1987 My Era

In Chapter 609, Zhou Shihe tells Yu Shuheng: I've fallen in love with Li Heng.
After entering the school gate, Li Heng wandered around half of the school by himself, intending to digest his food.

And you know what? After the Lantern Festival, the campus became lively at a visible speed. Before, I was terrified to walk at night, afraid of seeing ghosts.

And now, wow! Look, just walk into a slightly darker corner, and you'll run into one, two, three, or four of them. Either a man and a woman are having a heart-to-heart talk, or they're blushing and holding hands. Some are even hugging and kissing.

Tsk tsk, he ran into a couple under the tree behind the No. 9 girls' dormitory. The couple looked horrified when they saw him and were so scared that they didn't even dare to kiss him. They covered their heads with their coats and ran away panting.

Li Heng stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Hey! Am I that scary? You guys keep kissing, I can even teach you if you're doing it wrong.

Feeling bored, Li Heng simply turned back and returned to Lushan Village.

Mai Sui wasn't there, and neither was Zhou Shihe. Well, the alley ended in complete darkness; the girls had all vanished tonight.

After a quick wash, he went into the study.

This time, instead of preparing myself emotionally, I found some stationery, unscrewed the pen cap, and began to reply.

Reply to Jin Yong.

Didn't the other party want him to offer a different perspective? That's easy. He simply wrote down the ultimate version of Jin Yong's martial arts novels and some opinions from later forums. Ha! Just these alone will keep this cousin of Xu Zhimo busy digesting for quite some time.

Around 8 p.m., Maisui returned.

As soon as he entered, the girl fed him half an orange.

It's for real!
He wrote letters, and she fed him petals one by one.

Li Heng looked expectant: "It would be great if you could feed me with your mouth."

Mai Sui smiled sweetly, struggled internally for a moment, then drew the curtains, bolted the study door, and then, with a shy look in her eyes, put a segment of orange in her mouth and bent down to bring it to his lips.

Such a beautiful person, such an alluring aura, even Su Daji reincarnated couldn't compare, how the hell can resist this?

His body reacted instantly, and his blood rushed to his head!
Without saying a word, Li Heng immediately put down his pen, leaned back in his chair, and kissed her.

He kissed her while eating the orange from her mouth.

He wasn't in a hurry, he ate little by little, until finally he made her so hungry she could hardly breathe.

Seeing this, Li Heng was moved and hugged her tightly, pulling her onto his lap. The two of them kissed passionately.

Mai Sui had completely given her heart to this man, and she was willing to cooperate with whatever kiss he wanted.

Even if it breaks through her psychological defenses time and time again.

Despite being incredibly nervous, she wouldn't refuse.

Because she loves this man.

After a long kiss, the two finally separated, embracing each other silently with deep affection, filling the study with a moment of tenderness.

After a few moments, Li Heng kissed the delicate tip of her jade-carved nose and asked, "Why are you spoiling me so much tonight?"

His pointing at the oranges was completely unexpected.

He hadn't expected it, but she actually agreed to feed him, which made things difficult for her. However, it was a delightful surprise; their kiss this time was more romantic than any they'd ever shared before.

He was satisfied, and she was satisfied too.

Mai buried her head in his neck and said with a reluctant expression, "You're leaving the country tomorrow, and I don't want to disappoint you."

Li Heng held her hand and said, "As long as you're by my side, I will never be disappointed."

Mai Sui gave a muffled "hmm" and tightened her grip on his arms.

Li Heng looked down at her, feeling an unprecedented sense of satisfaction. "I heard that Western European chocolate is good. I'll bring some back for you."

“Okay.” Wheat buds peeked out from behind his neck, revealing half of her alluring red lips as she looked up at him happily.

Li Heng said, "Your lips are so beautiful."

The wheat ears seemed to understand, and slowly closed their eyelashes, allowing you to pick them.

Li Heng did not disappoint the beauty, and deeply kissed her red lips. As the competition intensified, at a certain moment, Mai Sui was moved and couldn't help but hug his neck, returning his kiss passionately.

...

The study was filled with blooming flowers, but two uninvited guests arrived at the door.

Zhou Shihe and Wei Xiaozhu.

