1987 My Era

Chapter 591, Everything is Understood

"Ah."

Li Heng grunted in agreement and began to eat the fried egg in large bites.

Compared to his hearty eating, Zhou Shihe was relatively slow. By the time she put the second egg in her mouth, he had already finished and was waiting for her.

Li Heng asked, "Would you like to take a walk in the alley?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Shihe put down her chopsticks, glanced at her watch, and saw it was 10:41.
It was a bit late, but after hesitating for a moment, she said, "Okay."

The two then went downstairs one after the other and left Building No. 26.

At first, neither of them spoke, both casually admiring Lushan Village under the faint moonlight, their thoughts wandering.

Li Heng was thinking: Will Song Yu come over for the Dragon Boat Festival? If she does come, what consequences will it cause?
Zhou Shihe's mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts, but he thought most about his suitors.

For example, Ye Zhanyan.

For example, Huang Ziyue.

For example, Wu Siyao from Tongji University next door.

For example, Dai Qing, Li Xian, Wang Ye, and Huang Zhaoyi, etc...

Previously, she had a very good impression of Li Heng, thinking that he was a true gentleman who could resist so many temptations. After all, these people were not ordinary people; many of them were beauties of the caliber of campus beauties from prestigious universities.

Especially Ye Zhanyan and Huang Zhaoyi, who are exceptionally beautiful, are stunningly gorgeous.

However, as Mai Sui and Teacher Yu were exposed one after another, she began to question his character.

It turns out this guy wasn't indifferent to women, he was just a picky eater.

As they approached the alley entrance, Li Heng suddenly asked out of the blue, "Are you lost in thought?"

Zhou Shihe looked at his retreating figure and said, "No."

Li Heng took six or seven steps forward, stopped at the alley entrance, and asked, "Can you still walk?"

Zhou Shihe looked ahead and replied gently, "Okay."

Then, the two left Lushan Village and strolled around the campus.

Arriving at the statue of the great man, Li Heng looked up and gazed at it for a while, then asked, "I remember you said last year that your grandfather respected the great man the most and went to Shaoshan for the New Year?"

Zhou Shihe looked up and said, "We spent the New Year at his old residence."

Li Heng asked, "How was it spending the Spring Festival in southern Hunan?"

Zhou Shihe said, "It's alright."

To avoid making the atmosphere too heavy, Li Heng kept trying to keep the conversation going: "Do you like the food there?"

Zhou Shihe thought for a moment and said, "I'm alright. I've eaten a lot of chili peppers with Sui Sui and Manning, so I can get used to a certain level of spiciness. But many of my family members aren't used to it and say the dishes are too spicy, but afterwards they all said the dishes were quite delicious."

Li Heng glanced back at her and said with a smile, "Many people are like this. They say it's spicy, but even when their lips are swollen from the spiciness, they still don't want to stop eating."

Zhou Shihe smiled knowingly; this was exactly what her cousins ​​had said.

Li Heng asked, "How many days did you stay in Shaoshan?"

Zhou Shihe said, "It took 3 days. I went home on the afternoon of the first day of the Lunar New Year."

Li Heng said, "Is that so? Then you should stay at home for another day and come back tomorrow."

Zhou Shihe did not respond to these words, but instead quietly looked at the statue of the great man.

Today is the third day of the Lunar New Year, and the weather is still a bit cold. After a gust of cold wind, Li Heng pulled up his sleeves and said, "Let's go, let's go back through Yan Garden in front."

Zhou Shihe remained silent and followed behind him quietly.

Upon arriving at Peking University, Li Heng thought of Wei Xiaozhu. After looking around the faculty dormitory, he asked her, "Did you keep in touch during the Spring Festival?"

His question seemed abrupt, but Zhou Shihe understood it perfectly.

She replied, "I talked to Sui Sui and Xiao Zhu quite a lot, and I also made two phone calls to Manning."

At this point, she suddenly asked, "Did Teacher Yu spend the Chinese New Year at your house?"

