Chapter 114

Li Ye used the book to block his face and also blocked the gaze of the girl in the middle bunk.

But immediately, the other party asked softly, "Excuse me, are you Li Ye?"

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Li Ye pulled the book away and sat up.

He stared at the girl's face and looked carefully three times, confirming that she was someone he didn't know.

"Sorry, I don't remember us knowing each other?"

"Oh, I was reckless."

The girl smiled, turned around, searched for a while, took out a newspaper, and handed it to Li Ye.

Li Ye took a look; it was actually an *Dongshan Education News*.

On the second page of the newspaper, there was an interview photo of Li Ye, as well as an article titled "Never Give Up and Focus on the Only."

This was Yue Mengmeng's achievement; she had even specially run to Qingshui County a few days ago to show off her contribution to Li Ye!

However, looking at his own blurry face in the newspaper, Li Ye couldn't help but ask with a smile, "You could recognize me from this?"

The clarity of photos in newspapers these days was truly limited. Even if Li Ye was stunningly handsome, he wasn't that heaven-defying after being filtered by the blur.

The girl said with a smile, "Half recognition, half guessing! I wasn't too sure just now either."

Li Ye smiled, then suddenly asked, "Listening to your accent, you don't sound like someone from Dongshan? How do you have an Dongshan newspaper?"

The girl smiled generously, "I am indeed not from Dongshan, but my father has read your work and discussed you with friends from Dongshan Province, so his friend mailed him this newspaper."

Li Ye nodded lightly, "That's truly a coincidence. If there's a chance, I'd like to hear your father's teachings."

The girl also smiled, reached out her hand to Li Ye, and said, "Capital Foreign Studies, Liu Muhan. Very happy to meet a talent from Capital University."

"What kind of talent am I..."

Li Ye reached out to shake hands with the other party lightly, then handed the newspaper back to her.

Liu Muhan was surprised and puzzled. Li Ye's manner, while not saying he was keeping people at a distance, clearly showed an attitude of maintaining distance.

【Does he know that Lu Jingyao and I are roommates? Or is it just because I'm a student at Capital Foreign Studies?】

Liu Muhan had intentions in her words just now.

My father is very interested in reading your work, and there are friends from Dongshan, and I was able to get a sleeper ticket as an exception; aren't you going to ask if my dad is in the Writers' Association?

As a result, Li Ye seemed completely uninterested. After returning the newspaper to Liu Muhan, he picked up the book he was preparing to read again.

Seeing that Li Ye had taken two books just now, Liu Muhan said, "Classmate Li Ye, are you still reading the other one? Can you let me see it?"

Li Ye handed over the idle one, looking straight ahead without saying a word, making Liu Muhan feel very powerless.

【It seems there's a reason Jingyao doesn't like him; he's really a bit slow, but... he's really handsome!】

Liu Muhan was also a proud girl inside. Since Li Ye didn't pay attention to her, she naturally wouldn't be annoying. She lay down in the middle bunk and started reading.

"Woo~~"

When the train whistled to prepare for departure, the last passenger in the sleeper carriage rushed up.

This was a short, chubby middle-aged man. Although he was sweating profusely from rushing to catch the train, the buttons of his white shirt were meticulously buttoned, and the two pens inserted in his shirt pocket were neat and orderly.

It looked like he was a "proper person."

But when he wanted to climb onto his bunk, he couldn't be proper anymore.

His bunk was the top bunk on the right side, the highest level. The space was very narrow; not only was it very inconvenient to get up and down, but once he got up, he couldn't sit up at all.

This was also why the lower bunk was the hardest to buy when purchasing sleeper tickets.

The space of the three-level sleeper on the train decreased sequentially from bottom to top. The lower bunk had space for the head when sitting on the bed, the middle bunk could barely be sat on by a girl who wasn't tall, and the upper bunk...

The middle-aged man climbed down, found Li Ye, and said with a smile, "Classmate, look, I'm old and really can't climb up. You're young, have a good body, and are flexible and agile. How about we swap?"

Li Ye didn't even lift his eyelids and said casually, "No swap."

Refusing people is also a technique. In his previous life, it took Li Ye a long time after starting work to learn how to effectively refuse others. At this moment, he refused cleanly and neatly, without any room for maneuver.

The middle-aged man obviously didn't expect that after he had said nice things and flattered him, a student would be so unreasonable.

Helplessly, he said with a bit of heartache, "This classmate, I'm not swapping with you for nothing. The ticket prices for the upper and lower bunks are different, aren't they? I'll give you an extra two yuan..."

Li Ye interrupted directly, "Sorry, Uncle, I'm tall, and it's too cramped in the upper bunk. You'd better find someone else!"

The 1.6-meter middle-aged man looked at the 1.8-meter Li Ye and panted heavily.

But there was no other way; it was a civilized society now. If it were a few years ago, he would have been confident enough to lecture Li Ye until he couldn't even cry.

The middle-aged man looked up at Liu Muhan, only to find that he didn't know when the girl who had been reading just now had covered her head and was fast asleep.

