1987 My Era

Chapter 627, There are no secrets.
Li Heng asked, "It's almost dark, why are you two still rushing to Wujiaochang?"

Knowing he was worried about their safety, Wei Xiaozhu said, "I haven't seen Bai Wanying and Zhang Bing for a while, so I'm taking advantage of the free time today to go over. Zhou Zhangming and Yanling have already gone there, so don't worry about their safety when they come back."

Before he could reply, Wei Xiaozhu added, "Even if you go back to Lushan Village now, you won't see Maisui and Shihe. They're staying at the dormitory tonight."

Li Heng asked, "Did they tell you?"

Wei Xiaozhu pointed to Lao Li Restaurant, "Tonight, someone in their dormitory is having a birthday party. They were having dinner here half an hour ago. Mai Sui told me that they're spending the night in their dormitory."

Upon hearing this, Li Heng pondered for a moment, abandoned his idea of ​​immediately returning to Lushan Village, and followed along to Wujiaochang.

On the way, Dai Qing asked him, "Did you go out to collect writing material again? I haven't seen you since school started."

Li Heng casually replied, "I performed in the Netherlands before, as you know. After that, I had some things to take care of and stayed in Beijing for a while."

What is he doing in the capital? The two women exchanged a glance and wisely refrained from asking further.

I thought only Zhou Zhangming and Liu Yanling were with Zhang Bing, but I didn't expect Tang Dailing and Wei Sisi to be there too.

Upon seeing Li Heng appear, the people in the room were incredibly enthusiastic. Zhou Zhangming, without saying a word, took out two cigarettes, put one in Li Heng's mouth, and personally struck a match to light it: "Old Li, you're finally back. If you hadn't come back, both of our dorm rooms would have fallen apart."

"Scattered? Why did they scatter?" Li Heng asked.

Liu Yanling, sporting a 36D brace, chimed in, "Everyone's waiting for you, this busy man, to come back for the get-together. If you don't come back, the get-together won't happen, and if it drags on, it'll all fall apart."

Li Heng apologized, saying, "This is my fault. I will punish myself with three drinks at the next gathering."

With her left hand on her hip, Wei Sisi said, "Let's not do it next time, let's do it tonight. I really want to see the great writer who has the most beautiful woman in France infatuated with drinking."

As she spoke, Wei Sisi patted her bag: "I brought the camera I bought by saving up every penny. I'll take a good close-up of you drinking later."

Li Heng patted his stomach; damn it, he'd already eaten two meals in a row and was a little full, but he still didn't dampen everyone's enthusiasm for drinking: "Alright, let's drink."

Zhang Bing, with his keen eye, went to move the wine. Bai Wanying didn't stop either, calling Dai Qing over to help, chopping braised dishes to make appetizers.

Dai Qing rolled up his sleeves and said, "Do you have any vegetables in the kitchen? There aren't enough braised dishes for so many people. I'll go and stir-fry a couple more."

“Yes, come with me.” Bai Wanying wheeled herself towards the kitchen.

Seeing this, Wei Sisi and Liu Yanling followed, saying they would help them out.

Wei Xiaozhu didn't move; she wasn't very good at kitchen matters, so she simply sat and chatted with the others.

Li Heng, Zhou Zhangming, Wei Xiaozhu, Tang Dailing, and Zhang Bing sat around the dining table, chatting about winter vacation and the New Year. But as they talked, the topic unknowingly turned to Le Yao and Li Guoyi.

Tang Dailing said, "After learning that Le Yao was going abroad to study, Lao Li seemed like a different person. She stopped smiling and talking, and remained silent all day. Sometimes she would read books, always holding 'Water Margin' and 'Criminal Law' and studying them."

Li Heng asked, "If you can understand 'Water Margin,' why are you reading 'Criminal Law'?"

Tang Dailing shook his head. "I asked him about this, and he said he was just browsing around out of boredom."

After he finished speaking, the group looked at each other, none of them believing his nonsense.

Just browsing?

Has anyone ever casually flipped through the Criminal Law?

