Chapter 272: Mai Sui, the strength-admiring Ye Zhanyan (Seeking subscriptions!)

After watching the rehearsal for a while, Li Heng asked Zhou Shihe: "You are also a judge tonight."

"Hmm." Zhou Shihe hummed.

Li Heng asked: "Who else are the judges?"

Zhou Shihe shook her head, saying gently: "Heard there are 6, Ye Xuejie is one of them, don't know who the other 3 are."

"6? I remember Ye Xuejie said 5 before." Li Heng thought he heard wrong.

Zhou Shihe looked at him, didn't argue.

Ye Zhanyan came over, saying to the two: "The number of contestants is relatively large, and the weather is cold, starting at 6 tonight, you guys sit in the middle of the first row then, that's the judge's seat."

Li Heng asked: "No school leaders coming?"

Ye Zhanyan said: "Have, they sit in the second row."

Then she looked at Li Heng and asked: "Heard from Sun Manning that you sing very well, even sang in front of all teachers and students in high school, why don't you go up and sing a song as a warm-up before the competition starts?"

Damn, Comrade Sun Manning, can you be a person?

Singing on the podium in high school was forced, okay, the whole dormitory of boys was punished, why didn't you say it all, how can you break the context?

Li Heng refused tactfully: "Ye Xuejie, my throat is a bit sore, you find someone else."

Ye Zhanyan smiled and teased: "Finding someone who sings is easy, but none have your weight, nor your effect, you are a big shot going on the Spring Festival Gala, the whole Fudan University is spreading it crazy now, didn't you see many girls secretly aiming at you?"

Li Heng was speechless.

Then before Li Heng could reply, she leaned forward slightly, clenched her right fist and encouraged, "Such a handsome man, be generous, don't push and pull, Manning said you sing 'Honghu Water Waves' particularly well, how about that one?"

Looking at each other for half a while, Li Heng finally said humorously: "Sigh, fine, Ye Xuejie, you really know how to talk, praised me like this, not giving face to a handsome guy seems not very good."

Ye Zhanyan beamed, "Right, should be like this, looking so good should show up more, many girls actually like looking at handsome guys."

Li Heng: "."

Zhou Shihe: "."

Mai Sui came over.

Ye Zhanyan glanced at Mai Sui, smiled and said she had something on, greeted and left.

Watching Ye Xuejie leave, Mai Sui asked: "Did she ask you to go up and sing?"

Li Heng nodded, told about the matter just now, finally pretending to complain: "Hey, help me call Sun Manning over later, I have to settle the account with her, why such a big mouth?"

Mai Sui smiled softly, "Can't blame Manning entirely, she was drunk last night and was trapped into talking."

It was like this, there were many people here, he didn't ask deeply.

Mai Sui raised her right wrist to check the time, and said to the two, "Almost time for dinner, let's go eat first, come back early later."

She was the host tonight, indeed had to arrive early, Li Heng and Zhou Shihe naturally had no opinion, following her time.

Walking out of Xianghui Hall, Li Heng asked: "Not calling Manning and Ye Ning?" 【272-30

Mai Sui said: "The two of them are hiding from you now; they won't come."

Li Heng suddenly saw the light: "So, Ye Ning was also involved in instigating me to go up and sing?"

Mai Sui smiled: "One of the main forces."

When they reached the small fork in the road, he asked: "Two beautiful ladies, where shall we go to eat? Outside campus or the canteen?"

Mai Sui was still thinking about the two spicy dishes at home: "Let's go outside campus and pack a few dishes to take back; if we don't eat those two dishes at home, they'll be wasted overnight."

"Sure, I'll listen to you." If she hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten.

As for why they were packing food from outside, that was Mai Sui being thoughtful; she was afraid that if Shihe watched them eat later, she wouldn't have a good meal, so the food they packed would definitely be hearty dishes without chili.

When they returned to Lushan Village after getting their food, they happened to run into Yu Laoshi on the balcony. He looked up and asked politely: "Teacher, have you eaten? Want to eat a little together?"

After her gaze swept over Zhou Shihe and Mai Sui, Yu Shuheng smiled and said yes, then turned and came downstairs.

Li Heng raised an eyebrow and muttered to himself in jest: "Ouch, I was just being polite earlier; I didn't expect her to actually come. I'll consciously eat less later so I don't take up the two ladies' portions."