Sun Manning and Ye Ning went out to play. Zhou Shihe and Wei Xiaozhu wanted to come here to watch TV for a while, but they didn't expect that there was no one in the living room.

It's one thing that no one was in the living room, but considering that the study curtains were drawn when I went downstairs, what does that mean?
Even a fool would understand.

Because Li Heng used to never draw the curtains in his study, saying that it was more breathable and would help him stay clear-headed for longer periods, which was good for reading and writing.

But now…
Zhou Shihe walked lightly to the door of the study. She was about to knock, but her raised hand did not fall. She hesitated and then withdrew it.

Without even opening the door, she could almost see the erotic scene inside. She pouted her delicate lips, but then realized there were outsiders present, so she regained her composure and turned to meet Wei Xiaozhu's gaze in the center of the living room.

After exchanging glances for a while, Zhou Shihe once again took small, light steps and walked towards the entrance of the stairwell.

Wei Xiaozhu glanced at the study door and followed quietly.

The two women descended the stairs one after the other, without saying a word.

Only after leaving Building 26 did Wei Xiaozhu not be able to resist glancing back at the window of the study on the second floor. The curtains were tightly closed, and the light was dim, making it the perfect place for a secret rendezvous.

Looking at the study on the second floor for the third time, Wei Xiaozhu said, "Shihe, it's still early, let's go for a walk in Yan Garden."

Zhou Shihe gently agreed.

So the two women walked along the bluestone slabs out of the alley.

As they left Lushan Village, Wei Xiaozhu suddenly asked, "Can you understand wheat ears?"

She asked: Can you understand why Mai Sui would willingly become Li Heng's mistress and confidante?

In her eyes: Mai Sui was very beautiful, with a flawless figure and alluring eyes. One glance was enough to make her unforgettable, one glance was enough to make a man swoon, and one glance was enough to remind people of the great beauties in history, Su Daji and Bao Si.

Therefore, she could understand why Mai Sui fell in love with Li Heng involuntarily, but she didn't quite understand why Mai Sui didn't fight for him.

She clearly possessed all the best qualities to attract men, yet she willingly became Li Heng's behind-the-scenes woman without even making a fuss.

This was something that puzzled her greatly, and she couldn't figure it out even after thinking about it for a long time.

However, Wei Xiaozhu couldn't say these things directly, so she could only express them tactfully.

The clever Zhou Shihe understood her friend's implied meaning almost without thinking. After a moment's thought, she said, "I've asked this question before."

Wei Xiaozhu asked curiously, "What did the wheat stalk answer?"

Zhou Shihe said, "She said she didn't want to put Li Heng in a difficult position."

Wei Xiaozhu asked, "Is this the only reason?"

Zhou Shihe said, "Her love for Li Heng was unforgettable."

Upon hearing this, Wei Xiaozhu fell into deep thought.

After a while, Wei Xiaozhu looked up at her friend and asked again, "What do you think about Li Heng being entangled with three talented women at the same time—Xiao Han, Mai Sui, and Teacher Yu?"

Zhou Shihe slowly shook her head.

Wei Xiaozhu asked in surprise, "No opinion?"

Zhou Shihe looked ahead and spoke quietly after a long while: "If a man becomes a legend, he will inevitably have more than one kind of flower by his side."

Wei Xiaozhu carefully pondered these words, and combined them with the famous figures from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign, and felt that they made a lot of sense.

....
After 10pm.

After Li Heng finished writing the letter, he and Mai Sui came out of the study.

After searching for a while without finding her, they finally went to Yanyuan and brought Zhou Shihe back.

Neither of them asked Zhou Shihe why she went to Yanyuan. It's always better to leave room for maneuver in some matters, giving each other some breathing space.

The three watched TV in the living room of Building 26 for a while. Seeing that the girls' dormitory building had closed and Sun Manning and Ye Ning had not shown up, Mai Sui said to Zhou Shihe, "Manning and Ningning should be in the dormitory. Shihe, come sleep here with me tonight."

Zhou Shihe instinctively wanted to refuse. She knew that Li Heng and Sui Sui might have slept in the same bed in the second bedroom at the same time.

When a man and a woman sleep together, both at the prime of their lives, what might they do at night? Need I say more?

