Chapter 520

Today is a great day, and the people at the main table are all his elders. Li Heng, who was in a very good mood, took the initiative to toast for the first time, striving to serve these elders well.

The result was that after an hour of drinking and chatting, he got himself drunk.

He had to get drunk, he couldn't get others drunk. Besides, today is worth getting drunk.

After lunch, Mr. Jin Yong left with the two leaders from the system, saying that there was a welcome banquet set up there in the evening.

Before leaving, Jin Yong also made an appointment with Li Heng to visit Old Man Ba's house together tomorrow.

After Jin Yong and his secretary left, Old Man Ba and Sister Xiao Lin also planned to leave, saying that the distinguished guests from the morning were still in Shanghai, and they had to go back to continue entertaining them.

To everyone's surprise, Xiao Han actually didn't stay at the No. 26 small building, and left by hitching a ride with Sister Xiao Lin.

Li Heng braced himself against the drunkenness and asked half-dazed: "Wife, why are you leaving so fast? Can't you stay here and accompany me for a while?"

Xiao Han glanced at Mai Sui and Zhou Shihe not far away, and said with lingering fear: "I want to, but today is Teacher Wen Yan's birthday, I have to go back early with Haiyan to prepare cakes and such, to give her a surprise in the evening."

Thinking of Wen Yan's husband eloping with her student to the United States, leaving her childless; thinking of the careful promotion and care that Professor Wen Yan had given his black-bellied wife in her past and present lives, this birthday really couldn't be turned down.

Li Heng asked: "Do you want me to go over with you?"

Xiao Han was a bit tempted, but later dismissed the idea: "You've drunk like this, just go home and sleep. So many things happened today, and there's still follow-up work to be done, it's best not to walk away."

Li Heng thought it was true, reached out and hugged her in public, then said: "Then I'll come to see you at the end of the month."

Xiao Han revealed two charming dimples, saying it was fine.

The teacher, Chief Editor Liao, Xiao Han, and Sister Xiao Lin left.

Li Heng personally sent them to the door, and only after the four disappeared did he stagger back into the house.

Mai Sui, who was chatting with Zhou Shihe and the others, saw this and immediately trotted over, reaching out to support him to the second-floor bedroom.

Ye Ning muttered: "Sui Sui really has a good temper! Just now Li Heng clearly flirted with Xiao Han right in front of her for so long, and even hugged Xiao Han, I didn't expect him to forget it in the blink of an eye..."

Hearing the complaint, a scene unconsciously emerged in Zhou Shihe's mind: the scene that day where Li Heng pressed Sui Sui on the sofa, biting her to his heart's content.

Thinking up to here, Zhou Shihe calmed her heart, and later calmly took a book from the coffee table and flipped through it casually.

Sun Manning replied to Ye Ning's words: "Can you stop being such a nag? This situation isn't the first or second time, Mai Sui has a knot in her heart, and she hasn't let go yet."

"What knot? The knot of snatching Xiao Han's man in private?"

Ye Ning's eyebrows twitched: "They aren't married, what kind of snatching is that? Besides, our Sui Sui is getting better-looking day by day, it's hard to say who will have more feminine charm compared to Xiao Han in the future, what are you afraid of?"

Sun Manning rolled her eyes, thinking to herself that it would be fine if there were only one Xiao Han, the one at Peking University is the key, okay.

Thinking of Song Yu, Sun Manning turned her head for no reason and carefully sized up Zhou Shihe, silently comparing in her heart.

At first, Zhou Shihe, who was being stared at by her good friend, didn't care and kept reading her book.

Until a long time passed, seeing Manning's gaze still lingering on her, Zhou Shihe slowly raised her head and looked at the other party.

Sun Manning gestured with her fingers and sighed sincerely: "You two are truly perfect, I genuinely can't tell who is better, I can't find any flaws."

Hearing this in Ye Ning's ears, it was very inexplicable, and she immediately pursued: "Who are you talking about? Is there anyone else in this world who can compare to Shihe? Why don't I quite believe it?"

Thinking of the relationship between Song Yu and Li Heng, Sun Manning suddenly woke up, stretched, laughed, and ran away, going into the kitchen to pour cold boiled water.

