Chapter 64: Snowstorm Coming to Longyearbyen

Svalbard, Longyearbyen, the northernmost city in the world.

The third day of the Chinese New Year happened to be a rare sunny day in the Arctic Circle. A snowstorm was about to hit the area soon, so the plane landed at Longyearbyen Airport before the weather changed.

In January, the Arctic Circle was in the middle of polar night. When we landed, we happened to catch the rare blue moment in the polar night. The sky was a deep and quiet dark blue.

Meng Yao was wearing the thin home clothes he wore when he stayed at home, wrapped in the blanket provided in the plane, and walked out of the cabin. He shivered in the cold polar wind.

Snowflakes splattered on his face. More than thirty hours after he thought he was kidnapped by someone sent by his family's enemy who broke into his home... he finally realized in a trance that he was kidnapped to the Arctic by his uncle.

——Vacation.

Meng Yao wanted to open his mouth and shout twice, but no sound came out. His stomach was filled with snow particles. "Cough cough cough cough cough——"

"Put on some more clothes, don't catch a cold." He heard his childhood sweetheart's warm and caring voice, and pulled the blanket tighter. He felt that his uncle was still his uncle after all, and he still cared about his nephew's life. In order to bring him together...

Meng Yao frowned, preparing to greet his childhood sweetheart's concern coldly. He had ignored him these days, and Meng Yao was also a person with a bad temper. When he turned around, he saw Chi Jue with his back to him, wrapping a coat around his brother with a distressed look on his face, and not even looking at him.

Meng Yao: “…”

With a cold face, he stretched out his half-extended hand and turned it back into the blanket, as if nothing had happened just now.

His kind-hearted uncle casually put his paw into the sleeve of the Chi brother's down jacket and held his hand as if nothing had happened.

He even saw a crack on the artificial intelligence face of the eldest brother of the Chi family for a second. Meng Yao was sure that Chi Yan had definitely seen his uncle's actions, and his uncle also knew that Chi Yan had seen it. The evidence was that Xu Huaiting smiled at the eldest brother, a very polite and friendly smile. But Chi Yan might not understand it that way.

Meng Yao suspected that the eldest brother of the Chi family rolled up his sleeves not because he was hot or wanted to relax, but because he was preparing to sink his fist into Xu Huaiting's face.

But in the end, all these sparks died down, and there was an undercurrent among the few people. They appeared to be friendly on the surface, but did nothing.

Ye Man hadn't slept well these past few days. The process of waiting for the result was always very torturous, and after sitting on the plane for such a long time, Ye Man simply couldn't muster any energy at all.

He said he wanted to come to Svalbard, but when he actually arrived, he seemed to have no interest in it. This was very strange, but the people around him did not keep asking him why. He said he wanted to come, so they accompanied him and just wanted him to be happy, and did not ask for anything else.

If it were any other time, as a senior member of the atmosphere team, Ye Man would not do such a spoiling thing. Right now, he really couldn't muster up the energy to show his support.

When Ye Man had nothing to do, he would call the system in his mind, but there was still no response.

Xu Huaiting touched his cold face and said, "We are in Longyearbyen now. The doctor told you to keep your mood stable and not to have too many ups and downs. Extreme joy and sorrow are not good for your eyes. Be cheerful. Tell me if you want anything."

Ye Man: "How do you know?" He had never told anyone what the doctor said.

Xu Huaiting curled his lips and said complacently: "What don't I know? As long as I want, I can know everything."

The finger that was poking the face used a little force, and the fingertip sank into the soft flesh.

"Boasting." Ye Man reached out and took down the messy fingers, holding them in his palm to control him, and shouted in a low voice: "And you are invading my privacy."

Xu Huaiting raised his eyebrows and helped him straighten his scarf that was messed up by the wind.

As Ye Man leaned closer, he heard him ask in a calm voice, "Can't I?"

"What?"

"Invasion of your privacy."

He spoke those few words in a very calm and normal manner.

Ye Man's heart skipped a beat and she buried her chin in her scarf.

After a long pause, he replied, "...Okay."

His cheeks were slightly red, and a muffled sound came from under his scarf. If you didn't listen carefully, you might have ignored it.

