Chapter 61 I can chase you now...
There is a huge outdoor ice rink near Henghui Plaza. It was already past nine o'clock in the evening and it was still very lively and full of people.
Tao Siyun's eyes have been following the small figures on the ice rink since a while ago.
Kids nowadays are very smart. They can walk on ice as if it were flat ground when wearing ice skates. Their bodies are extremely flexible.
Laughter could be heard from time to time, and Tao Siyun watched them play with eager eyes.
Xu Ji noticed her expression and asked, "Do you want to go ice skating?"
Tao Siyun looked back at him and said three words embarrassedly -
I won't.
Xu Ji was not surprised at all, which surprised Tao Siyun.
"I'll teach you."
“I don’t dare…”
"I'll protect you."
…
A few minutes later, Tao Siyun was pulled onto the ice rink by him.
Xu Ji faced her, spread his hands upwards and gestured to her.
Tao Siyun hesitated for a moment, then stopped being pretentious. She placed her fingertips on him, and he gently held her hand and led her away.
The white ice skates slid slowly, and the sharp blades drew two long, thin, crooked lines on the frozen ice surface.
Like most novices, Tao Siyun was extremely nervous when he first went ice skating. After he stepped onto the ice, he felt that his body was completely out of control, his heart was pounding, and his legs couldn't help but feel weak.
She didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but with so many people around her and in such a lively environment, she could clearly hear the crackling sound of the ice skates cutting through the ice.
Not smooth at all.
It twisted back and forth very stiffly in my ears, the sound became louder and louder, and finally it was distorted to the extreme, just like torture.
It's particularly torturous.
"Wait, um... Can you wait a moment, I'm not ready yet..."
"Don't be afraid."
“Ah!! Slow down, slow down, please!!!”
"Relax."
“…”
Xu Ji was dedicated and strict in teaching, and had no intention of letting her off the hook.
During this period, he never compromised when Tao Siyun showed signs of retreat from time to time due to his timidity and fear, and was extremely ruthless.
Standing in the middle of the ice rink and looking around, there seemed to be nothing for her to hold on to except the person in front of her.
Tao Siyun completely gave up and could only accept this cruel fact with a mentality of being at the mercy of others.
After skating for a circle, she slowly overcame her inner fear and finally found a little feeling. However, before she could recover, Xu Ji suddenly let go of her without warning and slid backwards for a long distance behind him.
Tao Siyun was a little confused. She had never thought that he would "leave her" in this way. For a while, she couldn't accept the fact that she was "abandoned"...
Xu Ji spread his hands to her from a distance: "Come here."
“…”
Tao Siyun didn't move at all, as if he was frozen on the ice, his body stiffened in an instant.
She was just a person who had only been "toddling" on the ice for less than half an hour. How could she possibly get over there by herself?
Tao Siyun thought dejectedly, given the distance between them, if she fell now, Xu Ji probably wouldn't have time to slide over and help her?
Didn’t you agree to protect her?
How can it change so suddenly?
If this isn't cold and heartless, what is?!
That's too much.
When she needed him so much, this man had the heart to ignore her and was so far away from her!
Tao Siyun had never been so dependent on someone at one time before. However, that person stood calmly a few meters away for a long time and showed no intention of coming over.
…
Tao Siyun was very depressed, and barrages of comments popped out of his mind one after another, all of which were complaints and regrets.
I shouldn't have agreed to his...
I regret it so much...
I regret it so much...
How could there be someone like him...
Why do you always bully honest people...
"come over."
Can't get through.
Seeing her standing there stubbornly, Xu Ji said in a teasing tone, "Are you still afraid to skate by yourself?"
“…”
Tao Siyun looked at him with complicated eyes, which contained both unspeakable grievances and despair after being deeply hurt by a scumbag.
"You clearly said you would let me go after you had to slide half a circle..."
Why are you going back on your word?
You really can't be like this...
"It's already several and a half laps, Tao Siyun, don't always play tricks on me." Xu Ji narrowed his eyes, not at all soft-hearted in the face of her weakness at this moment, he closed his outstretched hands again, clapped them lightly twice, and made an encouraging gesture, like a coach coaxing a child who was throwing a tantrum in the middle of skating.
He waved at her and said the same four words: "Come here by yourself."
This was the first time Tao Siyun was forced to this point.
She didn't want to show her pretentious and shy side in front of Xu Ji, and she didn't want to embarrass herself in public, so she had to move forward carefully on her ice skates.
At the same time, she kept praying in her heart that no one would hit her...
It would be so embarrassing to fall in front of Xu Ji.
Just thinking about that scene makes people feel desperate and suffocated.
Seeing that he was getting closer and closer, Tao Siyun felt a little relieved, as if his heart was about to fall to the ground.
However, just as she was about to slide in front of him, Xu Ji suddenly withdrew his hand, put it behind his back, and slid back a long distance, widening the distance between them again.
Tao Siyun was originally worried about what would happen if he couldn't stop and bumped into him, but he didn't expect that the sense of security he had been expecting for so long would be gone in an instant.
