Chapter 382: , Taboo

Waking up, it was already past 11 o'clock in the middle of the night.

Damn, this drink really made me forget day and night. Li Heng rubbed his temples with both hands, and his eyes fell on the blue coat on his chest.

This is Mai Sui's, he recognized it at a glance.

Staring for a while, he picked up the coat and sniffed it at the tip of his nose. Hmm, a fresh sunshine smell. Obviously, she had just taken a shower and put it on, and then laid it on his chest.

At this point, what is she doing? Is she asleep?

Thinking of Mai Sui, Li Heng grabbed the coat and left the study.

Looking around on the second floor, no one.

Looking around on the first floor, still no one.

Could it be that she went to the small building at No. 27 next door?

Thinking about this, he opened the door and prepared to go next door to take a look, but he met Yu Shuhang just as he reached the middle of the alley. The latter was holding a bottle of white wine and happened to come out of the small building opposite.

"Yu Laoshi." Li Heng spoke first.

"Hmm."

Yu Shuhang nodded slightly, and then asked: "Do you want to write tonight?"

Li Heng shook his head: "My head is dizzy today, no ideas, I don't plan to write, I'm preparing to give myself a holiday."

Yu Shuhang shook the Moutai in her hand: "Then accompany Teacher to drink."

Li Heng had guessed it long ago and didn't refuse: "Okay."

After saying okay, Li Heng glanced sideways at the small building at No. 27, and found that the gate was tightly closed and pitch black, so he immediately extinguished the idea of going to shout at the door.

In fact, Mai Sui and Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe were not asleep. The two girls were chatting in a low voice on the attic at this time.

Originally, when seeing Li Heng open the door and come out, Mai Sui wanted to go back to the living room to turn on the lights, but the next second she saw Yu Laoshi come out.

Through the faint moonlight, Mai Sui and Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe looked at each other, and she, who had just stood up, sat down slowly again.

After that, the two girls didn't speak to each other again, but looked tacitly at the man and woman in the alley.

It wasn't until Li Heng and Yu Laoshi returned to the house that Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe asked quietly: "Are you sleepy now?"

Her implication was: if Mai Sui is not sleepy, she happens to go next door to read "White Deer Plain" for a while.

Of course, reading is Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe's real idea, but it is also helping her best friend.

By now, the few households at the end of the alley basically have no secrets.

Every move of Yu Laoshi is step by step confirming Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe's guess.

At the same time, she also understood that Mai Sui should have discovered the signs after the fact, but didn't dare to confirm it, and didn't dare to think too much in that direction. After all, Yu Shuhang is his teacher, and also their teacher for both courses.

Mai Sui was silent for a long time, got up and said: "I'm a little sleepy, let's sleep."

Hearing this, Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe knew that her best friend had retreated in the face of Yu Laoshi, so she didn't say anything more and returned to the bedroom together.

Lying on the bed, Mai Sui, who couldn't fall asleep for a long time, suddenly said: "Zhou Zhou Shihe, are you asleep?"

Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe responded: "No."

Mai Sui opened her eyes and looked at the ceiling and asked: "If it were you, what would you do?"

The two girls knew many things in their hearts, and they, who had such a good relationship, lacked polite preambles and twists and turns, and spoke directly about their private words.

Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe pondered for a while, shook her head and said: "I don't know."

Mai Sui turned over and looked at her best friend.

Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe said: "I haven't had any emotional experience, I can't understand the mystery and essence, so I can't give you advice randomly."

Speaking of this, she paused and added: "However, books all say 'Ask what love is in the world, and teach life and death to promise'. Perhaps feelings vary from person to person, and there are reasons for making any choice."

Mai Sui was lost in thought when she heard this, and after a long time, she asked curiously: "Among the many opposite sexes who have a good impression of you, is there no special one?"

Special one?

A figure suddenly appeared in Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe's mind. This person is very talented. When skiing in the Northeast, he hugged her and kissed her; they lived in the same room for more than a month; when alone, he would occasionally stare at her quietly from the side or behind; he also knew that he had dreamed of her three times...

"Remembered?" Seeing that her friend didn't reply for a long time, Mai Sui became interested.

In the dark night, Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe instinctively avoided her best friend's direct gaze and said weakly: "No."

Hearing this, Mai Sui lowered her eyelids in disappointment, thinking about various past events with him and Song Yu, and stopped making a sound.

Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe also lost the interest in chatting, closed her eyes, forced herself not to think about anything, and tried to enter a dreamland.

On the other side.

After entering the door, Yu Shuhang, who was dressed in black, turned and asked: "Are there any vegetables at home?"

