Chapter 434: Future Man

Hearing the five words "my future man" come from Professor Yu's mouth, Li Heng felt his blood surge, filled entirely with a sense of accomplishment.

This was Professor Yu, after all!

The symbol of nobility and mystery in the eyes of the male and female students of the Management Academy, the beautiful, talented, and icy goddess.

And now, she had called him her future man; if this were to get out, it would surely drop everyone's jaws to the floor.

Seeing him staring at her with burning eyes, Yu Shuheng smiled warmly, poured two glasses of red wine like a spring breeze, handed one to him, and then sat beside him, drinking elegantly.

The living room with the curtains drawn was forever dim, as if only in this way could secrets be kept.

Each with a glass of red wine, they sipped slowly, occasionally clinking their glasses, remaining silent.

After a long silence, Li Heng, feeling it was getting late, broke the quiet and asked, "Professor, is there something you wanted to see me about?"

"I just wanted to find someone to sit with me and have a glass of red wine. Am I affecting your rest?" At this moment, Yu Shuheng looked very sacred and elegant; though she was within arm's reach, one couldn't help but feel a sense of reverence.

"No, not at all. When I used to write, I was a night owl myself." Although Li Heng wanted to go back to his own place, he said it very nicely.

This was a man's self-cultivation.

Yu Shuheng stared at him steadily for a good while, then later lifted her smooth, straight, long legs onto the sofa, wiggled her body a bit, found a comfortable spot, and slowly lay down on his lap, her hair spreading out like a dandelion, covering the entire base of his thighs.

This was a fantasy she had had many years ago—the fantasy that in the future, she could lie on the lap of the person she loved like this, leisurely and comfortably, without having to think about anything, just letting time waste away in large chunks.

Li Heng was somewhat stunned; he hadn't expected Professor Yu to have such a side.

As she lay on his lap, the thought of wanting to go back as soon as possible gradually faded away.

There was no helping it; he resigned himself to his fate. After all, he couldn't just help her up the moment she lay down; that would be too heartless, too unappreciative of her beauty.

After taking the last drop of red wine in her glass, she said softly, "Little boy, sing for me."

"What song?" he asked.

Yu Shuheng said, "Third Sister Liu."

"I don't know the full version," Li Heng said.

"Mm, that's fine, just sing as much as you know," Yu Shuheng said expectantly.

Clearing his thoughts, Li Heng cleared his throat and began to sing:

Hey, what's doing somersaults on the water, hey le le luo.

What's building high towers on the water, hey le le luo.

What's holding a parasol on the water, what's growing old together on the water.

Hey, the duck is doing somersaults on the water, hey le le luo.

The big boat is building high towers on the water, hey le le luo.

Li Heng played both roles, switching between male and female voices with ease, keeping Yu Shuheng smiling with the corners of her mouth curled up the whole time.

If someone were to ask Yu Shuheng what happiness is?

Then happiness was now materialized. As the song entered her ears, phrase by phrase, her heart slowly softened and melted.

As she listened, she suddenly felt the belt of her pajamas being undone at her waist, and a hand intruded. This hand first paused there, then moved against the current, climbing the hillside to the rhythm of the song.

In just that moment, Yu Shuheng's chest heaved violently a few times, and then she slowly closed her eyelashes, listening to the song with her heart, feeling his gentleness with her heart.

After a long time passed, Yu Shuheng, her legs tightly tensed, could no longer control herself and spoke, whispering softly, "Little boy, carry me to the bedroom."

Li Heng paused, put down the red wine glass in his right hand, bent down, carried her horizontally into the master bedroom, and placed her on the bed.

At this instant, Yu Shuheng opened her eyes, wrapped her arms around his neck, her red lips, smelling like orchids, parted slightly, and her eyes, deep as a black hole, stared quietly at him, her heart pounding.

Li Heng stood still for a while, took off his shoes, lay on top of her, wrapped his arms around her waist, and remained motionless, breathing heavily.

Yu Shuheng closed her eyes again, her cheeks pressed against his, rubbing gently like a perpetual motion machine, her breathing becoming increasingly heavy.

The air in the bedroom solidified unknowingly, the ambiguous atmosphere burning. After who knows how long, just as the Yellow River was about to burst its banks, Yu Shuheng waited and waited, but did not wait for his next move. After a long, long time, she cupped his face with both hands, kissed his cheek, and said softly, "Go back, Professor needs to rest."

"Mm, okay." Li Heng stood up and left the master bedroom.

