1987 My Era

Chapter 431, Song Yu sees through Mai Sui's love
The car was an 8% new van. Song Shuyu opened the door and invited Li Heng and Sun Manning to get in.

Sun Manning was tactful enough to sit in the front row.

Li Heng sat in the middle seat, and Song Yu sat with him.

After closing the car door, Song Yu took out two bottles of soda from her bag, handed one to Sun Manning in the front seat, and handed the other to him and said, "I also brought herbal tea. Do you want soda or herbal tea?"

"I've had enough soda today, so I'll have some herbal tea." Li Heng said.

Upon hearing this, Song Yu put the soda aside, took out a water cup from her bag, unscrewed the lid, and handed it to him.

Li Heng looked down, blinked, and asked, "Is this your water cup?"

Song Yu seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a faint smile: "Yes."

"Hey, this cup is beautiful, the water must taste good." Li Heng took the water and started drinking it.

Song Shuyu in the front row acted like a wooden man at this moment, pretending not to hear the conversation between the two people and concentrating on looking at the front of the car.

Sun Manning complained in her heart: Damn it! After all, they are just best friends, not as important as a playboy.

Li Heng was a little thirsty, so he drank half a cup of tea in one breath. He then stopped and looked at the street outside. He asked, "Isn't this the direction to your home? Is it to Junshan Island?"

"Yes, all the family members are over there." Song Yu replied.

"family?"

Li Heng was a little perceptive and asked, "Are there many people on the island now?"

Song Yu told him: "My eldest aunt's family, my younger aunt's family, my uncle, aunt, and a cousin are also here."

"Ah? So many?" Li Heng was numb.

I'm just here to pursue my wife in a low-key manner, not to be a monkey and be watched by others.

Song Yu smiled beautifully, "Are you nervous?"

"I'm only 19, how can I not be nervous? But it doesn't matter. We will be a family in the future anyway, and we will get to know each other sooner or later." Li Heng said shamelessly.

He expressed his purpose of coming here clearly, without any carelessness.

Song Yu looked at him and said nothing quietly.

Hearing this, Song Shuyu glanced at the two people in the back row through the endoscope, especially the expression of his niece. He smiled secretly and thought that Li Heng was really brave.

However, Li Heng is capable, and this unpretentious courage is actually a big plus for Song Shuyu.

It wasn't that she was protecting her son, but everyone felt that their niece was too pretty to be called pretty, and she was admitted to Peking University, so few people in the world were worthy of her. And Li Heng was exactly the perfect match in every aspect.

This is also the reason why the Song family, from grandparents to aunts and uncles, all like Li Heng very much. Otherwise, since they are all people of status, would they come from all directions to support a young boy?

However, the attitude of his brother and sister-in-law has always been a mystery. They neither openly opposed Li Heng nor explicitly expressed their support for Yubao and Li Heng to be together.

Similarly, Song Yu did not let it go. When asked by her elders, she replied that they were good friends, which made everyone secretly anxious for her.

In the eyes of the Song family, Li Heng is talented, handsome, sweet-talking, educated, and sincere to Yubao. Such an excellent man is hard to find even with a lantern in the surrounding area, so why didn't he agree immediately?

Are you going to drag it on and give other women an opportunity to take advantage of you?
Whenever he thought of this, Song Shuyu became extremely anxious for his niece.

Of course, although Song Yu said that they were just good friends, everyone was not stupid and their eyes were not blind. They could see that Yubao still treated Li Heng differently.

In other words, over the years, except for Li Heng, Yubao has never looked any opposite sex in the eye, let alone prepare tea for him, take him home, let alone be hugged by him at the bus station.

All these indicate that Yubao must have feelings for Li Heng, but to what extent is hard to guess.

The road to Dongting Lake is a little far, and we have to take a boat in the middle. It was almost dark when the group of four finally reached the island.

At this time, Song Shi and Song's grandfather were already waiting at the ferry. When they saw the four people getting off the boat, they hurried over to help with their luggage and asked about their well-being.

Li Heng, with his usual sweet voice, called out, "Grandpa, Uncle."

Song Shi smiled and nodded, "I'm coming."

Grandpa Song was different, with a kind smile on his face. "It's been a year since I last saw you. I saw you last Mid-Autumn Festival. I know you like game and fish, so I prepared your favorite food tonight."

"Thank you, Grandpa." Li Heng was full of joy.

Later, Song Shi and Song's grandfather did not neglect Sun Manning and expressed their welcome to her.

As they talked, Li Heng unknowingly followed Song Yu to the Song family.

