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Li Shi made a call directly.

After the call was connected, it rang several times before it was connected. Wu Yuan's low voice immediately came from the other end: "Teacher Li, wait a moment."

"it is good."

After waiting for a few seconds, Wu Yuan's voice returned to normal volume. She explained: "We are now at the village where Sister Yaru and her aunt live. In addition to Sister Yaru and her aunt, Teacher Wu Xiulin, there were some other people just now." I'm here, so it's inconvenient to talk."

Li Shi temporarily put aside what she had said on WeChat and asked: "Is Sister He okay?"

"Um……"

Faced with this question, Wu Yuan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I think she is very good, unprecedented."

Li Shi was stunned for a moment, slightly surprised: "How do you say that?"

After your husband dies and becomes a widow, is it better than ever?

Wu Yuan hesitated for a few more seconds. After Li Shi heard the sound of closing the door, her voice came: "Okay, I've closed the door. Now you can chat in peace... Teacher Li, I'll tell you Tell me a secret, do you know why Sister He has never given birth to a child?"

Li Shi came and was curious: "Why? Is there something wrong with one of them's health, or something?"

Wu Yuan: "That's not the case. It's not an objective reason, it's a subjective reason... The two of them have actually lived apart for many years... At first, they lived in separate rooms, but they were still in the same house. Later, they even lived directly apart, each with his own personal life. Their own houses, their own homes. If we look at it from a fact perspective, they were no longer husband and wife. It was just because of their status that they did not divorce... In this regard, Sister He had a hard life. She had been a widow for so many years, and even When attending certain occasions, you have to pretend to be affectionate.”

"Now, for her, she has been freed from some invisible shackles. Sister Yaru tells me everything, and I can feel it. She is more relaxed than before... Of course, when outsiders are around, She is still silent and sad... I have to say that the acting skills of women who grew up in tizhi like Sister Yaru are much more natural than those of us who work hard in the mall, hehe."

Li Shi reminded: "Woman, you are off topic."

"Haha."

Wu Yuan was amused for a moment and continued: "Even when we were alone together behind closed doors, she was very happy. After understanding her true thoughts, I regarded all this as a drama."

As Li Shi listened, some imaginary pictures suddenly appeared in his mind, as if he had seen He Yaru's unknown double life.

He couldn't help but shake his head, thinking to himself, indeed, many times, when looking at things and people, you can't just look at the surface.

Asked: "She can reveal this side to you without reservation. It seems that she really regards you as her best friend. Is it okay if you tell me?"

Wu Yuan immediately said: "It's okay. When she told me, I asked her specifically, and I told her that I would definitely be more unreserved in front of you, and even couldn't help but tell you directly. She said it's okay. , as long as you don’t tell anyone else.”

Li Shi smiled and said softly: "Okay."

Wu Yuan, who was on the other end of the phone, was nestling on the sofa in her room. She also laughed when she heard the simple word "OK". She knew that this simple word Li Shi represented absolute confidentiality.

She firmly believed in every word and every word Li Shi said.

But if, if what Li Shi said did not come true, then she must have a deep meaning or an absolute reason...

After chatting for a few more words about He Yaru, we turned to the previous WeChat messages.

Li Shi asked: "What exactly did Teacher Wu tell you about my paper? Are you sure both papers will be included in the next issue?"

Teacher Wu refers to He Yaru's aunt.

Li Shi had promised this old lady that after writing two calligraphy-related papers, he would first let her take a look at them, and then she would help recommend them for publication in the domestic core calligraphy journal "Huaxia Calligraphy".

"Chinese Calligraphy" was founded in 1975. It is managed by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and sponsored by the National Calligraphers Association and the National Calligraphy Publishing Media. It is the number one journal in the field of calligraphy theory.

At that time, Li Shi was taking care of his mother who was injured in a fall in his hometown. In his free time, he completed "Exploring "Characters Are Like People" from the Perspective of "Rhyme"" and "Exploring Advanced Issues in the Advanced Stage of Calligraphy from "Characters Are Like People"" etc. After reading the two papers, they immediately sent the electronic versions to He Yaru and asked her to forward them to her aunt.

Not long after that, he heard about He Yaru's death, so Li Shi did not ask her if her aunt had recommended her paper to a journal.

Unexpectedly, today the amiable old lady, Teacher Wu, specifically asked Wu Yuan to convey the news that both papers were about to be published.

