The brief hug was rejected and there wasn't much conversation in the car.

"It's really cold in Urumqi."

"Um."

“Has it snowed these days?”

"yes."

"Thank you for coming to the airport to pick me up in the middle of the night. It's almost 1:30 now. It will probably be 3 o'clock when we get to the hotel."

"If you were kidnapped, the last thing on the phone record would be me, the police would come after me, and society would condemn me."

“…”

That’s all the conversation.

If this were a Korean drama, the director might have already marked the finale out of frustration.

Perhaps it was the cold air that completely activated the Husky in the southerners' bodies, or it could be that they had slept enough on the plane and were now as excited as a swan... The failure of her proactive conversation did not make Weizhi feel frustrated. She sat in the passenger seat quite restlessly, as if a nail had suddenly grown on her butt or a cactus had suddenly grown on the seat. She moved back and forth in the chair, her fingers playing the piano on the seat belt restlessly.

When the body is still, the eyes become unreal.

Sometimes she looked at Shan Chong lovingly, sometimes she looked at the snow outside the window with starry eyes, blinking faster than usual. That atmosphere infected the drivers so much that they stepped on the accelerator a little harder than usual.

Shan Chong tolerated her all the way.

It normally takes two hours to get from the airport to a hotel near the ski resort. The roads are slippery on snowy days, so drive carefully and slowly...

It only took him an hour and a half.

When they got to the hotel and got out of the car, the man went around to the trunk to get her luggage. As soon as he opened the trunk, the man who had been restless all the way suddenly poked his head out from the gap in the back like a radish sprout. In the middle of the night, a pair of round eyes stared at him brightly.

It just scared people.

His hands trembled, and he almost dropped the suitcase on her face. Shan Chong finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he pulled the suitcase and put it on the ground. "What do you want to say?"

Half of the little girl's face was hidden in the scarf she had put on before getting off the bus, revealing her red nose from being frozen, and a pair of round eyes like summer grapes. She blinked and said, "Will the class start tomorrow? I think I can learn to change blades!"

Shan Chong carried her suitcase up the hotel stairs and took her to the front desk to check in.

After the hotel front desk staff had processed the formalities, the two of them had some free time before he slowly answered the question she had asked for ten minutes: "I have a class tomorrow."

“…”

This was something Weizhi never expected.

But it's not surprising.

It was probably the same as straight men finding out that fairies also have to poop. It was reasonable, but a little beyond their psychological tolerance... so her joyful mood dropped a little, and she looked at Shan Chong without saying a word.

Shan Chong: “?”

Shan Chong: “…”

Her eyes were not accusatory, and of course she didn't have the courage or the intention to do so, but he still sensed a hint of resentment in her dark eyes.

It’s like, one day you are walking on the street peacefully, and suddenly a stray cat jumps out from nowhere, and you step on its paw, causing it to jump up in pain…

The cat squats there, looking at you blankly.

You know that even if we take this to court, it won't be your fault.

but.

Under the current atmosphere, you still want to apologize to the cat.

"You suddenly showed up without telling me your schedule," Shan Chong explained calmly, "I have an appointment with someone else. Isn't that normal?"

At this time, the hotel front desk staff finished the formalities and handed the room card to Weizhi with a smile.

Wei Zhi held the computer in one hand and pushed her suitcase with the other, and walked to the elevator while asking, "Now that we've come to this point, why don't you ask me why I suddenly showed up?"

"I'm not that curious," the person behind him said, paused, and added, "You look so happy as if you've done something great, there's nothing to ask."

"What do you mean?"

"It's not that he killed someone and fled to Xinjiang to ski for two days and escape the border of his motherland."

"…Then your requirements are quite low?"

“…”

"If this is true, will you report me to the police?"

She just asked without thinking, but she didn't expect the man with a good family background to answer her with a firm "Yes."

“…”

Since the person he was chatting with was not very good at chatting and was full of uncontrollable harshness, Wei decided to change the topic to a safe one, "So after coming here, do you have to go to class every day?"