Ye Ning, whose appetite had been whetted, was so angry that fire was coming out of her eyes, "Shihe, did you hear Manning's nonsense just now?"

Zhou Shihe smiled gently, "You already said it was nonsense, since Manning doesn't want to say it, don't ask."

"I'm curious, there's a woman whose beauty is not inferior to yours, aren't you curious? Do you believe it?" Ye Ning asked.

Zhou Shihe flipped the pages of the book, quiet and silent.

Knowing Shihe's temperament, she didn't like to mention these things, so Ye Ning changed the subject: "Shihe, your home's sewer is clogged, when are they coming to clear it? I'm sweating all over, I don't even dare to take a bath, I'm afraid the water will flow back out."

Zhou Shihe said: "I've already found someone, they said they can only come in the evening, you can go wash over here first."

"Wash over here?"

Ye Ning lowered her voice and said: "The door lock of Li Heng's shower room was broken by that strong girl Manning, I'm afraid it's not safe."

Zhou Shihe smiled cleverly, "Who are you guarding against, him?"

Ye Ning said poutingly: "Don't be sarcastic, although he, maybe, probably doesn't look down on me, but he is also a man, right? If I come here to take a bath, what if it arouses his beastly nature and he has evil intentions towards me?"

Zhou Shihe glanced at her and continued reading.

Before long, Mai Sui came down from the second floor and asked Zhou Shihe: "Shihe, are we leaving for Jing'an now?"

Zhou Shihe shook her head slightly, "No rush, let's go another day."

Xiao Han was gone, Mai Sui didn't need to avoid her, and Zhou Shihe instantly extinguished the thought of setting off to take the bus.

She was relatively clean, and on such a hot day, the bus always had a mixed smell, she usually didn't like to travel by bus.

If she could avoid it, she would try to avoid it.

Mai Sui seemed to know what she meant, so she didn't ask again, and later tied on an apron and started cleaning up the leftovers.

Li Heng slept for a while, and when he woke up again, it was already past 6 PM.

Damn it, white liquor is really my nemesis, I found my head was still dizzy and aching, and my mind felt like it was stuffed with paste, extremely dazed.

It might be because he drank too much alcohol at noon and also drank some tea, his bladder was so full that as soon as he opened his eyes, he quickly got out of bed and rushed towards the washroom.

At this time, the washroom door was closed, but he didn't think much of it, didn't it usually stay closed when no one was there? Only the window inside would be open for ventilation.

They say people have three urgencies, he pushed open the washroom door with his right hand as usual.

Just...!

Just as he pushed open the door, he was dumbfounded!

He was stunned!

He was instantly scared into a shiver, and his brain became much clearer in an instant.

Damn it!

Guess who he saw?

He actually saw Zhou Shihe standing under the spray, applying body wash.

At this moment, hearing the movement at the door, she subconsciously used both hands to cover her important private parts, looking at the door.

With eyes meeting, Li Heng felt a tremendous pressure in an instant.

Zhou Shihe didn't speak, her pure black and white eyes looking straight at him, inside there was no joy, no sorrow, no anger, and no resentment.

If it weren't for her small mouth slightly pouting, if it weren't for her left hand horizontally protecting her heart position, and her right hand protecting the woman's most important privacy, it would be hard to find any emotional change at this moment.

But her delicate body at this moment had its aura fully opened, and her eyes were truly fierce.

After confronting for a while, Li Heng, who had done something wrong, couldn't take it anymore, belatedly avoided her gaze, took a step back, then took another step back, and later his right hand quickly closed the shower room door.

The moment the door closed, all the pressure disappeared.

Li Heng secretly breathed a long sigh of relief.

Only then did he realize that in just this short while, his forehead was already covered in fine sweat, forced by those eyes that usually looked very gentle.

Taking two more deep breaths, Li Heng moved his legs, came to the sofa, and then sat down with a thud.

He was a bit dazed, his mind full of the snowy white figure just now, which wouldn't go away no matter what.