Zhou Shihe looked at him with a clever smile and remained silent on the side.

Mai Sui was also amused: "Eat as much as you want; there should be enough food for the four of us."

After Yu Laoshi came down, the four of them opened the door and entered the small building No. 26. At this time, as soon as Mai Sui changed her shoes, she headed straight for the kitchen to heat up those two spicy dishes.

As the host, Li Heng didn't rest either; he followed into the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks and even brewed a pot of tea, prioritizing hospitality.

Before long, the dishes were on the table. Mai Sui said to Yu Shuheng, who could eat some spice: "Teacher, these two spicy dishes were brought back by Li Heng from a restaurant at noon. They haven't been touched by chopsticks yet, so they're clean."

The young lady was being kind, hinting that these weren't leftovers or contaminated food, so Yu Laoshi could eat them without worry.

But as soon as she finished speaking, there was an eerie silence at the table.

Zhou Shihe glanced at Li Heng without a trace, then glanced at Yu Shuheng. A scene couldn't help but emerge in her mind: at noon, she saw Aunt Shen and a bodyguard each carrying some dishes into small building No. 25 from the piano room window, and not long after, someone brought two dishes out.

If there were no surprises, these were the two spicy dishes on the table.

Yu Shuheng, who knew the score, smiled elegantly. She didn't point it out either, reached out with her chopsticks to pick up some spicy food, and said: "Mai Sui, Shihe, you two start eating. It's cold, otherwise it'll easily get cold."

Zhou Shihe picked up her chopsticks, picked up some food, put it in her bowl, and ate in small bites.

Mai Sui handed him a pair of chopsticks and then also tried the spicy food. After one bite, she couldn't help but praise: "This food is delicious. Which restaurant did you pack this from, Li Heng?"

Hearing this, Zhou Shihe and Yu Shuheng looked at Li Heng in unison. The former purely wanted to see how he would answer.

As for Yu Laoshi, her gaze carried a playful tone.

However, the two ladies clearly underestimated Li Heng's thick skin. He casually named a slightly larger restaurant and then said:

"It's okay, but my cooking isn't worse than this. If you want to eat it in the future, I'll make it for you."

He really just casually named a big restaurant, believing that Mai Sui wouldn't go and ask at all, even if the food she packed from this restaurant in the future didn't taste the same. He could just say, perhaps it wasn't made by the same chef.

Of course, there was a loophole: if you know how to make it, why do you still pack it from other restaurants?

But the law doesn't state that a chef can't go to other restaurants to eat, right? Can't one just be lazy?

After this incident, Yu Laoshi had a new understanding of someone's thick skin and ability to lie.

Zhou Shihe lowered her head and smiled, continuing to eat.

Actually, Mai Sui was even smarter than the three people at the table thought. When Li Heng just said the name of the restaurant, she knew he was lying.

There was no special reason.

Because over the three years of high school, every time he lied, his left hand would have a subtle little movement that wasn't noticeable unless you looked closely. But after being in contact with each other so much, and her observing him in secret so much, she could perceive it.

However, Mai Sui was a kind and considerate person and wouldn't grab onto this pigtail and not let go. She felt that since Li Heng lied, there must be an incentive for lying.

After dinner, Yu Laoshi went to attend to her own affairs.

Li Heng, Mai Sui, and Zhou Shihe returned to Xianghui Hall.

Unlike the emptiness of the afternoon, the auditorium was now packed with people, filled with noise, and very lively.

As soon as they entered, Mai Sui was called away by the Student Union's Minister of Culture and Entertainment to go backstage for makeup.

Li Heng discovered Li Guoyi and Le Yao waving at him, so he said to Zhou Shihe beside him: "You go to the front first; I'll come over in a while."

Zhou Shihe said gently that was fine, and amidst the admiring gazes of rows of boys, she calmly walked through the crowd and went to the first row to take a seat.

"Who is that woman? So beautiful."

"Nonsense, can she not be beautiful? That's our Fudan's Great Queen. You kid, keep your voice down; it'll be a joke if people hear you."

"Damn! If I had known, I would have applied to Fudan University with you back then. None of us at Jiaotong can compare."

"Who was bragging to me last time that your Jiaotong beauties are like clouds?"

