Chapter 617

Upon first hearing Lisa's words, he thought she was a plant, thought the other party was a plant invited by Zhou Shihe specifically to suppress Yu Laoshi.

Yu Shuheng looked at Li Heng, then at Zhou Shihe, with a smile on her face, maintaining a fairly good mindset. Although they had completely torn off their masks, the two women would maintain a superficial unity in front of outsiders, and even in front of Li Heng, and would not leave any handle for others to sneer at.

This had to do with their upbringing, and also with Li Heng.

Regarding Lisa's question, Zhou Shihe smiled quietly and replied: "We are partners in music, and also classmates and friends with a very good private relationship; when we are out and about, he generally protects me."

Lisa asked: "Does holding hands also count as protection?"

Zhou Shihe pondered for a moment and said: "Under special circumstances, in order to avoid some embarrassment, him holding my hand to take me away is indeed a thoughtful care for me; this is our tacit understanding, and I have always been quite grateful to him."

Lisa asked: "Under what special circumstances?"

Zhou Shihe glanced at Li Heng without leaving a trace.

Li Heng immediately understood and jokingly answered for her: "She is beautiful, and sometimes when we are out, she needs me to provide cover."

Alright, alright, this interview didn't follow the script and gradually went off track.

Did Li Heng and the three of them not know that Lisa was doing it on purpose? Was she controlling the initiative of the interview? Or was the other party really stunned by Zhou Shihe's beauty, so she asked several off-topic questions in a row.

Actually, a woman's sixth sense told Lisa that there was something fishy between Li Heng and Zhou Shihe, and as a world-class musician, Li Heng was famous and well-known; if she could break some news about his private feelings in the interview, it would undoubtedly make those global listeners who were curious about Li Heng even more interested, and then *Time* magazine's sales would also rise steadily and sell better.

This exclusive interview lasted for more than an hour and mainly contained three parts.

The first was Li Heng's past and creative experience.

The second was the birth of the *Eternity* pure music album and the little story of how the three of them met and gathered together.

The third part was about future development.

For example, Lisa asked: "Mr. Li, you are the first Asian legendary musician to make global listeners automatically abandon their nationality and automatically ignore different races and regions to be highly popular; you are also the first Asian musician to be on the cover of *Time* magazine. You are already very successful now, everyone is looking forward to your future, can you talk about your future music plans?"

Li Heng shook his head: "Honestly speaking, there is no specific plan. For me, improvisation can produce classics; cramming and accumulating for fame and fortune will be very tiring and also goes against my original intention.

As for the future, I will continue to try to express the Chinese flavor and the Oriental heritage in the music in a way that is close to the original, and spread Chinese culture to the world.

You may know that we Chinese musicians often have rich and delicate emotions when performing, which is our advantage."

Lisa asked: "Many Western media reports say that Chinese education is a forced education, yet it produced a genius like you; how do you view this problem?"

Li Heng said with a smile: "It's not entirely like that; our education also talks about some strategies and has flexibility. Not to mention anything else, just take playing the piano, for example; I have talked about it with Shihe in private.

She told me: In the early stages of learning the piano, you must be very diligent; if you don't develop calluses, it's impossible to play well. You still have to force yourself to practice the technique and musical sense first and lay a solid foundation.

Of course, Shihe also said that even if parents and teachers force themselves to practice, they also have flexibility, guiding her to practice actively, and you can't play blindly without a goal. Otherwise, practicing for more than ten hours a day, and finally becoming stupid, it won't do to have a mummy come out of the piano room."

Lisa asked the last question: "Then what do you think is good music education?"

Li Heng thought for a while and said: "I hope children learn in a way that is encouraged. Although sometimes it is indeed necessary to whip the horse to go faster, after all, diligence can make up for clumsiness, but what is more important is to cultivate their self-consciousness and true love for music in their hearts. They should be told that although the process of learning music requires diligence, the results pursued are priceless."

Lisa didn't expect that he would answer so comprehensively at such a young age, and she couldn't find any loopholes, so she was stunned and said: "Okay, thank you for accepting our interview, and also thank Ms. Yu and Ms. Zhou for their strong cooperation, thank you all."

The interview ended, and when the camera was turned off, Yu Shuheng stood up and said to Lisa: "Lisa, after the interview draft is finished, I want to take a look at it beforehand."

Lisa knew that this Ms. Yu in front of her was not a supporting role in the interview, and possessed great energy in real life, so she immediately indicated: "Okay, I will contact you as soon as the draft is finished."

Lisa left, and the film crew left.

Yu Laoshi also left with Liu Bei, personally sending Lisa and her party out of the hotel while also going out to handle some things.