Bai Wanying returned, having been ushered out of the kitchen by the women who told her to rest. She happened to overhear their conversation and slowly wheeled over, saying, "They're probably still resentful and are plotting revenge."

Unaware of the situation, Zhou Zhangming and Tang Dailing asked in unison, "Whom are we taking revenge on?"

In Zhou Zhangming and Tang Dailing's eyes: Several months have passed, and the suspect who beat Li Guoyi has not yet been identified. Who else can they retaliate against? How can they retaliate?
Bai Wanying exchanged knowing glances with Li Heng and Wei Xiaozhu, then sighed and said, "The Emperor hasn't reached a conclusion on this matter yet, so I won't say more. However, I believe Li Guoyi has someone he suspects. Just wait and see; Li Guoyi isn't the type to suffer a loss."

After taking a drag on his cigarette, Zhou Zhangming said, "I agree with Wanying. Sigh, we need to give Lao Li some serious advice later. We mustn't let her do anything foolish."

None of them responded, none of them believing they could persuade Li Guoyi.

Just as Tang Dailing said, "If there really were someone to suspect, I wouldn't be able to swallow this insult either."

Wei Xiaozhu didn't like hearing about fighting and killing, so she changed the subject and asked, "By the way, Tang Dailing, how is Li Guoyi's health? Has he been discharged from the hospital?"

Tang Dailing said, "When he was discharged from the hospital last week, Li Guang and I even went to help him move his things."

Li Heng asked, "When are you coming back to class?"

Tang Dailing said, "It should be next week. Lao Li said before that she would go home to recuperate for about half a month."

The wine and dishes have been served.

Li Heng kept his word and actually punished himself with three cups of wine.

Seizing the rare opportunity, Wei Sisi enthusiastically took six photos of him, jokingly saying that if life became difficult in the future and she needed money, she would sell these photos.

Li Heng asked in a cooperative tone, "Comrade Sisi, how about striking a pose?"

Wei Sisi poked her head out from behind the camera: "What's a pose?"

After saying that, Wei Sisi understood most of the meaning from the English, and said after a few "ohs", "Xiaozhu, move aside, I need to take a picture of Li the Rich and Qingqing together."

Upon hearing this, almost everyone present understood immediately, and their eyes all turned to Li Heng and Dai Qing.

Wei Xiaozhu smiled slightly, and was really about to get up and stand to the side.

With so many eyes watching, Dai Qing's face flushed slightly. She reached out and grabbed her best friend's arm tightly, preventing Wei Xiaozhu from leaving.

Helpless, Wei Xiaozhu stood up and then sat down again, placing herself between the two of them to take a photo together.

After taking the photos, Wei Xiaozhu brought over a bottle of wine, poured a glass for Li Heng and Dai Qing, and poured one for herself. Before leaving, she said to him, "Li Heng, let's have a drink together."

"Alright." Li Heng was very obliging, picked up his wine glass and clinked it with the two women's glasses, then downed it in one gulp.

After finishing her drink in one gulp, Wei Xiaozhu put down her cup and asked, "Is it cold in Beijing?"

Li Heng replied, "Cold."

Wei Xiaozhu said, "A newspaper reported a while ago that Anta Shoes' sales exceeded 100 million yuan in two months. Is that true?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the table fell silent. Those who were drinking, chatting, and joking stopped and quietly pricked up their ears to listen.

Li Heng had been focusing intently on spending time with Zijing recently, or guiding the revision of teaching materials and helping to fill in gaps in them at New Future School whenever he had free time, so he didn't pay much attention to related reports.

However, he quickly realized that this was probably an exaggeration by Li Wang, who deliberately said 100 million instead of 80 million.

The purpose is self-evident: to advertise and tell consumers how popular, best-selling, and famous Anta is right now.

Having figured this out, he certainly couldn't expose him, so he vaguely said, "There should be, I've been quite busy lately and haven't been there to check, but I heard that the factory often operates on three shifts."

Upon hearing this, everyone present secretly gasped.

Everyone knows Li Heng's character; he likes to downplay his achievements and is quite low-key. Since he said "it should be," then it definitely is.