However, when she received a look from Li Heng, Zhou Shihe lowered her head and pondered for a moment before agreeing: "Okay."

After agreeing, she pouted almost imperceptibly, unconsciously smoothing a strand of hair behind her ear with her right hand, then stood up and walked towards the second bedroom first.

For some reason, she didn't want to meet Li Heng's gaze, nor did she want him to secretly observe her for a long time.

The door opens, the door closes.

The living room and the second bedroom instantly became two separate worlds.

Zhou Shihe leaned against the door, and her frail body, which had been tightly wound like a spring, finally relaxed completely.

After pausing for a few seconds, she went to the window, opened the glass, put her hands on the windowsill, and leaned out halfway to breathe in the fresh air.

Afterwards, Zhou Shihe stared blankly at the darkness outside.

...

The living room outside.

Mai Sui said softly to Li Heng, "I'll take a shower first so I can go in and keep Shi He company sooner. I'll put your pajamas on your bed in the bedroom for you to wear tonight; you can get them yourself later."

Li Heng nodded in agreement.

That night, he didn't go to bed early, but instead worked in his study until about 2 a.m. before stopping.

Surprisingly, even at this hour, Teacher Yu was still enjoying the night breeze in the opposite attic, holding a glass of red wine in her hand.

He was a little worried, so he went up to the attic, made a gesture and asked: Why aren't you asleep yet?
Yu Shuheng smiled, raised her wine glass, toasted him across the alley, and then took a small sip.

Afraid of disturbing other people's sleep, the two looked at each other and remained silent.

Finally, on a whim, Li Heng ran back to the living room, wrote a note, crumpled it up, and threw it over.

Yu Shuheng looked at him for a while, then bent down gracefully, picked up the note, and opened it under the dim electric light.

The note read: "I have to get up early to catch a flight tomorrow morning, but I'm still not asleep. Is something bothering you?"

After reading it, Yu Shuheng went back to her room and wrote back a note with a meaningful tone: "When I'm alone, watching someone busy in the study makes me feel at ease."

She also crumpled up the note and threw it at him.

Li Heng picked up the note and read it. Well, his heart was finally at ease.

After exchanging glances for a while, Li Heng suddenly felt sleepy, yawned, and waved his hand to indicate that he was going back to his room to sleep.

Yu Shuheng waved goodbye generously, wishing him goodnight. Watching the young man go inside and turn off the lights, she suddenly found this way of communicating quite interesting and memorable.

...

1989, April 2.

At 5:30 a.m., a Mercedes-Benz drove away from Fudan University and headed for Shanghai Airport.

Yu Shuheng was driving, and Li Heng was in the passenger seat.

Zhou Shihe sat in the back row.

Li Heng turned his head and asked, "Teacher, you went to bed so late last night, aren't you tired? Should I drive?"

Yu Shuheng focused on the road ahead: "I drank a cup of coffee before leaving home, and I'm feeling pretty good right now. I'll catch up on sleep on the plane."

Upon hearing this, Li Heng glanced at Miss Zhou in the back row out of the corner of his eye, then calmly closed his eyes.

There was silence in the car for a moment. When they arrived at the airport, he offered to help Zhou Shihe with her luggage: "Comrade Shihe, will your family be going?"

Zhou Shihe shook her head slightly, "Mom trusts Teacher Yu more."

He said it all in one sentence, and asked no more questions.

The three of them were in first class, but the flight would take about 12 hours. To kill time, Li Heng and Yu Shuheng started catching up on sleep.

Zhou Shihe, who was by the window, first admired the scenery outside for a while, and then took out a book from her bag to read. When there was no sound coming from the first class cabin and it was completely silent, she tilted her head slightly to the right and quietly looked at Li Heng beside her.

His breathing was even, and Zhou Shihe, who had shared a room with him before, was absolutely certain that Li Heng was asleep, and in a deep sleep.

Gazing at his face, she couldn't help but recall her conversation with Sui Sui in bed last night.

Last night, Mai Sui asked him, "Shi He, Li Heng and I haven't been paying much attention, has that affected you guys?"

This "I didn't pay much attention" refers to the fact that she and Li Heng sometimes acted intimately in front of the other girls.

Zhou Shihe replied, "No."