"almost."

“From the time the ski resort opens to the time it closes?”

"That's not it either."

At this time, the elevator arrived. With a "ding" sound, the elevator door opened and the corridor became quiet.

Weizhi pulled the suitcase over, and as she slowly pulled the suitcase over and was about to walk out, she caught a glimpse of a hand casually placed on the elevator door, blocking the elevator.

Probably to prevent it from closing itself if you wait too long.

She retracted her gaze, turned around and smiled sweetly at the puzzled man behind her, dragged her suitcase to the corridor, and walked forward while checking the room number on the room card...

Shan Chong got out of the elevator later and followed her patiently.

"Then you can still find some time to spend with me?" The girl who was walking in front of him with a suitcase suddenly turned around and looked at him. "It's not that I want to stick to you, but I don't know how to change edges yet. Once I learn how to change edges, I can skate by myself."

“…”

The last time you were allowed to slide by yourself, you put yourself on a wheelchair, remember?

Skate by yourself?

Slide for yourself.

Shan Chong remained silent, expressing his refusal to answer the question through silence.

Seeing that he was silent again, Wei Zhi curled her lips in boredom and began to think that it didn't matter if her master was not free tomorrow. She was not in a hurry to go to the ski resort. She would just stroll around to get familiar with the environment, and then rent a better board from the ski equipment store near the ski resort.

On the way to the airport, she looked up some travel guides and found out that many ski lovers who are too lazy to bring their skis with them on a plane across the country will rent skis for a day at a ski shop near the ski resort. Although the rental price of these skis is more expensive than the ones provided by the ski resort, they are better than those at the ski resort in terms of brand and maintenance.

So Weizhi decided to rent a board.

Let's see what else we can do.

The room was not too far away, just around the corner after getting off the elevator. The two of them walked into the room, one in front of the other. Weizhi swiped his card to open the door and pushed the suitcase in.

Everything was settled for the time being. When she turned around, the man who came to pick her up was still standing outside the door. So Wei Zhi's eyes lit up and he leaned on the door: "Thank you for your hard work tonight. How about I treat you guys to dinner tomorrow?"

“There are a lot of people.”

"I can afford to hire as many people as I want!"

Shan Chong didn't respond to her and pointed upstairs: "We all live upstairs. If you have anything to do, just call anyone on WeChat... It's best to backstab him, he has the least time."

Weizhi was playing with the door handle and wanted to retort, "What can I do?", but he just said "Oh" and thought for a moment, "What if I still want to go skiing tomorrow?"

"Play in the magic carpet area by yourself."

"I want to see the legendary Aven Avenue."

"Ivan is on the mountain. If the weather is bad here, the hanging box will not be opened," Shan Chong leaned against the wall behind him, "there is only that kind of simple open-air cable car."

Weizhi looked at him with a "and then?" look.

"The ski resort stipulates that you must wear a board with one foot when getting on and off the cable car," he said lazily, "Can you get on and off the cable car with one foot?"

Oh, no.

I can't even skate with both feet, let alone one foot.

At this moment, she was a little frustrated by the continuous cold water. She knocked on the innocent doorknob and thought to herself, I'd better rent a board, eat and then update in the room tomorrow...

snort.

Who hasn't got something serious to do?

At this point, she did not refute the man's words anymore. She withdrew her claws from the door handle, said good night to him seriously, closed the door of the hotel room, and prepared to wash up and go to bed.

It was almost three in the morning.

…

Wei Zhi was lying on the sink, washing her face seriously.

There was another knock on the door.

She stood up in the fragrant cleansing foam with her eyes half-closed and looked out the toilet door. She paused for a moment before knocking patiently and asking, "Who is it?"

"I."

A familiar male voice, with no ups and downs. The man who had just turned around and left without looking back, somehow got back again.

Weizhi washed off the bubbles on his face, wiped his face roughly, and rushed to open the door. His hair was stuck to his face, and he looked at the man standing outside through the crack of the door with a wolfish look on his face.

