Chapter 278: How can fish and bear's paw be obtained at the same time? (Please subscribe)

Hearing this, Song Yu calmed down, then got up and went to the window, looking at the wind and snow outside, and said meaningfully after a while: "Next time I see Zijin and Xiao Han, I'll discuss it with them. Ask them if they've slept enough on this bed?"

Hearing this, Li Heng's face twitched, scared not to make a sound again.

He understood that today's limit could only go this far. The matter of adjusting the relationship between the three women could only be planned slowly as a long-term goal, and it must not be rushed.

Actually, after experiencing his past life, he had figured out a trick for the subtle balance between the three women: absolutely never let one side be obviously too favored, otherwise the other two women would tacitly join forces.

This had a sense of the power struggle in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

In his past life, it was because he was too obsessed with Song Yu and really wanted to marry her, which led to Zijin and Xiao Han, who had been hostile for more than ten years, suddenly reaching a short-term reconciliation and unanimously pressuring Song Yu.

In this pressure, the two women had a clear division of labor: Chen Zijin was responsible for the main attack on Song Yu, and Xiao Han restrained Li Heng, not letting him go to Beijing to save the situation. Both sides advanced together, and the effect was very significant. Song Yu finally couldn't hold on and was the first to extinguish the idea of marriage.

For many years afterward, he had been pondering the personalities of the three women:

Among the three, in terms of mental stress resistance, Xiao Han was the best, Zijin second, and Song Yu was at the bottom.

In terms of kindness and generosity, Song Yu was the best, and Zijin and Xiao Han were about the same.

In terms of scheming and wrist, this had to be divided into two stages: in the early stage, Zijin, who was influenced by her family's learning, was the most powerful, Xiao Han second, and Song Yu had no presence in this regard.

In other words, it wasn't that Song Yu couldn't, it wasn't that she didn't understand, but her personality limited her.

And in the later stage, Xiao Han, who was good at summarizing the experience of struggle, was more prominent. Zijin basically couldn't get any cheap in her hands. After decades of confrontation, the results of the two women were basically five-to-five. Specifically, Xiao Han might have had a slight upper hand.

Coming back from the thoughts of his past life, Li Heng got up and went to the window, looking into the distance along her gaze, and asked in a low voice: "What are you thinking about?"

Song Yu said: "I'm thinking about when we first met."

Li Heng asked: "First met? What was your impression of me in your heart at that time?"

"Relatively simple, well, your appearance was quite good," Song Yu said objectively about her first impression.

Li Heng asked with a thick skin: "Then, did you fall in love with me at first sight?"

Song Yu glanced at him lightly, then said seriously: "I don't know, but you did grow on the points I like."

Li Heng was quite excited: "I thought you would deny it."

Song Yu smiled: "You've already held my hand and sent me flowers, it's meaningless for me to deny it.

Instead, it's you. I thought you knew me very well, but you said such things. Did you dare to pursue me without understanding me?"

"I dared!"

Li Heng said: "I was fascinated by you at first sight. At that time, I was thinking about how to pursue you, thinking about how to marry you home."

Hearing this, Song Yu didn't speak for a long time.

Her eyes followed the drifting of the snowflakes outside the window. After a while, she reminded softly: "You are a person with a girlfriend, you should maintain restraint."

"I know."

Li Heng didn't make any excuses for himself, just said: "Lin Huiyin has a sentence I think is very right: what cannot be restrained is love, love is never normal.

Love at first sight is often born between a look or a thought.

I don't want to have regrets in this life, so I came to find you."

Song Yu was silent.

A few minutes later, she half-turned, watched his profile quietly for a while, and then said:

"Let's go, the wind is a bit smaller, let's go buy a scarf, let's go eat dinner."

"Okay."

Li Heng agreed, closed the window, and followed her out the door.

Down on the first floor, the boss asked Li Heng enthusiastically: "Was that piece played by you earlier?"

Li Heng nodded and said yes.

The boss gave a thumbs up, "Really good to listen to! My wife and daughter were so engrossed they didn't even eat their meal, they put down their chopsticks for fear of missing it. What's its name? Where are tapes sold?"

Li Heng laughed: "It's called 'The Scenery of the Hometown,' it's not for sale outside yet, wait for the Spring Festival Gala."

"Spring Festival Gala? Is it going to be on the Spring Festival Gala?" Watching Li Heng and Song Yu go out, the boss muttered, then ran quickly to the backyard to shout:

"Wife, big news! I found out, this piece is going to be on the Spring Festival Gala this year..."