In the room that was just lively, only Li Heng and Zhou Shihe were left in an instant.

He asked with concern: "Are you tired?"

Zhou Shihe said gently: "It's okay, I took a nap at noon."

Afterwards, she asked: "Will my answers today have any impact on you?"

She was referring to the incident where the two of them held hands in Singapore.

Li Heng asked back: "What impact do you think it will have?"

Without waiting for her to reply, Li Heng stood up, stretched, and said: "If there are other men harassing you outside in the future, I will still stand up and take you away the first time."

His words were objective and fair, and were the actions of a gentleman.

But for the two of them now, it was also full of silent ambiguity.

Zhou Shihe silently watched his profile, and a few seconds later, she slowly withdrew her gaze, lowered her eyebrows, and slowly closed her eyes, "I'll rest for a while."

Li Heng asked: "Not going into the room to rest?"

Zhou Shihe said gently: "There is not enough time, we have to eat dinner in a while."

Li Heng turned his head to look at her, wanting to say something but stopping.

Actually, both of them knew clearly that she had just said she wasn't tired, but now she wanted to rest; it was just an excuse. At this moment, she didn't want to face his bewitching eyes alone, because his ambiguous words had messed up her heart.

After a simple conversation, the two had nothing to say, and the living room fell into silence instantly.

Li Heng didn't rush to leave either, but sat on the opposite sofa, first reading the newspaper for a while, and then, I don't know when, his eyes fell unconsciously on her graceful figure, quietly observing, quietly appreciating.

Zhou Shihe's intuition was very sharp; even if her eyes were closed, she could feel someone's gaze slowly wandering over her.

And as time slowly passed, she could clearly sense that someone's gaze was becoming fiery and full of desire. Invisibly, her body gradually tightened, and the slender fingers on the side of her thighs unconsciously pinched the trouser legs.

She didn't dare to move too much, fearing to attract his attention, and even more fearing that he would see the flaws in her heart, fearing that he would take advantage of the situation.

Just like this, they were deadlocked... neither dared to make a sound, fearing to break this weird atmosphere.

Time passed minute by minute, and I don't know how long had passed like this?

Until the atmosphere in the room was so condensed that it was about to suffocate, she regretted it a bit, regretted that she should have returned to the room for a short rest.

But there was no regret medicine in the world; she tried her best to suppress her emotions so they wouldn't fluctuate, but someone moved by some strange force.

Just as her thoughts were scattered, suddenly a pair of big hands were placed on her, and she was picked up horizontally.

At this moment, her slender body trembled, her long eyelashes couldn't help but shake, and she was nervous to the extreme!

Then a small sound of footsteps rang out; he was moving, and her body was held in his arms, moving along.

She could feel that he was walking towards the bedroom.

What did he want to do? Zhou Shihe's mind was blank.

The door opened, and she knew the two of them had entered the room.

Walking forward for more than ten steps again, he suddenly stopped at the head of the bed, and there was no movement. Her body was suspended in mid-air.

Continuing in mid-air for about half a minute, Zhou Shihe felt a series of his actions again: he bent down, he laid her flat on the bed, but his hands didn't let go, still holding her.

Instantly, her heart pounded, almost jumping out of her throat.

The bedroom was dead silent, and Zhou Shihe really wanted to open her eyes to see what he was doing? But she was also a bit hesitant, a bit worried.

Suddenly, a very small voice entered her ears, "Are you asleep or not?"

Zhou Shihe was quiet and didn't respond.

Another voice rang out quietly: "Shihe, how big is the conflict between you and Yu Laoshi? I feel like you two are getting more and more strange. Sigh, if it goes on like this, how can we cooperate in performances in the future?"

So he was worried about this, she thought.

Zhou Shihe still didn't make a sound.

After a long time, Li Heng pulled his hands away from under her, looking at this beautiful woman who was as quiet as a flower reflecting in the water, his right hand couldn't help but be placed on her face.

Two to three seconds later, he sighed gently, took his right hand away, pulled the quilt over her body, then got up, and walked out of the bedroom quietly.

Hearing the footsteps walking away, hearing the sound of the door closing, Zhou Shihe secretly breathed a huge sigh of relief, her tense body went limp on the bed, motionless, like a deflated balloon, without any strength.

This state lasted for about two minutes, and she finally opened her eyes slowly, first looking at the bedroom door, then moving her gaze upward, staring at the ceiling, and rarely became dazed.

Facing this man, facing his complex love, what should she do?

Don't look at how she insisted on not retreating when she argued with Yu Laoshi, but that was mostly out of spite. But in reality, she was full of concerns.

One is her best friend Mai Sui, how can she tell her frankly?

Second is that he is too fickle, and she is unwilling to give up.