Chapter 316

Giving people hope is also the benevolence of a "sage," isn't it?

After spending a long 20 minutes or so finishing it, Zhou Shihe felt deeply moved. Looking at the man in the same room, at one moment, she really wanted to ask: Do you understand Feng Shui? Can you also read ancestral graves?

However, she ultimately didn't speak out, fearing it would affect him or interrupt his creative train of thought. Her gaze lingered quietly on his profile for a while. Later, she placed the manuscript on the nightstand, began to take off her coat and the wool sweater underneath, and slowly lay down.

If it were in the past, she absolutely would not have taken off her clothes in front of a man, even if it were just a coat.

For instance, during the first few nights they shared a room, she always waited until he was fast asleep before removing her outer garments.

But now, or perhaps she didn't know when it started, she had subconsciously accepted the presence of such a person right under her nose; that sense of absurdity and vigilance had relaxed significantly.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the alley outside was too noisy, with the sound of firecrackers and the shouting and commotion of various children; in any case, it was a chaotic and very joyful scene.

Although Zhou Shihe felt a bit sleepy, she just couldn't fall asleep. She opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling for a while, then squinted and feigned sleep. Finally, she turned over, and her gaze accidentally fell upon Li Heng, who was hunched over writing.

Within her line of sight, Li Heng would occasionally write rapidly with his brush, then stop to scratch his head and think, and occasionally his face would reveal factors of pleasure as he buried his head to continue his brilliant writing.

Watching quietly...

After watching quietly for a while, she took in the entirety of his state of being, alternating between moments of pleasure and moments of struggle.

She had always thought that a genius like him would have smooth sailing in his writing; she didn't expect there would be times of struggle and contradiction.

At one moment, her nimble little mouth unconsciously curled into a faint, almost imperceptible smile, and she slowly closed her eyes.

…

Speaking to this point, he burst into tears; selling the ancestors' property is the act of an unfilial descendant! Bai Jiaxuan would fall into the shameful reputation of a spendthrift among the villagers in Bai Lu Village and even the ten miles and eight villages of the Bai Luyuan. After listening, Professor Wen Yan asked coldly: "Think again, is it really impossible not to sell the land?"

Bai Jiaxuan went a step further in his complaints; the previous six women had already spent all the silver money his father had frugally saved over decades, and even two mules had been sold in succession.

His spirits were high, his inspiration was gushing, and his writing today was exceptionally smooth.

Look at this, in half a day's time, he had filled 17 pages of paper in the form of crawling grids.

While writing the 18th page, Li Heng felt very thirsty, so his right hand reached toward the left side. Aha! His luck was good today; Zhou Gu Niang had filled his thermos with water before going to sleep, and the hot water bottle was right next to the desk, ready to be refilled at any time.

After drinking more than half a cup of warm water, Li Heng stretched. Having sat for so long, he was a little tired.

Just as he was moving his limbs to relax, his gaze inadvertently swept across her bedside and across her face.

Wait, his damn gaze was out of control; it had originally passed by, but it quietly retreated and aimed straight at her eyelids.

This beautiful face was just like her name, poetic and picturesque, possessing the delicate tenderness of a spring breeze, as well as a pitiable charm that made one's heart ache.

Gazing at her, a line from the Chu Ci couldn't help but surface in Li Heng's mind: Her form is like a startled swan, graceful like a swimming dragon, glorious like autumn chrysanthemums, flourishing like green pines.

Perhaps all beautiful words were born for her.

After watching for a while, Li Heng withdrew his gaze and continued writing. According to his plan, he hoped to complete the progress of Chapter 3 today.

Just as he returned to his state of creation, Zhou Shihe opened her eyes without a sound.

However, she didn't dare to open them completely at first; she first quietly opened a slit, and seeing that he was no longer looking at her, she gradually lifted her eyelids.

After unconsciously watching him for a while, Zhou Shihe then grabbed the watch on the nightstand and took a look.

1:59 PM.

It was one minute to 2 o'clock.

She was stunned; this sleep had lasted nearly 6 hours, the best sleep she had had recently.

She intended to get up, but seeing that he still showed no signs of stopping, Zhou Shihe pondered for a moment and chose not to get up and disturb him, but instead put the watch back and turned over to nap for a while.

Around 3:30 PM.

Li Heng, having drunk too much water, couldn't hold it anymore. He glanced at Zhou Gu Niang, who was still sleeping on the bed, tiptoed to open the door, and slipped out.

As soon as he left, Zhou Shihe also sat up, then put on her clothes and got out of bed.

"Finished writing?"

"Not yet, Chapter 3 is still about 2000 words short."

Seeing him appear, Yu Shuheng, who was reading a newspaper on the sofa, took the initiative to ask him.