Leaving the hostel, Song Yu was happy for him: "It seems you are going to be famous, I'll reserve an autograph in advance."

Li Heng tilted the umbrella toward her, "What's good about an autograph? How about an autographed photo? Let's go take a group photo."

Song Yu looked ahead and smiled: "You really don't scatter the eagle until you see the rabbit, every time you come, you want to pluck some wool from me."

Li Heng said from the heart: "In this world, only you can make me so obsessed."

Song Yu didn't speak when she heard this, just kept walking forward, kept walking, turned right at the street corner, and took him into a hat and clothing store.

"What color do you like?" she asked.

"I won't speak, whatever you give me, I'll wear," Li Heng mastered the style of a husband singing and a wife following.

Song Yu smiled indifferently, and sure enough, she didn't ask for his opinion anymore. After picking and picking, she finally picked a color she loved most: white.

The scarf around her neck was also white.

The clerk praised her: "This young lady has good taste, white is very consistent with your husband's temperament, and it also matches the scarf around your neck, like a couple's style."

Song Yu picked up the scarf to compare, found that the color was about the same as the one around her neck, but after hesitating for a moment, she didn't choose to change it, but paid and left.

Arriving outside the store, before she could speak, Li Heng had already bent down and sent his head in front of her, signaling her to help him put it on.

Song Yu calmed down, once again feeling the persistence of the person in front of her. After being reserved for a while, she finally couldn't hold out against him on the busy street and carefully helped him tie it.

After she tied it, Li Heng straightened up and asked expectantly: "How is it? Does it look good?"

Song Yu took two steps back, looked it over, and said: "Good."

"This is the first gift you've given me, I'll wear it on the Spring Festival Gala this year," Li Heng looked at her affectionately and announced on the spot.

After looking at each other for a while, Song Yu couldn't bear his burning gaze, smoothed the fine hair by her ear with her right hand, and turned her head away without moving: "Aren't you afraid those two will fight?"

"Not afraid! Even if the King of Heaven comes, he can't stop me."

While Li Heng was saying he wasn't afraid, he walked up to her, took her hand with his right hand, and before she could react, rushed toward the photo studio on the way back.

Really rushing!

He didn't even hold the umbrella, flying with her in the snow.

Song Yu was helpless. This person was like a dog-skin plaster; as long as she wasn't careful, he could seize the opportunity.

"Come, look at the lens..."

"Not bad, the two of you are very compatible and have a couple's look, keep it, one more."

After taking 3 group photos in a row, Li Heng finally let go of her hand reluctantly.

Song Yu asked: "How many days to get them?"

"There are many people taking photos recently, it will take 5 days, come over in 5 days," the female photographer said.

After paying, walking out of the photo studio, she asked: "Where do you want to go tonight?"

Li Heng asked: "Where are you usually?"

"Usually reading in the library with roommates, occasionally being lazy in the dormitory," Song Yu said.

Li Heng expressed: "Then I'll accompany you to the library. Speaking of which, I've been in university for so long, and I haven't been to the library yet."

Song Yu was surprised: "You didn't go at Fudan either?"

Li Heng shook his head: "There are too many books I need to study, I haven't found the time."

Song Yu asked: "Do you have many books in your study?"

Li Heng replied: "Many, there are hundreds."

Passing by a restaurant, the two didn't have many requirements, ordered three dishes inside, and after eating, rushed to the Peking University library.

"Eh, Li Heng, Song Yu!"

Just as the two were talking and climbing the steps, a voice suddenly came from behind.

Li Heng turned his head to look, it was his old classmate Xiao Feng, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He waved and greeted: "What a coincidence, Comrade Xiao Feng."

"Coincidence? I can meet Song Yu at this library at least three times a week."

Xiao Feng walked to the two with big strides and said: "Actually, I saw you two from far away, I specifically accelerated my speed."

Li Heng asked: "Have you eaten dinner yet?"

Xiao Feng said: "Haven't eaten, are you going to treat me?"

Li Heng turned back and said generously: "No problem, it's only right, let's go."

Xiao Feng hurriedly stopped him, "I'm joking, why come to the library at this time if you haven't eaten."

It is said that when fellow villagers meet, they have tears in their eyes. Not to mention that the three were already familiar with each other, they chatted excitedly, forgetting to go to the self-study room for the time being.

"Song Yu, Song Yu!"

In the middle, a group of girls shouted for Song Yu not far away.

They were shouting for Song Yu, but their little eyes kept jumping toward Li Heng, wishing they could carve a piece of meat off him.

Song Yu said to the two: "My roommates, they should have something to find me for, I'll go over."

