Chapter 485: He Deserves It (Came back late today, will make up for it with three chapters tomorrow)

"Ding-dang, ding-dang~"

The crisp bicycle bell rang, and Li Ye rode his bicycle past a group of students who had just finished class, stopping in front of Wen Leyu, who was standing before the steps.

Wen Leyu jumped onto the bicycle lightly and asked, "Where are your dirty clothes? Why didn't you bring them again?"

Today was the day to return to Zaojunmiao to improve their meals. Usually, Wen Leyu would ask Li Ye to bring his dirty clothes back, and he would wash them while he took a bath.

But for three or four consecutive days, Li Ye hadn't brought any dirty clothes.

Li Ye pedaled the bicycle and said, "They aren't dirty. In such cold weather, let's save them and wash them together on the weekend!"

Wen Leyu pulled out Li Ye's shirt collar to take a look and said with some disgust, "I use the water from the water heater to wash them. What's cold about that!"

"Hmm, hmm, hmm. Actually, it's just that my memory hasn't been good lately and I forgot to bring them. Xiao Yu, please forgive me for two sentences!"

"..."

Wen Leyu curled her lips and didn't say anything more. She knew her man's memory wasn't bad; he just felt sorry for her.

If there were many clothes saved up on the weekend, they could be washed directly in the washing machine, saving the trouble of hand-washing.

In Li Ye's words, it was, "Washing with laundry detergent and cold water every day makes your hands rough. It's better for me to wash them myself."

Sometimes Wen Leyu found it very strange why Li Ye, a child raised by a family of old revolutionaries, would be infected with this kind of petty-bourgeois idea.

At the beginning, Li Ye was afraid that practicing bayonet fighting would cause calluses on Wen Leyu's hands, so he personally made several styles of leather gloves to protect her fingers.

Later, after Fu Yiruo started living in Zaojunmiao, she brought over many bottles and jars of skincare products, several of which were for hands.

Li Ye naturally let Wen Leyu enjoy the same treatment as Fu Yiruo, and the sister-in-law and sister-in-law also often chatted and exchanged skincare tips.

There is no girl who doesn't love beauty, so now Wen Leyu has a lot of research on international big-name skincare products.

Of course, the little sister-in-law Fu Yiruo didn't tell Wen Leyu that this was all thanks to Li Ye; otherwise, the pocket money given by her mother wouldn't be enough to buy these high-end things.

But Wen Leyu also always believed that skincare is skincare, but the work that should be done for a man must be done! She couldn't just have hands that didn't touch spring water just to pursue fingers as delicate as spring onions.

In 1985, this kind of lazy wife wasn't popular.

So sometimes Wen Leyu would dislike Li Ye for spoiling her, but when she lifted her hands to look at the increasingly delicate skin, she felt that having a boy like this to accompany her until they grew old was something that made her feel happy just thinking about it.

Thinking of this, Wen Leyu habitually twisted Li Ye's clothes corner and leaned her head on Li Ye's back.

Because Li Ye was still pedaling, his waist and back were still twisting left and right, and Wen Leyu's black and straight hair was swinging along with it, releasing the joy and comfort in her heart.

This scene made countless single dogs along the way envious.

But Wen Leyu didn't care! She and Li Ye were both seniors in their third year, and they weren't hugging and kissing in public. Which unseeing inspector would dare to come over and find trouble?

Spit on their faces.

"Squeak~~"

Just as Wen Leyu was squinting her eyes and enjoying it, the bicycle stopped with a sudden brake.

Wen Leyu frowned in displeasure, turned her head to look forward, and her face became even worse.

Two male students were blocking the front of the bicycle and said very seriously to Li Ye: "Classmate Li Ye, we must talk to you."

"..."

Li Ye also cooled his face. He had an impression of these two boys; they were students from the same major as Wen Leyu. It seemed one was called Guobin, and one was called Wang Zekun.