Since he is her boyfriend, it is natural for her to want to know about his condition, but she always feels that Xu Huaiting seemed to be talking about something more than just this.

He didn't know what it was exactly, it was just an intuition.

Xu Huaiting continued: "I have permission, so it is not an infringement, but I am exercising my rights. The charges are refuted, and I request that the prosecution actively cooperate with me in exercising my rights next time."

"Are you willing to cooperate?" Xu Huaiting asked.

Ye Man thought about it and replied, "Yes."

While talking, Xu Huaiting was seriously helping him untie his scarf and tie it again. Maybe he had tied it really messily before. Xu Huaiting's fingers accidentally brushed across his neck. Ye Man felt itchy and dodged. Xu Huaiting whispered to him, "Don't move."

"The scarf is messed up and needs to be tied again."

Ye Man had no choice but to endure the touch which was neither light nor heavy, controlling her instincts and not moving or hiding. It was very difficult to endure.

Then don't do it again.

The process of tying the scarf was a bit painful for Ye Man. The skin on the neck was not often rubbed. Except when taking a shower, few people would touch their necks. The skin that was rarely touched was particularly sensitive.

Whenever Xu Huaiting's fingertips rubbed against it, it would always cause a slight shiver on the fingertips.

He looked at Ye Man. The young man was secretly trying to control his instinctive reaction. After failing several times, he began to think about escaping.

But now, Ye Man had to try hard to go against her own instinctive reaction and get closer to his palm.

"Hmm?" The fingers on Ye Man's neck suddenly exerted some force. Ye Man looked up in confusion. Xu Huaiting paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "My hands are strong and I can't control my strength. Did I hurt you?"

Ye Man shook his head in confusion and said hesitantly: "It doesn't hurt..."

Xu Huaiting: "Then I'll be careful. If I hurt myself accidentally, tell me."

Ye Man: “Oh.”

It's just a scarf, how can it hurt?

Sure enough, Xu Huaiting controlled himself very well afterwards, only accidentally touching her a few times, which was within the range that Ye Man could bear.

The two of them huddled together, whispering to each other, and they tried to keep their voices down; over the howling wind outside, people standing nearby could only hear fragments of their words.

Chi Yan came over and interrupted them: "The car is coming."

After some time had passed, Ye Man felt a little relieved and no longer as depressed as before.

He encouraged himself in his heart.

He failed before, and he must succeed this time.

There is just one problem.

There is a story about the rich second generation in the plot...

Xu Huaiting and Chi Yan should also be considered as the second generation of rich people... right?

Ye Man, Xu Huaiting and Chi Yan got on the car first, Meng Yao fell behind, and Chi Jue said he forgot something and went back to get it.

When they arrived at the villa where they were going to stay, Chi Yan noticed that Meng Yao was wearing a down jacket. He looked familiar.

He glanced at Chi Jue and didn't say much.

After entering the house and dividing the rooms, Chi Yan became even more cold.

The villa where their group of people stayed in Longyearbyen was prepared by Xu Huaiting. Chi Yan was busy communicating about the flight and didn't have time to take care of this. By the time the problem there was solved, the accommodation here had already been solved.

Since Ye Man had come up with the idea on a whim, the schedule was tight, and there were many problems that needed to be solved, there was no need to dwell on such a small matter, so Chi Yan acquiesced to Xu Huaiting's intervention.

Now comes the problem.

The villa is big and spacious enough, but excluding the attic, there are only four rooms.

However, there were five of them.

Meng Yao: "When the school organized study tours in the past, Xiaojue and I often stayed in the same room. It's OK for the two of us to stay together."

Ye Man's heart sank, "No!"

They are going to live together, so what does he have to do? Is he responsible for locking the door? This is not right!

He quickly went to pull Chi Jue: "Me! I live with my second brother! We often sleep together!"

Not very often.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, Ye Man was found sleeping in the closet by his family. Later, after the problem of going to Svalbard was solved, Chi Yan talked to him.

Ye Man didn't want to elaborate. He insisted that it was just a little habit of his and asked them not to take it too seriously.

Although he would be afraid, he could solve the problem by himself with a very simple method, so no one else would need to worry about him.