Listening to the footsteps walking away, she, whose reason was about to be burned away, wanted to say, "Stay tonight," but she ultimately kept her mouth shut.

Yu Shuheng understood that he had been able to restrain his own desires with great willpower just now, holding her like a gentleman without any extra movements. It proved that he always kept the situation in perspective.

It proved that there was someone in his heart more important than her.

Thinking of that more important person in his heart, Yu Shuheng's complex emotions receded like the tide, and her eyes gradually regained clarity.

"Heh!"

After a long time, she let out a soft sigh.

The sound wasn't loud, but it was filled with deep emotion.

Yu Shuheng had never thought that one day she would fall for a little man. Thinking of this, she pushed herself up from the bed with her hands and sat up.

After being dazed for about two minutes, she lowered her head to retie her pajama belt, got out of bed to tidy her long hair with a comb, put on a green headband, and finally went to the study to find "To Live" and flip through it.

This was her fourth time reading this book.

Perhaps "To Live" wasn't as good as "Bai Luyuan," but it was from this book that she first learned of him, and from Wang Runwen that she learned of him.

"Ring-a-ling, ring-a-ling."

About half an hour later, the sound of a telephone rang abruptly in the living room.

Yu Shuheng frowned; she really didn't like being disturbed when she was reading.

But thinking that someone was calling at this hour, there might be an emergency, she suppressed the restlessness in her heart, got up with the book in her right hand, and came to the living room.

"Hello, who is it?" She grabbed the red receiver.

"It's me."

"Why are you calling me at this hour? Did something happen?" Hearing Wang Runwen's voice, Yu Shuheng put the book aside, bent her legs, and sat on the sofa.

"Let me tell you something, there's a turn in the case, the death penalty!" Wang Runwen's voice came from very far away.

Yu Shuheng let out a sigh of relief for her, "That's good. Auntie can rest in peace, and you can sleep soundly too."

Wang Runwen said, "Thank you."

Yu Shuheng said, "No need, we are sisters."

"We haven't been for a long time." Wang Runwen's tone changed abruptly.

Yu Shuheng was stunned, a smile appearing at the corners of her eyes: "You're still quite vengeful."

Wang Runwen sneered, answering a question with another, "I've been dreaming lately, the same dream, dreaming of him on top of you."

Yu Shuheng pondered for two seconds, "Did you dream of it just now too?"

"I dreamed of it, woke up, and called you. I originally didn't want to disturb you and was going to tell you the news tomorrow morning."

As Wang Runwen spoke, her voice suddenly dropped by several decibels: "Was he on top of you just now?"

Yu Shuheng looked at the receiver, switched her left hand to her right, and leaned back on the sofa, "Why do you ask?"

"The dream was too realistic," Wang Runwen said.

Yu Shuheng rolled her eyes and said with a sly smile, "He's taking a bath, his second bath tonight."

The first bath might have been because it was too hot.

What the hell is the second bath? Hmph!

Wang Runwen didn't hang up the phone as usual, but instead, a long silence followed.

After a while, Wang Runwen sighed, "Tsk tsk, you can't lie! You still haven't taken him down after so long?"

Yu Shuheng was surprised; she hadn't expected to be seen through by her best friend, "Runwen, when did you evolve? You've become smart?"

"Answer my question," Wang Runwen said.

Yu Shuheng thought for a moment and said truthfully, "I can't cut out the person in his heart in a short time."

Wang Runwen asked, "Song Yu? Or Xiao Han?"

Yu Shuheng countered, "Why not Chen Zijin?"

Wang Runwen shook her hair: "I can't explain it clearly, it's just an intuition. If I had to find a reason, although Chen Zijin is beautiful enough, she's still a little bit behind those two."

Yu Shuheng tacitly agreed with this, but she didn't dare to truly ignore Chen Zijin.

Last time in Shangwan Village, according to the information she pried from Tian Run'e and her husband, Chen Zijin was not simple either; unknowingly, she had already gone deep into the hearts of the couple.

Wang Runwen asked, "Was he here with you just now?"

"Yes," Yu Shuheng answered simply.

Wang Runwen asked again, "Did he leave?"

"He left after drinking a glass of red wine," Yu Shuheng added a few more words this time.

Wang Runwen asked, "How is the album recording going?"

"Not bad, three songs have already been recorded. If it goes smoothly, it can be finished before the 8th," Yu Shuheng replied.

"Send me a copy when it's done. I've been suffering from insomnia lately."

"I'll remember."

"Then I'm hanging up."

"Wait a minute."

"What's wrong?"