Li Heng was speechless: "Who told you that? Was it that slapstick slut Sun Manning?"

Zhou Shihe smiled slightly, which was taken as tacit agreement.

Li Heng said irritably, "That girl didn't tell the whole story. You two definitely didn't exchange New Year's greetings during the Spring Festival, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have asked that question."

Zhou Shihe said, "I was in Shaoshan during the Spring Festival, so it wasn't convenient for me to make phone calls. We only contacted each other before the New Year."

"No wonder, I knew it."

Li Heng muttered discontentedly, "Teacher Yu went to my house, but spent the New Year in Shaoshi with my high school teacher."

Zhou Shihe was surprised, and at the same time somewhat confused.
Since you've already gone to Shao City, why not spend the New Year at the Li family's house?
Was it to take care of Xiao Han's feelings?
Or was it for the sake of the bigger picture, to protect his reputation?
But having visited Li Heng's hometown twice within a year, why is he still trying to avoid this suspicion? Isn't that just burying his head in the sand?

Could it be because Xiao Han spent the New Year at the Li family's house?

The moment the thought crossed her mind, she immediately dismissed it.

Because Xiao Han and he are not married yet, and she is only a sophomore in college, no matter where the customs are, they cannot tolerate such a shameless behavior from a woman.

It's unlikely that the Xiao family, no matter how much they love their daughter, would allow it. This would undoubtedly be an act of lowering their social standing.

Despite having many questions in her mind, Zhou Shihe had no interest in delving into them. At the same time, she also keenly sensed that the man in front of her seemed unwilling to talk about the matter.

Skipping over that topic, Zhou Shihe asked, "Will Teacher Yu come to school tomorrow?"

Li Heng subconsciously replied, "I don't know yet. She said something came up at home, but she'll try to come over tomorrow."

After speaking, Li Heng glanced at Zhou Shihe, intuitively feeling that the girl was testing him, trying to find out if he and Teacher Yu had come together.

But seeing her calm face, he realized he was overthinking things.

After walking about a hundred meters, the two of them detoured around a small bridge over a stream, and then turned back.

They didn't talk much when they arrived, and they remained silent on the way back as well, walking one after the other to the end of the alley.

Stopping in the middle of the alley, Li Heng looked at building number 27, then at his own building number 26, and asked after a while, "These teachers are probably all celebrating the New Year in their hometowns and haven't come back yet. There are hardly any people in this alley tonight. Why don't you go to Mai Sui's room?"

Her gaze lingered silently on his profile for two seconds. After a moment's hesitation, Zhou Shihe said softly, "Okay, wait for me."

After saying that, she walked to the front of building number 27, took out her key, opened the gate, and went inside.

Actually, when she sent her busy aunt away earlier, she had already thought that Li Heng would invite her to stay overnight at Building 26 tonight. After all, the two of them had spent more than 40 days in the same room, and they wouldn't have the kind of shyness that outsiders would find difficult to talk about.

If she hadn't crossed the line in the study, she wouldn't have hesitated at all when she received the invitation.

Li Heng didn't follow them inside; he just stood there on the bluestone pavement, gazing up at the starry sky.

About twenty minutes later, Zhou Shihe came out, having changed her clothes completely.

Li Heng glanced at her and thought: Oh, so she went to take a bath. No wonder it took so long.

Upon entering Building No. 26, Li Heng went straight to the study.

He's a bit confused right now and isn't sleepy at all. He probably won't be able to fall asleep in bed anyway, so he might as well read a book to pass the time.

Watching his figure disappear from sight, Zhou Shihe stood in the living room for a while before finally entering Mai Sui's bedroom, closing the door, and sitting on the bed fully clothed, staring blankly at the bedside table.

Since Xiao Han's mother visited Lushan Village last year, Mai Sui has moved to Building No. 27, so this bedroom is technically empty.

The only remaining trace of Sui Sui was on the bedside table; it was a wooden comb.