As for why she asked him? Of course, it was because Professor Yu was itching to see the third chapter; Li Heng was very clear about this in his heart.

"Little boy, you stole the show last night; today's newspapers are full of news about you. Congratulations!" Yu Shuheng shook the newspaper in her hand.

Suddenly hearing the address "little boy" from behind the door, Zhou Shihe stopped her steps out of the room in time, her face looking strange.

Li Heng was in a hurry now and didn't pay attention; he only took the newspaper to check after coming out of the bathroom.

This was a newspaper, and the content in the first box on the front page was a report about him.

I saw the main headline on the front page was: Stunning Appearance at the Spring Festival Gala with the Famous Tune "Hometown's Original Scenery."

The subtitle was: Li Heng from Fudan University Captures the Hearts of Billions with a World-Famous Tune.

The report had a lot of content, and a rough scan showed it was several thousand words long.

The newspaper didn't just praise him dryly, but praised him with reason and evidence, and even invited authoritative domestic music masters to analyze "Hometown's Original Scenery."

After a lengthy analysis, the newspaper finally concluded: Li Heng's performance at the Spring Festival Gala can be called a miracle, and "Hometown's Original Scenery" will surely be recorded in the annals of music development as a world-famous tune!

Crazy!

With such strong support, other domestic media and newspapers immediately went crazy! Not only did newspapers in various provinces and cities across the country reprint it one after another.

Many television screens scrolled with the subtitle: "Musician Li Heng Reinterprets Chinese Music with a Piece Called 'Hometown's Original Scenery'."

Whoa, good fellow!

The title of "Musician" was already in place, already arranged on his head.

It was truly unexpected!

In this day and age, even the most popular pop song stars in the country are generally called singers; only those with qualifications become song stars, and only the older generation with huge prestige are called vocalists.

But this "Musician," hey! Damn it! It seems to be higher than all these titles; seriously speaking, it's not even the same level.

It can be seen how much the domestic official and private sectors recognize and love this song.

Observing his facial changes in detail, Yu Shuheng asked with a smile: "Becoming famous overnight and known to the world, how does it feel?"

"How does it feel? It feels pretty good!" Li Heng sat opposite her with a chuckle, unable to help feeling a bit smug inside.

Yu Shuheng's gaze lingered on his face for a while before saying: "I just received a call; CCTV's weather forecast wants to use your piece as background music."

Li Heng raised an eyebrow: "Moving so fast?"

Yu Shuheng nodded, "It is rumored that the leaders above love your piece very much. What is your opinion?"

Opinion?

Born under the red flag, raised under the red flag, what kind of opinion could there be.

Besides, the current copyright laws are not standardized at all; they are just going through the motions out of respect, how could there really be an opinion?

If you had an opinion, could you even sue?

Li Heng touched his thick face and said happily: "This is a good thing; I hope my music can be heard by everyone."

A trace of appreciation appeared in Yu Shuheng's eyes, and she turned to look at her watch and asked: "It's 10 minutes to 4 o'clock, are you hungry?"

Li Heng said: "I ate a bit much in the morning, so it's okay, but I can eat now."

"Okay, then I'll make breakfast and dinner."

Yu Shuheng stood up, "I'll go to the kitchen and simply make two dishes, then heat up the leftovers and we'll eat. You go to the room and call Shihe to get up."

Li Heng said: "How about I do it?"

Yu Shuheng said: "No need, your time is tight; writing is the big thing."

Before the two had finished speaking, Zhou Shihe walked out from behind the bedroom door and appeared in their sight. She said gently: "Teacher, let me do it."

"That's fine, Shihe's cooking is indeed much better than mine; Teacher will help you." Yu Shuheng had a deep understanding of her own skills, so she wasn't rigid and was quite free-spirited.

Returning to the room, Li Heng felt his state was still there, so he turned on his hot-handed troop-bursting mode again, striving to finish the two thousand words in one go.

Kitchen.

Yu Shuheng carefully examined Zhou Shihe's back for a while, then said: "Shihe, your sleep quality is good today; I used to see you get up after a few hours."

"Hmm, I didn't sleep much last night, I was a bit sleepy, I had a comfortable sleep. Teacher, didn't you sleep?" Zhou Shihe said.

Yu Shuheng replied: "I also took a nap and didn't wake up until after 12 o'clock noon."

Then she asked: "Sleeping in his room, did you have any more ghost dreams?"

Zhou Shihe swept a glance at her from the corner of her eye and said calmly: "It's okay, I had one once one night, and after being scared awake, I fell asleep again."

Yu Shuheng asked: "Because he was there?"

Zhou Shihe gave a light hmm.

The two women chatted while cooking, and time quickly reached 5 PM; at this time, the food had just come out of the pot. Only one soup was left simmering.

