Chapter 356

In the blink of an eye, 10 days had passed since coming to White Deer Plain.

That's right, 10 days!

Yu Shuheng had promised to accompany him for a week before returning to Shanghai, but when a week passed, both of them tacitly didn't mention it.

She didn't leave, and he didn't remind her.

In these 10 days, Li Heng did many things. Almost every morning, he would walk around the village. Compared to the strangeness at the beginning, now many people in White Deer Village had talked to him, and they all knew he was sweet-mouthed and good at talking.

In the words of the villagers, he was a very easy-going young man.

Compared to Li Heng's social interactions, Yu Shuheng appeared a bit cold.

Except for showing a warm side when meeting the Zhao family, she almost had no expression on her face usually, looking like a stranger shouldn't approach.

Every day he went out to stroll, she would take a camera to find scenery to take pictures, occasionally taking a close-up of him, photos of him chatting with villagers.

Strolling the village in the morning, and not idle in the afternoon and evening, as usual, either reading books and researching materials, or burying his head in writing.

He had a great harvest, and "White Deer Plain" had unknowingly finished Chapter 13.

Often at this time, Yu Shuheng would accompany him on the side, as if she had slowly gotten used to this state.

She also grew to like this kind of return to simplicity companionship. Listening to the sound of his pen falling, looking at the words under his pen, her heart was very quiet, her soul seemed to be comforted, and there was a sense of belonging that washed away the lead.

In these days, she was not impatient, even self-deprecatingly joking that she was as quiet as a Bodhisattva, but her spiritual world was rich and not boring at all.

During this period, Li Heng also took time to reply to Song Yu, Xiao Han, and Chen Zijin with a letter each, replying very seriously. He didn't have any perfunctory, and the three letters had almost no similarities, but were replies and records of his creative life in White Deer Plain with heart.

"Li Heng, Teacher is leaving."

Just as he finished writing the three letters and was stuffing them into envelopes to stick stamps, Yu Shuheng walked in from outside.

This was her first sentence upon entering the study.

"Leaving already?" Li Heng's action of sticking stamps stalled, and he slowly turned his head to ask.

"Today is the 11th day, the school has piled up a lot of classes, I have to go back to finish them." Yu Shuheng said.

Li Heng didn't make a sound after hearing this, lowered his head, and continued sticking stamps.

Seeing this, Yu Shuheng didn't urge him, standing on the side watching him stick stamps on the three letters one by one.

After a while, he raised his head and asked: "Teacher, what day are you leaving?"

Yu Shuheng said: "Tonight's flight."

"Tonight?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, Li Heng raised his left wrist to look.

It was currently 4:13 in the afternoon.

He immediately put down the envelopes, stood up, and went to the kitchen, starting to cook and prepare dishes without a word, arranging dinner.

Yu Shuheng followed to the kitchen, closed the kitchen door, and leaned against the door frame, quietly watching everything.

For a long time, seeing him prepare two dishes and wanting to make a third, she stopped him: "Two dishes are enough, have a beginning and an end."

Li Heng pondered for a moment and said alright.

"Drinking?" he asked.

"Can't drink too much, can drink a glass of red wine." Yu Shuheng replied.

Then she suddenly added, "Dine in my room."

Li Heng turned his head to glance at her, then glanced at Zeng Yun and Wu Bei in the courtyard outside, and agreed.

One meat, one vegetable, two bowls of rice, two glasses of red wine, extremely simple, even in the bedroom it didn't take up much space.

"Thank you, Teacher, for helping me these days, come, I'll toast you with the first sip." Li Heng raised his glass.

"First sip?"

"Hmm."

"A fresh way of saying it." Yu Shuheng smiled slightly, picked up the glass, and clinked it with his.

Then the two really only drank one sip.

Looking at each other, they then slowly put down their wine glasses and started to eat.

Originally thinking they would chat while eating as usual, but at this moment it was exceptionally quiet.

After drinking the first sip of wine, the two seemed to have practiced closed-mouth Zen, not saying a word, picking up food and eating rice, occasionally sipping red wine, maintaining this state until the end.

After the meal, she started to pack things.

Actually, there was nothing to pack, just a suitcase and a handbag, everything that needed to be picked up had already been put in.

Handbag in left hand, suitcase in right, Yu Shuheng stood up and said to him:

"Then I'm leaving, you write peacefully here. If you encounter anything, you can find Zeng Yun, I've already entrusted her."