"Speak, what important matter is it that makes you risk being hit to death by me and bravely block the road?"

"How are you talking? Who are you going to hit to death?"

"We are talking to you properly, why are you hurting people with your words?"

Li Ye said coldly: "I'm telling the truth. If I hadn't reacted quickly and squeezed the brake just now, at least one of you would have been knocked flying by me. If you don't believe it, let's try it again?"

"Sigh, you..."

"Alright Guobin, don't argue with him,"

The boy named Wang Zekun interrupted Guobin and said very seriously: "Classmate Li Ye, we came here today to question you: why did you delay Classmate Wen Leyu's future for your own selfishness..."

"..."

Li Ye frowned and looked at the two of them, then turned to look at Wen Leyu behind him.

But before Wen Leyu could speak, Wang Zekun said angrily: "You don't need to look at Wen Leyu. She is too kind and has been deceived by your hypocritical mask."

"Wen Leyu had a chance for public-funded study abroad last year, but she gave it up without even thinking. A few days ago, she had another chance to study abroad in the Lighthouse, but she still gave it up without thinking."

"Although Wen Leyu never said the reason, we all know it was for you, this liar."

Wang Zekun suddenly reached out and pointed directly at Li Ye, shouting sharply: "Say, did you get the quota to study abroad at Moscow University?"

"Wen Leyu gave up opportunities twice for you, but you are going to leave secretly yourself. You despicable villain, today I will expose your true face..."

"..."

Because it was the time school was letting out, there were many students on the road, and Wang Zekun's impassioned voice was very loud, so there were many students watching at this time.

And this accusation from Wang Zekun had branded Li Ye as Chen Shimei.

"Whoa, there's actually such a thing?"

"This kind of thing is not rare. Last year, the Oriental Language Department also had such a pair, but the woman went to Japan, and the man was so drunk he almost jumped off the building..."

"Then won't this pair also fly apart? That would be a pity, they are so well-matched..."

"Sigh, nowadays, for the sake of going abroad, nothing is rare."

Li Ye was very surprised. He only learned the truth from Teacher Zhang Qiyan half an hour ago, and the quota preliminarily determined by the Economics Department hadn't been announced to the public yet. How would Wang Zekun from the English Department know?

So Li Ye asked coldly: "I only learned about this half an hour ago. Many people in our department don't know, how do you, an outsider, know?"

"Look, look at his expression. He admitted it, right? He admitted it on his face."

Wang Zekun didn't answer Li Ye's question, but identified Li Ye's surprised expression as conclusive evidence, explaining to the surrounding students, for fear that everyone wouldn't understand.

Li Ye suddenly smiled. He asked Wang Zekun with a smile: "The quota for studying abroad in one department is limited. Wen Leyu gave up the opportunity, so wouldn't your chance be bigger? You should be secretly happy, right?"

Wang Zekun Li Ye said indignantly: "I, Wang Zekun, obtained the quota uprightly. Why do I need others to give it up? Only people like you would have such dark thoughts."

"Who are you calling dark?"

Li Ye hadn't gotten angry yet, but Wen Leyu behind him took two steps and stood in front of Wang Zekun, questioning him with a full face of sharpness.

"I... I am helping you, Wen Leyu, don't be deceived by him again..."

"I'm asking you, who are you calling dark?"

"..."

Wang Zekun, who was just speaking impassionedly, suddenly flushed and couldn't say a word.

And Wen Leyu wasn't finished, continuing to ask sharply: "Also, how do you know the study abroad list of the Economics Department? It's not time for public announcement yet. Who would tell you, a student from another department, such a list?"

"I just know... you believe me, Wen Leyu..."

"..."

"Asking you! Why can't you say it openly? Is it because you have some dark thoughts?"

"..."

Wang Zekun couldn't answer, his face turned from red to white, clenching his teeth tightly, his eyes full of grievances, as if he was about to cry in the next moment.

Li Ye suddenly understood something. Suddenly babbling with him here, it's really too cheap.

