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Chapter 196, Fatal Contact (Subscribe!)
Sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, holding the edge of the bicycle with his left hand and grabbing the hem of his clothes on his waist with his right hand, Mai Sui, who had not yet recovered from the wonderful piano music "The Blue Over the Danube Waltz", couldn't help asking:
"Li Heng, when did you start learning piano?"

Li Heng couldn't hide the fact that he was learning piano from those around him, so he didn't bother to lie and said truthfully, "I started learning piano after I came to Shanghai."

Wheat Ear asked: "Is piano so easy to learn? Isn't it said to be difficult?"

Li Heng boasted a little and said loudly: "Comrade Mai Sui, people are different. Difficulty is a relative thing. It may be difficult for ordinary people, but compared to a genius like Beethoven, do you dare to say it is difficult?

To use another popular analogy, it is like you are born with the charm of Su Daji, which makes you attractive to the opposite sex; I may be born with a keen sense of music scores, such as the erhu and the piano. "

Mai Sui stared at his back in a daze, his mind full of what he had just said, and he was speechless for a moment.

The bicycle drove forward, and the two first went to Lao Feng Xiang Jewelry Store. Li Heng walked around inside and finally stopped at the earring area. He lowered his head to check and said to the waiter: "This, this, and this, take them all out and let me see."

He ordered the three most fashionable ones at once: butterfly shape, heart shape and letter H shape.

Seeing that the man was particular and the woman was pretty, the waiter did not question their purchasing power and took the food from the counter happily.

Li Heng turned to the wheat ears and asked, "Does it look good?"

Mai Sui said sincerely, "It looks good."

Li Heng said: "Help me try one by one."

Mai Sui thought he was buying it for Xiao Han, so she tucked her hair behind her ear with her right hand, took off her own hair and put it aside, then started to help him try them on one by one.

The first one I tried on was the red butterfly-shaped one. As soon as it was on the earlobe, the waiter couldn't help but exclaim: "I have to say, sir, you have a really good taste. This earring is especially suitable for your girlfriend. The red enchantress matches her temperament very well. There is an indescribable charm. It's perfect."

Another girlfriend???
Damn it, this is the third obvious misunderstanding in just one week, and Li Heng is too lazy to explain it.

Ask her, "Look in the mirror, are you beautiful?"

Without waiting for instructions, the waiter considerately raised the mirror and pointed it at Mai Sui's ear.

Mai Sui turned around and stared at the mirror for a long time, then said, "It's really good."

Li Heng also thought it was pretty good. The waiter just said it was too conservative. How could she be a seductive woman? She was simply the reincarnation of Su Daji.

Mai Sui took off her butterfly earrings, looked up and asked, "Do you still want to try these two?"

Li Heng nodded and said, "Try."

After trying them all, I found that all three models are so damn beautiful. A beauty is a beauty, and there is nothing wrong with whatever she wears.

Li Heng didn't know which one to give as a gift. After thinking about it, he decided to rule out the heart-shaped ones first. When he was choosing just now, he only paid attention to fashion and exquisiteness, and did not pay attention to the meaning of the shape of the earrings.

But he still asked symbolically: "Which one do you think is the best?"

Unexpectedly, Mai Sui pointed directly at the heart-shaped earrings and said, "Both are good, but if it were me, I would probably prefer this one."

Li Heng raised his eyelids and asked casually, "Why?"

Mai Sui shook her head slightly: "No reason, just intuition."

The waiter then helped: "Yes, when we women buy jewelry, our intuition is the most important thing. If we like it at first sight, then we really like it."

Li Heng thought to himself: I bought it! I bought it! Not you women!

You're so fucking nosy. How can a waiter like you be so inconsiderate? Can't you see that my eyes were fixed on the butterfly earrings?

Li Heng really wanted to say: Why don’t we go to another store and compare the prices?
But it was getting late. Besides, Lao Feng Xiang was a famous brand these days and it was hard to find any other jewelry store that could compare with it.

Li Heng pondered for a moment and said to the waiter, "Please pack both the butterfly and heart shapes."

Hearing this, the waiter praised Li Heng to Mai Sui happily: "You really found a good gentleman. I have been selling jewelry for several years, and I have never seen such a straightforward man. Miss, you are so lucky."

Mai Sui just smiled, lowered her head and put her earrings back on without looking at Li Heng.

Count the money, pay the bill, and leave.

About 100 meters away from Lao Feng Xiang, Li Heng handed over the bag of earrings and said, "Mai Sui, happy birthday. You already know the gift, so I'll give it to you in advance."

"Ah?" Mai Sui was a little confused and murmured.