"Alright." he replied.

Getting the reply, Yu Shuheng nodded, turned, and walked toward the door.

But just as she took the first step, Li Heng, as if possessed, reached out his right hand and grabbed her left wrist.

In an instant, the two seemed to have petrified.

He grabbed her left wrist, and she stopped in place.

Time seemed to have stopped at this moment, the atmosphere suddenly became heavy, became viscous, the bedroom was instantly quiet, and a pin drop could be heard.

After a long time, after a long stalemate, Yu Shuheng finally moved.

Ma Weidu to see her slowly turn her body, her calm face wearing a smile-like-not-smile expression, staring into his eyes.

The moment their gazes intertwined, Li Heng panicked and let go.

Yu Shuheng lowered her eyelids, scanned his right hand, and after pondering for a moment, she took a step closer, thought about it, and took another step closer.

My name also has 'Heng', alright, and it's a single-character name, Li Heng grumbled to himself, and began to write on the rice paper: Heng.

After writing, he admired it and asked: "How is the calligraphy?"

Yu Shuheng praised sincerely: "The brushwork is vigorous, the momentum is magnificent; it has momentum without losing gentleness. It's quite good."

Li Heng was quite happy to hear this and also felt that his calligraphy was presentable.

She asked: "Aren't you going to ask why I wrote this character?"

Li Heng asked: "Why?"

Yu Shuheng smiled faintly. "That's a secret."

Li Heng looked at her and didn't ask again.

Just at this moment, Wu Bei came to the study door, holding a bag in her hand. The bag was bulging and filled with things.

Yu Shuheng glanced at the other party. "Where did it come from?"

Wu Bei glanced at Li Heng and replied: "Boss, it came from across the ocean."

Yu Shuheng pondered for a moment and said: "Give it to me."

Ma Weidu then did Wu Bei enter the study, handed the bag in her hand to her, and then quickly retreated. The whole process was clean and didn't drag on at all.

In front of him, Yu Shuheng took out a thick stack of documents from the bag and placed them on the table, then sat on the chair familiarly and flipped through them one by one.

Li Heng scanned them unconsciously and was immediately surprised. The documents were all in English and seemed to be an investment agreement.

Seeing his gaze fall on the documents, Yu Shuheng asked: "Can you understand?"

"I can understand a little bit."

Li Heng said as such, and the more he looked, the more surprised he became. Finally, he couldn't help but ask: "Teacher, you still have investments in the United States."

"Mm, although Wu Bei is my bodyguard, she is more of my assistant. She is an old hand from your Aunt Shen Xin's side, specifically transferred to me."

As she spoke, Yu Shuheng looked over the top document and then signed her own name at the end: "This is a 6 million US dollar investment proposal."

Li Heng was a bit confused, then asked: "Are these all investment proposals?"

Yu Shuheng shook her head. "Not all; some are financial statements, some are information materials."

Li Heng nodded, turned around, and went outside, leaving the space for her to handle private affairs.

After an hour or so, Yu Shuheng found Li Heng at a villager's house. "My business is handled; you can go and get busy with your own."

Li Heng said okay, chatted with the villagers for a while, and then said goodbye and left.

On the way home, she stretched lazily and asked meaningfully: "Were you scared by my wealth?"

"To be honest, a little. I just did a rough calculation, including what's in the passbook, plus the money for the second batch of "Culture Bitter Travel" standalone books that "Harvest" magazine hasn't settled with me yet, it's only a little over 1 million at most. Sigh...!"

As he spoke, he sighed.

Damn it!

In this day and age, having a deposit of 1 million is already very awesome, and he was even a bit floating because of it.

He felt that this 1 million was more comfortable than his tens of millions in bank deposits in his previous life.

But he couldn't help it; there is always someone better than you!

It really lived up to that old saying: comparing goods makes you want to throw them away, comparing people makes you want to die of anger. He had already worked very hard, but the result was not even a fraction of someone else's.

Until now, he had truly realized what a class gap was!

Others were born in Rome and could pry millions or tens of millions with a flick of their fingers, while he had struggled for so long to accumulate only a million. There was no comparison.

Yu Shuheng crossed her arms and said: "Compared to your peers, you are actually already very excellent. Looking at the entire Chinese literary scene, your current status is also ranked, and no one dares to underestimate you."

Li Heng acknowledged this, and the sense of oppression brought by the huge gap just now immediately lessened.

