1987 My Era

Chapter 589, Making a Move on King Zhou
Seeing Zhou Shihe wink at him playfully, Li Heng was somewhat dazed.

A woman with good temperament can make even her blinking look so captivating!
Wow, this girl is truly stunning, and she definitely has that soft spot in my heart...

After exchanging glances for a few seconds, he immediately stood up and walked towards the study: "Come with me."

Zhou Shihe hesitated for a moment, then stood up and followed him into the study.

Li Heng took out the manuscript from his backpack and handed it to her, saying, "I've been busy during the winter break, so I only managed to write three chapters in my spare time. Please take a look."

"Ah."

Zhou Shihe gave a soft "hmm," took the manuscript, and sat down in the chair next to her to quietly read through it.

She was eagerly anticipating "Dust Settles Down," and once she received the manuscript, she quickly immersed herself in the world of the book.

Well, what's that saying again? "Marry a wife and forget your mother?" Clearly, King Zhou was in that state.

Li Heng glanced at her, then took out some documents to review.

For a moment, the study was quiet; one person was reading a manuscript, while the other was reading a book to prepare for writing.

This continued for a full 20 minutes, only ending when the manuscript was finished. Zhou Shihe was still immersed in the world of the book and hadn't come back to her senses. Suddenly, she quietly raised her head, her simple and pure eyes involuntarily falling on him.

It's said that men who are serious and focused are the most attractive.

Looking at his profile, she couldn't help but wonder: He was about the same age as her, yet he wrote masterpieces like "To Live," "A Cultural Journey," "White Deer Plain," and "Dust Settles Down." How did he manage to do that?
As the newspapers were saying, was he really a reincarnation of the God of Literature?
When her thoughts drifted to the instrumental albums he created, the instrumental albums that caused a sensation around the world, she couldn't help but recall a sentence: "Mai Sui is my woman, and Miss Zhou is the one I fell in love with at first sight."

Love at first sight...!
This word carries great weight!

It was so heavy that it made her feel lost.

She believed that any other girl, or even Teacher Yu, would have been overjoyed to receive those four words, but she…

Just as Zhou Shihe's mind was wandering, Li Heng seemed to sense something and slowly raised his head. Coincidentally, their eyes met unexpectedly.

Because they were quite close, the two looked at each other and were both momentarily stunned.

After a long silence, Li Heng broke the silence and asked with concern, "Is something wrong?"

Zhou Shihe shook her head slightly: "No."

After he finished speaking, the two realized what had happened and fell silent, neither of them saying anything more.

A little while later, Zhou Shihe subtly pinched the pages of the book with her slender, white fingers, her gaze shifting from him to the manuscript.

In an instant, the already silent study became even more lifeless and suffocating!
They didn't know when it started, but they had developed an unspoken understanding with each other, and a single glance was enough for them to understand each other's thoughts.

Li Heng stared intently at her, at the manuscript in her hand, and suddenly, as if possessed, he reached out his right hand to her ear and gently brushed back the stray strands of hair that were falling down her back.

Zhou Shihe froze.

The man's movements were so sudden that she, with her head down and attention focused on the manuscript, didn't react in time and ended up in this state.

This was the second time he had openly revealed his wolfish ambitions to me.

The first time was at Xiyuan Garden, when Hu Ping and Wei Xiaozhu had a complete falling out, and Wei Xiaozhu even slapped Hu Ping twice in anger. The two of them were eavesdropping in the woods, and it was at that moment that Li Heng reached out to help her smooth her hair.

The first time, she didn't let him succeed.

The second time...

Sensing his extremely ambiguous actions, Zhou Shihe, whose eyes were fixed on the manuscript, pouted her delicate little mouth and pursed it tightly!

After a two- or three-second delay, her chest heaved several times. She tried to hold back, but ultimately couldn't resist slapping his hand away with her right hand. She looked up, staring intently into his eyes, without uttering a word! Li Heng was a little stunned. Looking at his right hand that had been slapped away, at the slight pain in his right hand, and then at her murderous gaze, he belatedly withdrew his hand.