"Last time? Was there a last time? Damn! Who is that woman again? Why is she so pure? I want to fall in love just by looking at her!"

"Which one?"

"The one in the 4th row of the right group, wearing a plaid yellow coat and talking to a boy."

"That's our school's Little Wang, named Wei Xiaozhu, with a first-love face on top. Can she not be pure? Does your school have anyone at this level? Hehe, no, right."

"Damn it! Stop showing off. Who is that man? Plaid Yellow is even taking the initiative to give her bubble gum?"

"Are you envious? You can't be envious. That's Li Heng. He's our school's top student and is going to be on the Spring Festival Gala this year."

"Damn! He's Li Heng? The one from 'The Original Scenery of Hometown'?"

"You guys at Jiaotong have heard of him too?"

"Many girls are spreading it. Damn! I don't know how these girls set their sights on your Fudan. It's really bitter for us Jiaotong boys."

Bubble gum—this was the first time Li Heng had come into contact with this stuff in this life. It was full of the taste of childhood, and it looked intimate just by looking at it.

He grabbed 4 pieces from Wei Xiaozhu's palm: "That's enough, otherwise you'll be out."

Li Guoyi winked from the side and said: "Brother Heng, Beauty Wei is also participating in the competition today. You have to give her a high score."

Li Heng was surprised and turned to Wei Xiaozhu: "You're participating too?"

A helpless smile appeared on Wei Xiaozhu's face: "My aunt signed me up. She said I was too quiet and wanted me to come out and be active."

Li Heng looked around: "Where is your aunt?"

Wei Xiaozhu said: "She hasn't come yet. I've already saved a seat for her; she'll be here in a while."

No wonder, no wonder Hu Ping didn't dare to sit next to Wei Xiaozhu today and automatically sat in the back.

Le Yao said: "Li Heng, which day are you going to CCTV for rehearsals?"

Li Heng replied: "Still about half a month."

Le Yao said: "I mentioned you to my family on the phone yesterday, saying I have a classmate who is going to be on the Spring Festival Gala this year. You have to work hard, okay? My family is very curious about you."

Li Heng showed his clean and tidy teeth and smiled very brightly: "No problem, I will definitely work hard."

After chatting with them for a while, Li Heng then said goodbye and left.

Before leaving, he also quickly glanced at Dai Qing, who had been lowering her head and not speaking, thinking to himself that this girl's skin was too thin.

After Li Heng walked far away, Wei Xiaozhu whispered to Dai Qing: "He's gone."

Dai Qing raised her head, glanced at him, and breathed a sigh of relief: "I was scared to death just now!"

Wei Xiaozhu put a piece of bubble gum into her friend's hand: "He's not a tiger, and he doesn't eat people. Why are you so afraid?"

Dai Qing squeezed the bubble gum and said in a voice only the two of them could hear: "Xiaozhu, I really envy you. If I were as beautiful as you, I would pursue him crazily."

"Ah?"

Wei Xiaozhu was stunned for a moment. Was this something a best friend could say?

She asked afterwards: "A joke?"

Dai Qing shook her head: "No, I'm serious."

Looking at each other, Wei Xiaozhu said: "Don't think narrowly. In many people's eyes, you are a beauty. Be more confident."

"Beautiful? Every time I appear with you, he rarely looks at me." Dai Qing mocked herself.

Wei Xiaozhu was silent. She had no experience with this kind of thing and didn't know how to comfort her for a moment.

Afraid that her friend would misunderstand, Dai Qing reached out and took Wei Xiaozhu's arm: "I'm not blaming you; I'm just stating an objective fact."

Wei Xiaozhu laughed: "I don't know if I should comfort you?"

"No need. You should take first place tonight and prove yourself with your strength," Dai Qing said.

Wei Xiaozhu didn't understand: "Prove what?"

Dai Qing analyzed: "Zhou Shihe plays the piano, Mai Sui has always been the host of various activities in our school, Liu Yue wants to go abroad and organized an English salon herself, which is very famous in the school.

Senior Ye is the Student Union President and I heard she is going to study at Cambridge University after the year. Our school has one Great Queen and four Little Queens, and you're the only one without any movement. You are the second most beautiful Little Queen; you have to work hard."

Wei Xiaozhu was between laughter and tears: "In order not to let down your little eyes, I will try my best."

