1987 My Era

Chapter 599, Two Tigers Cannot Share One Mountain

After delivering the bad news, Yu Shuheng wrapped her arms around his neck and pecked his lips twice like a woodpecker. Suddenly, with a half-smile, she made a surprising turn: "Little brother, do you want your teacher to sleep with you tonight?"

Smelling the faint scent of a woman up close and feeling the fullness of her chest, Li Heng swallowed involuntarily. "Teacher, stop fooling around."

Yu Shuheng pecked his lips again and said softly, "I had a dream last night."

Li Heng asked, "What dream?"

Yu Shuheng told him, "They say two tigers can't share one mountain. But in my dream last night, three tigers appeared on one mountain. Isn't that strange?"

Three tigers?

Could it be referring to Song Yu, herself, and Zhou Shihe respectively?
Thinking of Teacher Yu's past actions, Li Heng's lips twitched involuntarily. "Then which tiger won?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Shuheng's eyes gleamed strangely, and she replied irrelevantly, "The female monkey in the tree won."

"what?"

Li Heng exclaimed, somewhat bewildered, "A female monkey? What does that mean?"

Yu Shuheng said, "When the three tigers were fighting over territory, the female monkey in the tree got pregnant."

Li Heng asked, "What happens next?"

“There was no after that. I woke up afterward,” Yu Shuheng said, then asked him, “You said you’ve read feng shui books and can read palms. Can you help me analyze what this dream means?”

A female monkey?

Is she referring to Xiao Han? Zi Jin? Or Consort Huang?

Currently, he has had relationships with all three of them.

Li Heng was momentarily confused as to whether the woman in front of him was truly dreaming, or if she was using the dream as a metaphor for something else.
However, after carefully observing her micro-expressions, he was more inclined to believe that Teacher Yu really had this strange dream.

Thinking of this, Li Heng pretended to be annoyed and said, "Old people say that dreams are the opposite of reality. Besides, the reason why monkeys live in trees all year round is that they can't compete with tigers, which are known as the king of beasts, for territory. Surely our smart teacher Yu doesn't even know this common sense?"

Yu Shuheng smiled warmly, "Okay, then let's not talk about the mother monkey. Can you help me analyze the dream about the three tigers?"

Li Heng immediately retorted, "You know that two tigers cannot share one mountain, so this is clearly a sign of your lack of confidence."

With a simple "lack of confidence," she shifted the blame to Teacher Yu, perfectly avoiding all potential pitfalls and leaving Yu Shuheng with no room for rebuttal.

She argued that continuing to bring up the dream was a sign of insecurity.

Yu Shuheng stared intently into Li Heng's eyes, then suddenly smiled gracefully, released him, lay down on his bed fully clothed, closed her eyes, and said, "Teacher is a little tired from the journey. Let's rest for half an hour, and then we'll rehearse 'The Street Where the Wind Dwells' a few times later."

"it is good."

Li Heng responded and stood there looking at the beauty on the bed. His gaze swept over her body several times. Her alluring curves could probably only be compared to those of a sexy high school English teacher.

At one point, he swallowed again, then looked away with difficulty.

He longed to pounce on them right now and devour them wildly, but the master and disciple were outside and could return at any moment, so he had to give up.

He left the room.

The moment the door closed, Yu Shuheng slowly opened her eyes, looked at the spot where he had just stood for a while, then looked at the ceiling for a while, and felt inexplicably choked up.

Just now, she had an inexplicable urge to have the young man pounce on her.

Now that the little man is gone, her thoughts have returned to the dream of the three tigers.

I had this dream suddenly last night. Is it some kind of hint from heaven?
Or perhaps she's just overthinking things?

...

About 40 minutes later, Wu Yili and Zhou Shihe returned. The four of them headed towards the concert venue together.

Upon arriving at the venue, without saying a word, Li Heng, Zhou Shihe, and Yu Shuheng quickly rehearsed the piece four times, only relaxing when everything seemed fine.

For lunch, the group ate at a Chinese restaurant outside, serving only Cantonese cuisine.

The restaurant has booth seating.

Li Heng and Yu Shuheng sat on one side, while Zhou Shihe and Wu Yili sat across the table.

After ordering and while waiting for the food, Yu Shuheng, who was sitting by the window, pointed to a tall building to her right and asked, "Do you see that building?"

Li Heng followed her gaze.

Yu Shuheng said, "Hengyuan Investment's headquarters are currently located there."

Upon hearing this, Li Heng gazed into the distance for a long time before blurting out, "How's Lao Fu's business in Tokyo?"

