Chapter 357

Dinner was made by Li Heng, who specifically stir-fried the pork blood balls and cured meat that Professor Yu loves, and for the other dish, he made cured wild rabbit.

After finishing the two dishes, Li Heng said: "Let's have one more vegetable dish and soup. We're leaving tomorrow morning; this is the last meal at Bai Luyuan, so let's make an exception and have a feast."

Yu Shuheng gave a refined smile and agreed.

Afterward, she said: "The professor also wants to eat tiger-skin green peppers. I brought the peppers, but I forgot to take them out; they're in my suitcase."

As she spoke, she walked out of the kitchen, and not long after, she walked back in, truly carrying a bag of green peppers in her hand.

Li Heng was speechless and teased: "Just for a bite to eat? Why do I feel like you, Professor, are even more of a foodie than I am?"

Yu Shuheng smiled slightly, "I suddenly wanted to eat them, so I had someone send the peppers over on short notice."

"Oh? You even made a special phone call to have someone send them?"

"Yes."

At this point, the two looked at each other and smiled, and Li Heng instructed: "This dish tastes better with some garlic cloves; help me peel a few."

Yu Shuheng crouched down, broke off 5 cloves of garlic, and began to peel the outer skin.

She asked: "Which chapter have you written up to?"

Li Heng replied: "Chapter 24."

Yu Shuheng was somewhat happy to hear this; she had been thinking about the manuscript at home, and this time she could finally read to her heart's content.

She asked: "About how many chapters are left?"

Li Heng pondered: "According to the plan, I've only written a little over half so far; it's estimated to be about 40-plus chapters in total."

From cooking to the dinner table, the two talked about the story of "Bai Luyuan," and because they were so engrossed in the conversation, they continued talking even while taking a walk after the meal.

When passing by the village head's house, the two even went inside to sit for a while; they couldn't refuse, as the people there were too enthusiastic, and with the half-pushing and half-pulling, they felt embarrassed to directly give them the cold shoulder.

Upon learning that the two were leaving tomorrow morning, the village head even ran around to get some local specialties to give to them.

Unexpectedly, Yu Shuheng didn't refuse this time, but instead accepted them.

Li Heng asked quietly: "Did the matter regarding the village head's son work out?"

Yu Shuheng nodded.

When circling around the village and heading back, they had to pass by the Zhao family's house; this time, the Zhao family's main gate was tightly shut, and it was estimated that they had all returned to Xi'an City.

Sweeping a glance at the Zhao family's main gate, Yu Shuheng suddenly thought of Li Ran, so she asked: "During this period, didn't Li Ran come to find you to catch up?"

"She came once, but it wasn't to catch up; it was to deliver things for her mother, and she took the opportunity to say goodbye."

Li Heng responded, and asked curiously: "Why did you ask about her, Professor?"

Yu Shuheng didn't hide it, "Last summer vacation, Runwen mentioned the other party more than once in her letters, seemingly saying that Li Ran has a sex addiction?"

Li Heng told her: "That is indeed the case."

As he spoke, he briefly recounted the matter between Li Ran and Zhao An, and finally asked: "What do you think, Professor? Will the Zhao family hold her accountable afterward?"

The reason he brought it up was that he wanted to assess whether the Zhao family would cause trouble for Li Ran in the future; after all, they were acquaintances, and he still wished for the other party to live a better life.

Yu Shuheng pondered for a short while and shook her head: "In theory, they shouldn't. However, it's not bad for her to go outside to avoid it. The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds; I can't guarantee that all the Zhao family members can tolerate this matter."

Li Heng agreed with this statement.

Returning home, he entered the study and continued writing; he was returning to Shanghai tomorrow morning, so he strove to finish Chapter 24 in one go tonight.

Yu Shuheng also followed him in, holding the manuscript of the previous chapters in her hands at the back left, reading very intently.

However, she interrupted her reading several times during the process; every time she saw the affair between Hei Wa and Sister E'er in the book, and every time she saw those details and linguistic descriptions, she was forced to stop and hold her breath for a while.

Once, by chance, her gaze fell on his side profile, and afterward, she didn't move it away for a very long time.

Influenced by the emotions in the book, at this very moment, she couldn't help but imagine the scene of Li Heng and Chen Zijin in one bed, and later, she couldn't help but fantasize about the intimate scene between him and Mai Sui in the study, and her heart surged inexplicably.