Looking at the wooden comb, she couldn't help but recall a past event: the scene of Sui Sui being pinned down and kissed passionately by Li Heng on the sofa outside.

And the kisses didn't just fall on her lips, but also on her neck, collarbone, and other places.

The scene was so horrific that it was unbearable to look at.

Zhou Shihe's heart skipped a beat. Then she reached out her right hand to pick up the comb, thinking to herself: Wheat is so good, why don't you cherish it? Why do you still have designs on other women?
That night, Li Heng was reading and writing in his study, his inspiration flowing freely until after 4 a.m. before he went to bed to rest.

He was still eager to write more, but when he remembered that he had to practice the piece with Miss Zhou during the day, he forced himself to rest for a while and recharge.

That night, Zhou Shihe tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and didn't close her eyes all night in the next bedroom.

She lay in bed, listening to every single trace of someone's footsteps.

Including when he came out of the study, when he went into the bathroom, and when he returned to his bedroom.

Only when the room fell completely silent did she take a nap, stepping on the dividing line of dawn.

But she got up before 8 o'clock. Tomorrow is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and she's going to Singapore. She has a lot to do today and can't afford to be lazy.

As Zhou Shihe came out of the bedroom, she glanced at the door of the master bedroom next door.

It would have been better if he hadn't glanced at it, but as soon as he did, the door opened and Li Heng walked out.

After exchanging bewildered glances, Li Heng, acting as if nothing had happened, took the initiative to greet her, "Good morning, Comrade Shihe."

"Good morning." Zhou Shihe quickly looked him over and then walked towards the stairwell.

Li Heng asked from behind, "Where are you going? Want to go have breakfast off-campus together?"

Zhou Shihe turned her back to him and said, "I need to call the teacher about something."

Upon hearing that a phone call was being made, Li Heng thought for a moment and said, "I also need to make a New Year's greeting call. I'll go with you."

Zhou Shihe remained silent.

After a quick wash, Li Heng indeed went to the next room.

Just then, Zhou Shihe finished her call. Seeing him appear, she quickly made room for him, and went into the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face.

Li Heng said he would make one phone call, but he made several in a row. He called his teacher, Mr. Ba, called Editor-in-Chief Liao, and even called the president of Fudan University.

"Happy New Year, former principal!" Li Heng greeted the principal.

President Sun of Fudan University asked on the phone, "Happy New Year! When did you arrive at the university?"

Li Heng replied, "Last night."

Principal Sun asked, "You're here so early? Are you going to visit Teacher Yu for the New Year?"

Li Heng blushed and joked, "No, I'm going to Singapore for a concert these two days to bring honor to our school. You'll have something to brag about to others then."

Principal Sun was pleased to hear this and extended a warm invitation to him: "Most of the restaurants near the school are not open yet, why don't you come over for lunch?"

Li Heng asked, "Do you have any good food at home? I can't come if you don't have good food, otherwise I won't be able to eat the New Year's gifts I received."

Principal Sun laughed heartily: "You rascal, with such a high net worth, you're still so stingy, you're really a miser. Come on, there's definitely some good food, as for whether you can eat your money's worth, that depends on your skills."

Li Heng then asked, "Could you bring someone along?"

Just then, Zhou Shihe came out of the washroom and, upon hearing his words, instinctively stopped in her tracks.

Principal Sun asked, "Is there anyone else? Who is it?"

Li Heng smacked his lips: "The most beautiful woman in Shanghai, according to the old school."

Principal Sun blurted out, "Zhou Shihe?"

"Yes, it's her," Li Heng replied.

Principal Sun was about to agree, but then he noticed his beloved granddaughter had appeared before him, looking quite reluctant. This made him change his mind: "Never mind, she's too beautiful. My little house can't contain her. You can keep her to feast your eyes."

Li Heng was surprised: "No? Are you refusing?"

