1987 My Era

Chapter 664
We lingered under the tree for a long time.

Li Heng didn't even know how he got to his teacher's house. His mind was in a daze, and he was trying to figure out where he and Da Qingyi had gone wrong.

How come it's leaking like a sieve now?

"Junior brother, sister-in-law, you've arrived."

Upon opening the courtyard gate, Sister Lin warmly accepted the gifts, and even used the terms "sister-in-law" for the first time ever.

Xiao Han had visited Mr. Ba's house many times, Mai Sui twice, and Zhou Shihe once, but Sister Lin only addressed Song Yu as "sister-in-law".

The reason for this is that, as a woman, Sister Lin could deeply feel the different feelings Li Heng had for Song Yu.

To sum it up in one sentence: Song Yu was the darling of everyone.

Yesterday, after leaving Lushan Village, Sister Lin, Editor-in-Chief Liao, and Mr. Ba had a serious discussion about this issue in the car, and unanimously agreed that Song Yu was the most likely candidate to take over. Teacher Yu and Xiao Han were the next most likely candidates.

Of course, there is a big variable here, and that is Zhou Shihe.

If Zhou Shihe is determined to interfere and cause trouble, it wouldn't be surprising if she becomes the final winner.

However, the three of them analyzed that Zhou Shihe is currently at a critical point, calmly sorting out her feelings, and whether she will lean left or right in the future is just a matter of a single thought.

It all depends on what she and the Zhou family behind her choose.

But one thing cannot be denied: Zhou Shihe has boundless charm.

Judging from yesterday's birthday party, eating cake, and their past interactions, in Li Heng's mind, Zhou Shihe's charm may be less than or equal to Song Yu's, but greater than that of others.

As for why Zhou Shihe's charm was slightly less than Song Yu's, Sister Lin, Mr. Ba, and Editor-in-Chief Liao were all puzzled and could only helplessly attribute it to the time difference: Li Heng and Song Yu had known each other for a longer period of time.

The address "sister-in-law" made Song Yu feel flattered, and she also gave Li Heng a deep look.

Song Yu knew that with Sister Lin's status, she wouldn't try to attract attention or deliberately flatter, so this title of "sister-in-law" was very meaningful and reflected her position in Li Heng's heart.

Thinking about this, she thought: Perhaps this is the biggest gain from this trip to Shanghai.

Upon entering the reception room, Mr. Ba was already waiting.

Mr. Ba poured a cup of tea for the two of them, then looked Song Yu over again. Finally, he smiled and nodded to his daughter, saying, "Not bad! A perfect match, it's been a long time since I've seen such a well-matched couple."

Song Yu accepted the tea with both hands, smiled, and said thank you.

She thanked the old man for the tea and for his praise.

Sitting next to Song Yu, Sister Lin chimed in with a smile, "That's right. Take good care of yourself, so you can officiate at your junior brother and sister-in-law's wedding in the future."

Before Li Heng could interject, Old Master Ba, unusually pleased, said, "I'll get married within 10 years at most, right? I think I can hold on for another 10 years."

Li Heng said with a smile, "Song Yu and I will remember that. We'll come to pick you up in person when the time comes."

The four chatted happily, using their future marriage plans as a starting point.

Half an hour later, Sister Lin went into the kitchen to make lunch.

Song Yu wanted to go along and help out, but Sister Lin pressed her down on the sofa, saying that the vegetables had already been washed and chopped in advance, and now all she had to do was stir-fry them, which wouldn't take much time.

After his daughter left, Mr. Ba, unusually, inquired about Song Yu's family situation. Li Heng had brought many girls with him before, but this was the first time he had done so.

Later, when they had a chance to be alone together, Sister Lin teased him, "Junior brother, the old man thinks highly of the two of you."

Li Heng kept laughing.

Sister Lin asked, "How much does Song Yu know about your other female confidantes?"

Li Heng sighed and said, "Sigh, I know everything now."

Sister Lin asked, "She didn't make a scene?"

Recalling what happened in the car earlier, Li Heng was still shaken. He was secretly relieved to have gotten through it, but he said aloud, "Song Yu is a kind-hearted person. She may have been feeling bad, but she didn't make things difficult for me."

Xiaolin was surprised to hear this, and after a long while, she praised, "She is such an understanding and magnanimous girl. If I were to marry her, the household would be safe and sound."

Sister Lin then asked, "What is her relationship with that Chen family girl?"

The woman from the Chen family refers to Chen Zijin.

Li Heng was taken aback: "You knew that too?"

Sister Xiaolin said, "Your senior brother told us, but I didn't ask how he knew."

Li Heng replied, "She and Zijing have a pretty good relationship."

After listening, Sister Lin asked again, "Do you think Zhou Shihe can be so tolerant?"

Li Heng countered, "Why did Sister Lin single out Zhou Shihe?"

Xiaolin said with a smile, "Because this is the most uncertain variable."

Li Heng remained silent for a long time.

Sister Lin asked, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Li Heng said from the bottom of his heart, "I don't know what to say. I'm not sure about her either."