He turned his head: "Teacher, can I ask you a question?"

Yu Shuheng nodded: "Speak."

Li Heng asked with bright eyes: "Relying solely on yourself, how much money have you earned? Of course, if it's inconvenient to answer, just pretend I didn't ask."

Yu Shuheng said: "My initial startup capital was given to me by your Aunt Shen Xin."

Li Heng said: "This is a benefit brought by your ability to be reborn; others can't envy it, so it naturally counts as yours."

Yu Shuheng smiled slightly, tilted her head, thought for a moment, and said: "I started to get in touch with commercial investment after the college entrance examination. My family also arranged for people to teach me. It's been nearly 10 years now. During this period, there have been losses and gains, and even a 5 million US dollar investment went down the drain. But overall, I still earned some money."

After a pause, she brushed her hair with her right hand and continued: "I am not fighting alone as you see now. I have a team scattered in Europe, America, and Japan. From market intelligence investigation to data analysis, there are professional people doing it. I only need to make the final decision and sign."

Hearing this, Li Heng raised his hand to interrupt her: "Forget it, don't say it. Let me just be a happy writer."

Yu Shuheng looked at him and smiled, really stopping her speech.

He knew clearly that since she was supporting a professional team, her financial strength might be even more massive than he imagined, so he sensibly called a stop. It was like putting the final layer of window paper on each other.

When they were about to reach home, Yu Shuheng suddenly asked: "Do you want to step into the business world?"

Li Heng asked: "Why ask this?"

Yu Shuheng said: "I observe that when you read books and newspapers, besides literature, you also often dabble in business books."

Li Heng didn't hide it: "I do have this idea."

Her gaze lingered on his back twice, and she asked: "Do you want Teacher to help you?"

Li Heng shook his head and refused very crisply: "No!"

Having lived two lives, he deeply understood one truth: there is no free lunch in the world.

As long as it involves interests, as long as he seeks help from her in terms of interests, then no matter what happens in the future, he will be more or less controlled by her.

It would be fine if she cherished old feelings; perhaps they could be on equal footing.

Once she turned her face and didn't recognize anyone one day, or if the interest binding was too deep, then he would undoubtedly have to look at her face to act.

As a reborn person, he could earn less money, but he would absolutely not sell his freedom. That was something he could never accept.

Yu Shuheng seemed to feel his state of mind, so she looked at him several times more, and then said:

"If one day you have a need, you can seek cooperation with me. I will provide you with professional advice as a partner."

Afraid that he would think too much, she specifically bit the word "cooperation" harder, emphasizing an equal relationship, intending to take care of his feelings.

Li Heng said thank you, "Okay, thank you, Teacher."

Returning home, Li Heng washed his hands simply and drilled into the study.

Yu Shuheng also washed her hands and then followed him in. She asked: "Will I disturb you if I'm in the study?"

Li Heng shook his head. "No."

It was true, he wasn't lying.

Previously, his high school English teacher accompanied him for a whole summer vacation, and he wasn't much affected; instead, he grew to like the feeling of having someone behind him on the left.

Of course, having said that, if it were Mai Sui, he would be very welcoming emotionally, but rationally he would politely refuse.

Because Mai Sui was different from other women; she was like Su Daji reincarnated, and her full-level inner charm attribute seemed born to seduce people, even if she had been deliberately suppressing it. But after staying in a closed space for a long time, he would be influenced silently.

He wasn't saying this empty-mouthed; he had experienced it personally.

There were several times when, because he stayed in a small space with Mai Sui for too long, he didn't have much reaction at first, but later he felt as if he had taken aphrodisiacs, restless, his mind full of scarlet fantasies. There was even one time when he couldn't control his emotions and hugged and kissed her in the study.

To be fair, it wasn't that other women had no charm.

It was just that whether it was Yu Laoshi or Zhou Shihe, as long as they were serious, even if he occasionally had certain thoughts instinctively, he would reject them in time, and the influence wasn't great.

Just like...

Just like in Jingcheng, if Zhou Shihe were replaced by Mai Sui, try staying in the same room for more than 20 days—whoa! He would likely take the initiative to crawl into her bed nine times out of ten.

But facing Zhou Shihe, Li Heng was invisibly restrained. He knew what kind of woman could be provoked, what kind of woman could be provoked, and what kind of woman shouldn't be provoked.

During that time, did he really have no thoughts about Zhou Shihe?

As a normal man, how could he not?