Zhou Gu Niang usually gave people the feeling of being soft and weak, her touching appearance comparable to Lin Daiyu. But this time he suddenly realized that her figure, which made people feel pity, was not inferior to other women in its temptation.

The last time he had such a big physical reaction was when he was pressing on Mai Sui.

He couldn't control his emotions at that time, and scored two goals in one go.

And now...

Li Heng patted his forehead hard with his right hand, interrupting his thoughts in time, letting himself calm down as soon as possible.

The man outside the door had blood rushing to his head, and his mood couldn't calm down for a long time.

Zhou Shihe behind the door also had an uneasy heart. The moment the door closed, her braced body instantly softened, and her whole person leaned weakly against the shower room wall, her gaze falling on the opposite wall, slowly losing focus.

First, he kissed her while skiing in the Northeast.

Then they lived in the same room in Beijing for more than a month. During that period, he often looked at her quietly and dazed, and even called her name in his dreams more than once. Every time he finished calling her name, not long after, he would wake up, find a change of clothes, and secretly go to the washroom.

Later, when they returned to Lushan Village, his eyes changed many times in the piano room, the look in his eyes when he looked at her changed.

Now... now it's even more thorough, directly looking at her...

She didn't know how much he saw today? But she....

Don't know how much time passed, as time passed second by second, a "creak" broke the dead silence.

The washroom door opened again, and the two worlds inside and outside the door were connected again.

Li Heng, whose body was stiff, didn't stand up, just turned his head and looked over.

With a feeling in her heart, Zhou Shihe also couldn't help but look at him.

Looking at each other across the air, after their gazes intertwined for ten seconds, Zhou Gu Niang turned around with the clothes she had changed into and wanted to leave, heading towards the corridor entrance.

"Have you had dinner yet?" Just as she was about to go downstairs, Li Heng, who had been holding it in for a long time, only managed to squeeze out one sentence.

Actually, what he squeezed out wasn't important, what was important was breaking the stalemate between the two.

The reason he did this was to tell her that what happened just now was unintentional, and he absolutely had no intention of offending her.

If!

If the shower room had been lit before, or if there had been the sound of water, he wouldn't have pushed open the door rashly.

But the key to the problem was that it was still broad daylight at this time, there was no need to turn on the lights, and the door lock had been broken by that girl Sun Manning, and there were no corresponding tools in the house to change the lock in time.

Thus, the coincidence of circumstances led to all this.

They had known each other for more than a year, had lived in the same room, and had rehearsed for so long during the winter and summer vacations, the two were already familiar to the point of being unable to be more familiar. At the moment he spoke, Zhou Shihe understood what he meant.

"Not yet." She responded like this, and went downstairs without looking back.

Both of them knew that although the behavior just now was very embarrassing and vaguely crossed a certain boundary, there was really no malice.

And the two of them understood even more that in this year or so, the two were no longer just friends who knew each other, but also collaborators who had a tacit understanding.

Even more so, during the days they lived together, the friendship between the two went a step further in silence, cultivating an unspeakable tacit understanding.

Because she didn't want Li Heng to think too much, didn't want to detonate his greed for her, and didn't want the development of the situation to make Mai Sui feel embarrassed later, she turned and left.

However, they were neighbors and friends who saw each other every day, and they still had to spend the next 3 years of university life together, unable to escape, so Zhou Shihe spoke "Not yet" as a response.

One asked "Have you eaten", one replied "Not yet", leaving a way out for each other, giving each other a step down.

Hearing her respond to him, Li Heng's hanging heart slowly fell to the ground.

After his body completely returned to normal, he rushed towards the washroom again. There was a faint fragrance inside, don't know if it was the fragrance of rose body wash? Or a woman's fragrance? It smelled very good.

Damn it, he was almost suffocated, Li Heng thought while relieving himself, how to make up for the mistake he made before?

Washing his hands, coming out of the washroom, he didn't stop and entered the study, took 10 books from the 30 sample books sent by Chief Editor Liao, unscrewed the fountain pen cap, and bent down to start signing.

For the first 9 books, he signed very smoothly, writing his name and the date in one go.