Li Heng gave a light "mm," watching her go over.

When Song Yu was chatting with her roommates over there, Xiao Feng asked curiously: "You two, haven't you really gotten together yet?"

Li Heng blinked, "What do you think?"

Xiao Feng looked at him, then at Song Yu, and thought: "I think she hasn't agreed to you yet."

Li Heng asked: "Haven't you heard the rumors?"

"There are many rumors about you two in the Law School, but I prefer to trust my own judgment," Xiao Feng said.

Li Heng raised an eyebrow, "You haven't been in love, so sure?"

Xiao Feng raised her eyebrows higher than him: "Why? I haven't eaten pork, but haven't I seen pigs run?

Besides, you have Xiao Han hanging on in Shanghai, and Chen Zijin at Renmin University, I don't believe Song Yu, who is so beautiful, would follow you in a muddled way without a name or status."

Mentioning Xiao Han, Li Heng didn't want to get entangled in this topic, and turned to ask: "Do you have much contact with Xiao Han?"

"We write to each other every month," Xiao Feng said honestly.

Li Heng glanced at Song Yu and lowered his voice: "My affairs at Peking University..."

"Don't worry, I've never mentioned you, but..." Xiao Feng stopped halfway.

Li Heng pursued: "But what?"

Xiao Feng tilted her head: "But do you really think you can hide it from Xiao Han?

She is a very shrewd person, and besides, Yingwen over there, she won't listen to you."

Li Heng frowned: "Was it Yingwen who tipped her off last time?"

Xiao Feng shook her head, "Active whistleblowing shouldn't be the case, but don't you know Yingwen's personality?

She and Xiao Han are like sisters, often living in the town during winter and summer breaks, and the whole Xiao family is so good to her. I don't think she will stand on your side. Even if you have already achieved success and fame."

Li Heng rubbed his eyebrows: "Your analysis is reasonable. Originally, I planned to take time to see her this time, forget it, next time."

His "see her" was mainly because he was interested in the money-making from international students mentioned in Old Mabu's letter, and he really wanted to open that earthy girl's brain to see how she discovered this huge business opportunity?

Just as Li Heng and Xiao Feng were talking about Xiao Han, Song Yu returned. The two immediately changed the topic and talked about where to play during the winter break and where to gather.

"Are you done?" Li Heng asked Song Yu.

"Done, let's go to the reading room," Song Yu said.

"Fine, listen to you." Li Heng mainly came to feel the atmosphere of the Peking University library, it was the same wherever he went.

Li Heng always felt that women with scholarly temperament would have extra charm.

Yu Laoshi was one.

Song Yu, who was integrated into the ocean of bookshelves, was also one.

The refined and elegant her held a scroll of books, her black hair scattered, her eyebrows like paintings, her plain white cotton clothes softly collapsing on her exquisite fullness, beautiful enough to make people suffocate, as if the dust of the mortal world couldn't stain her purity. Li Heng was infatuated for a moment!

Sensing that he was secretly watching her, Song Yu raised her head and looked at him, smiled beautifully, then lowered her head and continued to look for information.

Half an hour later, she put the book back on the shelf, packed her notebook, walked over, and teased: "Staring for so long, aren't your eyes tired?"

Li Heng said: "Never tired."

"Then what did you see?"

"I saw the day we get married and enter the bridal chamber in the future."

Song Yu smiled and said: "It seems you were born to pursue girls, not only are you likable, but you also have a sweet mouth and a pair of good eyes."

Li Heng sighed: "Eh, stop praising, thinking of myself alone in the quilt tonight, cold and lonely, I feel disheartened."

Song Yu knew he was still stubborn, so she walked past him directly toward the exit.

But after only a few steps, she stopped again, "Answer me a question, and I'll give you a 50% chance."

Li Heng's eyes lit up, and he said hurriedly: "You say."

Song Yu turned around, walked one step, two steps, three steps to him, stared at his eyes quietly, and asked softly: "How can fish and bear's paw be obtained at the same time?"

Damn it!

This is a life-threatening question!

Li Heng blinked, "Raise a bear that can catch fish."

Song Yu was stunned, not knowing how to refute for a moment?

Li Heng pursued: "How is the 50% chance calculated?"

Song Yu was quiet and didn't speak.

Li Heng asked: "You don't think I can't answer, and you didn't think about how to fulfill this 50% chance at all, right?"

He really guessed it right. Song Yu hadn't thought he could answer it at all, and hadn't thought about following him to the rental to spend the night at all.

Although the two had stayed in the same room for one night during the National Day, that was mainly due to coincidences like her birthday.