As soon as I entered the yard, wow! The threshing ground was full of people, men and women, old and young. A quick glance saw nearly 20 people. It was really frightening.

If it were someone less courageous, would he dare to come to the girl's house alone?

Li Heng was familiar with these people and had dealt with them many times in his previous life.

But now he followed Song Yu obediently. Every time Song Yu introduced someone to him, he would call out one by one. He kept calling out as he went along, and the smile on his face was almost frozen.

Finally, Song Yu led him to meet Jiang Yue in the kitchen, and Li Heng shouted, "Auntie, thank you for your hard work."

Jiang Yue looked at Li Heng, then at her daughter who was sitting next to her. Her attitude was pretty good: "Hey. You must be tired after driving all day. Yubao, take Li Heng to have a rest. There are only two more dishes left. Let's eat right away."

Song Yu responded, turned around and took him upstairs.

As the two walked away, the smile on Jiang Yue's face gradually disappeared, and was instead shrouded in a sense of sadness.

Before the summer vacation, when she was in Shao City, she secretly asked someone to find out that Li Hengxin was very wild. He was still having an affair with Chen's daughter, but he had feelings for Yubao. This made her, as a mother, a little angry.

But Yubao's attitude towards Li Heng and the relationship between Yubao and Li Heng have never been made public, which made it difficult for her to get angry.

Like other members of the Song family, she was quite satisfied with Li Heng, regardless of her prejudices, and believed that he was completely worthy of her daughter.

The problem is that this person is not genuine.

Jiang Yue thinks: You should either be a good partner with Chen Zijin, don't disappoint the girl, and don't be indecisive; if you really like Yubao, then you should cut off contact with the girl from the Chen family and concentrate on pursuing Yubao.

Jiang Yue didn't ask for much, her requirements were very simple, and she even thought: If Li Heng could be wholeheartedly devoted to her daughter, there would be no doubt that she, as the mother-in-law, would put everything aside and personally act as a matchmaker.

In a word, Jiang Yue felt very complicated when she saw Li Heng.

Why is it complicated?
Because Li Heng is very powerful, more powerful than she had imagined!

Like everyone else in the Song family, she had read a lot of newspaper news in the past two days.

For a long period of time in the first half of the year, Li Heng became the target of criticism because of the overly graphic description of gender issues in "White Deer Plain". Criticisms against him in newspapers never stopped, one after another.

But as "White Deer Plain" reached its finale and as all the real big names and celebrities took their turns, the wind direction suddenly changed and the situation reversed. Li Heng became the big winner and won a great reputation without even having to show up himself.

According to what my sister-in-law's husband said in the newspaper last night: Li Heng became a legend with "White Deer Plain" and became one of the most influential literati in contemporary China.

Who is the husband of my sister-in-law? After all, he is the principal of Yueyang No. 1 Middle School, so he still has some weight in society.

Just ask yourself, if such a genius with great literary talent favors her daughter, which mother would not be happy?
Going up to the second floor, Song Yu led him into a room near the window. It was clean and tidy, without a speck of dust. She said, "This room was specially cleaned for you by my mother and aunt. Please make do with it."

"Didn't you participate?" Li Heng looked around, quite satisfied.

Song Yu looked at the bed and said quietly, "I personally went to the city to pick out the quilt covers, sheets, and pillows. I just wonder if your preferences have changed in the past six months?"

"I am a sentimental person, and my preferences will never change. That's good, I like it." Li Heng lay on the bed with his back to her and looked at her happily.

The two looked at each other, and Song Yu smiled calmly and said, "Since you still miss the old times, I'll help you change the quilt you used to cover yourself with last year."

Li Heng waved his hands quickly, "No, no, the new one is also good, we can't waste all the hard work."

Song Yu stared at his eyes for a while, then asked in a friendly manner, "Why did you think of coming to see me in August?"

"I promised it last year." Li Heng said.

Song Yu asked: "If there was no promise, would you not come?"

Li Heng's heart skipped a beat, he sat up and looked at her.

Song Yu came to the window, closed the curtains and said, "I called Mai Sui a few days ago and invited her and Manning to come over to play. Guess what she said?"

Li Heng said: "Her grandfather is not in good health, she wants to accompany him?"

"Yes, she used this reason to reject me."

As she spoke, Song Yu slowly turned around and stared at him: "Li Heng, you have been to Shaodong. How is her grandfather's health now? Is he better than before the operation?"

You look at me, I look at you, the room suddenly became dead silent, Li Heng's heart almost jumped into his throat. His mind was racing, how did she know that he was going to Shaodong?
Is Sun Manning telling tales?

It should not be.