After asking the question, he glanced at Zhou Shihe and Wu Yili across the table and immediately lost hope of getting an answer.

Unexpectedly, Yu Shuheng secretly grasped his left hand under the table with her right hand and wrote a string of numbers in his palm: 3700
3700 million represents the results achieved by Teacher Fu in Tokyo, with the profit unit being US dollars.

Li Heng looked at Teacher Yu in astonishment, not expecting that this person would suddenly start playing around and even dare to grab his hand in public.

Okay, even though her actions were very discreet, everyone isn't blind.

Sure enough, Wu Yili, who was sitting across the table, saw it.

Zhou Shihe also captured this scene.

Wu Yili glanced at her beloved student, then at Li Heng and Teacher Yu, her thoughts unreadable.
Zhou Shihe, on the other hand, sat there calmly and leisurely drinking tea, completely ignoring the flirtatious couple across the table, looking quite composed.

After letting go of his hand, Yu Shuheng and Wu Yili chatted the rest of the time, with Li Heng occasionally chiming in.

Zhou Shihe, on the other hand, seemed like a beautiful puppet, barely saying a word throughout the entire process.

Both he and Wu Yili noticed one thing: Shihe and Teacher Yu didn't make any eye contact at all from beginning to end. If they weren't sitting at the same table, they would have thought they were complete strangers.

The dishes were served, with roast goose being the first to be served.

Yu Shuheng invited Wu Yili to start eating first, and then she tasted a piece herself. Then, she naturally picked up a piece and put it into Li Heng's bowl: "It tastes good, you should try it."

Li Heng ignored the master and apprentice across the table, shamelessly took a bite of half a roast goose, chewed it, and said, "It's really not bad, no worse than authentic roast goose."

After glancing at the man and woman, Wu Yili asked Li Heng, "Have you ever eaten roast goose in Guangdong Province?"

Yes, I've been there. Of course I've been there. In my previous life, I made a living in Guangzhou and stayed there for decades.

Li Heng muttered to himself, then shook his head and said, "There's a nice Cantonese restaurant in Xuhui. I've been there twice."

Zhou Shihe glanced at his eyes and then at the half-eaten roast goose on his chopsticks. She knew he was lying, but she didn't call him out on it.

"Hey, Shuheng, Li Heng, is it really you two?"

Just as the group of people were chatting and laughing, a startled voice came from the end of the aisle, and the person who made the voice quickly came to the group.

Li Heng looked up and saw that it was Ye Qing.

It's been over a year since we parted ways at Yuelu Mountain. I never expected to see each other here.

Ye Qing wasn't alone; her younger sister was with her.

The reason I thought it was her older sister is because the two sisters look very similar.

Ye Qing waved to Li Heng and greeted him with a familiar smile, "Good afternoon, my husband Shuheng."

Li Heng: "..."

Hearing this title, he couldn't very well deny it, after all, he had played Teacher Yu's boyfriend back then.

Moreover, his relationship with Teacher Yu is now impossible to hide from those in the inner circle.

Yu Shuheng asked, "What are you doing here?"

Ye Qing pointed to her younger sister beside her and complained unhappily, "Ye Ran came to study at the National University of Singapore this year. You really have a bad memory; you forget your friends as soon as you have a man?"

Yu Shuheng suddenly realized what was going on. After exchanging pleasantries with Ye Ran for a while, she asked before leaving, "Have you eaten yet? Why don't you eat together?"

Ye Qing was tempted, but after glancing at Wu Yili and Zhou Shihe, she gave up. "No, I just came to say hello. We've booked a private room."

As Ye Qing was leaving, she winked at Li Heng and said, "Great writer, I'll be there to support you at the performance this afternoon. Good luck! I'll treat you two to drinks tonight."

He kept calling her "your man" and "you two" repeatedly, leaving Li Heng feeling helpless. He had absolutely no temper with her.

If he didn't trust Teacher Yu's character, he would have thought that Ye Qing was deliberately invited by Teacher Yu.

Ye Qing was indeed not invited by Yu Shuheng.

However, during their phone conversation before the Lunar New Year, Ye Qing invited Yu Shuheng to travel together after the holiday. Yu Shuheng declined, saying she was going to Tokyo and Singapore and didn't have time.

But when Ye Qing asked her friend what she was going to Singapore for, Yu Shuheng didn't hide anything and said she was going to attend a concert and help out.

And so this coincidence happened.

Wu Yili secretly began to pay attention to her beloved disciple again, but to her disappointment, Zhou Shihe's expression was very calm and there was nothing unusual about her.