"Of course I refused. If you've already bought your New Year's gift, I'll send Ziyue over to pick it up. If you haven't bought it yet, then forget it and I'll get it for you later. Something like Moutai or Yellow Crane Tower liquor, that's fine too," Principal Sun said without batting an eye.

Li Heng's eyelids twitched: "Old man, I have never seen such a shameless person."

"Hahaha…!" Principal Sun hung up the phone amidst a long laugh. Pshaw! How shameless!

Watch out, or I might mess with your precious granddaughter. You'll regret it later.

Li Heng grumbled in dissatisfaction and put the receiver back after a few muttered complaints.

Just as he finished muttering to himself, Li Heng caught a glimpse of someone out of the corner of his eye, which startled him instantly.

He quickly turned around; who else could it be but King Zhou?

Their eyes met, and the air was unusually quiet.

We looked at each other, and as time went by, the atmosphere gradually became eerie.

After a long pause, Li Heng, shameless as ever, broke the silence and tentatively asked, "You didn't hear everything, did you?"

Zhou Shihe gave him a strange look, then turned and walked out the door.

Li Heng followed behind, chatting: "Nine out of ten of a man's polite words are lies. This is my unique way of communicating with the old principal."

Zhou Shihe walked quietly with her eyes fixed ahead, then suddenly spoke up: "You usually talk about women with the principal?"

Li Heng: "..."

He decisively betrayed the principal, saying, "He's disrespectful to his elders; I'm just forced to do business."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Shihe stopped dwelling on the topic and instead said, "The teacher will send someone to pick us up at 8 a.m. tomorrow to go to the airport."

Li Heng said, "Okay."

Then he asked, "Will your family members be coming with you?"

Zhou Shihe gave him a strange look, pondered for a moment, and said, "The teacher is very familiar with my parents, and my family trusts her quite a bit."

The implication is that her family has many things to do during the Spring Festival, and her parents can't leave.

Actually, her mother originally planned to go to Singapore with her, and the plane tickets were already bought, but something came up unexpectedly, so she had to leave her daughter alone with her teacher.

Upon arriving at the school gate, Li Heng looked around and asked, "Where do you want to eat?"

Zhou Shihe figured out his little scheme and went along with it, saying, "I want to eat beef noodles."

Li Heng said, "Then let's go to Chunhua Noodle Shop."

Zhou Shihe hummed in agreement.

Walk along the road to the right, and after passing about ten shops, you will arrive at Chunhua Noodle Shop.

Somewhat surprisingly, Li Ran and the young master of the Zhao family were also there, eating noodles and reading newspapers.

Seeing him appear at the door, Zhang Zhiyong scurried over, grinning and about to speak in a cheeky manner, when he caught sight of Zhou Shihe behind him. Instantly, the dim-witted Zhang Zhiyong, like a mouse encountering a cat, tried to appear serious and asked, "Uncle Heng, what would you like to eat?"

"The usual, two bowls of beef noodles, one extra spicy and one mild, with extra scallions for me." It was windy outside, so Li Heng didn't sit near the entrance, but instead found a table at the very back.

Zhou Shihe sat down with him without saying a word.

After Zhang Zhiyong entered the kitchen, Zhou Shihe glanced at Liu Chunhua's protruding belly a few more times and asked in a low voice, "Didn't their family members come to help take care of her?"

Li Heng shook his head and said, "No."

Just as the two were talking, Li Ran suddenly moved a bowl of noodles to their table.

Zhao An glanced at Li Heng, then at Zhou Shihe, and finally suppressed his restless thoughts, deciding not to follow.

Li Ran was fearless. After staring at Zhou Shihe for a while, he said, "Li Heng, why do I always see such beautiful women around you that I can't see anywhere else?"

Li Heng laughed and said, "Because I'm a good person. Birds of a feather flock together, right?"

Li Ran, unusually, did not refute, but jokingly remarked meaningfully, "Be careful not to choke to death."