Amidst the anticipation of the masses, the military singing competition, which had been planned for a month, began.

The judges' table was changed from the previous 5 to 6.

Li Heng swept his eyes roughly. Except for Zhou Shihe, Senior Ye, and the school Student Union's Minister of Culture and Entertainment, he didn't know the other male and female judges; they should be from higher grades.

Ye Zhanyan said to the Minister of Culture and Entertainment: "Shiqin, move over one seat."

The Minister of Culture and Entertainment looked at Li Heng with great interest and replied: "Don't have designs on me. In order to sit with the handsome guy, I didn't even go to the bathroom."

Li Heng: "..."

Zhou Shihe on the left was also speechless.

Ye Zhanyan turned her head and shouted to Zhao Menglong not far away: "Menglong, come over and chase her away."

The Minister of Culture and Entertainment was displeased and roared in a low voice: "Ye Zhanyan, you are too despicable to actually use Zhao Menglong to suppress me."

Ye Zhanyan laughed: "Who told you to have a crush on him? If you don't leave, I'll make this public."

The Minister of Culture and Entertainment bit her lip, rolled up her sleeves, and said: "Fine, you're ruthless! Handsome Li, I'll let you have it."

The Minister of Culture and Entertainment moved one seat to the right, Ye Zhanyan sat in, and then joked to Li Heng: "Shiqin is a fangirl; I'll help you separate from her."

Hearing this, the Minister of Culture and Entertainment kicked Ye Zhanyan under the table and threatened: "If you damage my image in front of the handsome guy again, I will make your affairs public, and we will both perish together."

Ye Zhanyan was unmoved: "I'm going abroad soon. If the fish dies, the net might not break."

Li Heng listened to the two of them bickering for a while. As the lights went out and came back on, he focused his attention on Mai Sui in the center of the stage.

Zhou Shihe was right—red best matched Mai Sui's inner charm: enchanting, noble, graceful, with a voice as soft as silk, full of charm, and charming just right. Once the eyes of the people under the stage were placed on her, they could never move away, making people involuntarily intoxicated by it.

Damn it! This is definitely a reincarnation of Su Daji!

Seeing him staring at Mai Sui in the center of the stage without blinking, Zhou Shihe tilted her head and glanced at him. For some reason, she suddenly thought of Xiao Han.

Ye Zhanyan whispered to Li Heng: "Mai Sui is naturally suitable for such big occasions. Beautiful."

Li Heng agreed with this.

Ye Zhanyan asked: "Will your girlfriend come over on the weekend?"

Li Heng replied: "I have something to do in Jingcheng on the weekend."

If it were in the past, Ye Zhanyan might have been surprised at why he could always skip class and the school wouldn't care.

But ever since she knew his identity as a great writer, she felt everything was so logical.

Many boys and girls under the stage were sighing that Mai Sui's changes were so great, feeling that every time she appeared, she had transformed, and every time she appeared, she was more feminine than the last party.

The boys were all intoxicated by Mai Sui's unparalleled style, dizzy.

But the girls who had partners couldn't help but feel indignant in their hearts: This vixen is becoming more and more seductive. Why doesn't God take her away and let her come out to harm people!

This was a singing competition, not a party. The host's opening remarks were very thoughtful, with only 3 minutes of content.

The school leaders were also sensible and knew what the students below liked and disliked. Their speeches on stage catered to everyone, simple and powerful.

After the leaders stepped down, Mai Sui and the male host went on stage again to broadcast, adding a series of titles to Li Heng and calling him on stage for a performance to liven things up.

Actually, Li Heng is now famous at Fudan University. He didn't need the host to introduce him at all. As soon as he stood up from his seat, the bottom was already boiling, cheering and applauding!

For a time, the entire Xianghui Hall was extremely lively.

Those who knew thought Li Heng was going on stage to sing; those who didn't thought some big shot had arrived.

Mai Sui handed him the microphone and whispered "Come on."

Li Heng responded and walked to the center of the stage.

Seeing the atmosphere below explode suddenly and seeing that he was so popular, Li Heng was a little happy in his heart and joked: "Ah! It seems everyone knows me. No need for self-introduction."

"No need, save the self-introduction for the Spring Festival Gala! Sing quickly! Sing quickly!"

"Li Heng, my friend wants to have a baby for you!"

"..."