Li Heng walked toward the kitchen after closing the door.

Seeing this, Yu Shuhang followed him.

After searching for a while, he said regretfully: "Mai Sui just came back today, it's been a while since she cooked. There are only peanuts and fermented bean curd in the cupboard, uh... there are sour peppers and sour radishes in the jar."

Yu Shuhang said: "Peanuts are fine, having them is better than nothing."

"Okay, Teacher, go upstairs and wait for a while, it will be ready soon." Li Heng said and did it, immediately setting up a pot.

Yu Shuhang didn't listen to him, but retreated to the kitchen door, leaning against the kitchen door frame and watching him busy.

It's been a long time since she watched him cook, and Yu Laoshi watched with relish for a while.

However, compared to watching him cook, it's been longer since she hadn't come here to sleep for several months.

I don't know why tonight, she couldn't sleep after tossing and turning on the bed, so she found a bottle of Moutai and came to his house under the pretext of drinking.

Seeing him, seeing him busy, a thought suddenly popped into Yu Shuhang's mind: Perhaps, this is the feeling of home?

Oil-fried peanuts were ready soon. When they were out of the pot, he asked: "Teacher, add salt? Or add sugar?"

Yu Shuhang asked: "Which one do you eat in Xiangnan?"

Li Heng said: "Salt."

Yu Shuhang said: "Add salt."

"Eh!" Li Heng responded, scooped a spoonful and a half of salt into the bowl, then picked up the vegetable bowl and shook it up, down, left, and right to make the salt even.

The peanuts were ready, and then he made a bowl of pickled vegetables and 6 pieces of fermented bean curd, and served them to the second floor together.

Yu Shuhang cleared a space on the coffee table, spread out a newspaper, and after he put the dishes, she opened the Moutai and poured two glasses of wine. She placed one in front of him, then picked up her own wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

Li Heng was surprised, "Not eating some vegetables first?"

Yu Shuhang said: "It's been a long time since I drank so happily."

Li Heng asked: "Teacher, did you encounter something?"

Yu Shuhang raised her head and looked at his eyes strangely, "You guess."

Li Heng thought for a while, and finally shook his head: "Can't guess."

Yu Shuhang poured herself another glass of wine, held it up and said: "Accompany me for a drink, and I'll tell you."

Li Heng cooperated and touched her wine glass, and really drank it in one gulp.

After drinking the second glass, Yu Shuhang held the empty wine glass and asked: "You say, if you fall in love with someone, what will you do?"

Li Heng blurted out: "This is simple, just chase."

Yu Shuhang was silent for a while, then opened her mouth again: "What if you fall in love with someone you shouldn't love?"

Li Heng paused and asked in a low voice: "What is called someone you shouldn't love?"

Yu Shuhang asked back faintly: "Does sister-brother love count? Does teacher-student love count? Does it count if the man has an object?"

Li Heng said, "If so, I will drink to get myself drunk and not think about anything."

Yu Shuhang smiled and said: "You are borrowing wine to drown your sorrows, but the sorrows are even more sorrowful, and you can't solve the fundamental problem."

Li Heng retorted: "Get drunk today, worry about tomorrow's worries tomorrow. Life is only a few decades, and timely pleasure is the most important."

Yu Shuhang didn't make a sound after listening, and poured the third glass of wine by herself and drank it.

Li Heng drank a glass, then put down the glass and stopped moving, eating peanuts while watching her drink. His own white wine capacity was really limited. Two glasses went down rapidly, and his head was already half dizzy.

Drinking to the 5th glass, Yu Shuhang, whose alcohol began to surge, looked over and said softly: "Little boy, a beautiful woman is drinking so wantonly in front of you, why don't you stop her?"

Li Heng looked at her and said: "Teacher, you usually pay too much attention to your words and deeds, and it is tiring to keep elegant all the time. I think you need to indulge once, and getting drunk is not a bad thing."

Yu Shuhang asked: "If I get drunk, where will I sleep tonight?"

Li Heng said: "I have a room here. If Teacher wants to go back to her own house, I can send you over."

Hearing her own house, Yu Shuhang's gaze shifted, looking at the night outside that was as dark as ink, "It's raining."

Li Heng turned his head and looked for a while: "It's not. Spring plum season is rainy, and there are frogs everywhere in the green grass pond. It will be June in two days. Now it is the rainy season. In our Jiangnan, rain is not coming as it says, it is just so willful." 【3

After listening to the rain for a while, Yu Yu Yu Shuheng drank another glass of white liquor.

This glass of white liquor was the final straw that broke the camel's back; not long after finishing it, she swayed and collapsed onto the sofa within Li Heng's line of sight.