Thinking and thinking, Yu Shuheng closed the manuscript and retreated from the study on tiptoe.

Walking outside the house, as soon as she came into contact with the fresh air outside, her emotions gradually calmed down; looking up at the starry sky, she suddenly remembered something, walked straight to the dirt mound opposite the house, and turned to look at the window of the new house.

She could just happen to see the scene of him writing intently.

Under the dim yellow electric light, he would stop his pen to ponder, then write furiously, then twirl his pen, and then a trace of immersive joy would appear on his face.

Yu Shuheng smiled slightly, her gaze quietly watching all this through the window, unable to move her feet for a moment.

Wu Bei had been with her for almost three years and had some understanding of the boss's habits, so she immediately brought over a chair.

Yu Shuheng instructed: "Help me get the camera from the coffee table."

Wu Bei put the chair behind her and returned to the main room to get the camera.

Yu Shuheng adjusted the focus and aimed it at Li Heng to take a picture; unfortunately, the light wasn't very bright, so it wasn't particularly clear, but she didn't mind—hazy has its own hazy beauty.

While taking pictures, a thought suddenly grew wildly in her mind: that was to pick some photos of herself and him and send them to Runwen.

Including the ones at Yuelu Mountain in Changsha.

Including the one by the small river at noon last month.

Including tonight's.

This night, Yu Shuheng didn't enter the study again, but just sat on the dirt mound like that, looking up at the stars from time to time, and looking at him from time to time.

Li Heng didn't know about the scene outside the window, but was happily immersed in the world under his pen. And so, when he finished at past 11 p. m., he had written nearly 4,000 more words, finishing Chapter 24 in one go.

Seeing him stretch and come out of the study, Yu Shuheng outside got up and walked toward the house, "Finished writing?"

"Yes, finished." Li Heng hummed.

Yu Shuheng said: "It's getting late, wash up and rest; let's set off earlier tomorrow."

"Okay." Li Heng responded and entered the washroom.

Yu Shuheng thought for a moment and followed him to the entrance of the washroom.

Sensing the movement, Li Heng asked while squeezing toothpaste: "Professor, is something the matter?"

Yu Shuheng asked meaningfully: "Last summer vacation, when you and Runwen parted ways, you took the initiative to hug her?"

Li Heng: "."

Wang Laoshi, oh Wang Laoshi, why do you say everything out loud?

He didn't deny it, "That was a farewell gift."

Not waiting for a reply, Li Heng asked tentatively: "Does the professor need one?"

Yu Shuheng smiled slightly and returned to her own bedroom.

This night, there was no thunder and no rain, and Li Heng slept particularly soundly.

And contrary to him, Yu Shuheng tossed and turned in bed and couldn't sleep; in the middle, she even got up once and came to the partition door of the room.

Looking at the doorknob right in front of her, after standing still for two minutes, she slowly turned around, climbed back into bed, lifted the quilt and sat inside, and took out a copy of "Jane Eyre" from the backpack on the bedside table to read.

This "Jane Eyre" was not that "Jane Eyre"; it was one she had just bought.

The one her mother gave her was currently sitting in Li Heng's study.

In fact, what Yu Shuheng didn't know was that the copy of "Jane Eyre" that recorded the 8 strategies had already changed locations and followed Xiao Han to Shanghai Medical University.

When Xiao Han found this book in the study, she was very depressed, and at the same time, she felt a trace of confusion.

Confusion that there was actually a mother in the world who helped her daughter snatch a man?

Reading the 8 strategies from beginning to end twice, Xiao Han felt somewhat heavy; if Professor Yu really seduced him according to the methods in this book, honey probably wouldn't be able to last 6 rounds, right?

Especially since they were together at Bai Luyuan, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away; Professor Yu is so beautiful and has such temperament, and Mr. Li loves beauties, so who knows what might happen?

And she didn't know if he had received the letter she asked Professor Yu to pass on?

Xiao Han didn't consider herself to have much understanding of Yu Shuheng, and felt a bit unsure in her heart.

Precisely because of this, the distrustful Xiao Han didn't write much content in the letter, just a simple sentence: Mr. Li, do you want a wife?

She really just wrote this one sentence.

While writing, she thought: Even if this letter was opened and read by Yu Shuheng halfway, it wouldn't matter; she wasn't afraid of Professor Yu intercepting her sweetheart at Bai Luyuan.