And when it came to the 10th "White Deer Plain", Li Heng, who opened the title page, stopped, the fountain pen tip accidentally left three ink dots on the white paper, later sighed, and continued to sign, writing the date.

Holding a stack of ten books, Li Heng came to the No. 27 small building next door.

A bit surprised, the courtyard gate was only ajar, it actually wasn't closed.

Having had the lesson just now, Li Heng entered the courtyard and started knocking on the room door.

"Dong dong dong...."

Knocking only once, the door opened a crack from the inside, revealing Zhou Shihe's figure.

Looking at him, looking at the books in his hand, Zhou Shihe opened the door completely, but stood at the door without moving.

Seeing this, Li Heng extinguished the thought of entering the door and handed the books to her: "Exactly 10."

Zhou Shihe reached out both hands to take them, turned around, and wanted to walk inside.

Looking at her delicate back, Li Heng suddenly said: "Thank you for your hard work today, thank you."

Zhou Shihe gave a light "um", then stopped in place, with her back to him. Seemingly knowing he still had something to say.

Sure enough, Li Heng continued: "Where is Mai Sui, do you know where she went?"

Zhou Shihe said: "The student union had an impromptu meeting today, all three of them went over."

Li Heng asked: "Did they say when they would be back?"

Zhou Shihe answered concisely: "Don't know."

Li Heng hesitated for a while, and finally tentatively asked: "Do you want to go out to eat together?"

Zhou Shihe was silent, and after a long time responded softly: "Okay."

However, she then said: "The person clearing the sewer might come later, we have to go a bit later."

Li Heng suddenly realized.

No wonder her courtyard gate wasn't closed.

At the same time, he also realized that she was inviting him into the house in a tactful way. After all, she was the only one at home, the master clearing the sewer was usually a man, and she lacked a sense of security.

After reading her meaning, Li Heng didn't need her to speak again, stepped directly over the threshold, and entered the house to change shoes.

Sensing the movement behind her, Zhou Shihe climbed the stairs, going up to the second floor without haste.

Due to the embarrassment that had just occurred, Li Heng didn't follow, just sat casually on the sofa on the first floor, facing the door, observing the situation in the middle of the alley outside.

The courtyard gate of the No. 26 small building wasn't locked, he was watching the house in this way.

Both of them had a tacit understanding, on such a hot day, Li Heng didn't ask her why she took a bath before it was dark? Wasn't she afraid of having to wash again before going to bed?

She also didn't make any explanation for this.

Second floor.

Not hearing footsteps coming from the stairs, Zhou Shihe looked back, then hugged the books and entered her master bedroom.

There were 10 books, and because there were many words, each was relatively thick.

Putting a stack of books in front of the dressing mirror, Zhou Shihe closed the door, sat on the chair, and stared at the books.

For a long time, she unconsciously flipped through the title pages one by one, looking at the signatures.

When flipping to the last one, the movement in her hands slowed down, her fingers pinched the title page, and her gaze stared motionlessly at the three ink dots on the white paper.

After deep thought for a moment, she then constructed a scene in her mind, as if she could see Li Heng's hesitation and entanglement when signing this book, he probably wanted to write something, but in the end, he didn't write anything, all the words turned into three ink dots. Checking the other books again, clean and neat, the signature had no stagnation, she further confirmed her guess.

For a long time, Zhou Shihe locked the signed book with the three ink dots in the drawer.

And the other 9 were intended to be mailed out, mailed to those relatives and friends who had asked her for signed books.

After waiting for about twelve or thirteen minutes, the master clearing the sewer came, he was a middle-aged uncle, with particularly rich experience, checking, repairing, and clearing in less than half an hour before finishing and leaving.

Throughout the whole process, Zhou Shihe didn't show her face, leaving all the trivial matters to him.

Only after the master left did she come out of the room, come down from upstairs, and silently hand a banknote to him.

This was the cost incurred from clearing the sewer just now, she paid it.

Glancing at the banknote, glancing at her, Li Heng didn't take it, stepped back closely, turned around, and left, leaving the No. 27 small building.