*Sigh*, Li Heng sighed silently. After sitting still for a moment, he got up and came to her side, attempting to support her back to the guest bedroom.

Perhaps it was because she was too tall, or perhaps she was dead drunk, but Li Heng tried several times and couldn't lift her. Finally, having no other choice, he simply bent his waist and carried her into the guest bedroom in a princess hold.

Laying her flat on the bed, Li Heng let his gaze linger on her for a few seconds before abandoning the idea of helping her take off her coat. Her curves were truly too tempting; every extra glance he took would shake his self-control a little more.

Removing her cotton slippers and tucking her in, Li Heng straightened up, intending to turn and leave.

Just then, a hand silently grabbed his left hand.

Li Heng froze and turned to look at the woman on the bed.

At this moment, her face was flushed, her scholarly temperament was rich, and her image was dignified; looking at her brought a sense of comfort that was pleasing to the eye and refreshing, like a spring breeze.

Her eyes were tightly closed, her long eyelashes pressed together without the slightest tremor. Li Heng didn't detect anything unusual, then held his breath to listen to her breathing.

Her breathing was even and long, without any flaws, as if she had truly fallen into a deep, drunken slumber.

This wasn't the first time the two had been in close contact. Looking at the noble, elegant, and beautiful woman on the bed, and thinking of how she had teased him several times by whispering in his ear and provoked a physiological reaction in him, and remembering the days they slept separated by a wooden board in Bai Bai Bai Luyuan, Li Heng's breathing suddenly grew heavy as his thoughts touched upon these memories, and a terrifying, taboo thought sprouted in his mind.

Once this taboo thought appeared, it surged like a tide, making his blood boil and leaving him increasingly excited.

"Teacher," he called out softly.

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng didn't react.

"Yu Laoshi," Li Heng called out again, his voice hoarse.

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng still showed no movement.

Lowering his head to look at her hand, Li Heng took two deep breaths, then with great willpower pried her hand off, stood up, turned off the light, walked out, and even remembered to close the bedroom door behind him.

What a stunner!

She had already stirred the desires deep within his heart many times.

Li Heng felt he was currently bursting with energy, enough to tear a cow apart with his bare hands. After going up to the attic to blow off some steam in the night wind for a while, he ultimately had no choice but to go to the washroom, where he had to take a cold shower to lower his tension.

While showering to cool down, Li Heng desperately wanted to stop going to the Shanghai Medical College to find Xiao Han, but it was too late now. He also thought about going to the small building next door to knock on the door and find Mai Sui, but he figured that would probably scare the girl.

As his mind wandered, he thought of that letter and that key. The property wasn't far from Passing Passing Wujiaochang; if he rushed over now, would she really be at his beck and call?

However, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. In the end, all his attention focused back on the guest bedroom, and onto Yu Yu Yu Shuheng.

During this time, his mind clouded by desire, he walked out of the shower room again and came to the door of the guest bedroom. He stared at the doorknob, struggling for a very long time. Finally, when he reached out to grasp the doorknob and pushed it open a crack, he suddenly sobered up.

Damn it! What was he doing?

Li Heng felt a jolt through his entire body. Terrified, he gently closed the door, didn't even bother finishing his shower, and returned to his own bedroom.

After hearing a series of chaotic footsteps outside, the night returned to silence, and Yu Yu Yu Shuheng in the guest bedroom slowly opened her eyes.

Six small glasses of white liquor was her limit; she was indeed drunk tonight.

But as the saying goes, a drunk person has a clear heart. Although her body was exhausted, her consciousness was clear, and she was aware of all his actions and behavior.

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng raised her left hand to look at it. Before long, her body felt burning hot; even now, she couldn't believe she would do something so out of character.

Fortunately, the young man's willpower was quite firm, otherwise something would have definitely happened tonight.

Thinking about "something happening," Yu Yu Yu Shuheng's thoughts wandered, and she couldn't help but wonder: what was he doing in bed?

If he hadn't controlled himself tonight and had come to bed, how would she have handled it?

After thinking about all sorts of things, Yu Yu Yu Shuheng slowly sat up. She first sat in a daze for a while, then, as if possessed, came to the bedroom door to stare and listen to the movements outside.

The living room outside was very quiet.

Having reached a precise judgment, Yu Yu Yu Shuheng quietly opened the bedroom door and walked out. She was a bit thirsty, so she used a cup to pour a glass of water to drink.

