Chapter 471

The two women entered the 26th small building one after the other.

Just as they reached the second floor, they saw Mai Sui, who had just finished showering and was coming out of the shower room. Sun Manning hurried over, pulled her good friend, and said enviously: "Mai Sui, you look so good in red; it's so tempting. Even I, a woman, want to marry you and take you home."

Mai Sui hadn't worn red clothes for a long time.

Because as she grew older, she found that she attracted more attention from the opposite sex every day, and wearing red clothes had an additive effect.

Therefore, to keep a low profile and not let Li Heng overthink, Mai Sui temporarily gave up on clothes of this color.

The reason she wore it today was because he requested it.

Mai Sui even thought it through: she would only wear it for him at home or when there were few people around; when going outside, clothes with more muted colors were more suitable.

Seeing Mai Sui in red, Zhou Shihe couldn't help but have images pop into her mind of the two of them kissing passionately on the sofa earlier, and his large hand running wild inside her best friend's clothes.

Noticing Shihe's gaze directed at her chest, Mai Sui immediately felt her face heat up. Although Li Heng hadn't had zero-distance contact with her private chest area today, the straps of her underwear had all been snapped by him; that stimulation made her shy, but also made her sink into it a little.

Seeing the embarrassed look on Sui Sui's face, Zhou Shihe shifted her gaze at the right time, came to the sofa, sat down, and casually picked up a book from the coffee table to flip through on her own.

After chatting with Mai Sui for a while, Sun Manning suddenly poked her head out and asked: "Eh? Where is Li Heng?"

Mai Sui replied: "He went to Yu Laoshi's house across the street."

Hearing this, Zhou Shihe looked up and asked warmly: "Manning, did you call home today to report that you're safe?"

"Ah! I actually forgot about this; my dear mother must be worried to death; I'll go call now." Sun Manning slapped her forehead and then asked: "Mai Sui, are you going to Yu Laoshi's house to make a call?"

Remembering that her act of pulling the curtains had been seen by Yu Laoshi, Mai Sui extinguished the thought: "I'm a bit tired and don't want to move; you can ask the auntie to help tell my parents."

"That works too; long-distance calls are too expensive, so save where you can; it's cheaper for my mom to call your house," Sun Manning said, walking toward the stairwell.

Once the person left, the living room was instantly left with only Zhou Shihe and Mai Sui. The two women looked at each other, and for a while, neither spoke. As time passed, the atmosphere became increasingly strange.

After a long time, Zhou Shihe put down the book, got up, turned on the TV, tuned to a channel, and said to her: "Journey to the West is almost at the finale; keep me company and watch it."

Mai Sui said "Mhm" and sat on the sofa.

After a good while, Mai Sui asked: "Shihe, why did you send Manning away?"

Zhou Shihe was indeed deliberately sending Sun Manning away; as for the reason, Li Heng went to Yu Shuheng's house, so she sent Sun Manning over too.

She was certain that at this time, Manning wouldn't go outside the school to make a call and would definitely go across the street.

Zhou Shihe answered irrelevantly, "In the future, if you are at home, you must pull the curtains in the living room."

This sentence seemed unrelated but had a hidden meaning: pulling the curtains, besides keeping secrets and privacy, was more importantly a smoke bomb, making Yu Shuheng across the street unable to guess what happened in the 26th small building, thus making it difficult for her to come over rashly.

The purpose of this remark was very clear: to teach her best friend to use this kind of vague tactic to force back her rival, Yu Shuheng, and make the 26th small building Mai Sui's private space.

Both were smart people; Mai Sui pondered for a while and understood the deep meaning, then said after a while: "This is Xiao Han's territory."

She was implicitly telling her best friend: she didn't want to fight.

Hearing this, Zhou Shihe looked at her, very puzzled: since she loved him so much, why not fight? Li Heng wasn't married, and Sui Sui's own conditions weren't bad.

Mai Sui couldn't betray Chen Zijin and Song Yu because she had promised Li Heng: she wouldn't get involved in the feelings between him and Song Yu, Xiao Han, and Chen Zijin.

Mai Sui spoke tactfully: "I can't win the fight."

Seeing her best friend's look of having no desires, Zhou Shihe tactfully didn't ask further but changed the subject: "Have you already decided that you will leave him in the future?"

Mai Sui said firmly: "No."

Zhou Shihe was stunned, and after a long while asked: "You're not fighting for marriage, then how will you explain it to your uncle and auntie?"

This was her other psychological knot, and also a dead knot; Mai Sui looked at the TV and didn't answer.

Zhou Shihe's cherry mouth opened, wanting to speak but stopping, and finally, she fell silent.

At this very moment, the two best friends understood each other's thoughts; everything was understood without words.

