Chapter 353: Soulmate, the reason for the hug (Seeking subscriptions!)

In the past, she was impeccable, able to remain as calm as an ancient well in front of anyone.

But now, her fragility and loneliness were being revealed bit by bit, like the tentacles of a demon; once touched, it was impossible to recover.

For the first 26 years, because of family relations, she didn't care how many people knew of her strength; instead, she had always hoped to meet such a person who could make her heart beat, who could make her willingly open up her fragility, and who could make her put down all her pride and sleep in his arms.

This person couldn't be her parents; they were too familiar, and the natural bond of relationship couldn't let her completely let go of herself.

Nor could it be a friend or best friend; throughout history, in the face of interests, these people are the most difficult to guard against when they stab you in the back.

So this person was very difficult to find, and whether she could meet him depended entirely on heaven's will and fate. If she happened to meet him, that would be a soulmate for life.

That's right, a soulmate!

In her eyes, this soulmate is greater than or equal to a lover. To a certain extent, it is a higher existence than a lover.

Because a lover might betray you after the freshness period passes. But a scholar dies for his soulmate; a soulmate won't.

For her, half a year ago, the people closest to the position of soulmate were Runwen, Chen Siya, and Ye Qing.

They were also the three women she got along with most happily.

Runwen could ignore her background, laughing and scolding as she pleased.

Chen Siya and Ye Qing were intimate; they had known each other for nearly 20 years, experiencing the ignorant period, adolescence, and girlhood together, and had never quarreled.

In a word: Runwen could ignore her background. When she met Chen Siya and Ye Qing, she didn't know her background.

Like Jiao Sect, Xu Suyun, etc., after the three women, although the relationship was excellent, the process of getting to know each other was more or less mixed with a "profit" word, not so pure.

And the "no" word Li Heng said decisively during the day made her feel a bit surprised.

Deep in her heart, there was such a voice: hoping that she and he would always be equal, hoping he would be more successful day by day, and not be attached to anyone for the sake of interests in the future. If possible, she would rather he surpass her and be able to look down on her one day.

After showering, Yu Shuheng took a bottle of Maotai into the room.

Hearing the movement at the door, Li Heng, who was reading, looked over.

For a time, one stood at the door, and one sat at the head of the bed, looking at each other.

After a long time, Yu Shuheng finally moved.

Seeing her close the door, a moment later she walked with light steps, and under his gaze, walked to his bedside step by step.

Standing still, Yu Shuheng's gaze collided with his. In the quiet night, she didn't speak, her eyes like black holes, rotating pitch-black, deep and bottomless.

"Teacher."

After a long time, Li Heng, feeling the huge pressure, couldn't help but call out.

It was this "Teacher" that made Yu Shuheng instantly come back to her senses, and the powerful aura surrounding her retreated like the tide, internalized in her body.

After a while, Yu Shuheng moved her gaze away, slowly turned around, and walked toward the inner bedroom.

Door open, door close!

Everything returned to silence, as if the scene just now hadn't happened.

Watching her black back disappear, Li Heng was a bit dumbfounded and a bit dazed.

In a daze, he probably guessed her state of mind tonight.

After a while, Li Heng sighed, put down the book, got up, put on clothes, put on cotton slippers, and walked toward the partition door.

"Dong dong dong...!"

"Dong dong dong...!"

He knocked on the door with his fingers.

Waiting for a while, he didn't get a response from inside, so he knocked on the door again, accompanied by a low shout:

"Dong dong dong...!"

"Teacher Yu, open the door."

With a "creak," the door opened, revealing Yu Shuheng in black pajamas through the crack.

Upon meeting, Li Heng smelled a scent of alcohol and asked: "Drinking?"

Yu Shuheng scanned him from top to bottom, then moved aside.

Li Heng walked through the crack of the door and asked again: "Encountered something?"

Seeing him pretending to be green, Yu Shuheng laughed, and said softly: "Little brother, this kind of knowing-the-answer-but-asking is very funny."

Li Heng nudged his mouth awkwardly: "Funny?"

Yu Shuheng didn't say anything, staring at him.

In the standoff, Li Heng felt the pressure again, and then, as if possessed, reached out and snatched the Maotai wine from her hand, looking up and drinking two gulps.

Finally, he wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and complained: "This wine is really hard to drink."

Yu Shuheng looked him over, her eyes shining, hiding a trace of inexplicable laughter.