With his gaze moving as his back moved, after watching quietly for a while, Zhou Shihe put the money away, locked the room door, locked the courtyard gate, and also came to the middle of the alley.

Next, a strange scene appeared.

A man and a woman walked one after another on the bluestone slabs towards the alley entrance, without any words, yet unexpectedly harmonious, as round and smooth as a picture of an autumn harvest scene.

Just as they reached the alley entrance, they ran into Yu Shuheng head-on, dressed in black, looking cold, with a "strangers stay away" look, very much like an imperial sister.

Li Heng stopped in time and called: "Teacher, just back?"

With her gaze moving back and forth between the two, Yu Shuheng nodded: "Are you going for a walk?"

Li Heng answered: "No, no, haven't had dinner yet, Teacher, have you eaten, how about we go eat something together?"

With her gaze crossing him to look at Zhou Shihe, Yu Shuheng refused: "I've eaten, come to my house after you finish eating."

"Eh, okay." Li Heng didn't ask what it was about, and agreed fully.

Yu Shuheng left, passing by.

Li Heng turned his head and couldn't help but glance at Yu Laoshi, then glanced at Zhou Gu Niang who was close at hand, feeling very emotional, but he sensibly didn't make a sound and walked towards the school gate.

Leaving the school gate, he paused and said the first sentence to her after leaving Lushan Village: "Are we going to Old Li's Restaurant? Or to Blue Sky Hotel?"

Zhou Shihe said quietly: "Either is fine."

Either is fine?

If either is fine, he would follow his own preferences, changed direction, and went straight to Wujiao Square.

Zhou Shihe followed without saying a word.

Passing by the braised food stall, Li Heng saw a strange face and immediately looked a few more times.

Seeing this, Bai Wanying introduced with a smile, "My little sister, here to visit me today. Great writer, please put away your charm, she's already scared by you after just these few glances, she's shivering."

Bai's little sister's face was flushed by her own sister, standing there foolishly, at a loss as to how to welcome Li Heng's gaze baptism.

Li Heng deliberately sized up the other party for a while, then asked happily: "How is business today?"

Zhang Bing, who had been busy cutting braised food, said: "Pretty good. Old Li, do you want to take some back?"

Li Heng waved his hand: "No need, we plan to eat a big meal today, are you free, it's lively with more people, let's join a table together."

Perhaps it was the prestige of the "Big King", Zhang Bing, like the other guys in Dorm 325, couldn't let go in front of Zhou Shihe. In the end, Bai Wanying took over the conversation: "You guys go eat, we just finished not long ago."

"Alright, let's talk later." Li Heng said, and took Zhou Shihe into the Blue Sky Hotel not far away.

Watching the two leave eagerly, Bai's little sister finally dared to take a big breath, "Sister, is that the Li Heng who is making a big fuss today?"

Bai Wanying corrected: "What do you mean big fuss? This is called widespread fame."

Bai's little sister said: "I saw the news report about him in the Evening News, so fierce!"

Bai Wanying was speechless: "You girl, speaking without restraint, what do you mean so fierce? It's called amazing."

Bai's little sister stuck out her tongue and asked again: "Who is that woman just now? So beautiful!"

Bai Wanying said: "Zhou Shihe."

"Wow! So it's the Big King of your school, no wonder she's so beautiful, sister, you can't even compare to one of her fingers." Bai's little sister winked.

Bai Wanying frowned: "Even if I can't compare to her, I'm not that bad, if you belittle me again, just go back."

Bai's little sister giggled, reached out and hugged her sister's arm, and asked gossipingly: "Are the two of them dating? They look like a couple, I get scared as soon as I see them."

Bai Wanying was very tight-lipped, "None of your business, stop asking."

Actually, in Bai Wanying's view, Li Heng and women like Zhou Shihe would sooner or later fall for each other after being together for a long time.

It was really because the other party's temperament was too moving, even she as a woman couldn't help but want to get close and want to protect the other party.

Entering the Blue Sky Hotel, although there were many diners at this time, the two were lucky and found a window seat with a very good view.

After ordering dishes according to their preferences, Li Heng asked: "Do you want a cup of this shop's signature frosty drink, it's freshly squeezed from fruit."