Sister Lin nodded in deep agreement: "That's the feeling. Children from large families are naturally shrewd and don't show their emotions."

After lunch, the four of them went to Editor-in-Chief Liao's house.

Somewhat surprisingly, the customs woman was also there. A boy, about ten years old, was also playing around in the living room.

After entering, Li Heng glanced at the customs woman a few more times. To be honest, she was quite attractive; no wonder his senior wanted to sleep with her back then.

Li Heng took out the money on his person and counted it: 1027.6 yuan.

He carefully collected the change and slipped 1000 yuan into the child's pocket as a first meeting gift.

The customs officer was unsure whether she should accept the money, and looked at Editor-in-Chief Liao.

Editor-in-Chief Liao adjusted his glasses and said, "Junior brother, this is too much."

Li Heng waved his hand: "We're family, so let's not stand on ceremony. This is a gift from me and Song Yu to each other. It would be too formal for you to refuse."

Since things had come to this point, Editor-in-Chief Liao had no choice but to give up and signaled the customs officer to put the money away.

After serving the tea, the customs officer left and went to the market. The little boy clamored to follow her.

As soon as the mother and son left, Grandpa Ba asked Editor-in-Chief Liao, "Have you thought it through? Will you accept this mother and son?"

Editor-in-Chief Liao hesitated and remained silent.

Sister Lin chimed in from the side, "I think it's great. They've helped you raise your child to this age, what more could you want?"

After that, Sister Lin added insult to injury: "The Xu family is too prestigious. You're already this old, why bother to humiliate yourself? I think you two should just get your marriage certificate soon."

Editor-in-Chief Liao asked Li Heng, "Junior brother, what do you think?"

Li Heng sipped his tea: "Don't ask me, my situation is even worse than yours. I haven't even officially won Song Yu over yet."

He made up his mind not to get involved.

Editor-in-Chief Liao looked at Song Yu and said with great optimism, "I think your wedding is just around the corner. You can get married after graduation."

Upon hearing this, Li Heng immediately seized the opportunity and happily said to Song Yu, "Did you hear that? The teacher, Sister Lin, and my senior all say we're a perfect match. Marry me after graduation!"

Meeting everyone's gazes, Song Yu tucked her hair behind her back with her right hand, smiled slightly, and said, "Okay."

Li Heng almost jumped up, barely suppressing his excitement, "Really?"

Song Yu smiled but remained silent. Li Heng reached out and grabbed her hand, saying to Grandpa Ba, "Teacher, you heard that, so you'll have to be my witness later."

Feeling the sincerity of his last disciple, Grandpa Ba was happy for him: "Although I am old, I am not senile. You're good to me."

Editor-in-Chief Liao looked at Li Heng with admiration, thinking to himself: "When you get old, you don't have such a thick skin, otherwise you wouldn't have to worry about getting married."

After repeated persuasion from Mr. Ba and Sister Lin, Editor-in-Chief Liao finally nodded and agreed to get a marriage certificate with the customs officer.

Only now did Li Heng learn that the customs officer's Jurchen name was Zhang Yu.

The arrival of Li Heng and his group relieved Editor-in-Chief Liao's suppressed mood. The group ate and chatted until very late.

Sister Lin said, "It's almost 8 o'clock. Why don't you junior brothers come to my place to rest for the night and leave tomorrow?"

Li Heng glanced at Song Yu and shook his head: "Never mind, we didn't bring any spare clothes, so we won't have any to change into after showering. I didn't drink any alcohol for dinner, so don't worry about our safety, Senior Sister."

Seeing that he was determined to leave, Sister Lin stopped trying to persuade him to stay and personally escorted the two of them to the roadside.

"Teacher, we're leaving now. We'll come see you again when school starts." Li Heng leaned out of the car to say goodbye.

Grandpa Ba nodded and instructed, "Drive slowly and take good care of Song Yu."

"Okay, I know," Li Heng replied, closed the car window, started the car, and drove away.

When the car arrived in Jing'an, he asked with concern, "Final exams are coming up soon, did you bring your books?"

Song Yu said, "Yes, I have one."

Then she asked, "When will the wheat be arriving?"

Li Heng said, "It's hard to say. You know the customs in Shao City. Funerals can last four or five days at the shortest, and up to a week at the longest. But it's summer now, and the temperature is high, so it probably won't last too long, otherwise it will easily smell bad."

Song Yu said, "I want to see the wheat ears before I go back to school."

"Okay." Li Heng agreed outwardly, but inwardly he was bitter. If Mai Sui returned and found out about Miss Zhou's matter, he didn't know how he would explain it.

When we returned to Lushan Village, the lights were on in Building No. 26.

Upon entering, one finds four women—Sun Manning, Zhang Haiyan, Chen Xiaoyu, and Ye Ning—playing cards.

Upon seeing them appear, Zhang Haiyan immediately launched into a tirade: "Hey, what are you doing, great writer? You're only concerned with your lovey-dovey antics, don't you care about our lives? You're taking Xiao Han home, but you're not taking me with you?"