Yu Shuheng glanced at the wall clock: "In the future, unless it's an emergency, don't call me at this hour."

Wang Runwen mocked, "It's different now that you have a man."

"It is indeed different. You, this best friend, aren't that important anymore, you're ranked lower," Yu Shuheng teased.

Wang Runwen crossed her arms: "This call wasn't in vain today. I learned that even you, Yu Shuheng, have times when you're powerless. Hehe, right now it's just a Song Yu and Xiao Han, maybe one day there will be another Zhou Shihe or Mai Sui, and then it'll be enough to keep you busy. Good night!"

"Beep, beep, beep!"

A busy signal came from the receiver; she hung up just like that.

These words didn't break Yu Shuheng's defense, but they did successfully harass her.

Putting the receiver back, Professor Yu sat for a while, then stood up, turned off the lights, came to the attic outside, and looked toward the small building opposite.

On the other side.

Leaving small building No. 25.

Li Heng, his whole body crawling with desire, stood in the middle of the alley, looking up at his second floor, hesitant.

He wanted to go find the great Qingyi.

But at the thought of Zhou Shihe on the second floor, he felt hesitant again.

The girl had come to his house precisely because she was afraid of living alone. If he just walked away like this, where would the trust be?

Honestly, going to find the great Qingyi this time didn't have the psychological burden of last time. Because he had met her at the Blue Sky Hotel, he understood her intentions—she hoped he would come to find her.

Huang Zhaoyi had been waiting for him, waiting for him to favor her.

This was the tacit understanding between him and the great Qingyi that didn't need to be stated.

After a moment of thought, Li Heng's reason finally overcame his desire, and he returned to small building No. 26.

Going up to the second floor, he saw Zhou Shihe at a glance, who was concentrating on reading.

She seemed too engrossed and didn't hear the movement at the entrance of the hallway. It wasn't until Li Heng entered the study that she moved and swept a glance at the study door without leaving a trace.

After thinking of something, Zhou Shihe looked at the wall clock; it had been almost an hour. More than 20 minutes later, feeling sleepy, she put down her book and went to the guest bedroom.

That night, Li Heng first did 70 push-ups in the study, then read in a chair, not washing up and going to sleep until after 3 a. m.

In the following days, the three of them started a fixed routine. They set off at 7:30 every day, started recording songs at 9:00, finished one song at noon, then continued to rehearse the next one, and started recording the second one around 3:00 in the afternoon. Because it wasn't all smooth sailing and there were always small mistakes in between, they maintained an average recording progress of three songs every two days.

Besides Li Heng, Zhou Shihe, and Professor Yu, Old Fu, Chen Siya, and Wei Xiaozhu also followed them almost every day. Influenced by this, when recording the last two songs, "Dongtinghu Fairyland" and "Memory of the Forbidden City," Wei Quan also followed them, driven by curiosity.

After listening to "Dongtinghu Fairyland" (originally named "Annie's Fairyland"), Wei Quan, greatly shocked, whispered to her niece, "If I were 20 years younger, I would definitely be dizzy with infatuation for Li Heng too."

Wei Xiaozhu smiled, "This album will be out soon. Aunt, remember to support it then."

Wei Quan nodded, "With such good music, I plan to buy 15 albums to give away."

Hearing this, Wei Xiaozhu also calculated in her heart how many she should buy to give away? And to whom?

The last song was "Memory of the Forbidden City." This one, like when recording "Homeland's Original Scenery," was unexpectedly smooth, resulting in the sky not yet being dark when they finished recording.

When the last note ended, Li Heng, who sat dazed for a long time before coming to his senses, said to Zhou Shihe beside him, "Comrade Shihe, thank you for your hard work these days. We've finally finished."

Zhou Shihe smiled knowingly, put the sheet music into her bag, and then walked toward Wei Xiaozhu.

Li Heng turned to Professor Yu, who was talking with the long-haired man, the crew-cut woman, and the rest of the recording studio crowd. They communicated for more than 20 minutes before finishing.

At this time, the crowd of onlookers had all gone outside to get some air, and the recording studio was suddenly left with only the waiting Li Heng and Yu Shuheng, who was walking toward him.

With four eyes meeting and the two standing face to face, at a certain moment, they tacitly took a step forward. Yu Shuheng whispered in his ear, "You're about to soar into the sky soon. Be mentally prepared."

Li Heng didn't say anything, just held her in his arms and thanked her after a while, "Thank you."

"How will you thank me?"

"Thank you."

Yu Shuheng looked at him for a while and slowly closed her eyes.

