Chapter 457: It

This night, Li Heng tossed and turned until past two in the morning before sleeping.

During the day, he held the belly-black on the door panel for more than an hour, which took a lot of effort. At night, he wanted Chen Zijin three times. He was really tired this time. After taking a shower, he fell asleep as soon as he leaned against the pillow.

Although the spring eye opened its mouth three times and she was also very tired, Chen Zijin had no sleepiness. She turned sideways and looked infatuatedly at him sleeping, her thoughts as chaotic as dandelion fluff flying all over the sky.

She thought of Song Yu, then Xiao Han, then others. The whole night, she thought about a lot, but she never thought about leaving him.

After three o'clock in the middle of the night, her eyes softened, and her body moved forward, shrinking into his arms, her left hand hugging his waist, enjoying this rare moment of peace.

I don't know how long this passed. When she saw the sky outside change slightly, Chen Zijin reached out to take the watch and flashlight on the bedside table and looked at the time.

4:04.

It is August now, and it will be completely dawn in half an hour.

Chen Zijin stared at him, her mood extremely complex. At one moment, she wanted to hold him and not let him go today, making Xiao Han, who had racked her brains to occupy her territory, a joke in the Li family.

But looking at his face, Chen Zijin's heart softened after all. Making things difficult for him, wasn't that making things difficult for his uncle and aunt?

If he wasn't happy, would she really be happy?

This man was her barometer; only when he smiled would her smile bloom.

Thinking like this, Chen Zijin put down the watch and flashlight, and her right hand pushed Li Heng.

No movement the first time.

She continued to shake.

Until the fourth time, Li Heng struggled to open his eyes, shouting groggily: "Wife."

An instinctive "Wife" made her mood much better instantly. Chen Zijin reminded him: "It's 4:06; you should go back."

Li Heng was stunned, his sleepiness vanished instantly, and he looked at her foolishly.

Looking at each other, Chen Zijin touched his face with her right hand, took the initiative to kiss him like a dragonfly touching the water, tried hard to smile, and said with a smile: "I'm not admitting defeat to her; I just don't want Uncle and Aunt to be sad."

Li Heng felt blocked in his heart and opened his arms to hug her.

He hugged her tightly, saying nothing.

Chen Zijin felt his true feelings and hugged him back. At this moment, the two were silent, which was better than sound.

Until a few minutes later, she let go of him and urged: "Go, I also want to sleep for a while. Tomorrow, um, come see me tomorrow; I don't have time today."

She could make concessions for him, but she wouldn't make endless concessions to Xiao Han, so she set a time for him to come find her tomorrow.

"Okay." Li Heng agreed.

Dressing and getting up, when Li Heng walked to the door, he looked back at the bed again.

Thinking that her man was going to his rival, Chen Zijin covered her head with the quilt, feeling terribly sad, tears flowing quietly, but her right hand reached out from the quilt, pretending to be happy and saying: "Husband, help me close the door."

A "Husband" was enough to settle his heart.

Li Heng paused for a long time, took a deep breath, then gently closed the bedroom door and went downstairs.

Arriving downstairs, he unexpectedly discovered a Santana, a little far away, on the diagonal opposite side of the road.

After a pause, he climbed over the wall and went out.

Seeing him appear, the Santana, which had been paying attention to the movement here, started and stopped 100 meters ahead.

The one driving was Huang Zhaoyi. She knew that Xiao Han was at the Li family, and this man had to rush back this morning.

Because this place was far from the Drum Tower and it was so early, she was worried that there would be no car, which would delay time and disrupt his plan. Therefore, she almost didn't close her eyes all night and came here very early to wait.

The reason she didn't drive the car downstairs, but drove it a hundred meters away from the perspective, was because she was afraid that there would be eyes staring from upstairs.

They were all women; women understood women. Sometimes they would hide behind the curtains and watch their lover leave reluctantly.

Crossing the corner, Li Heng ran all the way to the car, pulled open the passenger door, and sat in.

He asked: "When did you come?"

Huang Zhaoyi looked him up and down quickly and said with a smile: "Not long after I came."

Li Heng glanced at her, didn't believe this, but didn't ask further, and closed his eyes to rest: "It's been hard on you."

Huang Zhaoyi nodded and drove the car away from this area.

Along the way, the two didn't talk much. One focused on driving, and the other closed his eyes to rest. Until they were almost there, she spoke slowly: "Can you drive?"

Li Heng said: "Yes, I just learned last month."

Huang Zhaoyi said: "I'm going to Yangcheng this afternoon; do you want me to get another car for you?"

She didn't say to give him this car to drive, because it was too obvious and would be noticed by interested people.

Li Heng asked: "Going to Yangcheng?"

"Mm, Second Sister is over there. Her eldest daughter is dating a boy, and she called and asked me to go over and help refer to the boy's family." She said so.

Li Heng asked: "When will you be back?"