One billion!

One hundred million!
They earned so much in just two months. Every single person on the table was shocked, even though I was mentally prepared.

Zhang Bing couldn't help but calculate in his mind how much of his braised food, roasted sweet potatoes, and roasted corn he needed to sell to reach 100 million yuan.

50 years?
One lifetime? Or two lifetimes?

Just thinking about it sent chills down Zhang Bing's spine. He realized that the gap was too huge. Even if he stayed in this small shop for ten lifetimes, he wouldn't earn that much money.

Seeing everyone silent and feeling dizzy, Bai Wanying took the initiative to break the deadlock and said jokingly, "Hey, Li Heng, if I had known you were so good at making money, I should have listened to you and accepted your kindness to get better first."

Li Hengcheng thought to himself, "It's not too late now. As long as you nod your head, I can help you find a hospital, whether it's in China or abroad."

After staring at him for three seconds, Bai Wanying still chose to refuse: "Thank you, but let's wait until graduation. If I still can't raise the money for treatment after graduation, I'll shamelessly come to you again."

The reason she refused last time was that it would be after graduation.

This time, of course, she used the same reason.

Li Heng's gaze shifted to Zhang Bing, intending to ask Old Zhang to offer some words of comfort, but after a moment's thought, he gave up.

Despite her physical disability, Bai Wanying is determined and has a strong sense of self. Old Zhang has no power to change her decisions.

Wei Sisi poured Li Heng a glass of wine, "Big tycoon, come on, let's have a drink too."

Li Heng smiled and didn't refuse. Instead, he said to Tang Dailing, "Old Tang, let's go together."

Unexpectedly, Wei Sisi refused, pouting and saying, "I'm drinking because of your wealth, a hundred million! My God! I never dared to dream of that before, my ears are still ringing. When will Old Tang earn ten thousand yuan? Then I can drink with him."

Everyone laughed and egged Tang Dailing on to make money quickly, otherwise his wife would run away with someone else.

Tang Dailing rubbed the back of his head with his right hand, a wry smile on his face. He was still studying; let alone ten thousand, even a hundred yuan was difficult to come by.

After the two finished their drinks, Liu Yanling leaned over and asked, "Rich man, do you still want women?"

Everyone turned to look at Li Heng, then at Liu Yanling, and then at Zhou Zhangming, their expressions strange.

Li Heng was also a bit confused, wondering what this girl was up to.

Liu Yanling winked and said, "I have a younger sister. She's very good at her studies and quite pretty. She should be getting into Fudan University this fall. If you're interested, I can introduce you." Bai Wanying asked, "Is she your biological sister?"

Liu Yanling said, "Of course, would I recommend someone so enthusiastically if we weren't family?"

Wei Sisi, not one to shy away from stirring things up, said, "How pretty is 'pretty'? Is she prettier than our Qingqing? If she's not as pretty as our Qingqing, then forget it."

Liu Yanling glanced at Dai Qing subconsciously, smiled but didn't say anything, only saying, "You'll see her in person next semester. My sister looks like my mother, and she's much prettier than me."

Surprisingly, no one mocked Liu Yanling, because they were truly shocked by the 100 million yuan figure.

What is the average wage for a worker now?

How much do you think a university teacher earns in a month?
At most a few hundred.

Earning 100 million? Wow! I can't even imagine it.

Wei Sisi turned her head and excitedly called out to Li Heng, "Hey! Great writer, such a pretty girl, give me an answer, do you want her?"

Li Heng chuckled and said, "No rush, no rush. This is a big deal. I'll go back and discuss it with my wife."

"Tsk! Coward."

Wei Sisi rolled her eyes, then turned her attention to Liu Yanling: "Speaking of which, Yanling, how far have you and Zhou Zhangming gotten? You dare to openly act as a pimp for Li the Rich Man, aren't you afraid he'll get jealous and cause trouble?"

Liu Yanling clenched her fist and said confidently, "Prime Minister Zhou is magnanimous; he wouldn't do that."