Even if it were another woman with some beauty, a man who had tasted the taste of meat would inevitably have evil thoughts if they were alone for a long time and lived in the same room every day.

Not to mention the other party was the beautiful Zhou Shihe, and not to mention the other party was beautiful beyond measure.

But in the end, he only had two wet dreams and no overstepping actions.

Ma Weidu because the other party was Zhou Shihe!

Closing the door, Yu Shuheng, according to the description in Runwen's letter, moved a chair and sat behind him on the left, not in a very far position, slightly behind, trying not to let herself appear in his direct line of sight, so as not to disturb his writing.

When the room became quiet, as usual, Li Heng first focused on reading for a while, studying literature materials.

It wasn't until more than an hour later, until his emotions were brewed, that he put down the book, picked up his pen, and began to write in the notebook he had already prepared.

This was the first time for real companionship, experiencing Runwen-style companionship. Yu Shuheng thought it would be noisy, but the fact was the opposite; she was immersed in it.

He read books, and she read her own books.

When he was writing, she closed the book, her gaze first swimming around him slowly, and then falling on the paper, watching him write word by word.

She had never thought it would be this feeling; watching someone write a book was this feeling. It was very special; she couldn't find precise vocabulary to describe it for a while.

If she had to find a corresponding artistic atmosphere, she thought of the Peach Blossom Spring in the Peach Blossom Spring Record.

Perhaps, this was the Peach Blossom Spring in Runwen's mouth.

After all, the person in front of her was not just a little boy, but also a legendary writer famous throughout the country. The "To Live" and "Culture Bitter Travel" he created had been widely acclaimed and highly praised by experts and scholars.

The book was written well, and with the legendary writer's halo, the spiritual enjoyment given to people was different.

Today Li Heng was writing Chapter 9 of "Bai Luyuan."

The main content of this chapter was Black Baby eloping with a dust-covered wife, and the Tian family gifting silver to tie the knot.

Black Baby settled in a village called General Village in Weibei, working for a landlord named Guo. General Village was located in a river valley called General Slope, flat as a plain, with no end in sight, all flat irrigated land...

It was fine at first; he wrote delicately and plainly, and Yu Laoshi watched very intently, forgetting herself.

But as she watched, she found that it was slowly becoming wrong, especially when he wrote that Black Baby's fingers touched the little woman's fingers hooked on the bottom of the bowl. At that moment, Black Baby's heart jumped violently... "Sister E'er, Sister E'er," the little woman heard and grabbed Black Baby's arm, turned over from the kang, and threw herself into the other's arms. Black Baby hugged the little woman tightly with both arms, and that beautiful body trembled in his arms...

Li Heng described the whole process on the bed.

In the process of writing, he himself was also more or less affected, his mouth dry. He reached out his left hand, wanting to pick up the teacup to drink some water.

As a result, the cup was a little far away, and he didn't get it for a while. Just when he was about to tilt his body slightly to take the water cup, Yu Shuheng handed the cup to him.

Imperceptibly, in the process of receiving the cup, the two people's fingers touched, and they shivered instantly, very much like the beginning of Black Baby and Sister E'er in the book...

It was originally a very normal accidental contact, but because it had just happened in the book, both of them looking at each other felt that the world was exceptionally quiet.

After looking at each other for a while, Yu Shuheng suddenly stood up and walked outside, without saying hello, without any sound, opening and closing the door in one go.

After doing all this, after leaving his sight, Yu Shuheng, who had been incomparably calm just a moment ago, instantly transformed into another look, her face blushing for the first time.

It was really the first time!

This was the first time in her 26 years that she felt her body heating up and her face burning.

Because strange emotions filled her whole body, she didn't go anywhere, but went directly into the inner bedroom, closed the door, and sat on the edge of the bed, trying to calm down certain surging thoughts.

But her thoughts were like a bursting dam, pouring down, her mind full of the scenes in the book, full of the scenes of Black Baby and Sister E'er rolling around described by his pen...

Thinking and thinking, after a long time, the scenes in her mind changed again, changing into the scenes in last night's dream, he was sentimental and interesting...

20 minutes later, Yu Shuheng walked out of the bedroom and said to Ceng Yun outside the door: "You take good care of him at home; I have something to go out for."

Ceng Yun didn't ask for the reason and nodded.

Yu Shuheng left, took her luggage, and drove the off-road vehicle away from Bai Luyuan.

Along with her was Wu Bei.