Li Heng was silent, and after a long time, he kissed her beautiful chin.

Yu Shuheng smiled, "Little boy, why the chin?"

Li Heng let her go, walked out the door, and said leisurely, "A return gift."

With her gaze moving as his figure moved, the smile on Yu Shuheng's face grew even wider. She lowered her head to tidy up her things and followed him out.

With a beginning and an end, the group had a sumptuous dinner at a big hotel before it ended.

When drinking, Li Heng felt physically and mentally happy. The timing was really just right; tomorrow was the 8th, the day he was leaving. He hadn't expected to be able to finish recording all the songs today.

Before, he had been prepared to come back and record again. He hadn't expected Professor Yu and Comrade Zhou Shihe to be so capable. Of course, the professionals at the recording studio also gave many suggestions and played a big role, making the efficiency higher than imagined.

This time, Li Heng didn't fake it anymore and drank to his heart's content with Old Fu and the long-haired man. When they were high, the three of them even belted out songs, from "Annoying Autumn Wind" to "A Fire in Winter," then to "About in Winter" and "You're Stylish, I'm Beautiful." Later, many people from the recording studio followed them in, and for a time, the atmosphere was explosive.

Zhou Shihe, Yu Shuheng, and Wei Xiaozhu hadn't seen this side of Li Heng before and watched with great interest. During this time, Professor Yu even took out her camera and kept taking close-up photos of him.

Seeing this, Wei Xiaozhu quietly said to Zhou Shihe, "Your Professor Yu is really good to Li Heng."

Zhou Shihe glanced at Yu Shuheng, smiled quietly, and then said, "I'm leaving tomorrow noon. Do you want to come to my house to play for a few days?"

"Can I go? Will it disturb your uncle and aunt?"

"Mm, I'll be back at school in a week."

"Okay, then I'll go back and pack some clothes."

Around 8 p. m., the lively dinner finally ended. Li Heng and Old Fu had both drunk seven or eight parts full and wouldn't move once they got into the car, lying there.

Returning to the school gate, Yu Shuheng stopped the car and turned to ask Wei Xiaozhu, "Xiaozhu, where are you going?"

Before Wei Xiaozhu could answer, Li Heng in the passenger seat muttered, "Go to Yanyuan."

Hearing this, Yu Shuheng in the driver's seat, Zhou Shihe in the back row, and Wei Xiaozhu all looked at him.

Yu Shuheng asked, "You're not asleep?"

Li Heng said, "The alcohol is strong, my head hurts a bit, I can't sleep."

As he spoke, he barely opened his eyes and said to the two women in the back row, "While it's still early, let's go see Zhang Bing."

He asked the two women, but actually, he was mainly asking Zhou Shihe. After all, Wei Xiaozhu would definitely agree.

Zhou Shihe hesitated for a moment and nodded gently.

Li Heng asked Yu Shuheng, "Professor Yu, are you going?"

"Professor has things to do later." Yu Shuheng indeed had things to do; there were some commercial matters to handle. If it weren't for being busy today, she actually should have reviewed and approved some documents this afternoon.

Not long after, the Mercedes arrived at Yanyuan, and the three of them got out of the car.

A few minutes later, Wu Bei drove Chen Siya's car over and sent Teacher Wei Quan over.

After the car drove away, Zhou Shihe looked at him and asked with concern, "Does your head hurt badly?"

"It's okay," Li Heng said.

Zhou Shihe suggested gently, "Why don't we go back to Lushan Village first? I'll make you a bowl of hangover soup."

Hearing this, Wei Quan looked at Zhou Shihe in surprise. She really hadn't expected that the Fudan Great King, who was more beautiful than a fairy, would say such a thing, completely different from the appearance she usually saw.

Wei Quan interjected, "Don't go back to Lushan Village, it's too much trouble to go back and forth. I'll make Li Heng a bowl of hangover soup in a while."

"Eh, okay, thank you, Teacher," Li Heng said in thanks.

Going up to the second floor, Li Heng and Zhou Shihe sat at Teacher Wei's house for a while, while Wei Xiaozhu went to Zhang Bing and Bai Wanying's side to scout the situation and see if they were at home.

Not long after, the hangover soup was ready. Li Heng thanked her again, took it, and drank it.

When he was halfway through drinking, Wei Xiaozhu came back and said as soon as she entered the door, "They are at home, and Li Guang is here too. Hearing that we were going over, Zhang Bing is preparing cold dishes. Let's drink a little together."

Li Heng stretched his head out from behind the bowl, "Still drinking?"