And the reason she asked this question tonight was because there was a knot in her heart: Why didn't he come to Beijing with her? Instead, he went to Fudan?

Sun Man had told her in a letter: When the college entrance examination results came out, the high school English teacher wanted to use connections to get him into Peking University, but he clearly refused.

What does this mean?

It means that between her and Xiao Han, he clearly chose Xiao Han and gave her up.

As a woman, no matter what kind of woman, whether it's a noble lady high above or a peddler, as long as there is still a breath of life, she will mind this question. This has nothing to do with status, nothing to do with high or low, nothing to do with temperament, only because she cared about the other party in her heart.

Originally, after so long, with her Buddhist-like personality, she could temporarily suppress this knot. Or as time passed, eventually forget it.

But the best friend Mai Sui now also had signs of becoming a "new knot." The old knot hadn't gone, and the new knot had come, which made her mood very complicated, hence this question.

Hence this rare question that didn't fit her personality.

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A bit late, updated first, revised later.

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Embracing tightly, after a long while, she let go of him, stood on tiptoe to kiss his cheek, and said with a beaming smile, "My dear, you've come!"

"I'm here." Li Heng reached out and affectionately stroked her hair.

Chen Zijin thoroughly enjoyed this feeling and whispered in his ear, "Hubby, I thought you didn't want me anymore, not coming to see me for so long."

"Didn't we agree on New Year's Day? Next time, I'll come to see my wife earlier." Li Heng defended himself in the first half and humored her in the second.

Regardless of whether there were people around, Chen Zijin pecked his cheek again and smiled sweetly, "I didn't mean to blame you; I just missed you too much."

Zijin's love was like a ball of fire, always maintaining passion for him, always so scorching; whenever Li Heng was with her, his body and mind were always relaxed.

Don't look at how strong she was outside, often fighting with Xiao Han and even disrupting his two marriage proposals; she had never lost her temper with him, nor had she ever given him a cold shoulder, always wearing a smile on her face.

For decades, she had achieved the true meaning of treating him better than she treated herself.

For such a woman, Li Heng only felt guilty and dared not hope for too much, so when she and Xiao Han were at odds, as long as it wasn't too outrageous and didn't lose control, he would never intervene.

"I'll spend these two days properly with you." Li Heng kissed her cheek back.

"Mm-hmm." Chen Zijin cooed, her hands wrapped around his waist, still reluctant to let go.

Seeing the loving scene between the two, Chen Xiaomi smiled, stood to the side without disturbing them, and looked Li Heng up and down, her eyes full of appreciation.

She used to look down on Li Heng as much as she looked up to him now. Hearing that he was going to be on the Spring Festival Gala with a song he composed himself was truly too surprising.

Even sister-in-law Zhong Lan had been silent for a good while after hearing about this.

Li Lan, on the side, was the exact opposite of Chen Xiaomi; the second sister just looked up at the sky, and she could guarantee that her younger brother definitely hadn't arrived today and must have already seen Song Yu.

She didn't need to find any evidence because she had watched him grow up bare-bottomed since childhood and knew his character well enough.

Of course, Li Lan was so sure mainly because Song Yu was too beautiful; having inherited most of Tian Run'e's beauty, even she had no temper when it came to Song Yu.

Putting herself in his shoes, if she were her younger brother, she would also sneak over to Peking University to take a few bites first.

After embracing for a while, the two let go.

Li Heng called out: "Second sister, Auntie."

Li Lan gave him a "you know, you know" eye-roll, then reached out to grab his backpack and walked away briskly.

Seeing Li Lan like this, Chen Xiaomi laughed and said, "The car is over there, follow me, let's go have breakfast first."

Li Heng said okay.

Chen Zijin then took a scarf out of her bag, a black and white checkered color, which was actually quite nice, "It's so windy outside, let me tie it on for you."

"Mm."

Li Heng had long since put away the white scarf Song Yu gave him, and to avoid being exposed, he even put it at the very bottom of his backpack.

Doing this was almost a subconscious behavior. There was no help for it; it was a habit formed in his previous life, just to avoid provoking the three women.

He asked: "Did you knit it yourself?"

"No, I knitted two, but I couldn't knit it this well, so I specifically went to the department store to buy it later. Do you like it?" Chen Zijin asked.

"I like it." He really liked it; Zijin's taste was impeccable.

Or rather, the taste of all three women was impeccable, each having their own unique insights into beauty.

The car picking them up was a Santana; the two older ones sat in the front row, sitting upright, looking straight ahead, trying their best not to look back to avoid being hit by the sweet bombardment.

