Chapter 507: , Strange Events in the Study (Seeking subscriptions!)

Leaving Wujiao Square, Zhao Yan was a bit displeased: "We were chatting so well just now, why did you suddenly leave? You wouldn't really be thinking about that Wei Xiaozhu, would you?"

Li Guoyi asked back: "You don't trust me?"

Zhao Yan said: "I once asked you, who is the prettiest in your Fudan? Why did you blurt out Wei Xiaozhu? Why not that Zhou Shihe? I think it was your instinctive reaction; you admire Wei Xiaozhu in your heart."

Li Guoyi tilted his head in a roguish manner: "What? You said Zhou Shihe? She is a fairy in the sky; how could mere mortals like us covet her?

You know our dormitory's handsome guy Hu, right? He's so handsome, yet he's so nervous in front of Zhou Shihe that he doesn't even dare to fart. When we discuss beauties, we automatically exclude her; there's no comparison!"

Zhao Yan asked: "You really don't have a crush on Wei Xiaozhu? Swear."

Li Guoyi raised his hand and swore to the sky: "Heaven is above; if I have any second thoughts about you, may I die a horrible death."

Zhao Yan asked: "Then explain again, why did you pull me away as soon as Wei Xiaozhu appeared?"

Li Guoyi spat on the ground: "Leave? If we hadn't left, your eyeballs would have fallen onto Old Li. You are my woman; why were you staring at him non-stop?"

Seeing her boyfriend jealous, Zhao Yan believed it a bit and said deliberately: "Li Heng is handsomer than you, more talented than you, his temperament is quite good, and he's taller than you. Any woman would be unable to help but take a few more looks, okay? He is equivalent to the Zhou Shihe of your school; other boys can't compare."

Li Guoyi wasn't angry either. He drooled and put his arm around his girlfriend's shoulder: "Stop praising my buddy; if you praise him anymore, I'll really be jealous.

Let's go! Let's find an empty classroom. We haven't seen each other for half a month; let's see if there are any changes in you, my little lady."

On the other side.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Li Heng held an umbrella and hurried toward Lushan Village.

Just as he reached the end of the alley, he met Zhou Shihe and Ye Ning, each holding an umbrella, coming out of the No. 27 small building.

Ye Ning circled around him and couldn't help but mutter: "Eh? Why is a big man like you holding a red umbrella?"

Zhou Shihe's attention was also focused on the umbrella. A figure appeared in her mind, but she didn't point it out and stood quietly to the side.

Li Heng looked at Zhou Gu Niang and instantly understood that she had recognized it. Also, Zhou Shihe and Wei Xiaozhu were together every day during the summer vacation; how could they not be familiar?

He said frankly: "It rained on the way, and I happened to run into Wei Xiaozhu and Dai Qing. They shared an umbrella with me. By the way, where are you going?"

"Oh, so it was Wei Xiaozhu's. No wonder it looked familiar!"

Ye Ning said "Oh" and pointed to the No. 26 small building: "Going to your house! Your number one wife has been at your house for a long time and hasn't come over. Shihe and I are going to check."

Li Heng was speechless, ignoring Ye Ning's teasing, and then set his sights on Zhou Shihe: "Comrade Shihe, are you busy tomorrow, the weekend?"

Zhou Shihe walked forward while replying gently: "Not busy. Do you have something?"

The relationship was too familiar, so Li Heng skipped the roundabout way and asked directly: "A guest is coming to my place tomorrow. Can you cook a meal for me?"

Ye Ning interrupted: "Great writer, aren't you a good cook yourself? Why ask Shihe? Our Shihe is very precious, you know; she doesn't cook for just anyone."

Li Heng explained: "The guest doesn't like spicy food. I can't make dishes without chili that have soul."

Seeing him looking at her with full expectation, Zhou Shihe used her right hand to tuck back the hair that had fallen: "What are the requirements?"

Li Heng said happily: "So you're agreeing?"

Zhou Shihe smiled, which was considered tacit consent.

Li Heng gestured with his fingers: "Chief Editor Liao told me the guest really likes to eat soft-shelled turtle. Can you cook it? Other dishes are fine; just pick whatever you're good at."

Zhou Shihe said offhandedly: "Black pepper soft-shelled turtle, yellow-braised soft-shelled turtle, yam soft-shelled turtle. Which one do you think is more suitable?"

Li Heng pondered the three dish names and finally said: "Let's go with yellow-braised soft-shelled turtle."

Zhou Shihe replied simply: "Okay."

Entering the second floor of the No. 26 small building, the three saw Mai Sui standing on a stool wiping the glass window at a glance. Half of her body was leaning outside.

Li Heng hurriedly threw the umbrella aside, ran over, and shouted: "This is too dangerous. Let me do it."

Mai Sui gave him a delicate smile: "You're back."

"Yeah."

Li Heng said "Yeah," then subconsciously reached out and hugged her down from the stool: "You're sweating. I'll wipe the rest; you rest for a while."