Looking at the mess he had made, Li Heng calmly took two deep breaths, then closed the documents, got up from the chair, and walked towards the study door with a stiff upper lip.

Zhou Shihe watched him quietly, watching the fleeting panic in his eyes, watching him leave the study with forced composure, watching his figure disappear...

After that, she remained sitting motionless in the chair, but she looked like she was in a daze!
She was quietly lost in thought!
At this moment, she felt both ashamed and melancholy.

Ever since she overheard his conversation with Wang Ye in the private room of the Blue Sky Hotel, she had been worried for a long time that something like what happened today would happen.

Despite his exceptional talent, good looks, eloquence, and outstanding qualities that prevented his peers from feeling jealous and made him the object of many girls' secret crushes, in Zhou Shihe's eyes, he was just as much of a jerk as he was outstanding and as cynical as he was in relationships.

The nationally renowned Peking Opera actress Huang Zhaoyi admires him; Teacher Yu, whose personal and family backgrounds are both exceptionally good, is in love with him; Mai Sui falls in love with him at first sight and is completely devoted to him; and there is also his exquisitely beautiful girlfriend, Xiao Han…

Having even one of these four women would be a blessing accumulated by eighteen generations of ancestors for most people. But he was still not satisfied and continued to provoke her.

Although she knew he was acting impulsively because of his intense emotions. Don't ask her how she knew, because his eyes don't lie.

Because Zhou Shihe knows herself; no matter how modest she is, she clearly understands her immense attraction to the opposite sex.
But none of this can cover up his philandering nature.

Previously, when he and Xiao Han were a couple, she had a very good impression of him and felt that he and Xiao Han were a perfect match. As a friend, she sincerely wished him well.

Later, when she discovered that her best friend from college, Mai Sui, had a crush on him and that they had developed a romantic relationship, Zhou Shihe frowned and subtly probed her best friend. The result was that Mai Sui was unwilling and did not want to leave him.

She could only accept this slowly, and even suggested three times that Sui Sui should fight for it.

Later, when Teacher Yu's affair with him came to light, Zhou Shihe was shocked and bewildered. She also thought: given Teacher Yu's family background and personal circumstances, he shouldn't tolerate her having multiple relationships at the same time, and he should have dumped Xiao Han and Sui Sui. But...

The result shocked her to her core!

The result was that Teacher Yu not only did not use any tricks to squeeze out Xiao Han and Mai Sui, but also kept accommodating and tolerating him.

After this series of events, Zhou Shihe had to re-evaluate Li Heng's abilities and charm, and a sense of apprehension towards him arose in her heart.

She feared that he would be relentless towards her and one day might not be able to resist harming her!

After all, he had told outsiders without reservation that he had fallen in love with her at first sight.

It is said that Xiao Han never experienced his love at first sight; Mai Sui and he developed feelings for each other over time; Teacher Yu actively pursued him; Huang Zhaoyi suffered even more, being ignored by him several times during the Spring Festival Gala rehearsals.

It is often said that in matters of the heart, there is a world of difference between being proactive and being passive.

Therefore, Zhou Shihe couldn't guarantee that Li Heng wouldn't be content surrounded by beauties, or that he wouldn't bare his fangs at her.

While fearing his greed, Zhou Shihe also feared that one day she would unknowingly fall into his carefully woven web of love!

But things often turn out this way: what you fear most is what happens.
He had called her name in his dreams, he had caught her taking a shower, and he had hugged and kissed her in Northeast China, but she thought it was all accidental. She was very understanding and tried to understand things in a different way.

And afterwards he comforted himself: he didn't do any of that on purpose.

Now, her hopes were dashed, and he made a direct attack on her.

If it was like that before, and it's like this tonight, what about the future?

Will he go even further?
Would he disregard everything and directly break through the barrier to pursue her?
At this point, Zhou Shihe forcibly suppressed her endless thoughts, a great unease rising in her heart.

P.S.: I just got home from the hospital by high-speed train, so it's a bit late. (Daily posts will resume tomorrow.)

(End of this chapter)