Huang Zhaoyi said: "I will return to Changsha in two days to see the progress of the factory site selection there."

This was her surface talk; the inside meaning was: I'll wait for you in Changsha.

Li Heng still didn't want the car. The people around him were even more sensitive than the Big Green Clothes thought. Damn it, how could he dare to want it?

About 50 meters from the entrance of the hutong, the Santana pulled over and stopped. He thought for a while and said: "My parents like your Peking opera very much. When you are at the theater, take care of them more for me."

This was the second time he had said similar words.

Huang Zhaoyi was not a stupid person. Although she was much older than him, her parents-in-law liking her Peking opera performance was one of her great advantages. She could use this to get along well with Li Jianguo and Tian Rune, which could well eliminate the negative impact of being older and win the sympathy and favor of her parents-in-law.

Although she didn't fight for favor, if she could be recognized by her parents-in-law, her life would undoubtedly be much easier, and she would also be somewhat unafraid of his legal wife making trouble.

Of course, compared to these, what she cared more about was this man personally pointing her out.

What did this represent?

It represented that he hoped she would have more contact with his parents to integrate into this family through other channels.

Even though he had clearly stated that he wouldn't marry her, and she had clearly stated that she wouldn't make trouble, he had invisibly accepted her through this method.

As a woman, being able to be treated so attentively by her man, could she not be excited?

The joy in Huang Zhaoyi's eyes flashed by, and she said seriously: "Okay, I will take good care of them."

Li Heng nodded: "You've worked hard tonight. Go back and rest more. I'm leaving."

Huang Zhaoyi watched him open the door and go down, not daring to stay too long, and also drove the car away.

Arriving at the middle of the hutong, he glanced at his watch: 4:42.

It was still early.

Hmm? The courtyard gate wasn't closed?

With doubts, Li Heng pushed the door open and saw Second Sister and Tian Rune. The mother and daughter were chatting in the courtyard, picking long beans while chatting.

Seeing him appear, Li Lan immediately put down the vegetables in her hand, walked straight to him, sniffed her nose, and said: "Xiao Han hasn't woken up yet. Go take a shower quickly."

Li Heng asked: "She hasn't woken up? Or hasn't gotten up?"

Li Lan said: "Hasn't woken up."

Afraid he would worry, Li Lan rolled up her sleeves: "Dad is in the main hall preparing tobacco leaves, and Mom and I are in the courtyard. I called them up early in the morning. Even if Xiao Han wakes up and doesn't see you, she will think that our family of four got up early. Even if she has suspicions, she has to hold them back."

Then she added: "I cut a strand of my own hair yesterday, cut it into three segments as long as yours, dyed it black with ink, and it looks almost the same as your hair. I put it next to her pillow. I also deliberately messed up the quilt and sheets beside her to prove that you slept in the room last night."

Li Heng blinked and gave a thumbs up. Worthy of being our Second Sister; the means are too damn high.

"Get lost. After taking a shower, go to the room and see Xiao Han. I have something to tell you when you come out." Li Lan waved her hand, signaling him to get lost, seeing such a worrying younger brother.

She had a headache.

Taking three showers in one night, he was really something. After changing into new clothes, Li Heng entered the bedroom on tiptoe. Seeing the belly-black still sleeping, he sat beside her for a while, counted the number of breaths and the rhythm of breathing per minute, and felt relieved in his heart.

Judging by his experience and his understanding of her in two lives, she should still be sleeping soundly.

Then he checked the three long hairs Second Sister had made and was immediately full of admiration. He couldn't distinguish them at all; they were enough to pass for the real thing.

No wonder this sister lived so comfortably in her previous life. With this intelligence and means, not blowing or blacking, she could eat well and drink well wherever she went.

Li Heng took off his clothes and lay on the bed for a while. During this time, he even hugged Xiao Han for a while. Maybe the movement was too big, the wife struggled and half-opened her eyes to look at him, then went to sleep again.

He asked: "Wife, are you thirsty?"

"Mm, not thirsty, let me continue sleeping for a while." Xiao Han said vaguely, obviously too sleepy.

"Okay." Li Heng hugged her for a while longer, and it took about 20 minutes before he got out of bed and left the room.

Returning to the courtyard again, Li Lan leaned over and asked: "How is it? Woke up?"

"Sleeping soundly. She didn't get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night last night?" He asked so.

"Shouldn't have. Her shoes were placed in an inward-eight shape, one toe facing the bed, one heel facing the bed, and the distance between the two shoes was a palm wide. I measured it." Li Lan raised her right hand.

Li Heng was convinced.

Then he talked about what happened last night: "Chen Zijin came last night..."

After listening, Li Lan didn't show too much surprise, just remained silent for a long while, and finally complained dissatisfiedly: "Sigh, Chen Zijin is quite good. I've been corrupted by you, sister. You are simply not human."

Li Heng: "..."