Li Heng didn't want to dwell on the topic, so he rolled his eyes and asked, "What's going on? Has this young master Zhao completely latched onto you?"

"It's better not to mention it, because it makes me irritable."

Li Ran seemed very frustrated: "He's all show and no substance, all looks and no use. He follows me around like a shadow every day, and I can't even find another man to satisfy my craving. If this continues, I'll suffocate."

Li Heng found it amusing.

Zhou Shihe looked at Li Ran in surprise, clearly quite astonished that the other party would say such things without any restraint.

Seeing this, Li Ran asked Zhou Shihe, "Hey! Beautiful lady, did I scare you?"

Zhou Shihe smiled gently, then glanced at Li Heng subtly.

Li Heng understood immediately and tacitly helped her out of the predicament: "Speak properly, she's a lady. By the way, didn't you say last time that the Zhao family was going to come to Shanghai to cause you trouble? Have they come yet?"

Li Ran said, "They've been looking for me. I hid here this morning..."

Say Cao Cao and Cao Cao will arrive.

She had only gotten halfway through her sentence when the next word got stuck in her throat like shit, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

Li Ran stared at the doorway, his expression changing several times.

Sensing something was wrong, Li Heng turned around and was immediately a little dizzy.

Damn it, what I feared most has come to pass; the Zhao family has finally found us.

There were six people who came, three men and three women.

One of the familiar faces was Zhao Wanqing's cousin, Zhao Wanling, who was also Zhao Anqin's older sister. Li Heng had seen her in Bailu Village last spring.

At the front of the group was Zhao An's mother. As soon as she saw Li Ran, the slut who had seduced her son, she stormed over and slapped her across the face.

Snapped!
The sound was loud! The attack was incredibly fast, like lightning, catching even Li Ran, the person involved, completely off guard. The other party had clearly been harboring a great deal of anger for some time.

However, Li Ran was not the kind of person to be bullied. After being slapped, the savage energy in his body immediately surged. No matter who you are, without thinking, he stood up in a flash and slapped you back.

"Snapped!".

The same loud bang struck Zhao An's mother's left cheek.

"Li Ran, you bitch, how dare you hit my sister!" A young man behind her suddenly rushed over, trying to grab Li Ran's hair and slam her against the wall.

Li Heng realized what was happening and wasn't about to let the other party succeed. He immediately cut in front of Li Ran, and before anyone could see him move, there was a clattering sound of tables and chairs, and the young man who had rushed over was already lying on a chair next to him.

As a seasoned fighter, to be honest, it would take almost no effort to deal with this kind of weakling.

That's fucking too fragile.

This was only because he deliberately held back; otherwise, the young man would have been thrown outside the store.

As soon as Li Heng made his move, the six members of the Zhao family, who had been acting aggressively, immediately focused their attention on him.

Zhao Wanling recognized him.

Or rather, the Zhao family had all seen him in Bailu Village and knew that he was the legendary literary figure, December, who was now very famous in the literary world.

Zhao Wanling's anger immediately reached its peak after her own mother was beaten by that bitch Li Ran. However, upon seeing Li Heng's face, she narrowed her eyes and then tried to keep her tone as calm as possible, "Li Heng, this is our family matter..."

She stopped speaking as soon as she opened her mouth. Zhang Zhiyong, with his two triangular eyes wide open, stood to Li Heng's left, holding two kitchen knives.

Judging from that posture, anyone who dares to touch Li Heng would be utterly foolish and rush forward to chop someone up without any restraint.

The moment the two kitchen knives were drawn, the small store fell into complete silence.

Liu Chunhua was very worried and anxiously ran behind Zhang Zhiyong, quietly tugging at the back of her man's clothes to persuade him to calm down.

Li Heng's eyelids twitched. He reached out and pressed down on Zhao Wanling's absent-minded hand, saying, "I... your matter..."

"This is my business, it has nothing to do with Ranran, you can't hurt her." Before Li Heng could speak, Zhao An, who was in the corner, hurriedly squeezed in front of Li Ran and spread his arms to protect her.