Li Heng also secretly observed Miss Zhou's expression for a while, but he accidentally met Teacher Yu's subtle teasing look, which startled him.

Damn it!
And this hasn't even happened yet! There's still nothing between me and Miss Zhou, and I already have this feeling of being caught in the act, it's terrifying!
Teacher Yu! What exactly are you trying to do?
You showed extraordinary tolerance towards Xiao Han, Zi Jin, and Mai Sui. But why did you seem like a completely different person when facing the "King of Fudan University," Professor Yu?
Li Heng was depressed.

The first half of lunch was quite lively, but the atmosphere suddenly cooled down after the Ye sisters came. Fortunately, Wu Yili was shrewd and tried her best to keep the atmosphere quiet by chatting with Yu Shuheng, otherwise the second half would have been deserted.

…On the other side.

Ye Ran asked her sister, "Is Sister Shuheng really dating Li Heng?"

Ye Qing said, "It's hard to say, maybe half and half."

Ye Ran asked, "What does 'half and half' mean?"

Ye Qing said, "There are rumors circulating in the industry about a teacher-student relationship between the two of them, and there are quite a few details. But it hasn't been made public, and the Yu family hasn't admitted it either."

Ye Ran asked curiously, "If that's the case, then why did you make things difficult for Sister Shuheng in front of everyone just now?"

“What do you mean by making things difficult? Your sister Shuheng has already fallen in love with Li Heng. Last year, she even asked me to come and act in a play at Yuelu Mountain.”

Ye Qing continued, "Zhou Shihe is so beautiful, even I, as a woman, am jealous. Since we've run into her here, shouldn't I subtly support Shuheng?"

Ye Ran was surprised: "Could it be that Li Heng and that Zhou guy are having an affair?"

"Probably not. Shuheng wouldn't be so useless as to lose sight of a man right under her nose, would she? But whether it's true or not, my going to support her will only benefit Shuheng," Ye Qing said with great loyalty.

This suited her sister's temperament perfectly. Ye Ran listened and then let it go, not finding it strange at all. After a while, she sighed, "I always thought Zhao Wanqing from the Zhao family was the most beautiful person in the world. I didn't expect to meet another one today. Sister, your worries are not without reason. If I were Li Heng, spending every day with such a stunning beauty, I couldn't help but be tempted."

The two sisters are from Xi'an and come from a prominent family. They are naturally very familiar with the Zhao family, which is also a large family. They have even dined with the third generation of the Zhao family several times.

....
After lunch, Wu Yili went off to do her work.

Li Heng, Yu Shuheng, and Zhou Shihe returned to the Raffles City Hotel to rest for a while and do their makeup.

Zhou Shihe took out a makeup box from her suitcase and asked him, "Would you like me to do your makeup?"

She still remembered what Li Heng had said before, that he insisted she wear makeup when they arrived in Singapore, and she had agreed then and was now ready to fulfill that promise.

Unfortunately, at that very moment, Yu Shuheng also spoke up: "Li Heng, let me do your makeup."

After she finished speaking, Yu Shuheng was stunned.

Zhou Shihe was also stunned and stood there.

Li Heng's mind was in a daze. He kept glancing at Miss Zhou on the left side of the sofa and then at Teacher Yu by the bedroom door on the right. The air suddenly became deathly still.

In the brief moment before the meeting, Zhou Shihe was the first to react. She picked up her makeup box, turned around, and went into her own room, preventing the awkward situation from continuing.

As soon as Miss Zhou left, Li Heng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Shuheng's eyes swept over him for a moment, then she returned to her bedroom with a sly smile.

Uh, he went back to his bedroom.

Damn it! Nothing seems to work today! Did I forget to check the almanac before going out? What terrible luck!
He got up, grumbling, and walked towards his room.

Seeing that he was trying his best, Yu Shuheng brushed her hair aside with her right hand and teased, "I thought you went back over there."

After closing the door, Li Heng rolled his eyes and plopped down in front of the vanity mirror. "Don't wear too much makeup."

"The whole thing was recorded on camera, so I won't be on camera if I'm not serious," Yu Shuheng said, clearly indicating she had no intention of listening to him.

Li Heng thought for a moment and said, "Okay, teacher, just do what you think is best. I trust you."

Yu Shuheng smiled and held his chin with both hands, examining him from left to right for a while before starting to work.

To be honest, although Teacher Yu and Zhou Shihe almost came to blows just now, once they started doing their makeup, they were at a professional level, with solemn expressions and very dedicated.

After finishing his left eye, she moved on to his right eye. Halfway through, she seemed tired of bending over and sitting on his lap, so she sat down and continued working meticulously.