"Really not?"

"Ah."

Hearing this, Mai Sui breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. I was worried that Li Heng and I were causing you trouble."

Zhou Shihe smiled and said, "The key to dating is a relaxed feeling. If you're too rigid and deliberately avoid certain things, it'll be exhausting. We're all sisters, so you don't need to worry about us."

Hearing this, Mai Sui finally put her worries to rest.

Recalling what happened last night, Zhou Shihe had a strange feeling that Sui Sui was testing her.

However, she knew that she was being overly sensitive and overthinking things.

Thinking of this, she turned her gaze back to the book in her hands, but no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't concentrate.

After trying a few times, she closed the book and slowly closed her eyes.

But two hours passed and he still couldn't fall asleep.

With a troubled mind, she opened her eyes and looked out the window at the white clouds, lost in thought: What if the plane crashes when it flies so high?
Then I thought, so be it if I fall, my life is a mess right now.

What are you looking at? Aren't you going to sleep?

Suddenly, she heard a soft male voice.

Without turning around, Zhou Shihe knew who it was, and could even imagine his sleepy expression, "Can't sleep."

Li Heng yawned and asked, "Something on your mind?"

Zhou Shihe quietly shook her head.

Li Heng rubbed his temples and mumbled sleepily, "Mmm~, I slept so well, I'll sleep a little longer, wake me up when we get there."

Zhou Shihe gently agreed.

Not long after, he fell into a deep sleep again.

Zhou Shihe withdrew her gaze from outside the plane and silently cast it back onto his face, unlike when she had just boarded.

At this moment, she felt no longer troubled, and her heart was inexplicably at peace.

For a fleeting moment, she wanted to shake him awake and ask him: "Can you please stop disappearing without a trace? Please let me go."
However, despite thinking about it, she didn't do it.

Because she knew that she was suffering from a mental illness, and he was just a trigger; the real source of her illness lay within herself.

Just as she was quietly watching Li Heng, her thoughts wandering endlessly, Yu Shuheng woke up.

When Yu Shuheng woke up, she immediately noticed Zhou Shihe's unusual condition.

As a woman, especially during this special time, Zhou Shihe was particularly perceptive and looked at Teacher Yu almost simultaneously.

In the utter silence, there was a sudden "bang" as two pairs of eyes collided without warning.

He exuded a scholarly air, with deep-set eyes and an imposing presence that seemed to see through everything in the world.

A pair of eyes, simple, pure, and bright, with a beautiful glow emanating from their black and white, are the most flawless and pure soul in the world.

But when these two completely different styles of gaze collide, it creates an explosive force, like Mars colliding with Earth! Destructive power!
Even more fatal was that, despite thinking that the imposing Teacher Yu would have the upper hand, things didn't go as planned. Zhou Shihe was like a vast ocean, and Teacher Yu had no way to use her strength.

do not know why?
There were no prior warnings.

But the two women suddenly started looking at each other for no apparent reason, and neither of them looked away or spoke.

They remained in a silent standoff...

Yu Shuheng didn't back down because she knew she couldn't. Her intuition told her that it was no longer a matter of a young boy's unwavering, one-sided love for another; Zhou Shihe had also developed feelings for the man she was determined to have.

As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.

Yu Shuheng vaguely realized that if she retreated now, she would have to make endless concessions in the future.

Zhou Shihe did not back down either.

She didn't want to quit. In the past, Teacher Yu had always suspected her and kept her on guard, which annoyed her to no end and crossed her bottom line.

Well, after all the suspicion and precautions, in the end, something out of nothing actually came to light, and the false became the true.

Zhou Shihe is gentle and tolerant of those around her, and she is always humble and modest. But unfortunately, Teacher Yu is not among them.

They stared at each other silently, and no one knew how much time had passed...

Yu Shuheng finally broke the silence: "Do you really understand him?"

Zhou Shihe said calmly, "It's good in every way, except that he's a bit of a flirt."

Yu Shuheng smiled mysteriously: "A little? He might be even more of a womanizer than you think."

Zhou Shihe was not provoked and asked in a gentle and soothing tone, "If that's the case, why is the teacher still infatuated with him?"

Note that she used the word "obsessed".