The people below booed one after another, and the shouts came one after another. Everyone was very happy.

Li Heng smiled and said: "I was caught as a strong man, and I'm not very well prepared. I'll bring you a song 'Honghu Water Waves Hitting Waves'."

Applause below.

Being famous is good. No matter what you say, everyone below gives face.

The accompaniment sounded, Li Heng held the microphone with one hand to his mouth and began to sing:

Honghu water, waves, waves hitting waves

The shore of Honghu is, yes, yes, my hometown

I don't know when, Yu Laoshi Shuheng, who had finished her work, also rushed over. After listening to Li Heng sing the first two sentences, a thought couldn't help but arise in her heart: singing, composing, musical instruments, and writing—this little boy is proficient in everything. Is there anything he can't do?

Mai Sui had already seen the powerful side of Li Heng's singing, but she still stared at him without blinking, thinking: If he participated in tonight's competition, he would probably be the most favorable competitor for first place.

Ye Zhanyan below quietly asked Zhou Shihe: "Shihe, have you heard Li Heng sing in private?"

Zhou Shihe shook her head: "No."

"The voice is really good, it's the type I like. You can urge him to perform on stage more in the future, otherwise it's really a waste," Ye Zhanyan said.

Zhou Shihe looked at her strangely and remained silent.

Perhaps feeling Zhou Shihe's gaze, Ye Zhanyan asked generously:

"Do you think I like him?"

Facing such a straightforward question, Zhou Shihe was a little troubled for a while, and finally had to smile gently to show politeness.

Unexpectedly, Ye Zhanyan's next sentence was even bolder: "I do appreciate him, but compared to appreciation, I might admire him more!!"

Zhou Shihe turned her head, her cherry mouth slightly open.

It was clear that this statement had a significant impact on her.

Because the senior in front of her had a partner, and she could actually say such things.

Ye Zhanyan also turned her head, looked at each other, and smiled with complex expressions: "I'm leaving. Saying it out loud leaves no regrets. Maybe I'll never see him again in this life."

She said this to herself, and also passed it to Mai Sui.

Ye Zhanyan had clearly felt recently that Mai Sui was a bit distant from her.

At first, she didn't figure out the reason.

It wasn't until Zhao Menglong mentioned it unintentionally yesterday: saying that he often saw Li Heng and Mai Sui walking together on campus, she suddenly realized.

Zhou Shihe looked at Li Heng who was singing again, and suddenly felt: girls who like him will live a very bitter life, and it is not necessarily a happy thing.

Of course, only Ye Zhanyan herself understood that she liked Li Heng, not the liking of men and women, but the admiration for a strong person.

Compared to Li Heng's handsomeness and wealth, she preferred Li Heng's identity as a great writer!

The 4 reader letters that sank into the sea were the witness.

If she didn't know he was December, Ye Zhanyan would have no waves in her heart forever.

And from the moment she knew Li Heng was the writer December, she put on another pair of glasses, and the more she looked at Li Heng, the more pleasing he was.

For this reason, her heart was in chaos.

And because of this, when facing Li Heng yesterday, she deliberately lied and said: her partner had been in the UK for a year and a half and hadn't returned. Her partner was devoted to his studies and had been following his tutor to do research, so he had no time to return.

And the real situation was: her partner would return normally during winter and summer vacations.

After thinking hard for a long, long time, Ye Zhanyan finally came to a conclusion about this palpitation:

Admiring the strong!!!

She was afraid of losing herself, so she simply said it in front of Zhou Shihe and indirectly told Mai Sui, hoping that the other party would keep a close eye on Li Heng. Don't give yourself a chance.

This was also the reason why she emphasized that he should bring Mai Sui when she told Li Heng to eat together yesterday.

She was afraid that she would not be able to control herself during the dinner, would go crazy, and would seduce him with the help of alcohol.

At the same time, she also called home today, wanting to go to the UK in advance, for the reason: go over early to adapt to the environment.

Ye Zhanyan was very conflicted in her heart now: she didn't want to make herself bad, didn't want to become a bad woman.

But there had always been a voice in her heart bewitching her, instigating her to seduce Li Heng.

After singing a song, Li Heng returned the microphone to Mai Sui, who exuded a soft and charming atmosphere and said: "Singing is really good."

"Well, host well, I'll make you a midnight snack tonight."

"Okay."

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