The movements of the two were too ambiguous, and a blush quietly rose on Mai Sui's face, charming and moving like a shy rose.

"Wow! So romantic! I also really want a love like yours." Ye Ning didn't think it was a big deal and clapped her hands in applause on the side.

Zhou Shihe smiled shallowly, then passed Ye Ning, sat down dignifiedly on the sofa, picked up a book from the coffee table, and flipped through it unhurriedly.

It was just that as she flipped, she occasionally raised her head and glanced at Mai Sui's lower abdomen.

Coincidentally, at this moment, Mai Sui also looked at her. Their eyes met, and a moment later, both girls looked away.

Zhou Shihe lowered her head and continued reading.

Mai Sui was embarrassed and wrung the rag, handed the rag to Li Heng, and wiped the glass window together.

Ye Ning wasn't idle; she had a good eye and took the mop to help clean up the accumulated water on the floor.

Seeing that all three were busy, Zhou Shihe felt a bit embarrassed. She stood up and looked around, only to find that the cleaning of the house was almost done and didn't need her. As such, she sat back down.

Ten minutes later, the big cleaning came to an end, and Mai Sui found a change of clothes and went to the shower room.

Ye Ning put her hands on her hips, and a sky full of "Ouch" sounds: "Ouch! It's too stuffy today; I sweat just by moving. No, no! I have to go back and take a bath too."

Saying this, the girl ran to the No. 27 small building next door in a rush.

Her friend left, and Zhou Shihe also planned to leave, not wanting to stay here and be an eyesore, clearing the space for the two.

Unexpectedly, just as she got up, a shout came from the study: "Comrade Shihe, come over and help, help me lift the table."

Hearing this, Zhou Shihe didn't think much and turned to the study.

Seeing her enter, Li Heng said with a grin: "Look, there are books on the table and in the drawers. It's quite heavy, and I'm too lazy to clean them one by one. Help me lift it.

There's probably a lot of dust under the table; it hasn't been swept for a while. Since it's today, let's just clean it all up together."

Zhou Shihe smiled cleverly, came to the other end of the table, grabbed the corners of the table with both hands, and moved it together.

Sure enough, not only was there a layer of dust under the desk, but there were even spider webs in the corner against the wall.

Watching him seriously cleaning with a rag, Zhou Shihe thought for a while and asked: "Is your distinguished guest coming to the study tomorrow?"

"Yes."

Li Heng said "Yes," then asked: "Have you read Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts novels?"

Zhou Shihe spoke warmly: "Are you talking about the one from Xiangjiang? Jin Yong, who is hailed as the head of the four great talents of Xiangjiang?"

Li Heng nodded: "That's him."

Zhou Shihe was slightly curious: "How did he come to your place?"

Li Heng explained: "He read my 'White Deer Plain,' so he wrote to me time and again, saying he wanted to visit me. To be honest..."

At this point, he laughed to himself: "To be honest, the word 'visit' is a bit hot for me, after all, he is so much older than me.

But he is very sincere, even specifically entrusted someone to find Chief Editor Liao, and often keeps praising me in front of the media, praising me until I'm embarrassed, so I accepted."

Seeing his expression of enjoyment that didn't match his words, Zhou Shihe smiled knowingly, then spontaneously helped him organize the study. She categorized the messy books and wiped the books that hadn't been moved for a long time with a dry towel.

There were more than 1,400 books in the study, all of which he had bought one after another. Some were entrusted to Chief Editor Liao and editor Zou Ping to buy, and some he had personally hunted for. After all, human energy is limited. Some books, once read, he didn't want to read again for a short time, so it was inevitable that they would gather dust as they sat there.

Mai Sui usually liked to keep the house clean, but she rarely stepped into his study. One reason was that she was afraid of disrupting his reading and writing rhythm; the second was that she was afraid of touching some privacy.

The study was very stuffy and hot. Even though the windows were all wide open at this time, it was still as hot as a furnace.

After working for a while, Zhou Shihe felt a layer of fine sweat on her body. She raised her head and looked out the window, thinking it would be good if the rain fell harder, as that would take away the heat in the air and make it cooler.

Just as she gathered her thoughts and continued to help organize the study, her peripheral vision inadvertently noticed someone's small movements.

Zhou Shihe was born extremely beautiful, and her pitiful, weak appearance easily hit the softness in a man's heart, stimulating a man's overflowing desire to protect.

At this very moment, her thin white top was unknowingly moistened by sweat and stuck to her skin. Her graceful figure was looming through the thin gauze. In the hazy, her waist-twisting, weak-willow-like temperament was truly beautiful to the ultimate of the mortal world.

Li Heng was completely attracted unconsciously at just one glance.

Sensing that he was peeking at her, sensing that his gaze was quietly wandering back and forth on her, sensing that his gaze finally fixed on her heart position, Zhou Shihe blushed slightly, and a rare, inexplicable meaning flashed in the depths of her heart.

