Chapter 456: No Martial Ethics
I woke up naturally in the morning, washed up, opened the curtains and saw that it was a bit gloomy outside.
Liu Wangxue stood in front of the French window and stretched lazily: "Is it going to rain or snow?"
Xu Qingsong came over with two cups of warm water and handed her one: "The weather forecast only said it would be cloudy."
Liu Wangxue took the water cup, and Xu Qingsong's hand naturally rested on her waist. She leaned in Xu Qingsong's arms, looked at the dark lake and mountains outside the window, drank two sips slowly, and asked him: "Will it snow in Xishi in winter?"
Xu Qingsong said: "Yes."
Liu Wangxue then asked, "How does it compare to the north?" Her home was also in the north, a little south of Beijing.
Xu Qingsong laughed, "Of course not. But when I was a kid, the snow here was quite heavy in winter, especially when I was in elementary school. After a night of snow, the snow would be over my knees when I woke up the next morning."
As he spoke, he recalled an interesting incident from that time: "Whenever it snowed heavily, Tao Huayu would always get up very early, run to my house at daybreak, and stuff a big snowball directly into my quilt."
Liu Wangxue laughed when she heard this: "No matter how sleepy I am, I will be woken up by the ice."
"That's right," Xu Qingsong finished drinking the water in the cup and said, "So the first thing I did after I lifted the quilt was to fight with him, and then go out with Sister Hua Xin and a group of other little boys and girls to wade in the snow and make a snowman."
He said with some regret: "Maybe it's because of global warming. In the following winters, especially after I entered middle school, the snow has been getting smaller every year. Last year, there was only a thin layer of snow, which melted as soon as it hit the ground. I couldn't even build a snowman."
Liu Wangxue finished her glass of water, turned around and took the cup from his hand, looked up at him and said, "I didn't expect you to still be so childish."
"That's right," Xu Qingsong walked to the bar with her, "making snowmen is a must-do every winter. The first thing I do when I go home for the Spring Festival is to make a big one in the yard."
Liu Wangxue put the cups on the bar: "Then when you go back for the Spring Festival, take a video for me after you stack them up, so I can see how big they are."
Xu Qingsong suddenly asked her: "Aren't you going back home for the Spring Festival?"
When he said "go back", he meant to go back to his hometown. Liu Wangxue replied, "No, my parents are here too. The elderly people in my family are gone, so it doesn't matter whether I go back or not. Besides, my aunt and uncle are coming over during the Spring Festival. They said they are tired of staying at home and want to change to a new place for some fresh air."
Xu Qingsong hugged her and began to feel reluctant to leave: "Then I don't want to go back either."
Liu Wangxue pinched his face with both hands and pulled it apart: "I'm just kidding."
Xu Qingsong lowered his head and kissed her, then tentatively said, "After the Spring Festival, do you want to go back with me..."
Liu Wangxue guessed what he was going to ask, but she thought it was too quick, so she pinched his lips and interrupted what he was about to say: "Don't consider it for now."
Xu Qingsong turned his face to the side, broke away from her hand, lowered his head and looked at her: "Think about it~"
Liu Wangxue was ruthless: "It's no use acting like a spoiled child."
Xu Qingsong hugged her and shook her: "Think about it~"
Liu Wangxue was stubborn: "I won't consider it for now."
Xu Qingsong asked her: "Then don't you want to spend Valentine's Day with me?"
"Yes," Liu Wangxue replied, "but you can come back."
Xu Qingsong suddenly laughed: "Why don't you fall for it?"
Liu Wangxue also smiled and patted him: "We agreed to date first, why are you in such a hurry?"
Xu Qingsong thought to himself, he was really too impatient.
At this time, Liu Wangxue's cell phone at the bar rang. It was a message from Wenxi, asking her if she had woken up yet. The hotel's breakfast time was almost over, and whether she wanted to go downstairs and eat something.
Wenxi and the other three watched a movie last night, then went to the game hall to play until the early morning. After coming back, they slept until dawn and just woke up.
The hotel's breakfast ended at 9:30. Liu Wangxue looked at the time and saw that it was already past 9 o'clock. She asked Xu Qingsong, "Do you want to eat?"
Xu Qingsong nodded: "Eat, I'm hungry."
Liu Wangxue replied to Wenxi's message, then changed her clothes and went downstairs to have breakfast. After breakfast, she came back upstairs to rest for a while, and at around ten o'clock, she went out with Xu Qingsong, carrying the gift she bought at the pottery shop.
First, he knocked on Wenxi and Du Yunkai's doors, then waited for Tao Huayu and Li Yu at the elevator entrance.
The four of them went together. They were originally curious about the house of Xu Qingsong's junior uncle, but they didn't bother him the day before yesterday because it was inconvenient. Last night, Xu Qingsong sent them a message to ask, and since it was an invitation from an elder, they really had nothing to do, so there was no reason to refuse.