Zhou Shihe looked at the sunset in the sky through the glass window and said quietly, okay.

Asking for two cups of frosty drinks, Li Heng asked: "Have Mai Sui and the others had dinner?"

Zhou Shihe didn't make a sound, as if her thoughts had already drifted far away, as if she hadn't heard him speak.

Glancing at her side profile, Li Heng said to the waiter: "That's all, please serve the dishes as soon as possible, I'm a bit hungry."

The waiter said: "Okay, sir, the dishes will be here soon."

Once the waiter left, the two sitting at the table had nothing to say, one was lost in thought looking outside, one closed his eyes to rest, listening idly to the conversation of the men and women at the next table.

Alright, it wasn't that he wanted to eavesdrop on the next table, but someone at the next table seemed to have recognized him and was lowering their voice to discuss him.

They said the dishes would be here soon, but 10 minutes passed in a flash, and there was still no sign of the dishes, instead, many more guests arrived, and the hotel became even more lively for a while.

Suddenly, a not-so-loud voice entered his ears, "Will you marry Yu Laoshi?"

Because the two girls next door kept secretly looking at him, Li Heng, who was feeling proud, opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Shihe opposite him. Seeing her maintaining her previous sitting posture, he thought he had misheard?

After a while, Li Heng asked: "Are you talking to me?"

Zhou Shihe's long, thin eyelashes twitched, and she nodded slightly.

Damn it, this question is so embarrassing, Li Heng answered irrelevantly: "Why did you ask this question?"

Zhou Shihe's voice was very ethereal and clean, saying warmly like water: "Suddenly thought of this question."

Li Heng phrased his counter-question: "Do you think that at this point, I must marry Yu Laoshi?"

Zhou Shihe didn't move.

After waiting for a while, not waiting for a reply, Li Heng said to himself: "Actually, I prefer to marry a woman I like."

This time Zhou Shihe moved, turned her head, and looked at him dignifiedly.

Li Heng realized and blurted out: "Don't misunderstand, I didn't mean you..."

Uh, alright, halfway through the sentence he was speechless, and swallowed the rest of the words.

Looking at each other, Li Heng instantly wanted to die, wanting to explain, but found it impossible to explain clearly!

If he didn't explain, the misunderstanding would only deepen.

You look at me, I look at you, the atmosphere became more and more subtle.

Everyone is a smart person, many things are known even if the window paper isn't poked through.

Even if Li Heng wanted to shamelessly refute, he couldn't do it several times when the words reached his lips.

At a certain moment, Zhou Shihe took the initiative to move her gaze away, her eyelids drooping as she asked: "You don't like Yu Laoshi?"

Just at this time, the men and women next door finished their meal and stood up to leave.

However, before leaving, a girl gathered her courage and came over to try and ask Li Heng: "December, hello, I am your loyal reader, can we take a photo together?"

Li Heng turned his head to look, got up from the chair with a smile, and took a photo with her very readily.

After taking the photo, the girl seemed very happy and took the initiative to introduce: "I am a graduate student at the Finance University next door, graduating next year, I want to work at your Anta shoe factory, are there any vacant financial positions there?"

Li Heng was stunned.

Zhou Shihe was stunned and raised her head.

The girl's companions were also in a daze.

No one at the scene was a fool, how could they not hear that the girl's intention wasn't about the wine?

In this day and age, a graduate student from a prestigious finance university, a proper high-level intellectual, many units would fight for her when assigning jobs, did she really need to go to a private enterprise that had just been established not long ago?

It was very obvious, the girl was testing the waters.

Li Heng paused and said peacefully: "I haven't been to the shoe factory for a while, I don't know the specific situation, if you are interested, you can go there and ask."

This was a tactful refusal. But the girl left with bright eyes.

After the men and women at the next table left, this corner became much quieter.

Zhou Shihe pursed her lips, "Aren't you afraid she'll join the company in your name?"

Li Heng said: "Doesn't matter. If she has the ability to work, she stays, if not, she packs up and leaves, the company doesn't support idlers, how simple. Besides, I can't go there a few times a year, what could she possibly get from me?"