Li Heng immediately surrendered: "It's my fault. I'll personally drive you back tomorrow morning."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Haiyan immediately beamed with joy: "That's more like it. AAKK, Tractor, Manning, hurry up and clear the score."

Chen Xiaoyu stared at Li Heng and Song Yu.

Song Yu smiled faintly and turned her head away.

Li Heng quickly tried to salvage the situation: "I definitely won't leave you behind tomorrow; I'll take you sightseeing in Shanghai."

"That's more like it!" Chen Xiaoyu cursed the two of them under her breath, then went back to playing cards.

After watching the cards for a while from behind the four women, Li Heng and Song Yu went upstairs.

Li Heng said to her, "Go take a shower first, I'll tidy up the house."

Song Yu agreed.

After watching her enter the washroom, Li Heng stood there and sighed again.

What kind of life is it without wheat? I'm living worse than a pig or a dog. The house is a mess, no one's tidying it up, and I still have to sweep and mop. That idiot Sun Manning is so unreliable! She spilled crumbs all over the floor while eating snacks, and she didn't even bother to sweep them up. I hope next time you bite your tongue while eating snacks and get a mouthful of boils.

After muttering to himself for a while, Li Henghua spent a lot of effort cleaning the house, leaving him exhausted and his clothes soaked with sweat.

After Song Yu finished showering and washing her clothes, she asked him, "Do you usually do the cleaning?"

Li Heng said, "No."

He didn't explicitly mention wheat ears, but Song Yu already knew his meaning.

Song Yu walked around the entire house, carefully examining everything. "The decorations in the house are all made of wheat ears, which is very much in her style."

Li Heng did not deny it: "Yes."

Song Yu finally stopped in Mai Sui's bedroom and stood in front of the vanity mirror for a long time. Then she asked softly, "Is she still keeping her promise?"

She spoke incoherently, but Li Heng understood her perfectly at once.

This agreement refers to the promise Mai Sui made during the meeting between the two women at Chengnan Park.

Li Heng replied, "Yes."

Song Yu remained silent for a long time before finally turning around and looking directly into his eyes, as if to say: Rather than letting you indulge in romantic escapades outside, it would be better to have Mai Sui accompany you.

The meaning is self-evident: we hope he will settle down and focus on his studies.

This also indirectly tells him that she doesn't mind if he has a relationship with Mai Sui.

The kind-hearted Song Yu is a very considerate person. Mai Sui respects her, so she doesn't mind accommodating Mai Sui.

Since she already knew that the man in front of her would never let go of Mai Sui, she might as well let Mai Sui keep an eye on him in bed to prevent him from going out and having affairs.

To prevent another Huang Zhaoyi from appearing.

To prevent those attractive women around him from taking advantage of any loopholes and getting involved with him. For example, Wei Xiaozhu, whom I met this time, is very pure and beautiful, as is Huang Ziyue, the junior I met at the school gate this morning, and also the high school English teacher.

In Song Yu's opinion, the high school English teacher wasn't particularly beautiful; in terms of looks, she was at most above average. But her alluring sexiness was something that any man would want to take a bite of if given the chance.

As for whether Mai Sui has that ability in bed?

Song Yu never doubted, and even thought, that among his many female confidantes, perhaps only Mai Sui had the ability to lock him up completely.

The reason I say this is because a while ago, when I shared a bed with Chen Zijin, Zijin secretly told me an embarrassing secret: he said that he was very strong in that area, and Zijin couldn't handle it at all by herself.

She wouldn't have made these subtle statements in the past.

But today, in front of Grandpa Ba, he said he wanted to marry her after graduation, which reassured her.

This gradually changed her mindset.

Try to learn to be tolerant of his other women, adopting the mindset of a first wife. Since these things are inevitable, it's better to force yourself to adapt sooner rather than later.

At the same time, after walking around Building 26, she seemed to feel Mai Sui's love for Li Heng from afar, and she was moved. As her best friend and sister, she couldn't bear to bind Mai Sui with the "South City Park" agreement.

Li Heng understood her gaze, but said nothing. He simply walked over slowly, and under her gaze, reached out his hands and hugged her.

As their bodies pressed close together, Song Yu said with a faint smile, "I knew it. You always take advantage of me every time we meet."

Li Heng said in a low voice, "Thank you, you're so kind."

Song Yu looked at him helplessly: "You're already like this, what else can I do? Threaten you, force you to abandon all the women for me? And spend the rest of your life with me filled with resentment?"

Li Heng lowered his head and kissed her hair, saying from the bottom of his heart again, "Thank you."

Feeling his arms tighten around her, Song Yu didn't struggle and let him hold her. After a while, she whispered, "If there's a next life, please catch up with me sooner and don't make me suffer like this, okay?"

She is a human being, a woman with flesh and blood and feelings. Knowing that he had another female confidante outside the marriage made her more and more upset.

She has lived for 20 years, and the previous ten years combined were not as painful as these days.

Li Heng met her gaze without flinching and slowly said, "Okay."

(End of this chapter)