This is like an adult arguing with a child, arguing and arguing, suddenly feeling that the other party is childishly ridiculous.

Wen Leyu also used to be someone who received love letters until her hands were soft. She used the trash can method to make a group of crazy bees and butterflies slowly give up their thoughts.

And this Wang Zekun obviously also had thoughts he shouldn't have. Maybe among those unopened love letters in the trash can, there was a share of his extravagant hopes.

Seeing Wang Zekun unable to speak after being asked a few words by Wen Leyu, Li Ye felt... should he spare the other party?

This was obviously a well-bred child who was well protected by his family.

This in itself is not wrong; it's just that Teacher Ke and Wen Qingsheng have this mentality toward Wen Leyu.

Not asking for great wealth, only asking for peace and safety.

Don't think this is rare. Li Ye saw many parents with average conditions in his previous life, and more than eighty percent would raise their children like this.

They don't ask their children to stand tall, only ask them to be free from illness and disaster, and live a smooth life.

So they won't "free-range" their children, but carefully protect them all the way, shielding them from the wind and rain, building bridges and paving roads, and escorting their children for the rest of their lives.

Don't let the child lack food or clothing, don't let the child suffer grievances. Once there is a conflict with others, before the child reacts, the parents have already rushed up to tear at the other party.

Parents also know that jade is not carved, but they just can't bear to see their children suffer and ignore it.

Over time, the child will habitually think that the concepts they accept are all correct.

They always think they have grasped the "true truth," and others should naturally obey their will.

And when this child's academic performance is excellent, this "natural" will expand to the extreme, until they encounter problems that their parents cannot solve, and then they will welcome a late storm of tempering.

On the contrary, children from ordinary families have tasted the hardships of real life since childhood, so the strong who are screened out will be tempered to be more resilient.

And children from families like Wen Leyu are another situation.

Let alone that Wen Leyu experienced storms when she went to the countryside with her parents, the words and deeds of Teacher Ke toward Wen Leyu are not comparable to ordinary families.

When Teacher Ke handles many things, Wen Leyu watches from the side and can learn a lot.

Not to mention that there is a "wolf-like cultivation" brother Wen Guohua in the family, who is setting an example for Wen Leyu.

So the solidification of class is formed by the accumulation of vision and mentality of generations.

Unless a person with intelligence and mentality surpassing ordinary people appears in a generation, it is really difficult to cross, really difficult.

Watching Wang Zekun unable to speak, Wen Leyu also glanced at him coldly and turned to grab the handlebars of Li Ye's bicycle.

"I'll ride the bike, get on."

Wen Leyu stretched her long legs, straddled the bicycle, and started pedaling, regardless of Wang Zekun and Guobin still blocking in front. Guobin hurriedly pulled Wang Zekun away to avoid being hit hard by Wen Leyu.

Li Ye ran two steps and jumped onto the back seat of the bicycle, whispering: "Be careful. Maybe there will be rumors of you bullying people by hitting them in your department tonight. Don't worry about this, I will handle it."

"Hmph~, it's a pity that I'm riding a bicycle today, I can't hit anyone to death."

"..."

Li Ye looked back and found that Wen Leyu's eyes were brewing a big snowstorm.

When they arrived at Zaojunmiao, Pei Wenhui and Fu Yiruo had already arrived.

Pei Wenhui can cook and had already started to get busy in the kitchen. Younger sister Fu Yiruo was holding a small hammer, "Bang bang bang," knocking two large bone sticks into pieces.

And the family's security captain, Pavlov, obediently lay in front of Fu Yiruo, looking at the two large bone sticks with eager eyes.

"Wait a moment, it'll be ready soon."

Fu Yiruo knocked the large bone sticks half-broken, revealing the bone marrow inside, and rolled them in the furnace ash several times, making the bones dirty, before throwing them to Pavlov.

Pavlov immediately picked up the large bone stick and drilled out of the dog hole and ran away.