【It's so hot, aren't you hot covering your head?】

The middle-aged man turned back helplessly and went to climb his upper bunk.

He had looked at the whole carriage; only these two young people were fledglings, and the rest were old hands, so he simply didn't waste his breath.

However, he was angry inside, so naturally, he had to mutter a few words.

"It's truly a decline in public morals. How are teachers educating children these days? Not understanding how to respect the old and love the young is one thing, but also pulling strings and being greedy for comfort..."

"At such a young age, they can sit in sleepers. Where did they get the qualifications? Where did they get the money? Where did they..."

"Hoo~"

Li Ye suddenly sat up from the sleeper.

The fatty reacted extremely quickly. After hearing the wind, he immediately used all his strength to kick his legs and flip into the upper bunk, then looked at Li Ye with full vigilance.

As long as Li Ye dared to make a move, he dared to shout for help.

Li Ye didn't make a move. How could a "little rich man" with assets of several hundred thousand yuan make a move to hit a "proper person" who felt heartache over two yuan just because of a few words?

When Ma Ali was setting up a stall in his youth, he really had made moves against management personnel, but later, have you seen him fight?

Li Ye glanced at the fatty, took out his luggage, and rummaged through it to find a net bag of walnuts.

The fatty looked at Li Ye's confusing actions and was very puzzled. If you want to eat this thing, you have to use a hammer; if you don't have a hammer, a brick or a stone will do. Does the train have this thing?

But the next moment, he was dumbfounded.

Li Ye just used the strength of his five fingers, and with a "crack," he crushed the walnut.

"Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack~"

Six light sounds in a row, and the fatty's eyelids jumped six times.

【This damn thing is a young hero! Why am I so unlucky?】

The problem was that the "young hero" also held up a crushed walnut and said to the fatty, "Want to taste it?"

Wang Changchang it? Wang Changchang what?

Wang Changchang your walnut, or taste your eagle claws?

These fingers don't look thick either; if they grabbed onto my body...

"No, thank you, little brother, hehe~~"

The fatty turned his head inward and went to sleep.

Li Ye smiled and threw the walnut meat into his mouth.

He wasn't showing off on purpose; it was mainly because he didn't want the trouble of nagging along the way. There were still more than ten hours left! Why affect his mood?

"Can you let me taste it?"

A voice came suddenly from behind his head. Li Ye turned his head to look; Liu Muhan, who had been pretending to sleep, had already blinked her big eyes and was staring intensely again.

Li Ye nodded, processed the crushed walnut cleanly, held the walnut meat in his hand, and handed it over.

Liu Muhan took it blankly, very surprised.

Since she was a child, she had prided herself on having amazing observation skills and could see through the thoughts and actions of many people, but today, Li Ye's actions were unexpected everywhere.

Liu Muhan was certain that Li Ye would invite her to taste a walnut, but she hadn't guessed that Li Ye would process the walnut shell cleanly for her.

【When he gives someone a watermelon, does he also remove the seeds for them?】

"Swap with you!"

Liu Muhan took a pack of snacks from her small bag and handed it to Li Ye.

Li Ye took a look; it was actually Sachima.

In the Shenzhou of the 1980s, food was scarce, and oil, sugar, rice, and flour were still supplied by ration coupons. The variety of baked products on the market was very small, and many pastries could only be seen in high-end hotels or individual Western restaurants.

Sachima mixed with raisins, nuts, and other ingredients was truly a rare snack.

"Thank you!"

Li Ye took it calmly, eating while lying down to continue reading.

Liu Muhan also lay down, tasting the oily fragrance of the walnut meat, and shook her head with a smile.

She suddenly understood that this Li Ye was not slow at all; he even had a kind of cleverness that she couldn't fathom.

【Sigh, Jingyao, what kind of person have you missed.】

When the train arrived at the Capital Station, Liu Muhan dragged her suitcase with great effort, feeling somewhat worried.

Her mother had brought her too many things, fearing that her daughter wouldn't eat well, wouldn't dress warmly, would get tanned, and had packed all sorts of things; she hadn't even considered whether the dozens of jin of weight would tire her daughter to death.

But fortunately, there were wheels under this imported suitcase. As long as it was on a flat road, it could be dragged along; it was just the few steps out of the carriage that were very difficult to handle.

But just when she was in trouble, Li Ye lifted her suitcase with one hand and helped her put it on the platform.

"Thank you! Where are you going? Are you familiar with taking the bus?"

Liu Muhan thanked Li Ye and was just about to repay him with something when she saw Li Ye running forward without looking back.

Carrying two large bags, he was really jogging.

And in the distance, a tall girl was also running quickly towards Li Ye.

That was a very special girl; her face was very small, but her eyes were very big, which didn't seem to fit the aesthetic of the era.

But Liu Muhan only looked twice before she had to praise, "Really beautiful."

Especially the smile on the girl's face, reserved, elegant, calm, and graceful, had a very indifferent and fragrant taste.

Wen Leyu ran to Li Ye with a smile and reached out to take the large tote bag in Li Ye's hand.