Mai Sui was afraid to face Song Yu, and would not say anything.

High school English teacher?

University teacher Yu?

Or someone else?

After a long stand, Li Heng said, "You seem to be in good spirits, but..."

Song Yu waited for the next words.

Li Heng thought about it, sighed and said, "I hope it's not a last gasp."

Hearing this, Song Yu paused, retracted her gaze, and remained silent for a long time. In fact, everyone knew that Mai Sui rejected Song Yu's invitation because of her grandfather's poor health. The two girls knew the deeper reasons.

After all, we're only here to play for a few days at most, so it won't take long.

What does it mean that the wheat ear refuses to come? It is very clear.

Song Yu was sad about this for several days.

She didn't blame Mai Sui or Li Heng, but she felt that many things were changing and could never be returned to their original state.

The reason why she didn't blame Mai Sui was because she saw it very clearly. With Li Heng's current excellence, even if Mai Sui wasn't around, there would still be Zhao Sui, Li Sui, Qian Sui, and Sun Sui.

She just felt regretful that the once indestructible friendship had lost its innocence because of a man, and she couldn't let it go for a while.

Likewise, he did not blame Li Heng too much. Because Mai Sui was becoming more and more charming, and she had been secretly in love with the man in front of her since the first year of high school. After living under the same roof for a long time, it would be surprising if nothing happened.

Zijin in front and Xiaohan in the back proved that Li Heng was not a person who followed the rules, and Song Yu never had any illusions in this regard. Otherwise, her relationship with him would not have stopped here and hesitated.

After a moment of silence, Song Yu raised her head and asked softly, "Li Heng, can I still trust you?"

Li Heng stood up, came to her side, reached out and grabbed her hand, "Yes!"

After staring at each other for a long time, Song Yu used a little force to pull her hand away from his palm, then turned around, opened the desk drawer, took out a letter from it, and handed it to him: "Open it after you leave Dongting Lake."

Li Heng took the letter.

Looking down, I saw that the envelope was clean, without any writing on it, and was slightly yellowed.

He couldn't help but ask, "When was it written?"

Song Yu said: "Yesterday. The envelope was prepared during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year."

Li Heng looked at her in surprise.

Song Yu looked away, not looking at him, and stroked the hair by her ear with her right fingertips. She asked quietly, "Do you still remember what you said during last year's Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Li Heng recalled and scratched his head: "I stayed here for three days last year and said a lot of things to you. Which one are you referring to?"

Song Yu was silent and reserved.

After a while, just as he was about to speak, footsteps were heard outside the door, and a voice called out: "Li Heng, Yu Bao, it's time for dinner."

The voice came from the mouth of my younger sister Song Shuyu.

"it is good."

Song Yu responded, turned around and said to him: "Let's go downstairs to eat."

"Yeah." Li Heng put the envelope into his bag and walked with her to the door.

There were a lot of people today, with two and a half tables. However, the Song family was not petty and directly opened three tables, with 12 bowls on each table, all of which were the same dishes.

When he was washing his hands, he ran into Sun Manning. Li Heng asked, "Where did you go? How come you disappeared as soon as you entered the yard?"

"Tsk! Why do you need me when Song Yu is here? I didn't want to be a third wheel, so I didn't go upstairs with you. Now! The luggage is still in the corner of the room." Sun Manning pouted towards the left corner of the room.

Li Heng glanced at the backpack in the corner of the room, thought for a moment and asked, "Song Yu knew that I went to Shaodong. How do you think she knew that?"

Sun Manning pointed at his nose and asked, "You're asking me?"

Li Heng nodded.

Sun Manning curled her lips, put her hands behind her back and said disdainfully: "I'll give you a word of advice: If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself.

"None of the women you messed with are silly. They are all as smart as monkeys. You might as well sleep with me. I am so silly, innocent and cute!"

Li Heng's eyelids twitched and he looked behind her.

Sun Manning realized something was wrong and turned around. She saw her best friend Song Yu. She was startled and waved her hands to clarify, "Song Yu, don't misunderstand me, I was just joking.

You should know that I am not pretty enough and have not reached his bottom line. Even if I take off all my clothes and lie in his bed, your man will not touch me. You have to have confidence in your man, understand?"

Song Yu smiled and didn't bother to discuss the topic with her. "Go and take a seat in the front."

After receiving the order, Sun Manning fled.

After her best friend ran away, Song Yu's expression changed. She looked at him meaningfully, smiling without saying a word.

Li Heng sighed, "Although this girl is often impulsive and often speaks without thinking, what she said just now was really not wrong."

Song Yu smiled and asked, "Did you provoke her at some point?"