She thought he was trying it on for Xiao Han. If she had known he was buying it for himself, she wouldn't have said the heart shape looked best.
Thinking of this, she raised her head slightly and met his eyes.

After a long while, she looked away calmly and said uncomfortably, "Li Heng, this is too expensive."

"Expensive? Others may not know, but don't you know how rich I am? Why are we still talking about this?" Li Heng said as he pushed the bag forward again.

Hearing this, Mai Sui paused and looked at him again.

Li Heng blinked, shook the bag in his hand, and directly opened her right hand and put it in her palm. "Okay, don't be polite to me given our relationship. If you feel bad, wear it more. It will make me feel so beautiful."

Wheat Ear smiled tenderly and accepted the gift.

Then she got on her bike again and asked softly, "The school is over there, where are you going?"

Li Heng told her: "Go to the front and buy an astronomical telescope and put it in the attic to observe the night sky."

Hearing this, Mai Sui immediately became interested and asked, "This thing should be very expensive, right?"

Li Heng pondered, "We can't buy a bad one. A good one shouldn't be cheap. Let's go take a look first."

Before coming, he had already asked where this thing could be bought, and he hardly took any detours along the way and quickly reached his destination.

After just a round of shopping, both of them were a little surprised. The cheap ones cost several hundred yuan, and the good ones cost thousands or even tens of thousands. They were all imported from abroad.

After careful selection, Li Heng finally settled on a Meade astronomical telescope priced at 1400 yuan.

After some bargaining, I finally got it for 950 yuan.

He originally wanted to bargain, but when the price was lower than this, the boss refused to sell it to him. Even when he pretended to leave the store and went outside, the boss did not try to persuade him to stay.

After this test, he almost understood that this was the other party's bottom line.

After returning to Lushan Village, Mai Sui went to the kitchen and cooked dinner according to the recipe and the dishes taught by Li Heng.

Originally, he suggested eating in the cafeteria, which was convenient and hassle-free.

But Mai Sui refused. She said she had time on the weekend and wanted to try cooking. Then she excitedly took the newly bought meat and vegetables to study.

Let’s study it. Hmm, Li Heng didn’t have high expectations for this dinner, so let’s just describe it as “research”.

After taking a shower and washing his clothes, Li Heng went back to his old job and continued writing books.

For him in this life, his identity as a scholar is destined to be his greatest reliance, but he dare not take it lightly. He must always remind himself not to be arrogant or reckless, and must work harder and harder to develop steadily.

October is about to pass in a blink of an eye. He has only finished writing the 10th chapter of "Cultural Journey". He suddenly felt a sense of urgency for no reason and wanted to lock himself in the study every day to read and write.

According to my habit, before writing, I would first read books and materials for an hour or so, then enter into meditation for ten minutes like an old monk, and only after all my thoughts were clear would I start to write the three words "book collection worry" on paper.

This chapter is quite long and Li Heng wrote for 3 hours without stopping. If Mai Sui hadn't come to the study carefully and called him to eat, he would not have felt tired and could have continued to write.

"Have a meal?"

"Ah."

"Oh my god! It's been three hours and you're just calling me to eat?"

"I didn't dare to come in because I was afraid of disturbing you. I just saw you stretching and tried to call you." "Oh, I see." Li Heng put down his pen, stood up and asked, "What delicious food did you make that took you so long?"

When talking about the dishes, Mai Sui's beautiful face was instantly filled with trepidation, "Twice-cooked pork, day lily meatball soup, leek river shrimp, and Chinese cabbage."

"Four dishes, so many? That's not easy." Li Heng was surprised.

Mai Sui said sympathetically, "It took me two hours."

Hearing that it took two hours to cook four dishes, Li Heng laughed out loud, making the girl in front of him embarrassed.

Going down to the restaurant on the first floor, Li Heng leaned in to take a look, then sniffed: "The color, aroma and taste are all good, but I don't know how it tastes?"

Mai Sui took out a pair of chopsticks and handed them to him, then went to the kitchen to get some rice.

Li Heng first picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth. He chewed it and found it was ok and edible. He gave it 65 points.

Then I tried the day lily and scooped a spoonful of the soup to taste. It was a bit bland, like water. 60 points, no more.

Leek and river shrimp, this dish is by far the most outstanding. I ate a few of them in a row and it would get 75 points.

Finally, it was the bok choy. After just one bite, he didn’t want to eat a second bite.

This, this is too...!
Mai Sui appeared behind him with two bowls of rice. Seeing him like this, he asked timidly, "Is it unpalatable?"

Li Heng turned his head and asked, "Have you tasted the cabbage?"

Mai Sui shook his head: "I tasted the other three, but I was afraid this one would burn, so I just scooped it out."

Li Heng handed her the chopsticks and said, "Try it. This dish is the best."

