed, 1 minute went by.

2 minutes went by.

Li Heng opened his eyes, sat down on the sofa opposite her, sighed, and said: "I don't get it, the iceberg during the day and the enchantress now, which one is really you?"

Yu Shuheng asked eerily: "Which one do you like?"

Li Heng answered: "The iceberg."

Hearing this, Yu Shuheng stood up, put her coat back on, and said appreciatively: "Not bad, your willpower is okay, Runwen didn't misjudge you."

Li Heng rolled his eyes fiercely.

Yu Shuheng took the two plane tickets out of her pocket, placed them on the bedside table, and said: "I made a bet with Runwen this afternoon, and Teacher lost."

Li Heng was stunned, looked up and asked: "You lost, so you came to toy with me?"

Yu Shuheng laughed very happily: "You can go blame her when you go back. The plane tickets, including everything I said at Old Fu's house, as well as the probing just now, were all requirements she proposed. I just performed them exactly as they were."

Li Heng was speechless: "A man and a woman alone, are you really not afraid of playing too far?"

Hearing this, Yu Shuheng was silent.

A moment later, she whispered in his ear: "Little boy, if I really played too far, I would resign from my position as a teacher tomorrow, go to Hushi Medical University first, and then to Jingcheng."

Then, she reached out and squeezed firmly in front of him, indicating: "Although at Old Fu's house, the words about your Aunt Shen were fake, it is true that she has taken a fancy to you."

Li Heng: "."

He had actually guessed this point; otherwise, Aunt Shen wouldn't have been so attentive to him.

It was probably for this reason, coupled with the fact that the two had slept in the same bed, and had seen each other by accident, that made her have fewer scruples.

However, he really wanted to know, did this teacher in front of him actually have a mole on her lower abdomen?

When he dreamed of her, she was wearing clothes.

The clothes-changing incident, the time was too short, his brain was muddled and chaotic at that time, his attention wasn't on the lower abdomen position at all, okay? So he was still left with many suspicions.

"What are you thinking about?"

Yu Shuheng, who said this, had returned to her iceberg appearance, staring at him expressionlessly, her eyes full of danger signals.

Li Heng lay down on his bed and said helplessly: "Yu Laoshi, I regret it, the iceberg is too boring, you should change back to the enchantress state."

Yu Shuheng looked at him for a while, then turned and left the master bedroom.

As she left, she didn't forget to remind him: "Close the door."

Li Heng blurted out: "Not going to rest in the next room?"

Yu Shuheng didn't answer and left.

After a while, Li Heng, who didn't want to move, struggled to get up and went to the first floor to close the door.

25th small building, second-floor living room.

Yu Shuheng first brewed a cup of coffee, then sat in front of the sofa, reached for the landline, grabbed the red receiver, and began to dial.

"Ding-a-ling"

"Ding-a-ling"

"."

After waiting for a long time, the call finally went through.

Before she could speak, a sneer came from the other side: "I thought you wouldn't call tonight, heh."

Yu Shuheng took a sip of coffee, "Got impatient waiting?"

Wang Runwen asked: "Did you do as I said?"

Yu Shuheng said unhurriedly: "Learning to trust others is an excellent quality."

"Hehe!"

Wang Runwen chuckled and mocked: "It's 8 minutes to 11."

Yu Shuheng glanced at the bedroom across the door and said leisurely: "Your eye for people is good, his endurance is quite good, the bedroom took a bit of time."

Wang Runwen's tone couldn't help but rise by several decibels, "What do you mean?"

Yu Shuheng said: "Literal meaning."

"Bang!"

The phone hung up abruptly.

Yu Shuheng looked at the receiver in her hand, put it back, then leaned on the sofa, continuing to drink coffee in small sips, looking like she had everything under control, seemingly not in a hurry at all.

"Ding-a-ling"

"Ding-a-ling"

15 minutes later, the phone on the coffee table rang again.

Yu Shuheng smiled silently, waited until the phone rang for the 6th time, and then slowly picked it up, "What now?"

"Bed check!" Wang Runwen bit these two words very hard.

Yu Shuheng chuckled, "Although I lost the bet to you this afternoon, I've won against you too many times over these years. Runwen, you haven't changed a bit. Why don't you come to Hushi?"

Wang Runwen sneered repeatedly, "Come to Hushi for what? To be a maid and serve you guys?"

Yu Shuheng tapped her finger, "No need, I don't fancy him."

"Heh! You even did such an excessive bet as I asked, are you still the cold Yu Shuheng I know?" Wang Runwen grabbed her pigtail and attacked her relentlessly, which could be called heart-piercing words.

Yu Shuheng said: "I'm helping you test your eye for people."

Wang Runwen asked, "How was the result tested by taking off clothes?"

Yu Shuheng said: "Just asking how the result was is fine, don't you think the words before that are too sour?"

Wang Runwen's eyes narrowed: "If you hang up the phone again, it's a break-up."

Yu Shuheng automatically filtered these words and recounted everything that happened tonight exactly as it was, without adding or subtracting, without any embellishment.

After finishing, she played with the coffee cup in her hand and didn't speak again.

After digesting this for a good while, Wang Runwen teased: "So, your charm has failed in front of him?"

"Don't be happy too soon; he secretly swallowed his saliva four times." Yu Shuheng said this slowly, her voice clear.

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