Next, the two didn't speak for a long time until half an episode of the TV series was over, and Zhou Shihe suddenly spoke: "Is this worth it?"

Mai Sui was silent for a moment and replied: "I don't know."

She really didn't know.

For her personally, as long as she could love Li Heng once, she was satisfied; as for what way she followed him, she didn't particularly care.

But from the perspective of social ethics and morality, from the perspective of relatives and friends, and especially from the perspective of Song Yu and her parents at home, she was uneasy and hesitant. That's why she said she didn't know.

With that one "I don't know," Zhou Shihe didn't ask again.

…

On the other side, the 25th small building.

Li Heng and Yu Shuheng sat opposite each other on the sofa, neither speaking, quietly listening to the pure music album.

It was quite long, and it took a full 50 minutes to finish.

After listening patiently, Yu Shuheng asked: "How does it feel?"

Li Heng said happily: "Thank you for your hard work, Teacher; I am very satisfied."

Yu Shuheng made the final decision, "Okay, if you think there's no problem, then it will be released publicly."

Li Heng asked: "Is everything ready?"

Yu Shuheng nodded: "All channels have been contacted long ago; you don't need to worry about this."

He really didn't worry about this; after all, he had already witnessed the energy behind Yu Laoshi, and to describe it in one sentence, it was beyond his imagination.

Li Heng thought for a while and asked again: "Has Zhou Shihe heard it?"

Zhou Shihe experienced the entire arrangement and recording process and was an important participant in the album; he asked this to show respect for her.

Of course, he also believed that Yu Laoshi wouldn't let personal feelings interfere with public business; although she seemed to be at odds with Zhou Shihe, she would definitely have a sense of the big picture.

Yu Shuheng looked at him, then looked at him again, and asked meaningfully: "Why? Are you afraid I'll be unfavorable to her? Target her?"

Li Heng said with a smile: "I'm just asking, going through the motions, to show respect for her."

Yu Shuheng asked: "Is it really just going through the motions, or are you protecting your own?"

Li Heng was speechless and simply didn't follow the conventional path: "Then let's just say I'm protecting my own."

Yu Shuheng restrained her emotions and said expressionlessly: "When the album just came out, I gave it to her; she expressed no objections."

Seeing the atmosphere suddenly turn cold, Li Heng stood up: "I'm a bit tired after running around all day; please help more with the album, Teacher; I'll go back to sleep first."

Watching him walk four or five steps away, Yu Shuheng suddenly raised her head and called him to stop: "Wait."

Li Heng stopped and turned to ask: "Teacher, what's wrong?"

Yu Shuheng got up and walked toward the bedroom: "Come in with me."

Li Heng stood still.

Walking to the bedroom door, Yu Shuheng asked with a half-smile: "Did you guess what I was going to do?"

How could he not guess?

Being so jealous of Wang Laoshi at Fuchun Xiaoyuan this afternoon, the problem probably stemmed from this.

Li Heng still didn't move.

After a standoff for a while, Yu Shuheng turned around, walked gracefully to his side, stared at his chest with her full figure at zero distance, leaned into his ear, and seduced him softly: "Little boy, don't you like women? Stay tonight; Teacher will satisfy all your needs."

He had already had a strong reaction with Mai Sui earlier, but out of respect for Mai Sui, he hadn't developed it further.

Now that the two were in such zero-distance contact, smelling the faint scent of a woman, Li Heng's body was very uncooperative and reacted immediately.

It wasn't just reacting; it also happened to fit perfectly with her.

You know how a rivet fits into willow wood? That's the state the two were in now.

Just once, the caught-off-guard Yu Shuheng stiffened, subconsciously wanting to reach out and break the rivet, but under his gaze, she forcibly suppressed her instinct and slowly clamped her legs together with a strange smile.

Some things, the more you stimulate them, the more you feel them.

Especially in this midsummer, the thin pants were like not wearing anything, and both could clearly feel each other's existence.

Looking at each other as if in a fit of pique, Li Heng finally couldn't hold on; at one moment, he reached out and hugged her waist and abdomen, kissed her with rapid breathing.

But Yu Shuheng didn't let him succeed, tilted her head slightly and asked: "Have you washed?"

Li Heng: "..."

Her question about whether he had washed was actually questioning why he had pulled the curtains?

Had he kissed Mai Sui?

Kissed Mai Sui, and came to kiss her without washing?

How could she, who always had a clean-freak habit, agree?

But Li Heng wasn't a pushover either; he wasn't that easy to bully. You seduce me every day; do you really think I'm Liu Xiahui?

Immediately, regardless of anything, he lowered his head, kissed her side face, went all the way down along the ear root, and greedily wandered between her neck.

Yu Shuheng was stunned, looked down at the almost crazy little man, and realized that she had gone too far just now and had completely released the devil in his heart.