Mai Sui looked at his chopsticks without saying anything.

"Oh, sorry! Your food is so delicious that I almost forgot I had just eaten with this pair of chopsticks. I'll get you a new pair." Li Heng quickly handed her a new pair of chopsticks.

The wheat ears remained indifferent and stared at him eagerly.

Li Heng advised: "It's really delicious. If you don't believe me, try it. You have to have confidence in your own dishes."

Mai Sui put two bowls of rice on the table, then sat down and looked up at him, determined not to be fooled.

Li Heng's eyelids twitched. It seemed that conventional methods were not working. Without further ado, he took a bowl of rice and started eating the twice-cooked pork and the bok choy.

Mai Sui was also a little hungry, and he also held the bowl and ate politely.

However, she was doing two things at the same time. While eating the vegetables, she also paid attention to his movements and expressions when eating the bok choy. Seeing that he enjoyed the food more and more as he ate, she couldn't help but stretched out her chopsticks to add another piece.

It was just one piece, and she immediately bent over and spit it into the trash can as soon as she put it in her mouth.

As soon as she vomited, Li Heng followed suit and vomited out all the cabbages in his mouth.

The trash can was so small, and two heads were vomiting together. The scene was simply outrageous.

Seeing him spit out half a bowl of food in one breath, Mai Sui was speechless, "It's so salty, how did you manage to eat so much?"

Li Heng put his hands together and said: "Amitabha! Buddha said, if I don't go to hell, who will?"

Mai Sui was both angry and amused, "You just want to trick me into eating."

Li Heng rolled his eyes: "What do you mean I lied to you? I don't even know why you put so much salt. Isn't salt free?"

At this point, Mai Sui noticed that the two of them were almost touching each other. She was startled for a moment, then she moved away a little without leaving a trace, and sighed in frustration:

"All four dishes failed. Am I really that stupid?"

Li Heng comforted: "Don't be so discouraged, the leek and river shrimp are still good."

Wheat Ear said, "It can't compare to what you did."

Li Heng said: "Then you are comparing yourself to the wrong person. You can't compare yourself to me. I am not bragging, but how many small restaurants out there can match my level?"

No matter what, he is a big foodie!

In his previous life, his three daughters-in-law didn't know how to cook, so he almost took care of everything in the kitchen. After decades of research, he has gained a lot of experience. Who wouldn't praise the feasts he made during the holidays?

It's just that he is lazy by nature, the kind of person who would rather sit than lie down, and would rather stand than sit.

According to what Xiao Han's biological mother Tian Run'e said when they were chatting: Hanhan, this piece of flesh I gave birth to is very lazy. It will only move when you poke it. You have to poke it more often.

Mai Sui recalled carefully and found that it was just as he said, the cooking skills of many small restaurants outside were indeed not as good as his.

Li Heng observed her expression and asked, "Do you feel better now that you think about it this way?"

Mai Sui smiled tenderly and nodded.

Li Heng stood up and waved his hand: "Let's continue eating."

Mai Sui wanted to stand up, but before she could straighten her legs, she stumbled and fell backwards.

Seeing that something was wrong, Li Heng was startled. He turned around and rushed over in three or two steps. He quickly reached out to catch her. She was soft when he touched her. He asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay. I stood in the kitchen for two hours and my legs haven't recovered yet. They're numb."

Sensing something was wrong, she stopped talking after the word "ma". She lowered her head to glance at the big hand across her heart, and her face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Following her gaze downwards, Li Heng was stunned for two seconds and quickly pulled out his right hand.

But with this sudden pull, her feet were numb and she lost her balance immediately. She fell down again, falling into his arms, her back hitting his chest, and they were hugged tightly.

Li Heng subconsciously held her waist again.

Feeling embarrassed, Mai Sui, who had never been so close to the opposite sex, suddenly felt weak and closed her eyes in shame.

Her eyelashes were very thin and long, arranged in a very tasteful way, and she smelled a faint feminine fragrance. Li Heng said, "Let me help you sit on the sofa for a while, and I'll go cook something to go with the rice."

"it is good."

"What food do you want to eat?"

"I didn't cook the twice-cooked pork well."

"Then should I process what's on the table?"

"No, I want to eat the fresh ones you made."

"Row."

After saying that, Li Heng went to the kitchen.

Mai Sui bent down, stretched out his hand and rubbed his still numb right calf, then stamped his feet gently, rubbed for a while, and continued to stamp his feet. When he felt fully recovered, he stood up and cleaned the trash can.

After throwing the garbage into the large bin outside, she looked up at the starry night sky at the door for a long time, then went back into the house and into the kitchen.

Going to learn how to cook.

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