Just as she was halfway through drinking, her gaze wandered carelessly to the door of the master bedroom. After a moment of silence, her legs seemed to walk over as if they weren't under her control, walking and walking, until she stopped at the door of the master bedroom.

After she stopped, she felt lost.

Time ticked away, second by second. Just like that, a minute passed, and the master bedroom suddenly emitted a sound: "Is that you, Teacher?"

His voice.

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng froze. By the time she came to her senses, she realized her heartbeat had suddenly accelerated. Driven by that "Teacher," her entire being was instantly in a strange state.

*Tap, tap. *

There was movement from the master bedroom; there were footsteps.

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng's body trembled slightly. Taking two steps in one, then one step in two, she quickly moved back to her own bedroom, then closed the door and locked it.

Then, not daring to linger, she took off her shoes and returned to bed.

It was also at this moment that footsteps came from outside the door and stopped at the entrance.

At this very moment, separated by a thin wooden door, two hearts were beating fervently.

*Click! *

In the quiet night, a faint sound came through; it was the doorknob moving.

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng stared fixedly at the doorknob, biting her lip, not daring to move a muscle.

The doorknob turned half a circle, but the door didn't open. It turned another half circle, but still didn't open, and then it gave up.

After waiting for a good while without the doorknob making a third sound, Yu Yu Yu Shuheng let out a secret sigh of relief. At this moment, she was surprised to discover that, without realizing it, she had broken out in a cold sweat.

Never had she been so stimulated.

Never had she been so afraid.

And never had she been so...

Thinking of this, she cut off the thought in time, not daring to continue.

About two minutes later, the footsteps outside gradually faded away, accompanied by the sound of the master bedroom door closing, and the world fell into silence once again.

Confirming all was well, Yu Yu Yu Shuheng's body went limp, and she slumped against the headboard, holding half a cup of tea in her hands, remaining silent for a long time.

That night, Li Heng had a dream. He dreamed that he rushed to the room next door, violently broke in, and held the person on the bed in a passionate embrace.

That night, Yu Yu Yu Shuheng ultimately did not spend the night at the No. 26 small building and returned home in the dark.

With all sleepiness gone, she took a shower and then made a phone call to Shaodong.

*Ring, ring, ring. *

*Ring, ring, ring. *

The phone rang six times before it was answered.

A voice full of yawns came from the other end: "Hello, who is this?"

"Wang Wang Runwen, it's me," Yu Yu Yu Shuheng said.

Wang Wang Wang Runwen looked at the receiver in her hand and frowned: "It's the middle of the night, aren't you sleeping?"

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng said: "I drank a little wine."

"I drank wine too, I'm sleeping," Wang Wang Wang Runwen said, in a bad mood.

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng asked: "Why are you drinking? Lonely and restless?"

Wang Wang Wang Runwen was exhausted and answered irrelevantly: "If you have something to say, say it."

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng leaned back on the sofa, closed her eyes, and said softly: "I just came back from his place. It was just a hair's breadth away."

With that one sentence, all of Wang Wang Wang Runwen's sleepiness vanished instantly. She sat up on the sofa and let out a cold laugh: "Explain yourself clearly."

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng said: "I was originally sleeping in his guest bedroom, but he stood at the bedroom door for too long, so I came back."

*Beep, beep, beep! *

The phone hung up, and a busy signal came from the other end.

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng wasn't in a hurry; she put the red receiver back and waited quietly.

Sure enough, not long after, the phone rang. As soon as she picked it up, Wang Wang Wang Runwen's mocking voice came through: "I really didn't expect that I was blind back then to entrust him to you."

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng didn't mind and said elegantly: "Don't you have fresh waxberries in your fridge? Go eat one."

Wang Wang Wang Runwen narrowed her eyes: "Are you planning to resign?"

"Then do you hope I resign?" Yu Yu Yu Shuheng asked.

Wang Wang Wang Runwen was silent, then let out a "tsk tsk," "Tsk tsk, finally daring to look your heart in the eye?"

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng took a cushion and placed it over her lower abdomen: "Xiao Han had a relationship with him."

Wang Wang Wang Runwen asked: "Are you surprised?"

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng continued: "Mai Sui should have kissed him."

At this point, both ends of the phone fell silent.

After a long time, Wang Wang Wang Runwen broke the deadlock and asked: "Is there more? What about Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe?"

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng said: "Isn't this enough?"

Wang Wang Wang Runwen asked: "What do you think?"

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng said: "He has a spare key, but he didn't use it tonight."

Wang Wang Wang Runwen laughed coldly: "Is that meaningful?"

Yu Yu Yu Shuheng tore off her disguise: "You don't understand the meaning behind it?"