Wei Xiaozhu found it funny, "Shihe and I will drink a little with them, you don't drink."

Li Heng asked Zhou Shihe, "Comrade Shihe, didn't you drink several glasses of beer tonight? Can you still drink?"

Zhou Shihe said, "I can."

Li Heng looked like he didn't quite believe it.

Zhou Shihe thought for a moment and told him the truth, "I drank all tea at the dinner."

Li Heng's eyes widened, "All? All tea?"

Zhou Shihe lowered her head and smiled slightly, saying "Mm."

Li Heng turned his head abruptly and asked Wei Xiaozhu, "You too?"

Wei Xiaozhu said, "I drank half a glass of beer."

"Aiyo, I'm the most honest one, I deserve this headache," Li Heng sighed, and drank the hangover soup in one breath.

Seeing his naughty, unwilling child-like appearance, Zhou Shihe couldn't help but laugh.

Wei Quan laughed, thinking to herself that this great writer was quite cute, which was truly rare.

A few minutes later, the three of them changed the battlefield and came to Zhang Bing's rented room. Wei Quan didn't follow but went to the teacher's house next door to play mahjong. They were three short of one; she originally didn't want to go, but they dragged her there no matter what.

A person's name is like a tree's shadow. Seeing Zhou Shihe, whether it was the married Zhang Bing or the usually unrestrained Li Guang, they were both a bit restrained and couldn't let go.

According to Li Guang's sneaky words: Aiya, damn it! If it weren't for you, Grandmaster Heng, I would have wanted to run away. Staying in the same room with Zhou Shihe, I don't know how to sit or stand, and I don't even dare to scratch my nose when it itches.

Seeing Zhou Shihe, Wei Xiaozhu, and Bai Wanying chatting on the side, and seeing Zhang Bing preparing late-night snacks, Li Heng asked Li Guang, "There are still more than 20 days until school starts, why did you come so early?"

"It's not fun at home. Riding horses, herding cows, and shepherding sheep every day, I'm tired of it, so I wanted to come early," Li Guang said.

Li Heng asked, "I've always wanted to ask, how many cows do you have at home?"

"I don't know, it's dense. I haven't counted. Before the year, my dad sold a batch of cows, and later another batch of calves was born. There are probably more than 3,000, and there are more than 300 sheep." Li Guang pondered and gave such a number.

With so many cows and sheep, Li Heng had never even seen them and was a bit confused, "Doesn't that take tens of thousands of acres of grassland to herd sheep?"

Li Guang stretched out a palm, "More than 50,000 acres, close to 60,000 acres."

Li Heng was numb!

Alright, this kid is still a rich second generation.

The three women on the side also stopped chatting, obviously having heard this series of astonishing numbers from Li Guang.

Zhang Bing asked on the side, "Then where are these cows sold?"

Li Guang shook his head like a chick and laughed, "I don't know, I never ask. My ambition is to settle down in a big city, I never thought of going back to the grassland."

Li Heng was speechless.

The three women were speechless.

The food was ready, mostly braised dishes and cold dishes. The variety was large and very rich. The three girls drank beer, and Zhang Bing and Li Guang drank Erguotou.

Li Heng accompanied them on the side, not drinking, just drinking boiled water, occasionally picking up a few peanuts and chewing them in his mouth.

Li Guang brought a piece of news, saying that Le Yao and Li Guoyi had broken up.

Zhang Bing asked, "How do you know?"

Li Guang stiffened his neck and said, "Before I came, I talked to Old Li on the phone."

Li Heng and Wei Xiaozhu looked at each other, not surprised at all. There were signs before the summer vacation, and now that they had broken up, it was expected.

Wei Xiaozhu said, "No wonder Le Yao said in her letter to me that she wanted to study abroad."

Li Guang asked anxiously, "Study abroad? Where to study abroad?"

Wei Xiaozhu shook her head, "I don't know yet. Le Yao's family is still trying to find a way to contact. It's possible to go to the UK, and it's possible to go to the US."

Hearing a few people chatting endlessly about studying abroad, and even talking about settling abroad, Li Heng suddenly asked Zhou Shihe on his right hand in a low voice, "Will you go abroad in the future?"

Zhou Shihe looked into his eyes, "Are you talking about studying abroad? Or settling down?"

Li Heng said, "I want to know both."

Zhou Shihe looked at him again, then stared at the wine in her glass and said, "No. But I will go abroad to participate in piano competitions in the future."