He asked: "How are you going to deal with Chen Zijin today?"

Li Lan put her hands behind her back: "My skin is slightly thicker than hers. If she doesn't mention it, I'll pretend I don't know. She definitely won't ask either."

Li Heng nodded, stretched, and prepared to go chat with his old father for a while.

Unexpectedly, Li Lan stopped him and asked: "How did you go to Chen Zijin's side last night?"

Li Heng said: "Took a taxi."

Li Lan asked: "What about this morning? Also took a taxi?"

Li Heng frowned and rolled his eyes: "You must have secretly followed me out last night, right?"

Li Lan didn't deny it and asked in a low voice: "Did you sleep with Huang Zhaoyi?"

Li Heng asked back: "If I had slept with her, could she have sat there so quietly last night, watching Xiao Han and me show affection?"

This was a dead knot. Given Huang Zhaoyi's conditions and family background, it was absolutely impossible for her to be a concubine for his younger brother. Li Lan thought about this for a whole night and couldn't figure it out.

"Really didn't sleep?" She finally probed.

"I don't have this ability yet. If I dared to sleep with her, I would have slept with Teacher Yu long ago." Li Heng answered without blushing or panting.

Li Lan thought for a long time and finally felt it made sense. Huang Zhaoyi and Yu Shuheng were basically people of the same class. It was impossible to sleep with only one and not the other. Not sleeping with either was in line with common sense and logic.

Happy for nothing, and thought she had slept with Huang Zhaoyi, and thought she had such a bull-like younger sister-in-law, Second Sister slandered like this.

She asked curiously: "Then how did you get to know Huang Zhaoyi?"

Li Heng said: "Her eldest sister's daughter is my classmate, studying at Fudan, and is also our class monitor. She often goes to school to find her niece. We got to know each other after coming and going."

"What's her niece's name? Pretty?"

"Called Liu Yue, very pretty."

"How pretty is very pretty?"

"About the same as Chen Zijin."

Second Sister said: "Then it is indeed very pretty. Did this Liu Yue pursue you?"

"Not really. She is a strong woman, determined to enter the computer industry. She has already gone to Stanford University in the United States for further studies this year." Li Heng answered honestly.

Hearing this, Li Lan didn't ask anymore, looked at the time and said: "At 7 o'clock this morning, I made an appointment to meet Chen Zijin. Where are you planning to take Xiao Han today? Let's match the locations so we don't run into each other."

Li Heng said: "I'm going near Tsinghua University to find Old Mabu for something."

"Okay, I know. I'll avoid that direction today." Li Lan said.

After 6 o'clock in the morning, Li Lan left to meet up with Chen Zijin.

Li Heng returned to the room again. Xiao Han had already woken up and was staring at the ceiling in a daze. Seeing the door pushed open, she smiled sweetly and asked: "Mr. Li, have Uncle and Aunt gotten up?"

Li Heng said: "Gotten up, making breakfast."

"Then I have to get up too. Sigh, I actually got drunk last night. Getting drunk the first time I visit, will they have an opinion of me?" Xiao Han asked anxiously.

"No, it's all my Second Sister's fault for being unreliable." Li Heng cursed Second Sister in his mouth.

Xiao Han looked at him with curved eyebrows, got dressed and got out of bed. When washing, she asked: "Where are we going today?"

Li Heng talked about wanting to see Old Mabu and Li Ran.

Xiao Han focused on following her husband's lead and naturally agreed. Besides, she had a very good relationship with Old Mabu, so she naturally couldn't ask for more than to go and gather.

After breakfast, the two left together.

Before leaving, Tian Rune even held Xiao Han's hand and asked: "Are you coming back for lunch at noon today?"

Xiao Han looked at Li Heng, letting him make the decision.

Li Heng said: "Mom, we won't be back at noon. We'll be back for dinner. Make a little more rice then; maybe Yingwen will come over."

"Eh, okay. Then pay attention to safety on the road. Manzai, protect Hanhan well." Tian Rune sent them to the door.

"Got it." Li Heng responded and took her away.

Watching the two go far away, Tian Rune sighed: "Listening to this tone, are they still staying at home tonight?"

Li Jianguo knew what his wife was worried about: "Are you afraid that Chen Zijin will come over?"

"Isn't it? These two girls are good in every way. I'd be satisfied with just one. Sigh! Your son is really not a worrying thing." Tian Rune was depressed.

Li Jianguo patted her shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, Lanlan is going out in person; she won't let them run into each other."

Tian Rune thought for a while and asked: "If you had to choose one, who would you choose as your daughter-in-law?"

Li Jianguo looked up at the sky and learned his second daughter's way of pouring cold water: "Lanlan said, he wants to marry Song Yu more."

"This bastard!" After a long while, Tian Rune shouted angrily.

Currently, she hadn't been in contact with Song Yu, so naturally, she wouldn't favor that side.

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