Li Ye hurriedly stopped her, "Don't carry this; just help me carry the schoolbag."

Wen Leyu snatched a large tote bag, swung it onto her back with both hands, and her small body swayed for a while.

But she still said with a light smile, "Don't worry, I can carry it."

Li Ye snatched the tote bag back, took off his small schoolbag, and slung it over Wen Leyu's shoulder.

"The things in this bag are valuable; keep an eye on them!"

"Oh, oh, oh, alright, alright, alright."

Wen Leyu immediately agreed, helping Li Ye protect the "valuable items."

Liu Muhan, not far away, watched and felt another wave of emotion.

【He really cares about a girl's feelings.】

Liu Muhan had happened to see Li Ye's schoolbag in the middle bunk; it was full of snacks and books, just a cover for thieves, and there were no valuable things at all.

Now, handing the schoolbag to Wen Leyu was just to make her feel that she was "very capable."

Watching a pair of lovers go away talking and laughing, Liu Muhan couldn't help but sigh.

【The peaches in the Flat Peach Garden aren't something everyone can eat! Heh~】

After leaving the Capital Train Station, Wen Leyu was in trouble.

Because Li Ye had too much luggage, her bicycle couldn't fit it.

After the two large bags were loaded onto the back seat, how could the two of them ride together?

Li Ye said without thinking, "You sit on the front crossbar, and I'll take you."

Wen Leyu looked at Li Ye: "."

In the eighties, many children had sat on the front crossbar of their parents' bicycles, but those were children.

In later generations, there was a movie called *Chronicles of the Ghost Tribe*, where the male lead sat on the front crossbar of a bicycle; that really had a sense of the era, but it was also really awkward.

Wen Leyu was already a big girl of 1.7 meters. She felt that if she sat on the crossbar again... Li Ye would put his arms around both sides of her body...

Not appropriate.

Li Ye saw Wen Leyu's shyness and hurriedly changed his words, "Then I'll sit in the front, and you take me."

Wen Leyu puffed out her cheeks, and only after a long time did she say, "With the luggage, I can't carry it..."

"Then you wait for me."

Li Ye, as if he had just realized it, took the two large tote bags off the back seat of the bike, ran to the station's luggage storage, and after storing them, ran back without stopping.

"Can we go now?"

Wen Leyu narrowed her eyes, nodded her small head hard, got on the bicycle, and started pedaling.

"Get on!"

Li Ye moved at the sound, jumped lightly, and sat on the back seat of the bicycle.

The reason Wen Leyu chose a 28-inch bicycle was to make it convenient to carry him, but Li Ye had just had thoughts and taken a fancy to the crossbar of this bicycle...

【Sigh, a girl in '82, her mind is really pure! If it were in later generations, someone with my looks and figure...】

"Li Ye, what do you want to eat today?"

"Whatever, you're a Capital local, you make the call."

"I'll treat you to roast duck. Do you want Quanjude or Bianyifang?"

"Yo, Xiao Yu, you have money now? You can actually treat me to roast duck?"

"Of course," Wen Leyu said proudly, "I have pocket money every month now; you can order whatever you want to eat."

Li Ye curled his lips into a smile and teased, "Don't you have manuscript fees stored with me? Why do you want to spend someone else's money?"

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"I'm not talking to you anymore," Wen Leyu, blushing, scolded, "Today I'll take you to eat roast duck, tomorrow I'll take you to eat stewed intestines, the day after tomorrow I'll take you to eat pea flour cake..."

Li Ye felt his ears buzzing, and his head was a little dizzy.

He had come to the capital a week early to handle some things, but now it seemed that he had already been fully arranged by someone!

Happiness was also full.

"Ring, ring, ring~ ring, ring, ring~"

Wen Leyu's cycling skills were average, so as long as she saw someone in front, she would ring the bell hard from far away.

As a result, she naturally startled countless passersby.

A young little beauty, pedaling with two long and straight little legs, carrying a man running all over the street.

Is this appropriate?

In the eighties, when a woman carried a man, it was either a daughter carrying her father, or a good person carrying a disabled person.

These two were something else; the man in the back looked fine too! How could he have the nerve to let a girl pant?

And that kid was squinting his eyes, enjoying it like he had smoked opium?

Damn, asking for a beating.

When passing in front of a group of bad kids, Li Ye even heard the bastard words, "Hey, get down, let me..."

【Hmph, I'm in a good mood today, I don't want to argue with you, don't look for trouble.】

Li Ye sat on the swaying bicycle, looked up at the azure sky, and then looked at the era architecture passing by briskly, feeling extremely comfortable.

The light breeze brought the scent of the girl in front into his nostrils, making him feel even more comfortable.

This... is the taste of pure love!

In a few decades, it will all be rare goods!

The holiday is over. Old Feng will adjust his state as soon as possible and then start paying off debts. Three chapters owed to the alliance leader, two chapters for the brothers who supported us all the way, at least five chapters... there are others, we'll talk later, we'll talk later.

Thanks to book friend "" for the tip, thank you, brother. thanks(w)

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