Chi Yan was not so easily fooled, and finally he asked her the reason.

Ye Man reluctantly told him: "I'm scared."

"What are you afraid of?"

"......"

"You won't be afraid if you sleep in a closet?"

"Um."

This answer made Chi Yan silent for a long time.

Ye Man was used to living alone, so when he encountered a problem, his first reaction was to find a way to solve it himself instead of asking his family for help.

He didn't even want people to know that he had encountered difficulties. He tried to erase the problem behind the scenes and then appear in front of everyone with a relaxed look so that no one could see anything unusual.

He has to look happy so that he can be liked by others. No one likes a person who is always miserable. He has to know when to stop crying.

"Xiaoman..." Chi Yan let out a very long sigh and pinched her nose.

Ye Man thought he was going to be scolded. He thought he had done something wrong, but Chi Yan said nothing.

That night, Chi Jue came to sleep with him.

"Don't go to sleep in the closet. It's not comfortable there. I'll stay with you. Call me if you need anything, okay?"

Ye Man wanted to refuse, but couldn't say it out loud.

That night, his heart was still in turmoil because he was worried about his brother Tong, but he did not run to the diamond cabinet out of fear.

When Ye Man was awakened by a nightmare in the middle of the night, Chi Jue woke up too. He didn't know that Ye Man had nightmares at night before, but now he knew the situation. Seeing that Ye Man was sweating profusely, he comforted him softly through the quilt until Ye Man fell asleep again.

While Ye Man was half asleep, a thought popped into his mind:

It turns out that when you are scared at night, you can ask someone to accompany you.

Even though they had only slept together for one night, Ye Man spoke skillfully as if he and Chi Jue had a very good relationship, so good that they lived together at home every day.

He had a vague feeling that Chi Jue would not see through his little trick.

This is indeed the case.

Chi Jue also thought this arrangement was acceptable.

Xu Huaiting thought it was not possible.

He stretched out his hand to grab Ye Man's collar, pulling the person who was clinging to Chi Jue's arm off, and said to Chi Yan who frowned at his action: "No offense, but Xiao Man and Chi Jue are not brothers, they have no blood relationship, nor do they have a brotherhood that grew up together. Chi Jue and Meng Yao were even engaged, um... it's not good to live together directly."

Chi Yan sneered: "If I don't live with Xiaojue, then would I live with you?" He had ulterior motives.

Xu Huaiting smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will avoid suspicion too."

Chi Yan's face darkened, and Meng Yao looked at him with his eyes widened, and he was shocked.

I am innocent and have nothing to complain about, so why should I avoid it?

His words...his words...

Ye Man swallowed his saliva.

My scalp is about to explode.

Everyone knew in their hearts that they came out this time for Ye Man, and although the atmosphere seemed a bit strange, no one really caused any conflict.

Chi Yan and Chi Jue knew that they couldn't leave Ye Man living alone, so they finally decided that Chi Yan and Ye Man would live in one room, and the others would have their own room.

As we were talking, the weather outside had already turned bad, with the wind blowing the snow and making the windows rattle.

Ye Manxin said that if he succeeded, he would spend the night alone in the attic and would not share a room with anyone.

I feel a little unsure.

Because the positions of the rich second generation who would have locked him up were replaced by Chi Yan and Xu Huaiting. This incident happened suddenly, and Ye Man didn't know who the rich second generation in the book were, and it was impossible to call so many people temporarily.

So, will Big Brother and Ricardo lock him up?

If she had known that he was going to do something bad...Ye Man twisted the hem of her clothes, and her drooping eyelashes trembled nervously.

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After tonight, I will break up with him.

He really had no choice.

If we don’t do this, what will Brother Tong do?

Ye Man's hands tightened.

"I've stocked some food in the refrigerator," Xu Huaiting said to Ye Man, "is there anything else you want to eat? We need to buy it before the snowstorm comes."

"There is a world seed bank on the island, which collects all the seeds in the world. It is said that if the end of the world comes one day, this is the hope of all mankind. The glass outside the seed bank building will show a very beautiful green light. When the weather is clear, I will take you to see it?"

Ye Manyu nodded.

But in my heart, I was thinking that when the sky cleared up, he would be so angry that he would leave.