After leaving the hotel, they still took the sightseeing bus.
As soon as he got off the bus at the entrance of Yu Village, Xu Qingsong received a message from the twins: [Brother, are you here? ]
After Xu Qingsong replied, Beibei sent another message: [Kang Kang and I are at the food commercial street. Mom just called and asked me to bring some fruit back. I want to ask what your sister-in-law likes to eat? ]
They just happened to be going to the commercial street first, as it would be bad to go to an elder's house for dinner empty-handed. Xu Qingsong didn't say anything, just let the twins wait there.
There are several fruit shops at the corner of the street, serving both tourists and locals. They have a wide variety of products and are not overpriced like other scenic spots.
The few of them didn't plan to go further inside, so they chose the slightly larger store and went in to make their selections.
Liu Wangxue turned around and looked around. She didn't see the twins, so she asked Xu Qingsong, "Where are Beibei and Kangkang? Didn't they say they were here?"
Xu Qingsong was picking durians, which the twins loved, as did their grandparents, so he planned to buy two. He pinched the thorns on the durian shell, not satisfied, and switched to another one next to it, saying to Liu Wangxue, "Don't worry about them, they should be buying snacks, they will be here soon."
When Liu Wangxue turned around, he saw Li Yu standing in front of the fruit cabinet at the door of the store, holding a small transparent plastic bowl with a ball of ice cream in it, covered with diced fruits of various colors and then poured with a layer of yogurt. He held the spoon and shivered with a smile after every bite.
She patted Xu Qingsong and motioned him to look at Li Yu: "At first glance, he really looks like a high school student."
"Just a kid." Xu Qingsong smiled, pointed to the durian he had picked and asked the boss to help weigh it.
"I want to eat it too." Liu Wangxue felt his appetite aroused, so he walked towards the door, intending to buy one as well.
Xu Qingsong quickly chased after her and held her, whispering: "Are you about to give birth? Do you still have a stomachache?" He remembered the time in October when Liu Wangxue was in so much pain that she couldn't walk. Since that time, although the pain in the next two months was not as severe, she still felt uncomfortable.
"It's okay. I happened to be sick last time. It was an accident." Liu Wangxue continued to walk towards the cupboard.
"Hey——" Xu Qingsong held her sleeve tightly and refused to let go, so he had to let her lead him away.
Li Yuzheng took a big bite with a spoon, shivered after eating, and saw Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong coming over, so he quickly recommended: "Sister Xuxu, Brother Qingsong, do you want to eat it too? Just choose my combination, it's delicious!"
Liu Wangxue said to the girl behind the cupboard, "Give me one serving according to his recipe."
"Okay." The little girl took out a bowl and started to put things into it.
Li Yu tilted his head and looked at Xu Qingsong: "Brother Qingsong, don't you want it? It's really delicious!"
Xu Qingsong took out his phone, asked the girl the price, scanned the code to pay, and replied: "No, we'll have one for both of us."
Li Yu said "Oh". He was attracted by this when he came to the fruit shop, so he bought one to eat. Looking into the shop, Tao Huayu, Wenxi and Du Yunkai had already picked a lot of fruits. He turned around and saw a dried fruit shop a few steps into the street, so he went over with his bowl.
Liu Wangxue took the portion given to her by the little girl and was very happy. She slung the gift bag over her arm, scooped up a spoonful and fed Xu Qingsong first.
Xu Qingsong lowered his head and ate it. He saw that the three of them were already paying at the cashier. He hadn't paid for the durian he picked yet, so he hurried over and left a message to Liu Wangxue: "Three bites! You must give it to me after you finish three bites."
"Okay, okay." Liu Wangxue nodded, agreeing verbally, but in her heart she was perfunctory. Looking at Xu Qingsong's back, she smiled and scooped a full spoonful of fruit pulp, yogurt and ice cream. It was so cold that she shivered when she put it in her mouth.
There was a mirror attached to the pillar in the store. Liu Wangxue saw it but didn't think much about it. However, when Xu Qingsong went to the cashier, he could see all her movements through the mirror.
When she scooped the second full spoonful and was about to bring it to her mouth, Xu Qingsong suddenly turned back and took the bowl from her hand.
Liu Wangxue was stunned, and a drop of yogurt at the bottom of the spoon fell to the ground.
Xu Qingsong said to her, "Eat it. It will be gone after you finish this bite."
Liu Wangxue ate it in one gulp. She was too cold to speak for a moment. She held up three fingers to Xu Qingsong and signaled him, "We agreed on three mouthfuls!"
Xu Qingsong took the spoon from her hand and said, "You were the first one to break the rules of martial arts."