Li Heng and Chen Zijin sat in the back row, holding hands, and had a good talk about intimate matters.

After entering the city, Chen Xiaomi took them to a relatively famous breakfast shop.

Damn it!

Having to eat breakfast again, in order not to be exposed, he had to eat hard, pretending to be a little hungry.

Li Lan rolled her eyes secretly again, thinking to herself, you little brat, keep pretending, let's see how long you can keep this up? When the time comes, you'll be begging me for help.

When rushing to the East City District, Li Heng asked his second sister in the front row, "Second sister, how is Dad's health?"

Li Lan didn't even look back: "Let your sister-in-law tell you."

Li Heng silently gave his second sister a thumbs up and turned to look at Zijin.

If Li Lan had heard his inner thoughts, she would definitely have said: Don't give me a thumbs up, I call everyone sister-in-law, like that Xiao Han, that Song Yu, that unknown someone at Fudan.

The second sister had always felt that her younger brother, this thieving cat, was used to stealing and wouldn't follow the rules at Fudan University either, unless there were no pretty girls there.

Although these days, the second sister had also affectionately called her sister-in-law in front of her uncle and aunt, this was the first time in front of Li Heng, and Chen Zijin still seemed a little happy:

"Uncle's health has improved a lot, and now he can no longer feel the pain. The doctor said it's more optimistic than expected, and after another 3 months of treatment, he'll be almost fully recovered."

This news was too good for him! It was too heartening! Recalling the scene in his previous life in 1995 when Li Jianguo was lying on the hospital bed terminally ill, Li Heng always felt like his heart was being cut by a knife, so he reached out and held Zijin's hand tightly, saying sincerely: "Thank you."

Chen Zijin smiled and shook her head, resting her head on his shoulder.

Li Heng wrapped his arms around her slender waist, half-holding her in his arms.

Then he thanked Chen Xiaomi who was driving: "Auntie, I've troubled you these days."

Chen Xiaomi turned her head and smiled, continuing to drive, "It's too formal to say such things, I'm Zijin's aunt, it's only right."

The courtyard was in the East City District near the Drum Tower, and one could watch the Drum Tower at close range from the rooftop.

The courtyard was about 370 square meters, and perhaps because Chen Xiaomi had someone renovate it some time ago, the inside was better than imagined.

"Dad, Mom, Uncle Chen."

Just as they entered the door, they saw Li Jianguo and Chen Gaoyuan playing chess and drinking tea in the main room.

Tian Run'e was accompanying them on the side, her hands not stopping either, threading a needle to sew a tablecloth that had a hole in it.

"Li Heng is here."

Chen Gaoyuan saw Li Heng and his daughter walking in side by side and smiled warmly.

As soon as they met, Tian Run'e put down the tablecloth, pulled her precious son to look left and right, and finally said with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad, you've finally gained some weight recently, not as scrawny as before."

Then she didn't forget to greet Zijin, asking her to help thread the needle: "I can't see very well, my eyes are blurry, I haven't been able to thread it several times, Zijin, help Auntie thread it."

"Okay."

In this appearance, Tian Run'e didn't seem to treat Chen Zijin as an outsider, and Chen Zijin had also integrated well into the Li family, the two getting along in the way of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Chen Gaoyuan and Li Jianguo were already used to their behavior, otherwise Chen Gaoyuan wouldn't have come over to sit every few days.

Li Heng observed his second sister and Chen Xiaomi again, and the two women seemed to have accepted it long ago.

He secretly thought, this wife is amazing, her methods are as sharp as ever; he hadn't even settled Xiao Han and Song Yu yet, and Zijin had already made the Li family her base camp.

However, he was still quite happy; although he didn't like some people in the Chen family, his love for Zijin had never disappeared or diminished, so naturally, he was happy to see it happen.

It's just that he was a little curious, how did she manage to handle Comrade Tian Run'e?

In his previous life, his mother had always had a great prejudice against the Chen family, and consequently, she didn't treat Zijin as well as she treated Xiao Han and Song Yu; although this wasn't put on the table, as the man of the three, how could Li Heng not understand?

But in this life, this terrible situation was gone; as Comrade Li Jianguo was treated in the capital for three months, Zijin took this opportunity to secretly settle everything.

Sewing the tablecloth here, the second sister looked at the time, it was already 10:30, so she immediately went into the kitchen and got busy with lunch.

For the past three months, she had been responsible for the meals at home, never letting her parents worry, and she would also find ways to make fresh dishes for them to eat more.

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