Li Heng said: "You still understand me the best. Did you see the pile of newspapers she was holding today? That's the reason."

Hearing this, Song Yu realized that the praise in the newspaper made Manning realize the difference in their identities and felt a sense of loss.

She said, "Come on, let's go eat, everyone is waiting for you."

"Eh."

There were many elders here today, and Li Heng wanted to sit at the same table with the young people, but his two uncles and uncles wouldn't let him, and dragged him to the main table. But they were very considerate and called Song Yu over to sit with him.

But Sun Manning refused to come over and sat at the next table, where she became very friendly and friendly with Song Yu's cousin.

Li Heng looked around and found that except for himself and Song Yu, everyone else at the main table was an elder. Damn it! It was hard to refuse a toast. It looked like he was going to get drunk again today.

Just after he finished a drink with Grandpa Song and Uncle Song Yu, Song Yu pulled his sleeve under the table and reminded him quietly: "This soju has a strong aftereffect. Do you want me to help?"

Li Heng asked in a low voice: "Drink for me?"

Song Yu had a faint smile in her eyes.

Li Heng asked in her ear: "Adulterate with water?"

Song Yu hummed softly.

Li Heng thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. They are so enthusiastic and it's rare for them to drink together. I'd better drink."

Seeing this, Song Yu didn't say anything else, but picked up a few pieces of his favorite dishes and put them in his bowl.

Everyone in the room saw the intimate interaction between the two. At this time, the eldest aunt raised her cup and said to Li Heng with a smile: "Li Heng, come, let me drink with you."

The tone and wording of the eldest aunt of the Song family showed that she did not treat him as an outsider at all, which made Li Heng in a good mood.

"Hey, thank you, aunt. I wish you stay younger and younger." Li Heng always had a smile on his face, giving people a warm and gentle feeling, and leaving a particularly good impression.

After taking a sip of wine, the eldest aunt looked at her eldest brother and sister-in-law, then looked at Song Yu, and suddenly asked about Li Heng's family situation, "How many people are there in your family now?"

This question seemed off-topic and irrelevant, but the people at the table pricked up their ears quietly. It was obvious that there was something meaningful behind the question.

Li Heng did not hide anything about his family situation, nor did he make any false or exaggerated statements. He told the truth about his parents, two sisters and grandmother.

After listening carefully, the eldest aunt showed curiosity: "Your second sister opened a store in Beijing? What does she sell?"

Li Heng said, "Cakes, pastries and the like."

The eldest aunt asked curiously, "It's not easy to settle down in the capital, how is your business?"

"It's pretty good. I hired two helpers and I'm too busy every day." Li Heng said frankly.

Sister-in-law Song Shuyu interjected: "She is only two years older than you, why did she want to do business there?"

There was nothing to hide about these things. Li Heng recounted the situation of his father going to the capital for medical treatment and his second sister doing business.

Hearing this, the eldest aunt asked, "Where did you buy the courtyard house? Where is it located?"

"Over there at the Drum Tower." Li Heng said.

My aunt asked, "Is it far from Peking University?"

Li Heng said: "There is a little distance."

The eldest aunt smiled and said, "Next time you go to the capital, you can take Yubao around. If you get tired, you can have a temporary resting place without having to rush."

Wow! From what she said, this aunt has clearly stated that she supports you two being together.

Not only Li Heng understood, but everyone in the room understood.

Immediately, my aunt and sister-in-law also agreed.

On the contrary, Jiang Yue remained silent, her eyes wandering between Li Heng and her daughter. I wonder what she was thinking?
Li Heng secretly paid attention to Jiang Yue's expression and responded with a smile: "Aunt is right, that's what I thought when I bought the Siheyuan."

The younger sister poked her elder sister under the table with her hand. The elder sister understood and glanced at Jiang Yue again. She smiled and asked a question that everyone in the Song family wanted to know:
"By the way, Li Heng, grandma said this morning that she wanted to read your and Yubao's horoscopes. When did you two get together?"

What kind of bullshit is this?

The people in the room are very shrewd. The first half of the aunt's sentence is just an excuse, and the second half is the real key.

And my aunt asked very artistically. She didn’t ask whether you two are together.
Instead, skip the question "Are you together?" and directly ask how long have you been together?

Obviously, the elder and younger aunts noticed that something was wrong with their sister-in-law, and they were trying to persuade her and tentatively give Li Heng and Song Yu a way out.

Hearing this, everyone in the room turned their heads and looked over, with all their attention focused on Li Heng.

ps: Update first and then revise. I had something to do yesterday afternoon, so I moved it to today.

(End of this chapter)