After much anticipation, the frosty drink finally arrived.

Li Heng handed her a cup, picked up one himself and drank it fiercely, then took two more big gulps, with a comfortable expression on his face.

Seeing him drinking so vigorously, Zhou Shihe put the straw into the cup, also tried a small sip, found the taste was indeed not bad, took another sip, and finally said: "You haven't answered my question."

Li Heng asked: "Yu Laoshi?"

Zhou Shihe said "um" in a soft voice.

Li Heng said: "I thought you had forgotten after so many interruptions."

Zhou Shihe lowered her head and stared at the drink in the cup, smiling knowingly.

Li Heng thought for a while and told her: "You misunderstood again, I want to find a girl I like to marry."

After finishing, he tilted his head and said depressingly: "Expressing it like this is also wrong."

Zhou Shihe sipped the juice drink through the straw again, "Do you mean love at first sight?"

Li Heng nodded, "Yes."

Zhou Shihe understood, he didn't have love at first sight with Yu Laoshi.

She asked: "What about Mai Sui?"

Li Heng said: "My relationship with her can be considered love growing over time."

Zhou Shihe asked: "You and Sui Sui didn't have an emotional foundation in high school?"

Li Heng said: "The relationship was always very close, we often went to class together, went to the cafeteria together, and often played together and went shopping together, but I didn't think in terms of men and women at that time."

Zhou Shihe asked: "Because of Xiao Han?"

Li Heng blurted out: "You could say that."

Zhou Shihe asked: "Was it love at first sight between you and Xiao Han?"

This question completely stumped him.

Because it really wasn't love at first sight with his black-bellied wife.

The one who made him fall in love at first sight was Song Yu.

But the problem is, in Zhou Gu Niang's view, if none of the three women close to him were love at first sight, does it mean he doesn't want to marry them?

Then...

Then boomerang the misunderstanding back to Zhou Gu Niang?

Li Heng blinked, "Yes."

Zhou Shihe looked at him, sensing he was lying, but didn't point it out, but suddenly felt stuffy in her heart for no reason.

The reason she knew he was lying was that in this year, every time he told a lie, the corner of his eyebrow would jump slightly, which couldn't be discovered without careful observation. Although he was unconscious, it became an instinct.

She had discovered this trait long ago, but had never mentioned it to anyone.

Yu Laoshi sank into it unconsciously.

Sui Sui had a crush on him.

And he didn't have love at first sight with Xiao Han.

Could it be...

Thinking of the strangeness he occasionally revealed to her over the past year, Zhou Shihe pinched the straw with her right index finger and thumb, her eyes unfocused, pouting and falling into confusion.

The dishes were served.

Li Heng, who was hungry, served her a bowl of rice, then served himself a bowl of rice, and then started to eat to his heart's content.

Zhou Shihe's peripheral vision kept following his chopsticks, her mouth containing the straw, seemingly forgetting to eat.

Until the 7th piece of twice-cooked pork was sent into his mouth, Li Heng, who was eating happily, remembered to greet her, "Why aren't you eating? The dishes are quite delicious, hurry up and use your chopsticks, otherwise I'll finish them."

Zhou Shihe moved the frosty drink to the side, picked up her chopsticks, tried a piece of lean meat, and then...

And then there was no then.

She watched him eat quietly.

Seeing this, Li Heng asked: "The dishes don't suit your taste? How about we order a few more?"

Zhou Shihe shook her head: "No, it's just that I'm not very hungry."

Staring into her eyes for a long while, Li Heng gradually realized that she had no appetite because today's events happened too suddenly.

Thinking this way, the chopsticks in Li Heng's hands also slowed down, reducing the frequency of picking up dishes.

Seemingly sensing his thoughts, Zhou Shihe later changed her state, picked up dishes slowly, and ate gently.

Did I think wrong? Li Heng teased and asked: "Didn't you say you weren't hungry?"

Zhou Shihe didn't even raise her head: "Not hungry now, will be hungry in the evening, have to eat some."

"Makes sense, that's the logic." Li Heng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and started eating again.

PS: Updated first, edited later.

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