However, her expression was as calm as water. If it weren't for her clever little mouth that had already pouted up, one wouldn't have discovered her strangeness at all.

After a while, seeing that he didn't withdraw his gaze, Zhou Shihe's beautiful little mouth pouted again, pouting even tighter. A moment later, she moved her steps calmly and went from the south bookshelf to the north bookshelf.

As a result, his gaze indeed followed, still staying on her. She hadn't misunderstood.

Li Heng took a look, lowered his head to do some work, after a while couldn't help but peek again, did some work, then couldn't help but peek again...

When he peeked again... he suddenly saw Zhou Shihe turn around and stare at his eyes without moving.

At this instant, her heart jumped several times ungratefully, but her eyes were particularly sharp, staring straight at Li Heng, without avoiding or shying away.

The gazes suddenly collided in the air, time stopped, the air gradually became solidified, and the atmosphere in the study slowly became subtle. One was squatting on the ground looking up, one was standing in front of the bookshelf looking down, their gazes intertwined, neither made a sound, and it was extremely strange for a while!

For a long time, Li Heng, who couldn't take it, surrendered, lowered his head, and pretended to be fine as he used a rag to clean the corner of the room.

Afraid that he wouldn't be able to help peeking at her again later, he simply turned his back to her, giving her a reassurance.

The intelligent Zhou Shihe seemed to understand his thoughts. Her gaze stayed on his back for a long time, and finally, she withdrew her gaze and focused on wiping the dust off the books one by one.

Just like this, the two didn't communicate for a long time afterward, and their eyes tried not to drift to each other's position. Each was busy with their own things. The relationship was a bit complicated, both like enemies and like old friends who had been silently guarding each other for many years. There were no words, but both knew the other was there.

Time passed second by second. After not knowing how long had passed, when the sound of the shower room door opening came from the living room, a certain mysterious node was interrupted, and the barrier of the study seemed to be opened by an external force. Both of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long after, Mai Sui's figure appeared at the door. She looked at her best friend, then at Li Heng who was wiping the floor, and said softly: "The study is afraid of dampness. I didn't open the windows before. It's so hot inside. Shihe, your clothes are wet. Come out and rest for a while. I'll go move a fan in."

"Okay." Zhou Shihe replied gently, put the dry towel aside, and followed her out of the study.

Move a fan?

Damn it, am I an idiot today? My brain short-circuited to the point that I even forgot about the fan. I deserve to be suffocated!

Moving a fan into the study, plugging it in, and adjusting it to the maximum gear, Mai Sui prepared to take over from Zhou Shihe and help wipe the books.

Seeing this, Li Heng stopped her: "You just finished taking a bath, don't break into a sweat again. I'll do it. You go rest for a while, there's not much work left anyway."

Mai Sui didn't listen.

But Li Heng didn't let her, walked over, held her shoulders with both hands, and pushed her out the door.

Mai Sui gave a soft smile and said helplessly: "It's almost 4 o'clock. Then Shihe and I will go buy groceries. What do you want to eat for dinner?"

Li Heng glanced at Zhou Gu Niang, who had just come out of the washroom after washing her hands, and said: "Anything with meat is fine. I'm not picky. The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier. Remember to bring an umbrella with thick rain cloth."

"Mm-hmm."

Mai Sui said "Mm-hmm" twice, turned her head and said to Zhou Shihe: "I'll accompany you home to take a bath first, and then we'll go buy groceries."

Zhou Shihe nodded quietly and walked toward the stairwell first.

The two girls went downstairs one after another, left the courtyard, and walked toward the small building next door.

Along the way, they didn't talk, as if maintaining a certain balance.

Entering the No. 27 small building, they discovered a note on the coffee table on the first floor as soon as they entered. There was writing on it, which was Ye Ning's handwriting.

The content of the note was: Manning and I went to the department store in Wujiao Square, haha! Someone's husband is back today, so he will definitely cook at home to reward him, right? Prepare dishes for the two of us, oh. I want to eat tofu, Manning said she wants to eat fish, other dishes are fine, that's it, see you at dinner!

After browsing the note, a smile appeared on Zhou Shihe's face, smiling like a spring breeze. Then she stuffed the note into her best friend's hand, went upstairs on her own, and took a bath.

Waiting for the sound of footsteps to go upstairs, Mai Sui blushed, and a moment later, her charming eyes bloomed with shyness, and she laughed to herself. After laughing, she subconsciously raised her head and looked toward the stairwell, and as a result, half of a beautiful face with skin as smooth as congealed fat really poked out from the corner.

Facing each other, Mai Sui only felt her face was hot, ashamed, and wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

Seeing her best friend so shy and looking like she had been caught doing something bad, Zhou Shihe endured it, but couldn't help it, and finally laughed out loud, turned around, and went upstairs.

This time she really went up.

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