I didn't have time to ask him why he came back.

A packing bag suddenly appeared in front of me.

Sniffing the tip of his nose, the perfect aroma of cumin, chili powder and authentic grassland lamb fat came over. Wei Zhi blinked. He didn't feel hungry at first, but when he smelled this smell, his stomach suddenly started to growl...

"Huahua said you must not have eaten well since you got on the plane so late at night. When I picked you up just now, she packed up some leftover meat from dinner and heated it up for you at the restaurant."

The white plastic bag shook.

"Do you want mutton?"

Without waiting for her to answer, the man hesitated for three seconds and added: "It's pure. There are many dishes tonight, and the plate of meat has not been touched much."

Mamoru answered the question in the most perfect way by taking the plastic bag without hesitation and saying "thank you" cheerfully.

She opened the still steaming bag and the aroma was so overwhelming that she almost passed out on the spot...

Xinjiang is a place with beautiful mountains, beautiful waters and even more beautiful sheep. There are many barbecue restaurants in the south city, but there are only a few restaurants that can make people's stomachs full of gluttony with just one serving of roasted lamb.

The meat is still fragrant even after being reheated. The mutton fat is not fishy, ​​and the cumin and chili powder have a burnt aroma.

Sniffing the food in the bag carefully, she raised her head with a smile and was about to kowtow to express her gratitude, when a few balls of green stuff flew towards her. She subconsciously opened her arms and hurriedly caught them.

One of the balls hit her in the face and bounced off.

She was bewildered and didn't care about the pain. She lowered her head and found that the furry, soft green turtle she had hurriedly held in her arms was staring at her with its green eyes.

Weizhi: “?”

Weizhi: “…”

Holding the little turtle by its butt, she skillfully turned it over and fumbled around in the dark. Sure enough, she felt the patch on its butt and was immediately shocked.

Weizhi: “…………………………Ahhh, you brought the little turtle with you?!”

I was so surprised that my voice changed its tone.

In the middle of the night, I didn’t dare to shout, I covered my mouth, with an expression of being touched and unable to believe the happiness in front of me…

It's like Bambi finally found his mother.

Outside the door, the man still had a cold expression on his face. In a stroke of coolness, a single syllable "hmm" came out of his nose.

Inside the door, the little girl was carrying food and holding a turtle. Even though the man was dumb at the moment, he still moved her like a dog: "I want to rush over and hug you now. Do you have any objection to this?"

"My advice is, calm down, back off, and don't touch me."

The man said expressionlessly, "Good night."

Then he actually turned around and left.

Weizhi was left alone holding the patched green-haired turtle, her eyes filled with tears of excitement and gratitude, and she watched his back with tears in her eyes.

After seeing Shan Chong off, Wei Zhi happily ate a meat-based midnight snack, then took a shower, did her skin care, brushed her teeth, and climbed into bed.

After pulling up the quilt and covering herself, the room suddenly became so quiet that only the sound of her breathing could be heard. There was wind blowing outside, and the snow hitting the window made a faint sound...

Everything seems so peaceful.

It's hard to imagine that just seven or eight hours ago, she was at war with the whole world.

Take out your cell phone and report safety to your friends who are worried about you, and don't blame your parents.

I took a photo of the little turtle with my mobile phone, and then took a photo of the moonlight outside the window and the snow-covered windowsill, located Xinjiang, and posted it on WeChat Moments with the caption:

"It's great that the little turtle is still here:)"

It was late at night and everyone was asleep. I thought everyone except Jiang Nanfeng and other young people were asleep. I never expected that the first person to like the post would be her mother.

[I think you are going crazy.]

He stayed up late at night, holding his breath and waiting to scold her. Before scolding her, he still remembered to observe the etiquette of human society and gave her a thumbs up first. Ms. Yang is really amazing.

Wei Zhi made two "tsk tsk" sounds, threw his phone away, and turned over to sleep.

