Chapter 203 First Snow

Fairy tales love to use kisses as the key to unlock everything.

When Xu Jinnian was young, he had wondered why Western literary giants made such arrangements. Those thoughts were still immature, but already rational and cold, just like the chaotic years at the beginning of adolescence, his imagination of love and future partners:

A guy like him, probably no girl would have any feelings for him.

If he really falls in love one day and wants to draw a line between himself and his current self and keep that person by his side forever, he has no idea how to make the other person love him.

The only thing that came to mind was why she couldn't leave:

Power and money can make her dependent, and the days of having everything she wants will make her reluctant to leave. Staring at her all the time, restricting her freedom, and controlling her limbs can clip her flight feathers, leaving her nowhere to escape.

Kissing is a useless thing that is only promoted in cartoons.

No one has ever kissed him, but Xu Jiqing has begun to feel disgusted. He couldn't imagine that one day he would voluntarily give up even the protection of his skin and obsessively touch mucous membranes with others and exchange body fluids.

Just like he could never have imagined that there would be a day when he would want to kiss someone just by seeing her, and all of this was indulged, responded to, and even taught by her.

A kiss is no longer defined by its usefulness or uselessness, but rather as the glue that binds his scattered soul together. It is the closest thing to love in the world.

Xu Jiqing peeled off the hard scabs that trapped him layer by layer in these kisses. Sometimes he felt at a loss and bewildered, but he soon accepted this new self that was reshaped by Su Xia:

It was obvious that he didn't take off his clothes and turn off the lights just to avoid scaring her away. His motives were not pitiful, nor were they very upright. He had long forgotten whether he felt pain or not.

But the moment Su Xia kissed him, he seemed to really hear the sound of the key turning, and the spring breeze blew again. He had never felt so complete.

Su Xia has always been patient in coaxing people.

As for the question of what you can and cannot touch, you can find diagrams online for kittens and puppies, but there are no taboos for boyfriends.

Since Xu Jiqing cares about him so much, she must treat him equally, touch every inch of skin she can see, and give her acceptance and comfort to everyone one by one, without any favoritism.

"Do you remember that time in high school when you burned your hand?" She held his back, stroking his fur like a large dog, and her other hand slowly caressed the base of his right hand. "I put a healing bandage on you, gave you the burn cream and scar removal medicine, and then I ignored it. But later on, I think you applied it yourself. Now it's not noticeable at all."

“Medical technology is amazing now.”

She said, "I don't think it's a big deal, but if you feel uncomfortable, I will help you do your homework and find a doctor, and accompany you to remove all the unwanted things."

"You really don't care?" Xu Jiqing's body temperature rose a lot when she touched him.

Su Xia withdrew her hand, moved out of his arms a little, looked around, and was so attracted by his abdominal muscles that she couldn't move.

"I've already told you, broken handsome," she said, her eyelashes drooping, her voice getting smaller and smaller, "If you want to be with me properly, then you have to listen to me and be fair in everything you do. Why should you be the only one who looks at me? I have to look at you too."

"Your skin is so pale, and you can't tan. A few scars are kind of... sexy."

It has less inorganic coldness and more human touch.

Su Xia really thought he looked good like this. After her heartache subsided, she began to unconsciously treat him as some life-size bjd doll, looking him up and down.

With fair porcelain skin and battle-damaged special-effects makeup, if she were at the age when she loved playing with dolls, I would probably buy him a closet full of fancy and exquisite clothes, changing them for him one by one, just for herself to admire quietly in the room, and no one would be willing to touch them.

Su Xia was taught to be very polite since she was young, and she was gentle when touching people. Her original intention was to avoid the other person getting irritated by her touch, but it ended up making the other person even more itchy.

Xu Jiqing had reached his limit of endurance and held her hand. "Do you want some more water?"

Su Xia shook her head, a little embarrassed, "But I've finished drinking it. If you want to drink more, you have to go out and pour more."

"No water," he said.

The desk lamp is still as bright as before, and the atmosphere is warm.

Su Xia thought they were just having a normal goodnight chat before bed, but she never expected that she would be pressed against the bed and eaten in the blink of an eye.

Xu Jiqing's breathing was rapid and heavy. He seemed to have learned from his previous attempts and no longer rushed into her arms recklessly. Instead, he raised his arms, clasped her back, and pressed her hard against his face.

It was so cunning that it seemed as if she was pushing it to his lips through a layer of obedient cotton velvet pajamas.

The clothes were new, and the bruised peach skin couldn't stand being crushed like that anymore, it was so painful.

“You can’t eat like this…”

Su Xia's eyes turned red, and she frowned, wanting to push him away. However, her heart softened when her gaze fell on his shoulder. The intensity of her accusations gradually decreased, and finally became, "...Be careful. How can you sleep with wet clothes?"

She had just finished speaking.