Li Heng picked up his water glass, "What's so good about going abroad? It's better to be comfortable at home. Come! Let's have a drink for our like-minded ideals."

Zhou Shihe smiled quietly, picked up her glass and clinked it with his, her cherry mouth slightly open, and drank half a glass of wine.

After listening to a few people chatting for a while, Zhou Shihe asked him, "Do you hate people who go abroad?"

Li Heng picked up a piece of pig ear and stuffed it into his mouth, "I wouldn't say hate. After all, everyone has their own aspirations, and you can't force it. However, my future wife definitely cannot settle abroad. If I open a company in the future, under the same conditions, I will also prioritize domestic talent."

Zhou Shihe was quiet for a few seconds and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Isn't opening a shoe factory with Li Wang enough? You still want to open a company?"

Li Heng said, "Take it one step at a time, we'll see the situation later."

Although he said take it one step at a time, Zhou Shihe heard ambition in his tone.

Ambition?

With his current achievements, it's enough to be worthy of Xiao Han or Mai Sui. Could his ultimate goal be Professor Yu?

"Shihe, we didn't drink well at the dinner before, let's have a drink now." Seeing that the conversation between Li Heng and Zhou Shihe seemed to have reached a stalemate, Wei Xiaozhu, who didn't know the situation, turned around with the intention of smoothing things over and said so.

"Okay." Zhou Shihe picked up her glass again.

Seeing Zhou Shihe and Wei Xiaozhu whispering constantly, and seeing Zhang Bing and Li Guang fighting over Erguotou, Li Heng picked up water and said to Bai Wanying, "Classmate Wanying, have we drunk together before?"

Bai Wanying smiled and shook her head, "You are a busy person, no."

Li Heng said, "Then let's have a drink, but this is water. If you mind, I'll pour another glass of wine."

"Then let's use water as wine." Bai Wanying was very straightforward.

"Okay, cheers!"

"Cheers!"

Li Heng drank water, Bai Wanying drank wine. After drinking, her gaze turned to Zhou Shihe, "Li Heng, if there is a chance to pursue Zhou Shihe, do you dare?"

Li Heng was stunned, not understanding what medicine this girl was selling in her gourd?

Bai Wanying solved the puzzle for him, "Li Guang and Zhang Bing weren't like this before. Usually, they are talkative in private, but once Zhou Shihe comes, they all become good babies, only knowing how to fight for wine."

Li Heng laughed, happily saying, "Are you dissatisfied with this?"

Bai Wanying shook her head, "That's not it. I just had a slip of the tongue just now, thinking why is God so unfair? Almost all the best things in the world are given to Zhou Shihe—looks, temperament, family background, and talent. Any one of them picked out is the best in the world. A woman can be happy for a lifetime if she has one, but she occupies four. To be honest, to some extent, I envy her."

Hearing this, Li Heng looked at Bai Wanying from head to toe.

Feeling his gaze, Bai Wanying asked, "Do you think I'm petty and narrow-minded?"

Li Heng phrased it, "No, it's just that your words today are slightly negative, not like the optimistic and cheerful you usually are."

Bai Wanying smiled and said, "Not at all. Most of the time I am happy, but occasionally there will be moments of emotional breakdown. Can you understand that situation?"

Li Heng answered, "Of course. The world is not a pure land, everyone has their own bitterness. Many mature people often break down in just a moment."

"The world is not a pure land, everyone has their own bitterness. You said this really well!"

Bai Wanying muttered once, then looked at Zhang Bing and Li Guang, and helplessly told him, "There are always rumors about the three of us outside. If I say that I just treat them as confidant brothers, do you believe it?"

Li Heng didn't speak for a while.

Bai Wanying observed him for a while, and finally sighed.

Li Heng asked, "Why sigh?"

Bai Wanying said, "I always thought you were different from other boys at Fudan University. I didn't expect you to think so too."

Li Heng asked, "How am I different from others?"

Bai Wanying shook her head, "It's hard to say, I can't explain it clearly, but you just give me such an intuition. I believe many girls should have this feeling."

Li Heng pondered for a long time and said, "I don't know if saying this offends you? I'm not clear about Old Zhang, but Li Guang, perhaps he has a trace of affection for you."

Unexpectedly, Bai Wanying didn't deny it and picked up the wine glass again, "Come, accompany me to finish the remaining half glass."

"Okay, come, let's drink it in one gulp."

Li Heng said, apologetically, "Hey, I always feel that drinking water is taking advantage of you."

Bai Wanying covered her mouth and smiled, "It doesn't count, it's too serious. We call this Zhou Yu hitting Huang Gai, one is willing to hit and the other is willing to suffer."

