☆, Chapter 118 She shielded him from the snow
With a ding, Shu Wanning's phone received a message.
【Aning, Happy New Year.】
It was Wen Yu who resigned. Even if she didn't save his number, she had already memorized it by heart.
She didn't reply, but went to the window to see that the man was already standing next to the car. When she appeared, he was extending his hand to greet her.
Wen Yuci couldn't sit in the car anymore, so he leaned against the side of the car, slightly bending one leg. There were cigarette butts scattered on the snow at his feet.
Snow fell on his head and coat. As he watched the person in the window disappear, he opened his cell phone again and again, hoping to receive a message from her.
There was a crunching sound of footsteps on the snow. He slowly raised his eyes, and the snowflakes hit his eyelashes, making him blink involuntarily.
The person whom he missed so much after just three days of not seeing him, was standing not far away, wearing a white down jacket and holding a black umbrella, watching him.
He threw the cigarette butt aside, heard the crackling sound when it went out, looked over, and slowly revealed a warm smile: "Happy New Year."
Snow had fallen on his head and shoulders. He didn't know how long he had been standing in the snow. The tip of his nose and ears were as red as red apples in winter.
"Wen Yuci."
Shu Wanning held her phone in her pocket, frowning as she asked him, "Do you feel too good to be standing in the snow freezing?"
Wen Yuci slowly stood up, patted the snow on his shoulders, and looked at her with a smile in the corner of his eyes: "Don't worry, I'm fine."
He began to become cautious.
Looking at her nose which was red from the cold, Wen Yuci took out his cell phone and rubbed it in his palm. The distance of a few steps seemed very far to him.
"Aning."
He finally spoke: "Aning, I really know I was wrong. From now on, no matter what happens, I will discuss it with you first and will not make any incorrect decisions on my own."
He lowered his eyes in frustration, not daring to look at her clear eyes and brows, until her voice rang in his ears.
"Wen Yuci, we are divorced."
"I know." He nodded and looked at her seriously: "Then how about I pursue you? Let's start over."
After a long time without receiving a reply, he raised his hand to gesture to his phone and asked tentatively: "Can you add me as your friend again? I won't bother you."
Shu Wanning didn't know what words to use to describe her feelings at the moment. She felt sad, but also felt the pleasure of punishing him.
She just looked at him like that, seeing his hurt and frustrated expression, his eyes filled with unrequited love, and his fists clenched in forbearance.
He was good at pretending to be weak, and she wasn't sure if there was any acting involved in his current behavior.
She didn't respond. Wen Yuci's eyes fell on her hand holding the umbrella, and he wanted to go forward and warm her hands out of heartache.
He slid his phone into his trouser pocket and raised his chin slightly: "It's too cold, go back and rest first."
"Where is Yuming?" Shu Wanning suddenly asked.
"He went to the Cen family."
So on New Year's Eve, he was the only one standing in the snow.
Shu Wanning held an umbrella, her black cotton shoes stepping on the snow. With a sound, she walked in front of Wen Yuci.
She shifted the umbrella in her hand and shielded him from the snow.
She extended her hand and handed the umbrella in his direction, cleared her throat and said, "Let's eat first."
The surprise came so unexpectedly that before she could even finish her words, his hand took the umbrella from hers and he followed her footsteps.
The villa that Shu Wanning chose was not very big. It had a small courtyard on the first floor and a terrace of suitable size on the top floor.
After entering the house, Shu Wanning opened the shoe cabinet, looked at her pairs of slippers in silence for a few seconds, and finally chose a pair of yellow ones and placed them in front of Wen Yuci.
"Sorry, all I have here are my slippers."
Wen Yuci looked at the slippers in front of him, which were a size smaller than his feet, with a look of hesitation on his face, but he still dared to try them.
Afraid of damaging her slippers, he only stepped halfway in, followed carefully behind her, and sat down at the dining table at her gesture.
After Shu Wanning put the dishes in the microwave to heat them up, she handed the chopsticks to Wen Yuci, but saw that he was staring at the photo on the cabinet in a daze.
That photo was taken when she first went to the amusement park and stood under the Ferris wheel, with He You standing behind her.
Wen Yuci came back to his senses and subconsciously picked up some food for her. Halfway through, he realized what was going on and slowly withdrew his hand.
"What activities did you participate in?" Wen Yuci asked.
“I just rode the Ferris wheel, which was fun.”
"Then I'll take you to play something else next time."
Wen Yuci added casually, looking up at her face, and saw that she was eating very seriously.
The two ate dinner in silence. After dinner, Wen Yuci rushed to wash the dishes while Shu Wanning sat on the sofa watching boring TV shows.
She kept glancing at the kitchen from the corner of her eyes, and kept changing channels with the remote control in her hand. The noisy sound didn't reach her ears at all.
The sound of water in the kitchen stopped. She kept the TV on the TV series and saw Wen Yuci wiping his hands out of the corner of her eye.
He put on his coat, didn't come closer, and said goodbye softly: "I'm leaving first. It's going to get colder. Please keep warm."
"Okay, got it. Be careful on the road."
When they reached the door, Wen Yuci turned around and asked her, "Can you lend me an umbrella?"
He walked out of the villa with an umbrella, but the snow outside had actually stopped.
He placed the umbrella on the passenger seat, lowered his eyes and smiled, tapped his fingertips on the steering wheel, then picked up his phone and sent a message to Shu Wanning.
【I'll return the umbrella to you next time.】
Shu Wanning looked at the message and turned off the TV silently. The umbrella was just a reason he created for their next meeting.
She lay back on the bed, and her phone rang with several messages. They were New Year's greetings and red envelopes from Zhai Xuan and Zhai's mother. Her heart was filled with warmth.
After playing a few games, she was too thirsty to sleep, so she got up to get some water from the refrigerator. Suddenly, she found a conspicuous red envelope next to the gas stove.
She picked it up gently, and the red envelope was so bulging that it was about to burst.
She lowered her eyes with a smile, took the water and the red envelope back to the bedroom, opened the bedside table and put the red envelope in it.
When Wen Yuci returned to Qianyue Bay, there was a night light hung by Uncle Qiao on the tree in the yard. The warm yellow color was very cozy.
He walked around the yard alone and stopped when he reached the garden.
The red plum blossoms that he had ordered people to plant have bloomed.
A touch of red in the snow is particularly pleasing.
He took a photo and sent it to Shu Wanning via MMS, then turned around and went back to the villa.
Wen Yuming had been here, and there were New Year gifts and notes left by him on the table. This New Year was different from all the previous ones.
He selected some snacks that Shu Wanning liked and brought them upstairs to watch a movie. From her viewing history, he chose a movie she had seen.
Xiaomei heard the voice outside the door and thought it was Shu Wanning coming back. After looking through the crack in the door and seeing that it was Wen Yuci, she turned back in disappointment.
She waved her hand and said, "No need to cut the fruit, it's not the young lady."
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