Liu Wangxue took a breath and raised her hand to fan her mouth. There was a lot of ice cream in this bite, and it was so cool and icy.
When Xu Qingsong saw her like this, he thought she was so cute and couldn't help but raise his hand to pinch her face.
Liu Wangxue glared at him.
Xu Qingsong really wanted to laugh, so he took the remaining half bowl and went to the cashier to pay.
This time he still failed. He turned around and took only two steps when two figures ran past Liu Wangxue and jumped at the same time, turning into two "koalas" hanging on him, one on the left and one on the right, and shouted in unison: "Brother!"
Liu Wangxue's eyes fell on the skirts of the two people that spread out and then came together as they moved.
Xu Qingsong was almost knocked off his feet by the twins. He leveled the bowl in his hand and said with indulgence in his voice, "Hey, be careful."
Beibei and Kangkang kept calling him "brother" and "I miss you so much" without giving him any room to talk. They kept asking him when he would return to Beijing, where his sister-in-law was, and whether he had bought durian...
Xu Qingsong had no time to answer.
The three people in the store had already paid and came out carrying their bags, looking at the twins curiously. Even the other customers were attracted.
Xu Qingsong patted them on the shoulder, signaling them to be quiet. He turned back to look at Liu Wangxue and said to them, "Let me formally introduce you to each other."
He said as he stretched out his hand towards Liu Wangxue: "Your sister-in-law."
Liu Wangxue waved to the twins and smiled gently: "Hello~"
"Wow!" The twins were very outgoing and immediately abandoned Xu Qingsong and took Liu Wangxue's arms, one on each side. Without any greetings, they immediately started praising her, using all the same words.
Liu Wangxue, a person who is about to turn 30, was actually embarrassed by the praise from these two children.
Xu Qingsong had no choice but to interrupt the twins and introduce Tao Huayu, Wenxi and Du Yunkai to them respectively. After they greeted each other, he turned around and asked, "Where's Xiaoyu?"
Li Yu just came out of the dried fruit shop next door. Tao Huayu pointed and said, "Over there."
Li Yu was carrying two large gift bags of nuts in his arms, holding a bowl in one hand and a spoon in the other, scooping the last bite into his mouth. When he looked up, he found that everyone was looking at him, including the twins standing next to Liu Wangxue. He thought, they must be from Junior Master Xu Qingsong's family.
Alas, it was embarrassing again. He still had the spoon in his mouth. He waved to everyone mechanically and smiled embarrassedly.
Kang Kang held her face in her hands: "Sister, it's that cute little brother just now!"
Beibei also held her face in her hands: "Wow, it turns out to be my friend!"
The two of them grabbed Xu Qingsong's arm and shook him; "Brother, let me introduce you!"
Just now, when Beibei and Kangkang were walking out of the street, they happened to meet Li Yu who was going to the dried fruit shop. The twins looked at each other and immediately read the words "cute", "like" and "appreciate" in each other's eyes.
The two of them stopped in tacit understanding and entered a jewelry store opposite the dried fruit shop. They seemed to be choosing jewelry, but in fact their eyes were all on Li Yu. They saw him taking a bite of ice cream fruit from time to time, picking and choosing in the dried fruit shop, and the basket in his arm was soon full.
The twins murmured together, Bei Bei said, "I wonder if he's into cosplay."
Kang Kang: "There's a new show that came out recently, and I feel like he's really suitable for that role."
Beibei: “I think so too.”
The two looked at each other again: "How about we go and get to know each other?"
They acted as they said, and walked out together. But just as they stepped out of the store, they suddenly saw Xu Qingsong turning around with a bowl of food. Forget it, a stranger is not as important as my brother, and I have to meet my sister-in-law. So the two of them turned around without even discussing it and ran towards Xu Qingsong.
After getting to know each other, they left the food commercial street together. Only then did Xu Qingsong remember the durian he had picked.
Du Yunkai had already paid for him. He and Tao Huayu each held one in their hands: "Eat first, and I'll give it to you after you finish. You won't be left empty-handed."
Beibei and Kangkang pointed at the bowl in Xu Qingsong's hand and said, "Brother, I want one too."
Xu Qingsong raised his chin towards the fruit cabinet and said, "Go and pick some. Put less ice cream in it."
"Okay!" The twins cheered and went to pick their favorite food.
Xu Qingsong asked Wenxi and the other two if they wanted some, but they all shook their heads. He finished his meal in a few big mouthfuls, threw the bowl and spoon into the trash can at the door of the store, and felt his cheeks numb from the cold.
Liu Wangxue laughed at him: "No one is competing with you for it."
Xu Qingsong rubbed his face and said, "I'm afraid you'll snatch it away."
Liu Wangxue raised her hand and patted him.
He paid for the twins, took the two durians, and led everyone to the master's uncle's house.
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