…

The next day, it was around eight in the morning when Wei Zhi woke up. Yawning, he casually put on a sweater and went downstairs to eat the hotel's free breakfast. He happened to run into Shan Chong's group of people.

A group of people refers to all people, all present.

Hua Yan, Yan Yan, Shan Chong, Z Yan, Bei Ci, and a few others that Wei Zhi had not seen before but had appeared in the previous video... There was a huge group of them, at least a dozen of them.

The word "big boss" is written on every one of them's faces.

A large group of people were sitting in the restaurant, making it as if they had reserved the place for themselves. Wei Zhi paused when she pushed the door open, looking at a group of people she knew and didn't know. She suddenly felt a little socially awkward. She was wondering whether to go over and say hello, then grab some steamed buns and eggs and quickly go back to her room, when Hua Yan called her.

"Come and sit down."

The pretty girl moved her butt and the plate very naturally, clearing the space between herself and the backstab, and waved at Weizhi, as if calling some furry little pet...

Still remembering the kindness of being fed yesterday, Weizhi grinned and said "hehe" to her, turned around to get some food, and then sat down with the plate in his hands.

She greeted everyone before she sat down. Everyone looked like they were still half asleep, but they all managed to cheer her up. Their comments were nothing more than "It's too late for a girl like you to come so late last night."

Among them, Z Yan was the most familiar with Wei Zhi and had more things to talk about. At this moment, he tilted his head and asked Wei Zhi with a babyish smile: "Where is our sister Nan Feng? I heard from Brother Chong that she will come in a few days, right? I miss her so much!"

When asked this question, Weizhipeace&love almost lost her smile, thinking that nili Nanfeng sister has deleted you——

But then I thought, this kid is laughing so happily, it's obvious that he hasn't realized he's been deleted yet...

What does this prove?

This means that he has never talked to Jiang Nanfeng in the past few days, and has never clicked on her profile picture or taken a look at her circle of friends.

Even after hearing from Shan Chong yesterday that Jiang Nanfeng was coming as well...

He did none of the above.

………………………………………………Then he told her that he missed Sister Tali Nanfeng.

Okay, is this how adults (scumbag men and women) socialize (nonsense)?

Awesome.

I have learned something.

Wei Zhi had a sudden brain storm, and the look he gave Z Yan was immediately filled with a hint of awe.

I was in a mess in the wind, and I was busy responding to the warm greetings from other people at the table...

The only person present during the entire conversation was the man in a black sweater sitting opposite her. He held his head with one hand, turned his face away, and remained silent.

"Hey, Master Chong, wake up!" Backstab shook him, "Junior Sister is here!"

The man was shaken by him and almost spilled the milk in front of him. He sat up slowly, and his dark eyes looked over blankly and hazily, with sleepiness still lingering.

It feels like falling asleep with your head propped up on the dining table.

The man yawned continuously, but Backstab kept urging him: "Say hello! Say hello! Are you polite?"

"I didn't sleep last night. I drove two hours in the snow to pick someone up at the airport, and then drove back for more than an hour. I ran around, delivered food and mattresses, and didn't fall asleep until almost four o'clock." Shan Chong had a wooden face and rarely spoke much. "During the whole process, were you there for a second?"

Backstab: “…”

Shan Chong: "Huahua has appeared in the lines after all... Oh, you have appeared too. I told her that if she has any problems, she can call someone, preferably you, because you are free."

Backstab: “…”

Shan Chong: "Say it again now, who is impolite?"

Backstab: "You."

Shan Chong sneered, picked up the cup of milk that had been placed there for a while, took a sip, frowned and put it down, then, in front of everyone, he took the three packets of white sugar next to Yanyan's coffee, tore them all open, poured them into the milk, and shook it.

Except for Wei Zhi, everyone seemed to be used to it. The short-haired girl named Yan Yan didn't even raise her eyelids and asked casually: "You also brought that turtle butt pad?"