Xu Jiqing buried his handsome face there and took two breaths of reluctance, then undid all the buttons neatly.

-

His birthday this year is on Saturday, so he spent half a day leisurely preparing on Friday and then slept in on Sunday, giving himself a whole day to relax.

This was the celebration process that Su Xia had circled and carefully designed in her schedule, but the implementation was very different from the plan. Her mother intercepted her before she was halfway through, and the so-called buffer became a continuation of the night.

The last knot in their hearts is gone, and nothing can stand between them.

Even through a layer of curtains, the sunlight is still warm and bright, and at sunset it turns into bright red malt sugar.

She was willing to stick with him under different lights. She liked the bright and shining love flowing in her young body, and she also loved to collect the look of her indifferent lover when he lost his composure for her.

Although it was not intentional, the rush of running she had done before has become the basis for her to recover quickly and enjoy love to her heart's content.

Su Xia became a girl who was seduced by forest monsters. She was entangled by snakes and turned into a small snake.

No matter where Xu Jiqing went, she would stick to him.

When he took the quilt from a high place, she stepped on the top of his feet and hugged him, with her cheek pressed against his chest.

He talked about whatever came to his mind in his dream, muttering nonsense like why he couldn't turn into a kangaroo, so that she could shrink and sleep in his pocket, be carried with him to bathe, brush his teeth, and eat, and serve as a holder for his phone and computer, and even better, he could take her on a plane to sneak her out.

When he was making soup in the kitchen, she adjusted herself to hugging him from behind. If he hugged her too tightly, she would start laughing and proudly say, "Xu Jiqing, you are like a mimosa, which will light up if you touch it."

The other person would just hold the lid of the casserole firmly, turn off the gas stove, turn sideways and kiss her deeply.

-

The Chinese New Year comes early this year, and with the devilish exam week compressed to the extreme, Christmas and New Year's Day seem dull.

Finally, it was mid-January. The counselor sent out the holiday notice, and the whole campus was filled with the sound of suitcases. Some went home, some went out, and by the evening, half of the students had left.

Su Xia slept for two days to replenish her energy. On the morning of the 20th, when she drew the curtains, the sky was gray and it was the first snow of the winter.

The snowflakes were not big, there was no wind, and they fell gently and gracefully.

It was far worse than the blizzards that made the news during the twelfth lunar month in previous years, but Xu Jiaojiao was still very excited. She sat in the back seat of Xu Jiqing's car, leaning out the window and watching the train station overpass gradually moving away, her big eyes shining.

I haven't seen the little girl for a few years. She has grown a lot taller.

From a mushroom head to pigtails, and then to the current single ponytail like a young lady, she is wearing a fluorescent yellow puffer jacket, dragging a small suitcase by herself, and her hair swings when she walks, looking very cool.

After picking someone up from the exit, except for the initial shyness of meeting Su Xia in person, he hesitated for a long time before uttering "sister-in-law". He kept talking all the way and seemed to be talking more than before.

Su Xia sat with her and asked worriedly, "Why did Jiaojiao come here alone?"

"There are so many people coming to the fried noodle shop every day, and my mom has to be busy at home."

Xu Jiaojiao has white teeth. "I called the aunt at the train station and told her there were children my age there. Every once in a while, someone came to see me. Just now, a train attendant saw me off when I got out of the station."

Students are on holiday together, and this is the first small peak of the Spring Festival travel rush.

Su Xia asked again, "Did any adults next to you talk to you or try to take your seat?"

"No," the little girl shook her head, "There's no one next to me."

"My brother bought me a business class ticket. The seat is so big, it can fit two of me. There are lots of snacks, and I can even lie down."

The car I drove today was the SUV that Xu Jiqing replaced during the New Year. The back seat was much more spacious than Chen Zhiheng's Porsche.

The big one and the small one were originally sitting on either side. Xu Jiaojiao moved while talking, and soon she was next to Su Xia.

When describing the seat, the hands are also used to gesture, open and raised high, like a little yellow chicken flapping its wings as if ready to fly.

Xu Jiqing glanced at her in the rearview mirror and said, "Xu Jiaojiao, go back and sit down."

“…”

Xu Jiaojiao looked at the back of her brother's head and said, "I'm afraid Xia...my sister-in-law can't hear me clearly."

“The cars outside are noisy too.”

She swung her ponytail and asked for help from the princess alliance around her, "Was it noisy just now?"

Regardless of the fact that he was actively supporting the whole time, Su Xia unconditionally protected the children and lied with his eyes open, "I didn't hear a word clearly."

"Who said he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night?"

Xu Jiqing had a blank expression on his face. He glanced at the little girl's hand on Su Xia's leg and asked, "Are you not sleepy now?"

"I'm sleepy."

Xu Jiaojiao hugged her small schoolbag, leaned her head on Su Xia's shoulder, and closed her eyes tightly.