Along the way, no one spoke in the car. It wasn't until they left the loess plateau boundary that Yu Shuheng broke the silence: "Where is fun in Xi'an?"

Wu Bei tried to answer: "The Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor of Qin, the ancient city wall, and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda."

Yu Shuheng asked: "Have you been there?"

Wu Bei said she had been there.

Yu Shuheng thought for a moment and stopped the car: "You drive, let's go see the Big Wild Goose Pagoda."

Wu Bei changed to the driver's seat and drove straight to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Yu Laoshi's departure didn't affect Li Heng. After a brief distraction, he returned to his creation.

This part of Black Baby and Sister E'er was written with passion, but time was also very easy to pass. Look, before he knew it, it was past 8 o'clock in the evening.

Ceng Yun probed the window outside several times, seeing him always sitting at the desk, not daring to disturb him. Although because they had just come into contact, she didn't know exactly what Li Heng was doing?

But the boss valued him so much and even ran to Bai Luyuan to accompany him, making Ceng Yun not dare to have any slack thoughts, guarding him diligently.

After 11 o'clock in the evening, Li Heng finally finished Chapter 9, writing about 14,000 words.

However, he didn't have time to revise it. He was really damn hungry; his stomach was thundering, he was so hungry he was dizzy and had no strength, so how could he dare to delay?

Putting the manuscript neatly into the drawer, Li Heng opened the study door and walked out, bumping into Ceng Yun head-on.

He asked: "Why is it so cold and clear in the room? Where is the teacher?"

Ceng Yun replied: "She left."

Li Heng was surprised: "Left?"

Ceng Yun stood in place like a wooden block, not answering.

Li Heng asked: "Did she say where she went? Did she return to Shanghai?"

Ceng Yun shook her head: "Don't know."

Li Heng asked again: "When did she leave?"

Ceng Yun replied: "Around 2 o'clock in the afternoon."

Li Heng asked: "Did she leave any instructions before leaving?"

Ceng Yun shook her head.

Alright, this woman doesn't know anything when asked. Li Heng immediately lost interest in continuing the exchange. "I'm hungry, I have no strength, help me get something to eat."

Ceng Yun turned and entered the kitchen, bringing out two dishes and one soup.

The two dishes were chili stir-fried eggs and rice flour meat.

The soup was pork rib soup.

He ate a few mouthfuls and immediately understood why Yu Laoshi said her cooking skills were very average.

Damn it, this is not average at all; it's simply ruining the food!

Too, too... forget it, eating people's food makes you short-spoken. Li Heng forcibly held back his full stomach of complaints and ate big mouthfuls.

Could he not eat big mouthfuls? He was almost dizzy with hunger.

After eating, he took a shower.

Just as he intended to go outside to exercise his muscles and bones, a car light shot over from a distance.

Ceng Yun said: "It might be the boss coming back."

But before she finished speaking, another car light appeared behind, followed by the third, fourth, fifth...

Ceng Yun frowned and said to him: "It's not the boss and the others, Mr. Li, you go back into the room first."

Obviously, for all unknown things, she began to be vigilant for the first time.

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"Right." Yu Shuheng said, leaning lazily against the back of the sofa.

Li Heng fell into deep thought.

It seems things are even more complicated than he thought. Clearly, Mai Sui anticipated Xiao Han's actions and avoided them in advance.

And the black-bellied wife, perhaps she was stimulated in her hometown, stimulated by Zijin, and started to become strong.

Honestly, the three women in his previous life, whether it was Song Yu or Zijin, he could figure out their patterns and find ways to deal with them.

Ma Weidu Xiao Han was a bit of a headache; this girl was just too changeable, one idea after another. Just when you were pondering her previous idea, she had already changed her mind, truly unpredictable.

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Also, let me say, the interaction and dialogue between Heng and Yu Shuheng actually don't have a single bit of nonsense, every sentence has deep meaning, but because Sanyue handled it too artistically, many big shots didn't understand it, thinking I was piecing together the plot. But actually, it's not. According to Sanyue's usual writing style, it must be deeply analyzed for everyone. But Yu Shuheng is special, Sanyue still chose to leave it blank, and I think some big shots who read slowly must have tasted it. Of course, leaving it blank now, it will definitely run through the end later, and it will definitely solve the confusion for everyone, and it will definitely be explained in detail later. (Alright, that's all I'll say about Yu, I won't explain it in the future.)

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