Wang Wang Wang Runwen's heart twinged, and she shouted irritably: "Don't call me for half a year, and don't come looking for me."

Hearing this, Yu Yu Yu Shuheng placed the receiver on the coffee table, got up, went into the small room inside, found the Spring Festival Gala videotape, and played the sixth program, "The Scenery of My Hometown," over and over again.

The next day.

Li Heng got up early today. After washing the clothes that had gotten dirty last night, he took an umbrella and went outside the school to buy breakfast.

Arriving at the end of the alley, he scanned the No. 25 small building with its doors and windows closed, then walked to the gate of the No. 27 small building and clapped his hands on the door.

*Clap, clap, clap! *

"Mai Sui, open the door."

He had only called out once when the gate opened from the inside, revealing Mai Sui's slender figure.

Facing each other across the door, Li Heng asked: "So fast? Were you planning to go buy breakfast?"

Mai Sui pointed to the dining table: "I already bought it. Seeing you hadn't opened the door, I didn't send it over to you."

Li Heng asked: "Don't you have a key? Why didn't you send it over?"

Mai Sui looked at him and didn't say anything.

Li Heng asked: "Are we playing riddles with each other now?"

Mai Sui smiled helplessly: "No, I was just afraid of waking you up."

After looking at each other for a while, Li Heng didn't press the issue and instead asked: "Where is Comrade Zhou Zhou Shihe?"

Mai Sui said: "When she was buying breakfast, someone riding a bicycle splashed dirty water on her pant leg, so she's upstairs changing clothes."

Li Heng walked into the house and, with his back to her, said out of the blue: "In the future, try to spend the night at my place. There's a lot of rain in the spring, and I'm afraid of thunder."

Was he really just afraid of thunder? Mai Sui gazed at his back, then agreed: "Okay."

Before long, Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe came down. The girl observed Li Heng carefully and discovered that his dark circles were quite heavy, likely because he hadn't rested well last night. However, she wasn't a meddlesome person, so she pretended not to know and quietly accompanied the two of them for breakfast.

Halfway through the meal, Li Heng said to Mai Sui: "In a while, send a portion of breakfast over to Yu Laoshi."

Mai Sui gave a soft "mm."

After the meal, Mai Sui picked out a breakfast Yu Laoshi liked and headed straight for the No. 26 small building.

Seeing this, Li Heng reminded her: "Yu Laoshi is at her own home."

Mai Sui: "..."

Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe gave a clever smile, which made Mai Sui's face even more embarrassed.

Watching Mai Sui take out her key and enter the No. 25 small building, Li Heng asked the person beside him: "Were you two in the attic last night?"

Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe looked at him and gave a silent nod.

Li Heng said gloomily: "I thought you two were asleep. Why didn't you turn on the light?"

Zhou Zhou Zhou Shihe said warmly: "It feels better that way."

She meant that talking in the dark felt better.

Before long, Mai Sui walked out of the No. 25 small building and told the two of them: "Yu Laoshi is still sleeping."

June 1st.

The first English class had just ended. Zhang Bing, who had returned from the restroom, said to Li Heng: "Old Li, Wei Wei Wei Xiaozhu is here. She said she has something to find you about."

Li Heng, who was chatting with Li Xian, nodded, stood up, and walked out of the classroom. Facing Wei Wei Wei Xiaozhu, he asked: "What day did you return from your hometown?"

Wei Wei Wei Xiaozhu said: "Last night. Since it was quite late, I didn't come to find you."

As she spoke, she scanned the boys and girls around them who were secretly sizing her up and said to him: "Let's go outside to talk."

"Sure." Li Heng followed her downstairs and came to the lawn outside the Management School.

Wei Wei Wei Xiaozhu took an old photograph out of her pocket and handed it to him: "This is a group photo of a high school graduating class. My aunt got it from someone else. Take a look at the person in the middle of the second row. Doesn't she look a lot like your mother when she was young?"

Li Heng lowered his head and identified it carefully, then said happily: "Whoa! 'Look like'? That's an understatement! Except for the hairstyle, it's like she was cut from the same mold. Have you found her?"

Wei Wei Wei Xiaozhu shook her head: "I'm afraid I have to disappoint you. I heard that your aunt isn't in Lianyungang anymore, but has moved to Jinan to settle down. My aunt is currently asking someone to help you make contact. It will probably take some time before there's any concrete news."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I went with my aunt, and I heard it with my own ears."

"That's great. If my mom finds out about my aunt's whereabouts, she'll definitely be thrilled. Thank you both so much."

PS: Updated first, edited later.

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