Yu Shuheng said: "You go take a shower first, I'll watch the soup."

She found that Shihe, like someone else, was quite fond of cleanliness and quite fond of showering.

Well, actually, Professor Yu, who had a cleanliness obsession, was even more excessive than the two; as long as something was a little dirty, she had to shower, and if her clothes were slightly wrinkled, she wouldn't wear them and would directly change into new ones.

At 5:25 PM, the three gathered at the dining table.

Yu Shuheng asked expectantly: "Li Heng, you are so happy, have you finished writing?"

"Hmm, Chapter 3 is finished, but it still needs to be refined once tonight." Li Heng said.

Yu Shuheng said: "Then it should be nearly 50,000 words now; you can relax appropriately. There are still a few days before meeting Chief Editor Liao on the 5th, so you don't have to be so rushed later."

Li Heng shook his head: "Hard to say, there are probably many trivial matters in the hometown, so there might not be much time to write."

Hearing "hometown," Yu Shuheng said: "Teacher hasn't really stayed in the countryside village properly yet. When there is time, you take me to your countryside hometown to walk around."

Remembering two months ago, Professor Yu showed a yearning for rural life. Li Heng said: "It's a pity Teacher, you don't have time during the Spring Festival, otherwise you could have gone home with me this time."

Listening to the two asking and answering, Zhou Shihe didn't interrupt and hid herself very low-key.

Don't know why? She looked at Professor Yu and inexplicably thought of her best friend Mai Sui, and also thought of Xiao Han, secretly thinking that the invisible is the most fatal.

Yu Shuheng was a bit moved, but suppressed it later, "I have to send Shihe back first; Teacher also has many things to deal with at home."

This meal lasted quite a long time, ending at 6 o'clock, and then the three took advantage of the snow stopping to stroll around the alley entrance outside.

Around 7 PM, Li Heng entered the room to write.

Just after he entered the room, Jiao Jiao and Xu Suyun came over.

Jiao Jiao looked around and blurted out to ask "Where did the dragon whip go," but glancing at Shuheng next to her, she changed her words when they reached her lips:

"Suyun said you are leaving tomorrow morning, so we came to see you and play a game of cards by the way."

Xu Suyun asked: "Li Heng is not here?"

Yu Shuheng said: "He is making up sleep in the room; he didn't sleep much all day."

Then she asked: "Are you looking for Li Heng for something?"

"No. It's just that he was too eye-catching at the Spring Festival Gala last night; our family is discussing this piece, and I also want to see what's different about the now-famous Li Heng compared to before?" Xu Suyun said.

Yu Shuheng said: "Then you can look later; the four of us will play cards first."

After 11 PM, Li Heng, who was struggling to death, finally achieved today's set goal, not only finishing Chapter 3 but also refining it twice.

Ooh! Damn it! So tired!

Li Heng stretched, his body feeling very exhausted, but he had a special sense of achievement mentally. He tightened the pen cap, covered the ink bottle, organized the manuscript on the desk, and finally left the room.

"God! Comrade Shihe, how did you win so much playing bombs alone? Did the three of them lose everything?"

Walking to Professor Yu's master bedroom, Li Heng was startled by the stack of money in front of Zhou Gu Niang as soon as he entered the door. A rough estimate, this, this must be over 3000?

Zhou Shihe smiled cleverly, took a stack of bills and handed it to him, "Come and bet."

"Okay, I'll bet on you, bet 20 yuan." Li Heng sat next to her happily, and only then did he have time to look at the other three women.

After a while, he asked Yu Shuheng: "Professor Yu, how much did you lose?"

Yu Shuheng said: "Didn't count, probably around 1500."

Jiao Jiao followed up: "I'm about the same amount."

Li Heng turned to Xu Suyun: "Sister Xu, you are on Shihe's side, can you also lose?"

"Hmm, lost a few hundred; Shihe's luck is exploding tonight, she got three sets of 8 twos." Xu Suyun said.

Li Heng was stunned, grabbing Zhou Shihe and looking left and right: "No way? You can also get 8 twos? This is too heaven-defying, right?"

Zhou Shihe just smiled faintly, quiet and silent.

Yu Shuheng said: "I have seen it once, but it's been some years."

Jiao Jiao said: "I have also seen it once, just on the Lantern Festival the year before last, but getting three sets of 8 twos in one night, this is my first time encountering it."

It was the same as usual; after 12 o'clock midnight, the card game ended on time.

Li Heng bet more than ten times, winning every time, winning so much that he felt embarrassed.

But as soon as he saw the two thick stacks of money in front of Zhou Shihe, he felt again that he was nothing; there was no way to compare with her.

After counting, Yu Shuheng said: "Lost more than 1800."

Jiao Jiao said: "I'm 1956."