"Both articles were published together in the next issue of that journal. Teacher Wu didn't know very well that Sister Yaru was not actually sad, so she came to me alone to tell me about it. She also mentioned your paper to some of her old friends. After watching it, the reviews are very high.”

"The other thing is to ask you to pay attention to the mail, and the journal will mail you a sample issue according to the contact address you wrote."

Wu Yuan said with pride in her words.

Li Shi was also very happy.

"Chinese Calligraphy" is the first journal in the calligraphy field. Being able to publish two major papers in this journal is enough to add the title of "calligraphy theorist" when printing business cards.

Moreover, publishing these two papers will be helpful for him to publish academic monographs later, and to promote his calligraphy works and his beautiful calligraphy style.

He smiled and said: "Yeah, I know, please help me say thank you to Teacher Wu."

The quality of his two papers was very high, but for them to be published so smoothly and so quickly, the old lady definitely played a role in them.

Wu Yuan: "Okay, I will tell her when I find an opportunity."

After talking about business, the two did not hang up the phone immediately.

The main reason is that Wu Yuan stayed with He Yaru during this period and saw a lot of people and things that she had never been in contact with before, and she had a lot of fun chatting with her.

She picked up what she wanted to say and told Li Shi one by one.

"I have opened my eyes these past few days, but..."

Li Shi put his cell phone on speakerphone and put it on the desk, holding a tablet in his hand, listening to her story and checking the news. When faced with this situation, he continued to ask in a very tactful way: "But what? Very emotional?"

"Yeah, I'm very emotional! However, some people in this world may look at the scenery on the surface, but in fact they are not happy. Just like me before, others saw me as a successful billionaire, and I didn't care about such a happy life. I had many employees, and my subordinates didn’t dare to speak loudly in front of me. In my daily life, I drove a luxury car, wore famous brands, and bought a bag for tens of thousands of dollars. Ordinary girls were envious of me... But you know, I was like that at that time. , especially I am not happy, I often suffer from insomnia at night..."

Wu Yuan suddenly said in a tired voice: "Fortunately, God has given me such a big baby like you, Teacher Li. Hehe, since I had such a big baby like you, I have never had insomnia again, especially when I am with you. When I sleep, it’s so fragrant!”

Li Shi's finger on the tablet paused, and he raised his head to look at the mobile phone on the table. After two seconds, he said: "Ms. Wu, what did you say in the previous paragraph, be careful of being beaten when you go out? But in the second paragraph... what do you want to express? Yes?"

Wu Yuan: "Hey, no, actually I still want to say Sister Yaru. I know that women feel uncomfortable when they are empty, but she has been empty for so many years. Just thinking about so many lonely nights makes her feel uncomfortable. .”

Li Shi: "So?"

Wu Yuan guessed that Li Shi had seen through her form, and said with a smile: "So, for the sake of Sister Yaru being a poor person, Teacher Li, if she talks to you frequently in the future, can you be more patient?"

Li Shi was stunned for three seconds, and then simply said one word: "Okay."

After chatting for a few more words, he was ready to practice calligraphy and said: "Okay, let's not talk about it for now. When I finish my work in September, I will go to Shanghai to find you."

After finishing in Wannan, I will definitely go to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

Wu Yuan said quickly: "Wait a minute, there is something very important that I just forgot to tell you."

Seeing that she spoke very formally and seemed to be on business, Li Shi also focused his attention and asked seriously: "What, tell me." "It's Sister Yaru, she..."

The woman paused, coughed twice on purpose, put her lips close to the microphone, lowered her voice, and clamped her throat, making the tone full of female deepness and magnetism.

"It's still pink."

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately hung up the phone.

At first, Li Shi didn't react. He was still thinking about what she meant and what she meant.

After a while, he suddenly realized something. He Yaru's dignified and noble look flashed in his mind, and he suddenly breathed a little heavier.

Immediately he shook his head and smiled bitterly, this Ms. Wu...

Li Shi sat at his desk, dazed for a while, and then began to study ink.

When the ink is thick enough, pick up the brush and start writing.

The first thing he wrote was Chapter 1 of the Tao Te Ching, and then the three poems by Li Qingzhao. When he was writing the second poem, he suddenly muttered: "According to Ms. Wu, it's really possible."

After all, she became a widow not long after her marriage.

"Uh... what dirty things am I thinking about? Whether it's true or not has nothing to do with me. Besides, we can't verify it. Just concentrate on writing, concentrate on writing!"