When the words reached here, Bai Wanying fell into a long silence. After a long time, she said in a low voice, "Actually, ever since I was paralyzed, I have never longed for love again. I don't have any illusions about any boy now. Including Zhang Bing, including Li Guang, and including all other heterosexuals I know."

As she spoke, she added, "At this stage, Old Zhang is a very good man. I hope he treats his wife and children in his hometown well in the future, never becomes bad, and is always a ray of light in my heart."

Never becoming bad is a very heavy and complex problem.

Especially for college students of this era, a considerable number of people divorced their wives in their hometowns after being admitted to college.

Regarding these, everyone has their own reasons, and it can only be said that the social environment has a great influence.

Li Heng changed the subject and asked, "Then have you ever had a boy you liked before?"

Bai Wanying recalled, "Before, our school was strict, and my talent for reading was limited. I had to work very hard to keep up with the pace of the top two in the school, so my mind was always on reading, and I didn't think much about men and women."

Li Heng asked, "You were the third in the school?"

Bai Wanying answered with a smile, "Yes, the eternal third."

Li Heng was curious, "Then where are the first two now?"

Bai Wanying said, "One is at Oxford in the UK, and one is at Tsinghua."

"Amazing," Li Heng said sincerely.

Bai Wanying asked, "What about you? Did you and Xiao Han like each other before?"

Li Heng didn't want to mention his own emotional affairs and said, "Yes."

Bai Wanying said, "Xiao Han is so beautiful, you are really lucky."

Li Heng laughed. He was indeed lucky to be able to marry Xiao Han and spend his life with Song Yu and Zijin. He was secretly a bit proud.

Zhang Bing and Li Guang fought for wine and decided the winner. Zhang Bing was not an opponent. He looked at them with his head supported by his right hand, his eyes unfocused, looking like he was drunk and stupid.

Li Guang changed his position and changed to Bai Wanying's side, shouting loudly, "Brother Heng, what are you doing here during the summer vacation?"

Li Heng said, "Recording an album."

Li Guang stood up with a swoosh, shouting, "Damn! You're going to be a big singer!"

"Singer? I don't look up to it," Li Heng said.

"Cut! You scared me, I thought our dormitory was going to have a big singer, hey." Li Guang obviously didn't quite believe that he was releasing an album and thought Li Heng was teasing him.

Li Heng smiled and didn't explain. Seeing Li Guang chatting with Bai Wanying constantly, he didn't shut up sensibly, focusing on being observant and talking less.

Around 11 p. m., this dinner ended.

Leaving Zhang Bing's residence, Li Heng and Zhou Shihe first sent Wei Xiaozhu home, and then went to Lushan Village.

Before parting, Wei Xiaozhu asked, "Li Heng, are you leaving tomorrow morning? Back to Xiangnan?"

Li Heng said yes.

Wei Xiaozhu said "Wait a minute," then ran back into the house. Not long after, she handed him a letter, "A letter I'm replying to Mai Sui. It just saves a stamp and time. Please help me pass it to her."

I'm not going back to Shaodong County, save a chicken's save, Li Heng muttered to himself, but reached out and took it, "Okay."

After taking the letter, he took the opportunity to look at the handwriting on the envelope. It was very graceful, looking like she had specially practiced calligraphy.

After saying goodbye to Wei Xiaozhu, the two walked toward Lushan Village with flashlights.

Maybe it was because the night was too deep, the campus was unusually quiet. Every time the flashlight shone on the old buildings in front, it was gloomy and miserable, making people inexplicably frightened.

Fortunately, this was a school, a place to teach and educate people, full of righteousness. Although the two watched in all directions, they walked unhurriedly.

Seeing her deep in thought, Li Heng asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Zhou Shihe looked up at him.

Li Heng asked, "Didn't you hear what I was saying?"

Zhou Shihe learned his usual appearance, blinked her eyes lightly, indicating that she really didn't hear clearly.

Li Heng stuffed the flashlight into her hand, put his hands behind his back, and walked leisurely like a master, "If you didn't hear clearly, forget it. Go home, sleep."

Zhou Shihe looked at his back, smiled, and followed with small steps.

When they returned to the end of the alley, the lights were on in both small buildings No. 24 and No. 25. The fake Daoist couple and Professor Yu hadn't slept yet.

Opening the door and entering the house, Zhou Shihe took her clothes and went into the shower room for the first time.

Li Heng went to the study, found the letter, unscrewed the fountain pen, and wrote a letter, continuing to write to his belly-black wife.