Li Heng asked: "Still need me to enlighten you?"

"No need." She said.

"Okay, then get some rest early, don't drink anymore, good night." With that, Li Heng turned to leave.

"Wait!" A voice called him from behind.

The sound wasn't loud, but it seemed to have a magic power; he was cast a spell, unable to move.

Yu Shuheng slowly walked in front of him, walked a step closer, almost sticking to his chest, and whispered in his ear: "Let's play a game."

Feeling her pressure and smelling the faint feminine fragrance, Li Heng took a deep breath and asked: "What game?"

Yu Shuheng said: "Things shouldn't exceed three."

Li Heng was confused, "What does 'things shouldn't exceed three' mean?"

Yu Shuheng didn't explain. After a long silence, she walked to the bedside table, found paper and pen, and wrote two slips of paper in front of him.

One wrote: Change fate.

One wrote: Let nature take its course.

After writing, she put down the pen, crumpled the slips of paper into balls, tried to make the shapes the same, then put them in her palm and shook them, and finally spread them out slowly.

She said: "You choose one."

Li Heng pointed to himself: "I choose?"

Yu Shuheng nodded.

Li Heng asked: "What do these mean respectively?"

Yu Shuheng still didn't speak, drank a sip of wine.

After drinking, she stared blankly at the wine bottle.

Li Heng was speechless.

Ten seconds later, she looked up, her red lips parted: "What were you thinking just now?"

Li Heng shook his head.

Yu Shuheng said: "Choose one."

Li Heng asked: "Can I not choose?"

Yu Shuheng was stunned, then said coldly: "Yes."

Li Heng frowned: "You change your face faster than turning a book; just now you were as warm as jade, now you are as cold as frost?"

Yu Shuheng said, "This is the only chance."

"Chance?"

Li Heng was confused: "If I draw 'Change fate', can I have great luck?"

Yu Shuheng lowered her eyelids and played with the wine bottle: "You could say that."

Li Heng asked: "What about 'Let nature take its course'?"

Yu Shuheng said: "I'll tell you after you choose."

Li Heng thought for a moment, grabbed one at random, and then wanted to open it.

Seeing him dismantle it bit by bit, Yu Shuheng's heart suddenly accelerated, her heart jumping to her throat, she shouted: "Wait."

Li Heng looked at her: "Just a little bit more."

Yu Shuheng suddenly asked: "Is Teacher beautiful?"

Scanning her, he said: "Beautiful!"

Yu Shuheng asked: "How beautiful?"

Li Heng thought for a moment and said from the heart: "Beautiful beyond description, but if temperament is full marks, Teacher, your scholarly temperament is 120 in my place."

Yu Shuheng identified his micro-expressions, and seeing he didn't seem to be lying, smiled elegantly and said: "Dismantle it."

When she said dismantle, her fingers tightened, pinching the Maotai wine.

Li Heng looked at her and opened it.

Yu Shuheng deliberately didn't look, waiting quietly for the answer.

Li Heng looked and looked, then said: "Teacher, it's four characters."

Hearing this, Yu Shuheng breathed a sigh of relief, followed by a complex emotion.

Looking at the slip of paper three times, Li Heng asked: "What does 'Let nature take its course' mean?"

Yu Shuheng said: "Get out, close the door."

"Ah?"

Li Heng said "ah", "Meaning get lost?"

Yu Shuheng smiled slightly and nodded.

Li Heng: "..."

He asked curiously: "What about 'Change fate'?"

Yu Shuheng said: "You don't have this fate."

Staring at this woman close at hand, Li Heng was silent for a long time and said: "Teacher, I'm sleepy, good night!"

Yu Shuheng nodded: "Good night!"

Li Heng really left this time.

If he didn't leave, in the dead of night, staying with a great beauty, it was really a test of human nature.

Yu Shuheng looked at the closed door, then sat on the edge of the bed, opened the "Change fate" slip of paper in her palm, and was silent for a long time.

Three attempts to change fate, none successful.

At this very moment, she couldn't help but think of Master Zou's words: You are rich and noble all your life, but trapped by love.

Trapped by love? How long will it be trapped?

She fell into confusion.

The next day, when Yu Shuheng got up, Li Heng not only refined the Chapter 9 of "Bai Luyuan" he wrote yesterday twice, but also started Chapter 10. ===== CHAPTER 354 =====