As she spoke, Liu Yanling picked up a wine glass from the table and handed it to Zhou Zhangming: "Come on, Lao Zhou, let's show off our love to them and save face for you. Don't let Sisi keep saying that I'm cheating on you."

Everyone burst into laughter.

This is totally Liu Yanling's style, it's not unfamiliar at all.

In front of seven witnesses, Zhou Zhangming excitedly drank a toast with Liu Yanling. At the end, Liu Yanling even gave him a sweet kiss, almost making Zhou Zhangming faint.

The group chatted and drank happily until almost 9 o'clock before finally breaking up.

On the way back to school, Wei Xiaozhu asked him with concern, "You drank quite a bit tonight, can you still tell where you're going?"

Li Heng rubbed his temples. "Uh, it's alright, just a slight headache."

His mother ate three meals and drank two rounds of alcohol in a row, how could she not get drunk?

Wei Xiaozhu and Dai Qing exchanged a glance, and after entering the school gate, they spontaneously accompanied him to Lushan Village.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhangming, Liu Yanling, Tang Dailing, Wei Sisi, Zhang Bing, and Bai Wanying pretended not to see it and continued walking forward.

After they parted ways at the fork in the road, Zhang Bing pushed Bai Wanying towards Yanyuan alone. They had a rented room there, on the first floor, which made it more convenient for Bai Wanying to live there.

When they reached a deserted section of the road, Zhang Bing asked, "Do you really think Lao Li will retaliate against Liu An?"

Bai Wanying thought for a moment and said, "Given Li Guoyi's personality, I wouldn't say it's 100% certain, but it's pretty close. However, I don't recommend you get involved in this mess."

Zhang Bing hesitated: "We're all roommates, this..."

Bai Wanying interrupted him: "This has gone beyond the scope of brotherhood. Just like Tang Dailing said, Li Guoyi is now half-crippled. No man can tolerate that. It's pointless for you to persuade him. If you can't persuade him, are you going to go to jail for him? Or are you going to kill someone for him?"
"If that's the case, we should break up as soon as possible. I'm a cripple; I can't even deliver prison food."

Zhang Bing frowned deeply: "Is...it that serious?"

Bai Wanying said, "Of course I'm describing the worst-case scenario. Besides..."

Zhang Bing pressed further: "And what else?"

Bai Wanying said, "Besides, Li Guoyi is a person with a natural sense of superiority, and he may not have truly treated you as brothers in the past; moreover, the Li family may not necessarily want to let this go."

These words stung Zhang Bing, and he remained silent for a long time.

As if she knew what he was thinking, Bai Wanying looked ahead and said, "In your dormitory 325, there are four people you can really get along with: Li Heng, Li Guang, Tang Dailing, and Zhou Zhangming."

Let's not even talk about Li Heng. Boys and girls at school all wanted to befriend him, and I, who considered myself superior, was no exception. I even quite liked his looks.

Although Li Guang is always carefree, he has a kind heart and is a good-natured person. This is both his strength and his weakness.

Tang Dynasty Ling was honest and simple, quiet and not talkative, but very loyal. You could trust him with your back when you encountered difficulties.

Zhou Zhangming has a bit of a temper, but he's very clear about his likes and dislikes. In his eyes, it's either right or wrong; he doesn't have many underhanded tactics, making him easy to get along with. Old Zhou says he wants to go into politics in the future, but I don't really think he'll do well in that field.

As for Li Guoyi and Hu Ping, they come from wealthy families and have inherited the way their elders behaved since childhood, prioritizing profit above all else. The only person these two truly respect is probably Li Heng; they can't win over anyone else.

As Zhang Bing pushed her along, he said dejectedly, "You shouldn't have told me these things."

Bai Wanying tilted her head back, glanced at him, and said without any mercy, "Because you, like Tang Dailing, are also a really nice, simple-minded person. I'm telling you this early on, so that when I leave in the future, if you can use your sincerity to make friends with these four brothers, you won't suffer any losses."

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the other side.

Upon returning to Lushan Village, Li Heng discovered that the lights in buildings 24, 25, 26, and 27 were not on.

Damn it, what a coincidence, no one's home?