Xu Suyun said: "378, lost."

After counting, the three women looked at Zhou Shihe together. Finally, Jiao Jiao said: "Next time, we have to re-draw cards and divide sides after playing for an hour; Shihe's luck is too prosperous."

Yu Shuheng and Xu Suyun felt the same way; facing high-level bombs every time, they had no temper at all.

After Zhou Shihe put away the money, Yu Shuheng said: "Let's stop here, hurry up and wash up and sleep. Shihe, Li Heng, don't stay up late tonight, we have to get up early tomorrow to catch the plane."

"Okay." The two responded together.

Watching the two leave, Jiao Jiao couldn't help but lower her voice and say: "These two have slept in the same room for more than 20 days, won't something happen?"

Xu Suyun was also equally suspicious, which led her not to stop Jiao Jiao's nonsense.

Yu Shuheng thought for a while and shook her head, "You two underestimate them."

Jiao Jiao said: "It's not that we underestimate them; if it were me sharing a room with a man for so long, I would have lost control long ago. Either I would have climbed into his bed, or he would have climbed into mine."

Xu Suyun also said: "This time I stand on Jiao Jiao's side. Her words are rude, but the words are rough but the truth is not rough. A lonely man and a widow sleeping in the same room every day, and at the age when hormones are most vigorous, even if nothing happened, seeing each other every day, it's hard to guarantee that love won't grow over time.

What's more, both of them are so excellent and have such temptation to the opposite sex."

Yu Shuheng felt inexplicably irritable and glanced at them: "So you are not Zhou Shihe."

Xu Suyun remembered something, leaned forward slightly, and tentatively asked: "Is it the Zhou family in Yu Hang?"

Yu Shuheng nodded.

Jiao Jiao's mouth opened, and she said two "no wonder" in a row: "No wonder! No wonder Shuheng you made an exception to let them share a room; it turns out to be that Zhou family in Yu Hang, then it makes sense."

As soon as she returned to the room, Zhou Shihe began to pack her things, preparing for the departure tomorrow morning.

Originally, she planned to organize after dinner, but she was called to play cards, which disrupted her plan.

Li Heng sat on the sofa and asked: "Need my help?"

"No, you wait patiently, it will be done soon." Zhou Shihe didn't even turn her head.

Watching her busy for a while, Li Heng said: "By the way, do you like eating game?"

"Hmm, I feel like what you make is more delicious." Zhou Shihe almost understood his thoughts.

Li Heng said: "The winter vacation delayed a lot of your precious time, I really feel a bit sorry. After returning to school, I, Old Li, will make delicious food for a month to reward you and Professor Yu."

Zhou Shihe asked with a smile: "Isn't it a semester?"

Li Heng was stunned, and hurriedly said: "That's right, don't worry, if I have something to eat, you will have something to eat, I will definitely call you."

Zhou Shihe glanced at him strangely, and said okay after a while.

Ten minutes or so.

Spending ten minutes or so, Zhou Shihe finally packed her luggage and said gently to him: "It's okay, turn off the lights and sleep."

"Alright."

Li Heng jumped to the bed and turned off the light.

When the room fell into darkness, the two who were just talking and laughing suddenly had nothing to say.

The air suddenly became quiet, as if someone had pressed the pause button on time.

Lying in the quilt, Li Heng said after a long time: "I'm a bit sleepy, going to sleep, you rest too."

"Okay."

A small voice came from the dark night.

Three minutes later, Li Heng entered dreamland, and the sound of even breathing echoed in the room.

Familiar rhythm, familiar three minutes, familiar breathing sound, Zhou Shihe smiled quietly, seemingly having figured out his sleep habits.

She began to undress and sleep, but just as she shrank into the quilt and hadn't fallen asleep, she heard someone calling her name in a daze.

"Zhou Shihe."

At first, she thought it was a hallucination, until the second voice came clearly.

"Shihe."

Okay, this time she heard it clearly, and the sleepiness immediately receded. She turned her head and pricked up her ears to listen for a while, then poked her head out from the quilt and stared fixedly at the bed next to her.

That's right, the sound came from the bed next to her, from Li Heng's mouth.

For a long time, she asked: "Li Heng, what's wrong with you?"

There was no response over there, and he was calling her name again.

Zhou Shihe thought something was wrong with him, so she quickly put on a coat, got out of bed, and walked to his bed.

But...!

But when she recognized what he was doing by the faint snow light outside the window, her face turned red, and a line of blush instantly spread to her neck and her whole body.

He was having a wet dream!

After a month, she encountered him having a wet dream again!

Zhou Shihe had never encountered such a thing, and the other party was still calling her name in his sleep...

Her nimble little mouth pouted slightly, and after calming down at the bedside for a few seconds, she quietly returned to her own bed.

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