This is really tough on Li Heng. He was already quite aroused by dancing intimately with Miss Zhou yesterday afternoon, and now this has happened. He's young and full of vigor, how can he possibly handle it?

At first, he endured it, trying his best to endure it.

Yu Shuheng tilted her head back as far as she could to stop him from kissing her: "Teacher just put on her makeup, and if it gets smudged, there won't be time to redo it. Just bear with it a little longer, I'll give it to you tonight."

It seemed there really wasn't enough time. Li Heng, unusually rational amidst his desires, immediately moved his lips down to her chest.

Although it's winter now, and the Lunar New Year has just passed (only the sixth day of the new year), Singapore is a tropical country and not cold at all. Yu Shuheng was only wearing a single layer of clothing, making it very convenient for him to make his move.

The button popped open, and Yu Shuheng shuddered. After a long while, she put down the eyebrow pencil, wrapped her arms around the back of the man's head, and closed her eyes. However, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, revealing the great turmoil in her heart.

After a long while, the two switched places, and Yu Shuheng sat down on the chair.

Li Heng bent down and whispered in her ear, "Teacher."

A sense of shame filled her heart, and Yu Shuheng turned her head away, fully embracing the warmth of his large hands.

...

Inside, spring was in full bloom, and the house was bustling with activity. The living room, however, was eerily quiet.

Zhou Shihe came out of the room, glancing at her watch frequently.

Eight minutes had passed since the agreed departure time, but the two people in the room remained motionless and did not appear.

Looking at the bedroom door a few meters away, for a moment, she thought of going over to knock on the door and call for someone.

But she didn't do that in the end. Instead, she sat down on the sofa and casually picked up an English newspaper from the coffee table to browse.

Ten minutes later, Zhou Shihe raised her right wrist to check her watch again. Her heart skipped a beat. Even without eavesdropping, she already knew what was happening inside.

For no apparent reason, she thought of the plot about men and women in the novel "White Deer Plain": Was he trying to harm Teacher Yu? Was he trying to harm her according to the descriptions in the book?

She stopped reading the newspaper, leaned back slightly, slumped onto the sofa, and closed her eyes to rest.

"Dingle bell...Dingle bell..."

After an unknown amount of time, the telephone suddenly rang in the living room.

The ringing phone sounded like a death knell, startling Zhou Shihe awake. She frowned, glanced at the still-closed door of someone's room, and reached for the receiver.

"Hello."

"Shihe, it's me. Have you set off yet?" Wu Yili asked on the other end of the phone.

Zhou Shihe said, "Li Heng is still getting his makeup done; it will take a little more time."

Wu Yili asked, "I heard you rejected the makeup artist I sent. You're going to do his makeup?"

Zhou Shihe said, "Teacher Yu did his makeup."

Wu Yili recalled Yu Shuheng's makeup today and said with some relief, "Teacher Yu's skills are still quite good. You need to get here before three o'clock."

Zhou Shihe said, "Okay."

Wu Yili was very busy, and ended the call after giving her instructions.

Zhou Shihe stood there in a daze for a moment, then took out a book from her bag, which was "White Deer Plain".

Turning to a certain page, a note suddenly appeared in front of me, which read: "Shihe, I've fallen for you."

She quickly read it twice, and found those eight words particularly jarring.

After a moment of contemplation, she picked up the note and tore it into countless pieces, then threw them into the trash can.

This tearing made her feel inexplicably better.

This tear shattered the last vestige of hope she had hidden in her heart yesterday.

In fact, she still doesn't dare to think deeply about why she asked him to write a note yesterday.

But now things are fine; her mind has returned to a state of calm and tranquility.

With a click, the door opened, and Yu Shuheng walked out.

However, Ms. Yu did not linger and went straight to the washroom.

Zhou Shihe took in Teacher Yu's behavior out of the corner of her eye, but she was not surprised at all, as if everything was expected.

Two minutes later, Li Heng came out of the bedroom, walked to the sofa opposite him, sat down, and asked, "Was that Teacher Wu on the phone just now?"

Zhou Shihe didn't even look up, casually flipping through the pages of the book, and said, "Hmm."

Li Heng glanced at his watch: "Are they urging us?"

Zhou Shihe said gently, "No, they just told us to get to the scene before 3 o'clock."

3 o'clock?

It's 2:23 PM now, and there's still more than half an hour left, so there's plenty of time.

Teacher Yu came out of the washroom and said to the two of them, "Let's go."

Li Heng stood up.

Zhou Shihe also stood up.

P.S.: Updated first, revised later.

(End of this chapter)