The bitter unrequited love of the past 6 years had already taught her a complete set of survival rules: muster the courage to swallow everything, complain less, investigate less, firmly grasp what you want, and only by not forgetting your original intention can you laugh until the end.

Of course, this set of survival rules also had weaknesses, and that was when facing Chen Zijin, she would occasionally be unable to control her small temper and be directly rude and cut to the bone.

For example, going to Shangwan Village during the first month was a typical example. Chen Zijin has slept with my honey so many times, why should I have a good temper toward her?

After reading the 8 strategies for the third time, Xiao Han flipped the book to the title page, where there was a name: Shen Xin.

She knew that Shen Xin was Professor Yu's mother.

Staring down at the two characters "Shen Xin," Xiao Han felt a chill down her spine, and an unprecedented sense of crisis emerged in her heart.

Based on the stunning nature of the 8 strategies, she felt that this Shen Xin was a master at fishing for men, but she didn't know how much of the skill Professor Yu had inherited?

Could Mr. Li resist this temptation at Bai Luyuan?

Also, why did this book appear in his study?

Had he read this book?

Centering on this book, Xiao Han made many assumptions and conjectures, but behind many conjectures, she reached the same conclusion: perhaps Professor Yu did it on purpose, with the goal of knocking the mountain to shake the tiger.

Knock whom?

Shake whom?

A woman's intuition told her that the other party might be targeting her!

Because in Shanghai, she was the one who was Mr. Li's girlfriend on the surface.

A night passed.

When Li Heng opened his eyes, he happened to see Yu Shuheng coming out of the inner room.

"Professor, morning." He greeted her groggily.

Yu Shuheng nodded, raised her right wrist to look at her watch and said: "Get up, we should set off."

"Eh."

Li Heng responded, but lay there without moving, staring straight at her.

Seeing this, a scene emerged in Yu Shuheng's mind, and she immediately accelerated her speed and left the bedroom.

Past 8 a. m., after giving some things they weren't taking away to the neighbors who had taken care of him these days, the two got into the off-road vehicle and left Bai Lu Village, heading for the airport.

Seeing him poking his head around and looking everywhere, Yu Shuheng asked: "Reluctant to leave?"

"Yes, a little." Li Heng said.

Yu Shuheng said: "You are indeed a person who cherishes old feelings."

Li Heng said: "That is indeed the case; after all, I stayed here for more than a month, and suddenly leaving, maybe I won't have the chance to come back in this lifetime, so I'm taking the opportunity to look a few more times now."

Yu Shuheng pondered for a while and said: "If you like it, I can buy the house we stayed in."

Li Heng waved his hand: "Don't, why waste this money; if we really miss it in the future, we'll team up and come back to see it together."

Hearing "we," Yu Shuheng turned her head to glance at him, continued to look ahead, and focused on driving.

Walking all the way forward, when they were about to reach Xi'an, Li Heng suddenly slapped his thigh and sighed: "We agreed that you would teach me how to drive, and I actually forgot about this matter; I remember it was when we passed this stretch of road that we said it."

Yu Shuheng looked around the surroundings, "It is indeed here; how about we delay returning for two days? I'll teach you?"

Li Heng shook his head, "Forget it, teach me when we return to Shanghai; I'm a bit homesick."

After a while, Yu Shuheng asked out of the blue: "Missing Xiao Han?"

"Yes." Li Heng was honest, without any prevarication.

Hearing this, Yu Shuheng closed the chat mode and didn't speak again afterward.

Li Heng was a bit bored; he first enjoyed the scenery along the way for a while, then found the letter Xiao Han wrote to him in his bag and slowly opened it.

Inside was just a piece of paper with a simple sentence: Mr. Li, do you want a wife?

Li Heng was stunned; his first reaction was disbelief—the word "wife" actually appeared in the letter? This was truly the first time in this lifetime.

He couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart.

Second reaction, he smiled.

Not playing by the rules is the true nature of a black-bellied wife, after all; it's truly unpredictable.

And the third reaction, Li Heng's smile gradually faded.

Perhaps, this sentence wasn't entirely directed at him.

As for who it was targeting? Who was it testing? Need he ask?

However, she clearly didn't understand Professor Yu and underestimated Professor Yu's character. Professor Yu would never intercept his letters, let alone open and read them secretly.

PS: I have a high fever today, my whole body has no strength, and it's painful to write; I don't know what ghost I wrote in this chapter, and I didn't dare to post it originally, but I posted it anyway. Sorry.

(End of chapter)