Li Ye asked Fu Yiruo strangely: "Xiao Ruo, what are you doing?"

Fu Yiruo also asked Li Ye strangely: "Brother, didn't you say you wanted to prepare a few bones for Pavlov every two days?"

Last year, Pavlov bullied a female dog on the next street, and then she got pregnant.

Originally, the family didn't know. Later, this guy always stole things from home to the outside. After Li Ye noticed, he realized that it was actually supplementing nutrition for its "wife."

Li Ye felt that "dogs who love their wives are good dogs," so every time he returned to Zaojunmiao to improve his meals, he would get two bones for Pavlov, so it wouldn't steal steamed buns one after another.

As a result, this guy was really a good husband and a good father. Even if it didn't eat, it had to send it to its wife.

In this day and age, there are not many dogs that can eat their fill every meal, and the phenomenon of "biological son" in later generations will not appear, so these two bones of Pavlov are absolutely high-standard "postpartum meals."

Li Ye said: "I know, but why did you throw the bones into the furnace ash?"

Fu Yiruo curled her lips and said: "What else? I didn't know before, there are people who fight with dogs for bones!"

"..."

Fu Yiruo suddenly looked at the main room and whispered to Li Ye: "Brother, did you make sister-in-law angry? Why aren't you cooking today?"

Li Ye noticed that Wen Leyu didn't come out after entering the main room when she came back.

In the past, Wen Leyu was a virtuous wife and mother and had to be the chef.

Li Ye thought Wen Leyu went to change clothes! Now it seems not.

"I don't know, don't ask randomly. I'll cook today!"

Li Ye entered the kitchen, let Pei Wenhui help him, and started cooking.

However, after a while, Wen Leyu still entered the kitchen, squeezed Li Ye aside, and started to be the master chef.

Li Ye thought for a while and whispered: "I also just heard from Sun Xianjin this afternoon that I was suddenly on the preliminary list for studying abroad, but I went to the teacher to ask and found out that it was an accident..."

Wen Leyu turned to look at Li Ye and said strangely: "Why are you explaining this to me? Do you think I would believe those words of Wang Zekun? When can't you study abroad? Where can't you go?"

The reason why Li Ye and Wen Leyu didn't study abroad was that Li Ye had business in the mainland to take care of, and secondly, Wen Leyu was homesick and didn't want to leave her parents.

Teacher Ke also didn't intend to let Wen Leyu practice on someone else's turf because Wen Leyu had appeared as a "little mute" when she was a child.

Otherwise, let alone Teacher Ke's situation, just based on the fact that there were so many US dollars in the account managed by Wen Leyu, the two of them could fly together anywhere.

Li Ye: "I'm also confused? Logically speaking, you wouldn't think crookedly! Then why didn't you come out for a long time just now? What are you angry about? Would you be angry for someone like Wang Zekun?"

"Hmm, I was just angry for him. I just made a phone call."

Wen Leyu said sarcastically: "Didn't he say he was selected as a student studying abroad uprightly? Then let him be evaluated uprightly. Just based on him? A joke~"

Li Ye was stunned for a moment and said subconsciously: "He was indeed too much today, but isn't it a bit ruthless to cut off his future?"

Wen Leyu didn't speak, just poured the oil into the pot, and then threw in the green onion.

"Sizzle~"

A burst of blue smoke rose, and Wen Leyu said coldly: "The dog thing didn't deserve it in the first place. If you don't provoke me, that's fine... but you still try to spread rumors to break us up. He deserves it!"

"..."

At this time, Pavlov, who had finished delivering the meal to his wife, just happened to come back. After hearing the words "dog thing," he immediately ran to the kitchen door and wagged his tail at Wen Leyu.

"Woof woof~"

Li Ye suddenly understood that Wen Leyu's style of doing things was different from his. It looked calm and kind, but in fact, she didn't rub sand in her eyes.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 486 =====