Shan Chong's eyelashes trembled and he said, "Yeah."

"Oh!" Yanyan looked at Weizhi with emotion, "After all, the youngest daughter is loved by her father. For a place like ours that is so far away from home, we are sometimes afraid that our father will get up one day and ask us who we are and why we are here when we are unhappy."

No one had any objection to this statement, except for the backstab.

He has no shop behind him but he has a village in front of him——

Back then, Shan Chong was a giant in action but dumb in teaching. Backstab followed him to practice in the park...

At that time, Shan Chong had no idea what the decomposition of movements were, and he started with the "You are just like this, watch me do it" style of teaching that is now ridiculed by everyone. Often when learning a new move, in order to make the backstab clear, he would jump to the point of having PTSD.

Usually by the end, he himself hardly knows how to do that move...

You see, even so, he has never felt the Master’s kindness for even one day.

So at this moment, he was in a bad mood and suddenly felt a little bad.

It's not that I'm furious, I just don't want to do anything wrong.

He quietly nudged the little girl who was competing with Chaodan next to him with his elbow. When she looked up at him blankly, he said in a standard green tea tone of "I'm not here to cause trouble, I'm just reminding you": "You said, Master Chong, why did you bring a turtle ass pad here for no reason? You didn't say you would definitely come or not, right?"

Weizhi: “Ah?”

Backstab: "Have you ever thought about why he brought the turtle when you were unsure of the itinerary? Was it really for you? Or for someone else?"

Weizhi: “…”

Backstab: "There are few rookies in Xinjiang, but there are some!"

Weizhi: “…”

Across the dining table, Shan Chong stared at Beistab expressionlessly.

Watch him quietly.

The rest of the people were so happy that they were staggering. Hua Yan grabbed an egg shell and threw it at him: "Luckily you are not a woman, otherwise you would have been robbed of your already not-so-good face!"

"Hiss," Backstab slapped the egg skin off his sticky lips, "How can you talk like that! I'm just asking reasonable questions, not trying to sow discord. Oh, Master, you won't be angry if I ask this, right? I didn't mean to ask this, I'm just a little worried that Junior Sister will misunderstand. Ah, Master, you won't be angry, right? I feel sorry for Junior Sister——"

In the chaos, Wei put down the cutlery in his hand and suddenly said, "Have you heard the story of Garfield?"

Backstab let out an "ah" and everyone looked over curiously.

I saw a little girl sitting at the dining table, half of her face illuminated by the sunlight from the window... She was smiling, and her thick dark brown eyelashes were trembling slightly in the sunlight. Her voice was very soft, and she looked cute yet a little pitiful, like an unknown little girl.

That's what——

Bright and sad.

"I once read a story like this online. Long after Garfield the cat was lost, everyone had given up hope of finding him. Finally, one day, he was suddenly found by his owner, Jon, in a pet store. The man and the cat hugged each other and cried, and finally they had a happy ending—"

Weizhi paused and said quietly, "After that, Garfield returned home and lived a happy life as before... and he never asked Jon why he walked into a pet store that day."

Everyone was stunned.

The table fell into deathly silence.

The optimism on Backstab's face gradually faded, and he was worried whether he had really said something he shouldn't have said.

Shan Chong drank the glass of milk in one breath and put the glass down with a "bang", which scared everyone at the table.

"Because he has a dog named Oudi who needs dog food, the pet store can only sell it..." The man's voice was emotionless and cold, "What's wrong with you? Who else but you should use that green-haired turtle?"

On the bright and sad collapse in a second.

The sunshine in Xinjiang has been dimmed by this man's ferocity.

Weizhi: “…”

Wei Zhi: “I’m sorry.”

Wei Zhi: "Then I will just climb up the ladder when the mood strikes—"

Shan Chong: "Climb your ass."

Weizhi: “…”

Wei Zhi: "Okay, I'll come down right away. The New Year is coming soon. How about I kowtow to you in advance as a New Year's greeting?"