Wei Xiaozhu asked, "Should I go to Girls' Dormitory Building No. 12 and call Mai Sui back for you?"

Li Heng waved his hand: "Forget it, no need. She finally has some space of her own, don't disturb her."

Wei Xiaozhu asked, "So, tonight...?"

Li Heng said, still feeling dizzy, "It's nothing. I'm not doing anything tonight. I'm planning to just go to sleep."

Wei Xiaozhu and Dai Qing helped him up to the second floor. After seeing that he had indeed washed up quickly and gone into the bedroom, they tactfully left.

As Dai Qing left the courtyard, she glanced at the withered ginkgo tree.

Wei Xiaozhu asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Dai Qing said, "I remember Ye Ning said last year that Li Heng would replant a ginkgo tree this spring. It's March now, and Arbor Day is just a few days away."

Upon hearing this, Wei Xiaozhu also looked at the withered ginkgo tree for a while, and then said after a long time, "Actually, it has long lost its meaning."

This was a nonsensical conversation, but Dai Qing understood it and said with a smile, "It's true that we're surrounded by enemies. But it's not entirely meaningless. After all, she's my official girlfriend. Even if I put up a sign here, others will still have to be careful."

Wei Xiaozhu remained silent, but her gaze fell upon the small building at number 25 across the street.

Dai Qing followed her gaze and looked over. After a while, she said, "Actually, I've never understood why Teacher Yu doesn't act decisively since she cares about him. Is she going to wait until Xiao Han and Mai Sui graduate? There are still more than two years left, and who knows what kind of trouble might arise by then."

Upon hearing the word "oddball," Wei Xiaozhu couldn't help but think of her friend Zhou Shihe, who knew that Li Heng had a crush on Zhou Shihe.

If Xiao Han and Mai Sui's family backgrounds weren't enough to sway Teacher Yu, then Shi He was a completely different story.

Wei Xiaozhu replied, "That's also a problem I'm confused about."

Then Wei Xiaozhu guessed, "Do you think Teacher Yu has some concerns?"

Dai Qing asked, "What concerns? Is it the fear of a teacher-student relationship? But she's already fallen in love with her male student, and..."

Just as the two women were talking, a person suddenly walked out of the dark alley.

The two women looked closely and realized it was none other than Yu Shuheng.
Immediately, the two women felt a jolt in their hearts, and the words they were about to say came to an abrupt halt.

The three women faced each other, and the scene became somewhat awkward.

Facing the powerful and aloof Yu Shuheng, Dai Qing felt inexplicably nervous, because she knew that what she had just said was somewhat too...

Wei Xiaozhu was also a little nervous, but fortunately, she had been well-mannered since childhood and did not cry out "Teacher" in a hurry.

Having no other choice, Dai Qing gritted her teeth and called out, "Teacher."

Yu Shuheng nodded slightly to the two of them, then looked up at the second floor of building number 26 and asked, "Li Heng is back?"

Wei Xiaozhu said, "He was drunk."

Yu Shuheng glanced at Wei Xiaozhu, then at Dai Qing, seemingly lost in thought, before turning to Xiao Hui and saying, "Thank you for bringing him back."

After saying that, Yu Shuheng ignored the two women's gazes and went straight through the courtyard gate into Building No. 26.

Once Teacher Yu disappeared from sight, Dai Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "What bad luck! I never say more than five bad things about someone behind their back all year round, but I was caught red-handed today."

Wei Xiaozhu couldn't help but chuckle: "Don't be afraid, you're not going to compete with her for a man. Given her status, she wouldn't make things difficult for you over something like that."

Dai Qing pouted: "If I had your beauty, I would really want to snatch you away. Teacher Yu's gaze just now made me very uncomfortable."

Wei Xiaozhu tilted her head and asked, "Why are you so emotional?"

“In front of her, I feel like a glass doll, completely transparent to her, with no secrets left to me,” Dai Qing said, revealing her inner thoughts.

Wei Xiaozhu recalled the scene just now, agreed with her best friend's words, and then fell into a long silence.

(End of this chapter)