Li Shi shook his head, eliminated distracting thoughts, gathered all his energy, and focused it all on the study of calligraphy. Soon, he forgot about the existence of the outside world.

……

Aya took a shower in the room, dried her hair, and sat in a daze for a while.

I took out my phone again and lay down to watch videos for 10 minutes.

I don’t know what’s wrong. I used to think that lying down and watching videos was the happiest thing. But not long after I started watching videos today, I felt it was boring. The little guys on Douyin suddenly seemed to lose their taste. Even those I watched Celebrity idols also find it boring. Looking at them, I always feel that they either have makeup or plastic surgery, or the filters are too heavy, and they don't look natural and beautiful.

Yes, I don’t know when it started. Aya thinks that boys’ handsomeness must be natural.

There is no technology or hard work, no reliance on makeup technology.

Naturally handsome appearance and outstanding temperament brought by acquired cultivation.

As she thought about it, she couldn't help but picture the face of the hot guy next door in her mind.

"What is Brother Shi doing now?"

She quit Douyin, opened WeChat, and asked in the group of three formed by her sisters and Li Shi: "Brother Shi, what are you doing? Are you asleep?"

Sent the message, no response.

It was my sister Ailan who spoke up: "Brother Shi is silent, he is probably studying or creating."

Aiya thought the same thing, got up and went out, came to the door of the next room, stretched out her hand to knock on the door, raised it, and put it down again.

He lifted up the phone on his hand, turned on the front camera, checked his appearance, cut his hair to one side, looked left and right, and then raised his hand again and looked at the door after feeling it was pretty good. .

After knocking three times in a row, the door was opened.

When Li Shi heard the knock on the door, he happened to study the three poems five times. After writing the last word of the third poem, he put down his pen and opened the door. When he saw the girl outside the door, he smiled and said: "Do you still want to play black tonight?"

In the past two days, Aiya would come to him to play a few games before going to bed every day.

"Correct!"

Aiya responded smoothly. In fact, she didn't think so before coming. At the same time, she stared at Li Shi's face and observed secretly.

Sure enough, Brother Shi's face and figure looked comfortable.

Li Shi has returned to his desk: "Wait for half an hour, I will practice calligraphy for a while, you can play by yourself for a while first."

Ignoring her, Li Shi picked up the brush and continued writing.

Aiya blinked and sat on the sofa, holding her phone instead of playing games, but staring at Li Shi.

After a while, she muted her phone, then secretly took a photo of Li Shi practicing calligraphy and sent it to her sister Ailan alone.

Ai Lan: "You secretly filmed me again, Xiaoya, I feel you are in danger..."

Aya: "No, it's Brother Shi who is very dangerous! I'm a bit like his illegitimate fan now! (Smirking)"

Ai Lan: "(rolling eyes), as long as you are not his body fan."

Aya raised her head and looked at the desk again, thinking, it's not right now, but it won't be easy to say in the future.

Li Shi thought about the three poems three more times, then put away his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and played King of Glory with Aiya for more than an hour.

After she went back to the next room to rest, Li Shi went to take a shower again.

When he got back to bed, he remembered what Wu Yuan had said before. He used his tablet to log in to the email and checked it. Sure enough, he saw an email from the editorial department of "Chinese Calligraphy". He quickly replied to it.

"When I call He Yaru's aunt again during the day tomorrow, I still have to say thank you to Teacher Wu in person."

"Hey, once the two papers were published, my name as a calligrapher didn't come out, but I became a calligraphy theorist first!"

Li Shi thought about it and felt happy again. After answering the email, he started searching for nearby gourmet restaurants.

Wang Yuan, Wu Xiuyue and Xu Wei all sent messages before, confirming that they would be available tomorrow night.

"Tomorrow night, we will find a place to have a big meal first, and then go to the room to liven up the excitement. Well, when we get there in the morning, we will first turn on the Internet and then set up a mahjong table? We can't do without some entertainment activities even if we call people to Wenju."

Li Shi was thinking about tomorrow's arrangements when a message came up on WeChat.

When I opened it, I saw that it was from He Yaru.

"Teacher Li, congratulations on the upcoming publication of two masterpieces!"

It seems that he also knew that his paper was going to be published.

It was a very ordinary and normal message of congratulations, but when Li Shi saw it, he immediately remembered Wu Yuan's last words before hanging up the phone, and his eyes instantly became weird.

This goblin...(End of chapter)