The worry in my heart instantly turned into loss.
"You--" She looked at the person opposite her in disbelief. Just as she was about to get angry, Xu Ji reached out to her again.
"What's wrong with me?" Xu Ji repeated slowly, "Come here."
He must have a lot of candy in his pocket.
I threw one to her every once in a while, not knowing whether it was to encourage her or to deliberately lure her, but I kept hooking her.
Tao Siyun has always been a person who responds to soft words and does not respond to harsh words, so this trick is particularly effective on her.
That open embrace now held a fatal attraction to her. She could not resist it and chose the former without hesitation between approaching and staying away.
Tao Siyun walked unsteadily, taking every step carefully.
Xu Ji watched her trying to get closer to him little by little, and his heart was moved to the point where he wanted to give her all the candy.
The chase game ends after two and a half laps.
Xu Ji no longer retreated and stood at the original starting point waiting for her.
It was already late, and they were the only two people left on the huge ice rink.
The exhaled hot air turned into white mist and disappeared into the cold air.
White ice crystals formed on Xu Ji's eyelashes, like rime hanging all over pine branches in the cold winter.
"Tao Siyun." He shed his usual casualness and looked into her eyes seriously, his eyes seemed frozen.
"You've been chasing me for so long, can I chase you now?"
Tao Siyun was stunned.
All the candies I just got melted in my heart at this moment. Before they could melt with the snow in the spring of next year, they turned into colorful sweetness in the ice and snow.
For a moment, tension and anticipation coexisted, equally high.
Tao Siyun looked at him without blinking, "How...are you going to chase me? Like I chased you just now?"
Her long hair was wrapped in a scarf, and her nose and mouth were hidden in the scarf, covering half of her face. Her eyes were full of innocence, as if she was asking a question despite knowing the answer.
Her uncertainty was both a test for him and a verification of the answer that was about to emerge in her heart.
Xu Ji stared at her, his face showing a rare serious expression, no longer the arrogant, cool look he used to have.
His tone was so sincere that it seemed like he would agree to whatever she said. "How do you want me to pursue you?"
Tao Siyun fell silent, huddled his face into his scarf, and stared at the scratches on the ice.
She... doesn't know.
Xu Ji leaned over and suddenly moved closer when she tried to retreat. "I only chase my girlfriend like that. Do you want to try it?"
He added a heavy weight to the word "want", which instantly pushed one end of the constantly shaking scale in Tao Siyun's heart to the bottom.
After a long silence, she said in a mosquito-like voice, "Just give it a try..."
Isn't it just a try...
What's the big deal about trying...
Xu Ji was slightly stunned, and after realizing what she said, the corners of his lips couldn't help but curl up.
He chuckled softly, "Then, skate one more time and I'll chase you?"
"Actually...two laps is not impossible."
Xu Ji understood the meaning behind her words and laughed again. He grabbed her hands and put them on his face. "Do you want me to pursue you longer?"
"……No."
A very weak denial.
Xu Ji wouldn't believe it at all.
Her eyes told him she was lying.
"Is it fun?"
"What?"
"Is ice skating fun?"
"Um."
"Are you addicted to skating?"
"……Um."
"Not scared anymore?"
Now that we mention this...
Tao Siyun raised his eyes, looked him straight in the eye, and said slowly, "Didn't you say you would protect me?"
The scene of him letting go of her hand and leaving in a leisurely manner is still vivid in her mind.
She didn't forget.
His protection was always at a distance from her, and made people particularly uneasy.
Every time she was about to get excited because she was about to slide in front of him, Xu Ji would step back without hesitation, making her feel lost.
After several times, Tao Siyun's psychological changes went through three stages.
From being discouraged at the beginning, to eagerly wanting to slide to his side to find the familiar sense of security, but being disappointed again and again, and then becoming more and more courageous during the pursuit, she gradually developed the courage to say, "I must catch up with him."
Thinking of this, Tao Siyun said with great courage: "We don't have to hold hands."
But she didn't shake her hand away.
Xu Ji forcefully interlocked his fingers with hers and asked, "How about running and skating?"
The snow was falling heavily, with no sign of stopping.
Snowflakes fell one by one, swirling and dancing under the lights, celebrating with joy.
Tao Siyun hugged Xu Ji's neck tightly, and in the dizzy trance, he actually felt like he was dreaming.
Suddenly, the passionate anthem of the second dimension rang out from her Bluetooth headset. She came back to her senses, reached out to touch her cold ears, and asked hesitantly, "You...did you remember to play background music for yourself after you confessed your love?"
Xu Ji lowered his head and gave her an ambiguous smile.
No words.
But the smile on his face reached deep into her eyes.
Tao Siyun seemed to understand something, but also seemed to understand nothing.
The rotating lights in the square in the distance kept shining towards the center of the ice rink, chasing them like spotlights on a stage.
The long-awaited reunion at the end of last summer turned into a grand confession on this cold winter night.
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