If it were in the past, he would have dodged her; how could he be so wild?

Yu Shuheng stood still, closed her eyes, raised her neck slightly, and carefully experienced the cleverness of his tongue tip.

For her, he had already touched the most precious part of a woman three times; although there was a slight ripple in her heart this time, she still accommodated him.

The ripple was: he had lost control in a short time just now; he must have been holding back for a long time at Mai Sui's place, and she had slightly ignited him completely.

Otherwise, based on her understanding of him, his willpower definitely wasn't just this much.

And the reason for accommodation was: because she had already made up her mind to marry him in the future and let him marry her formally.

The atmosphere in the living room became more and more solemn, more and more subtle, more and more ambiguous. Just as Li Heng was biting her collarbone, the sound of footsteps came from the stairs.

The footsteps were loud and urgent, and soon reached the corner in the middle.

Li Heng paused, his eyes instantly clearing up a lot, and he reluctantly let go of Yu Laoshi.

Seeing this, Yu Shuheng's mood was complicated; if she had reached out and hugged his head just now, he wouldn't have been able to let go, and many things would have developed in a direction favorable to her.

But she was his teacher, she was Yu Shuheng, and her pride didn't allow her to play such small tricks.

If she wanted to win, she had to win openly and honestly; if she wanted to win, she had to win over Song Yu and conquer his heart.

Thousands of thoughts flashed by; Yu Shuheng subconsciously pulled her collar with both hands, then felt something was wrong, turned around, and quickly entered the bedroom.

Closing the bedroom door, she came to the mirror and took a look...

Sure enough, there were many red hickeys on her neck, uneven and crisscrossed, really like being bitten by a dog.

Recalling the scene of the little man losing control earlier, recalling the little man's greed, Yu Shuheng's mouth couldn't help but curl up.

Afterward, she didn't stay long, found a silk scarf from the wardrobe, and tied it around her neck.

"Eh? Li Heng, why are you alone? Isn't Yu Laoshi here?" Sun Manning walked up to the second floor in one breath and saw Li Heng listening to music on the sofa at a glance.

Li Heng pointed to the bedroom and didn't say anything, pretending to continue listening to the music album seriously.

Seeing his focused look, Sun Manning didn't think too much, came over, sat beside him, and listened to the music.

At this time, it was "The Street Where the Wind Lives," the last song. After listening, he turned his head and asked: "Are you looking for Yu Laoshi?"

Sun Manning said: "I'm here to make a call; have you finished listening?"

Li Heng nodded: "Finished listening; you can call."

Just at this time, Yu Shuheng opened the door and came out, exchanged a few pleasantries with Sun Manning, and then said to Li Heng: "Come to the first floor with Teacher."

"Okay."

Li Heng responded and followed her down the stairs, leaving space for Sun Manning to make a call.

Down in the stairwell, the elegant Yu Shuheng said: "Next time, be a little lighter; Teacher's skin is relatively tender."

The skin is relatively tender and easy to leave hickeys.

Li Heng looked at the silk scarf on her neck, and for no reason, there was a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

Down on the first floor, Yu Shuheng handed him a pair of scissors, "Help me unpack these boxes; I'm going next door to get something."

The boxes she mentioned referred to the things he brought back from Shaoshi this time. Among them were some local specialties he bought on Hongqi Road, and also a cardboard box that Wang Laoshi asked him to bring.

Yu Shuheng found the key under the TV cabinet and went to Chen Siya's house next door.

Li Heng squatted down and unpacked the boxes one by one.

Inside were cured meat, dried loach, fresh wild mushrooms, and some game; fearing that the things would spoil on the road, there were also some homemade ice packs inside. It seems that although Wang Laoshi's mouth is poisonous, she still put her heart into it.

Before long, Yu Shuheng returned and handed him a few bags.

Li Heng was puzzled.

Yu Shuheng said: "When I was shopping with Siya, I bought some clothes for you; something came up in the middle, I didn't come back, so I let her bring them back."

Li Heng opened the bags and took a look; inside were indeed all clothes and pants, and the appearance and quality were not cheap.

The relationship between the two was already blurred, and he didn't play the game of being coy and declining, "Thank you, Teacher."

Yu Shuheng nodded, also squatted down, checked the items on the ground, and then said: "I want to eat rice tomorrow morning; you make mushrooms and game for me."

"Eh, okay."

Li Heng agreed readily. He had promised to cook for her for a semester at Bai Luyuan, but the total number of times added up to only seven or eight meals, so of course, he couldn't refuse.

Yu Shuheng continued: "Take the food over tonight; Teacher will come to your house to eat tomorrow morning."

Li Heng had no doubts and said okay.

PS: Posted first, edited later.

(End of this chapter)