What does this mean?
What is this trying to express?
It goes without saying, okay?

The implied meaning of this statement is: Teacher Yu actively pursued him.

In this day and age, it's a huge taboo for a female teacher to actively pursue a male student. Is that even acceptable?

Meanwhile, Li Heng fell in love with her and Zhou Shihe at first sight, and his feelings for her came first.

One is proactive, the other is passive; their significance is extraordinary, and the underlying reasons are far more than just different.

To put it bluntly: the person you've been relentlessly pursuing, the person you can't have now, is still longing for me. Doesn't that make you feel bitter?

A seemingly insignificant remark, a statement of fact, a casual remark, yet it delivered a polite and bloodless blow to Yu Shuheng.

The process was elegant, but the result was devastating.

Zhou Shihe has always believed in the principle of "I will not offend others unless they offend me; if they offend me, I will retaliate in full."

Of course, she has always been aloof and reserved, and she would not make a big deal out of the weak, but would only fight back effectively against opponents of the same level.

And there's a prerequisite: that an opponent of the same level has thoroughly offended her.

Having lived for almost 20 years, so far, Teacher Yu is the only person who has successfully provoked her and the only person who has aroused her rebellious emotions.

Understanding Zhou Shihe's deeper meaning, Yu Shuheng was not annoyed. Instead, she took off her coat and covered Li Heng with it, saying gently, "I asked someone to take care of him."

She said she was asking someone to take care of him, and she proved it by covering him with a coat.

At the same time, Yu Shuheng's seemingly simple action was actually quite meaningful, showing affection.

A single action speaks louder than a thousand words.

After she finished speaking, Teacher Yu stared at her.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Shihe was even more straightforward, admitting herself: "I've fallen in love with him."

Okay! Okay! One sentence killed everything.

Once these words were spoken, there was no need to pretend anymore; the fig leaf was torn off and the truth was laid bare!
Teacher Yu likes to practice Tai Chi.

Zhou Shihe pulled out all the stops, revealing his hand directly by welding a thick, large steel plate in front of him. No matter how skilled your Tai Chi is, you won't be able to use it.

One is gentle, the other is strong; they do not coexist, but rather they are mutually reinforcing and restraining.

Yu Shuheng was taken aback. She had long predicted that Zhou Shihe, who seemed weak and powerless, would be difficult to deal with, but she did not expect her to be so difficult to handle.

really…!
As expected, her past assumptions were correct; this week, Shihe will be one of the biggest stumbling blocks on her path to marriage.

The reason it is only one of them is because there was another Song Yu.

Despite being inwardly taken aback, Yu Shuheng maintained her composure on the surface, smiling elegantly as she said, "Oh? There are quite a few people who have fallen in love with him."

Countless outstanding women wrote him love letters and poured out their hearts to him throughout his junior high, high school, university, and beyond.

The unspoken message: There are countless women who fall in love with Li Heng. Your love for him is nothing special.

This is how a person with depth and good manners speaks.

If someone uncultured and ill-mannered were to translate this into a crude dialect, it would be: "There are plenty of women who fall in love with Li Heng, rows and rows on the east side, who do you think you are?"
Zhou Shihe said casually, "Teacher, you are very knowledgeable. You must know the famous Song Dynasty poem 'Bu Suanzi: I Live at the Head of the Yangtze River,' which goes, 'I live at the head of the Yangtze River, you live at the tail of the Yangtze River. I think of you every day, but I cannot see you. We drink the same water of the Yangtze River…'"

It was originally a poem that used the Yangtze River as an image to express longing and yearning.

But here, we naturally skip the surface and go straight to the depths: just like the fish in the Yangtze River, all of which drink the same water and grow up together, but there are many different kinds and their quality is incomparable. Some are priceless, while others are rejected by farmers even as fertilizer.

The line "I live at the head of the Yangtze River, you live at the tail of the Yangtze River" is particularly powerful.

What Yu Shuheng is pursuing is to marry Li Heng. If she can't live in Changjiangtou, how can she get married? What kind of marriage is that?
It's like a flowing river: the upstream part is clean; the midstream part is barely passable; and the downstream part is all saliva, leftovers from others, so why would anyone eat it?
Ps:

Update first, then revise.

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