While writing, he suddenly thought of a question: would he write every day after going to Dongtinghu?

Even if he could write every day, would he go to mail the letter every day?

Regarding his choice not to go to Beijing for college after the college entrance examination, but choosing to come to Shanghai to pursue Xiao Han, Song Yu had already expressed a different voice tactfully last time.

If he mailed a letter to Xiao Han in front of her, he was afraid that this trip to Dongtinghu would be in vain.

Thinking hard about a strategy, he finally thought of Sun Manning. Didn't this girl say she wanted to go to Dongtinghu with him? Every day, he would secretly finish writing the letter and hand it to Sun Manning, letting this bamboo pole mail it for him.

Li Heng slapped his thigh, thinking this idea was very good. There are always more solutions than difficulties, damn it! A dignified Fudan high-achiever, could he be suffocated to death by a letter?

When she finished writing the letter and left the study, Zhou Shihe had already finished showering and entered the guest bedroom.

When Li Heng passed by, he hesitated for a moment, but still reached out and knocked on the door.

"Dong dong dong!"

"Wait a minute."

A voice came from inside. More than ten seconds later, Zhou Shihe, wearing pajamas with a coat over them, appeared behind a crack in the door.

Well, this girl was hiding behind the crack in the door, only showing half her head.

Li Heng couldn't laugh or cry, "Look at your posture, isn't it hot to wear a coat in the middle of summer? Is my impression in your heart so bad?"

Zhou Shihe smiled without saying a word, watching him quietly.

Li Heng touched his head with his right hand, thinking depressedly, "After you did this, I forgot whatever I wanted to find you for. Stuck."

Zhou Shihe didn't make a sound.

After thinking about it, he couldn't remember it anymore. Li Heng waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it if you can't remember, talk about it later. By the way, I will set off around 6 tomorrow morning, it's quite early, maybe I won't say goodbye to you, take care of yourself, pay attention to safety, and keep the key to this house for the time being."

"Okay, I wish you a smooth journey," Zhou Shihe said warmly.

"Mm."

With a "Mm," Li Heng went to do his own thing.

Zhou Shihe stood at the door for a while. Seeing that he had nothing else for her, she closed the door and lay back on the bed.

The next morning.

As soon as the alarm clock rang, Li Heng got up on time.

Zhou Shihe in the guest bedroom next door actually woke up too. Just as she sat up and intended to see him off, she heard the familiar footsteps of another person, which should be Professor Yu without accident.

A few seconds later, Zhou Shihe lay down again, closed her eyes, and continued to sleep.

Ever since they had hugged, Yu Shuheng basically didn't care much about Li Heng's private territory when there were no outsiders. This was not the case; she wandered around the master bedroom.

When she found a worn sock on the floor, she stared at it for a while. After thinking about it, she restrained her small cleanliness, helped pick it up, and put it next to the washing machine.

Li Heng, who was brushing his teeth and rinsing his mouth, stared at the sock, "Did I miss washing it last night?"

Yu Shuheng washed her hands and waited for him on the side.

Li Heng had a whim and teased, "Didn't you say you wanted to be my woman in the future? You don't even help wash socks?"

Yu Shuheng tilted her head and smiled at him.

After a while, she walked close to him and said softly, "Little boy, give me some benefits, and I'll help you wash."

Li Heng asked casually, "What benefits?"

Yu Shuheng elegantly brushed her hair down, "Hug the professor every day, or kiss the chin."

Li Heng stared into her eyes for a while, "Too difficult! Change one."

Yu Shuheng smiled mysteriously, "Take me to Dongtinghu."

The toothbrush in Li Heng's mouth stopped abruptly, white foam slowly overflowed from the corners of his mouth, and he reacted and said, "Eh, I'd better wash it myself. I have a lot of money. I'll buy 100 pairs of socks and put them at home in the future, change one pair a day, throw one pair away..."

As he spoke, he suddenly lost his voice. A figure moved horizontally behind him and hugged him from behind.

Smelling the faint woman's fragrance, Li Heng was very surprised. He never thought Professor Yu would be so active. Before, she would only tease him occasionally when she was in a good mood or teasing him, but now...

He paused, didn't push her away, and continued to brush his teeth.

Just as he was brushing, Li Heng's peripheral vision accidentally swept outside the washroom, and his spine felt inexplicably cold. A person happened to appear there.

His eyes froze, and he looked into the mirror on the wall.

Outside the washroom door, who else could it be but Zhou Shihe?

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