Hearing her son's incoherent words and seeing him defend the assailant who had hit her, Zhao's mother was furious. Her heart nearly stopped, and she slapped the only male heir of the Zhao family twice across the face: "Get out! Get out of my way!"

Despite being hit, the frail Zhao An remained motionless, standing as straight as a clock in front of Li Ran, protecting his beloved.

Seeing this, Li Heng sighed inwardly, and quietly pulled the simpleton aside, whispering, "Put the knife away, don't let Sister Chunhua have a miscarriage."

Upon hearing the words "fetal distress," Zhang Zhiyong became much more obedient than before, turned around and ran back to the kitchen, placing two kitchen knives on the cutting board.

However, the simple-minded man was still worried, so he found a stick and hid it behind his back.

For Zhang Zhiyong, it has always been about helping his own people regardless of right or wrong. If his brothers tell him to fight somewhere, he will definitely fight there. This is something he has been used to since he was a child, and it is also the truth that they have learned all the way through junior high school.

Zhou Shihe got up from her seat, came to his side, and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Are you alright?"

Li Heng waved his hand: "I just intervened briefly, it wasn't a fight, it's nothing."

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Shihe asked again, "Should I make a phone call?"

Li Heng turned his head to look at her.

Zhou Shihe didn't explain, but after studying Zhao Wanling's face for a while, she asked, "From Xi'an?"

Li Heng said, "Yes."

He then continued, "Don't bother with this, Li Ran has already run away."

Zhou Shihe had a row of question marks on her forehead. When she turned her head again to look at the spot where Li Ran had just been, there was no one there.
They couldn't even find a trace of him; Li Ran had just slipped away in the chaos.

Zhou Shihe was speechless.

The mother and son were making a scene in the shop, but the instigator had disappeared, which was both funny and frustrating.

Before long, the Zhao family also discovered this situation.

Zhao's mother was so angry that she searched the entire store, both floors, but when she finally came to her senses, her son was gone.

This time, Zhao's mother was so angry that she couldn't hold on any longer. Her eyes rolled back and she fainted on the ground.

"mom!"

"elder sister!"

"sister in law!"

"..."

A series of urgent cries suddenly rang out in the shop as people gathered around Zhao's mother, frantically calling out to her.

Li Heng frowned, hurried over, and after carefully observing Zhao's mother on the ground, he said, "Don't surround her, let her keep her breathing clear and unobstructed."

Zhao Wanling turned to look at him, and as if possessed, she listened to him and pulled the crowd apart a bit.

Seeing this, Li Heng squatted down and reached out to touch Zhao's mother's carotid artery, which is located 3-4 cm below her earlobe. This is called pulse diagnosis to assess the patient's condition.

A few seconds later, he said to Zhao Wanling, "Unbutton Auntie's collar so she can breathe more easily."

Zhao Wanling had no better option at this point, so she bent down and did as she was told.

Li Heng didn't stop either, holding Zhao's mother's head in both hands and keeping her head turned to the side to prevent her from experiencing nausea, vomiting, or other related reactions that could lead to suffocation.

He learned all this medical knowledge from his cunning wife in his previous life. Well, he didn't specifically learn it; he just gradually picked it up over the decades through observation and experience.

He then instructed the Zhao family to call for emergency medical assistance, while simultaneously keeping track of the time on his watch.

Zhao Wanling, who was beside him, asked, "Li Heng, how is my mother?"

"Although her chest is in an abnormal state of fluctuation, fortunately it is a regular fluctuation, and her breathing is still relatively obvious. As long as there is no suffocation, Aunt Zhao will wake up naturally in a few minutes or ten minutes," Li Heng said based on his experience.

As everyone waited anxiously, the situation unfolded exactly as he had described. About eight minutes later, Zhao's mother slowly opened her eyes amidst an excited shout.

P.S.: 10,000 words have been updated.

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