Chapter 166. The Red Panda and Its Keeper 3. This time, Lu Shi'en...
The sun pushed aside the layers of clouds that had covered the night before, bringing a touch of warmth to the winter morning.
The world covered in snow is a silver-white wonderland, and the simple cable car, with no obstruction, touches the wind, giving one the feeling of flying through the snow-covered forest.
The camera flash, reflecting the sunlight, framed the rare beauty below with each shot.
Cheng Meiyan was very interested in this newly developed snow mountain. Early in the morning, she took her family on the cable car, hoping to enjoy the winter snow scenery of northern China during a break from skiing.
There were also her two daughters, each with her partner.
Yesterday's little incident made Cheng Meiyan keenly aware of something, so today she coincidentally pushed Lu Shizhen and Xu Shiyue onto the first cable car, then pulled Lu Shize onto the second cable car with her, and finally, no matter how proud her youngest daughter was, she still sat with Shen Yanxing.
Moreover, with this positioning, she can take photos of her two beloved daughters and daughter-in-law from both the front and back.
Cheng Meiyan proudly admired the photos she had just taken of Lu Shizhen and Xu Shiyue, then, holding Lu Shize's shoulder, turned to the back and gestured, "Xiao En, Yanxing, look at the camera!"
Lu Shi'en was still upset about Cheng Meiyan leaving her behind, so she crossed her arms and raised her chin, saying, "No!"
But Cheng Meiyan wasn't the type to back down after being rejected. She even thought Lu Shien looked adorable, so she smiled and pressed the shutter, then coaxed, "Our little En is the best, can you give Mommy a smile?"
But Lu Shien kept his head up, not wanting to face the camera that was pointing at him.
Cheng Meiyan was immediately troubled, and her hand holding the camera seemed to drop.
Shen Yanxing, who was sitting upright, turned slightly towards Lu Shi'en and said to the little girl who was still throwing a tantrum, "Aren't you going to strike a pose? Auntie has been holding the camera for a long time, and my hands are a little red. Besides, I think if you have this expression and pose, the photos Auntie takes probably won't look very good, right?"
The sunlight slanted across the world, imprinting Shen Yanxing's gentle gaze into Lu Shien's eyes.
It's unclear which sentence struck a chord with her, or whether both sentences were very important to Lu Shien, but the young girl glanced at Shen Yanxing and then smiled at the camera Cheng Meiyan was holding up.
There was no coercion; her smile appeared natural and lively in the camera's lens, as vibrant as a flower suddenly blooming in winter.
She seemed to be full of emotion, as if she had been eagerly waiting for a long time. And just then, someone gave her a perfect opportunity to step down, and she shone her prepared radiant smile at the camera and the people behind it.
Lu Shien simply forgot that the framed image was a photo of two people.
She tilted her head slightly toward the center of the camera, and then another strand of long hair fell onto her shoulder.
Shen Yanxing seemed to follow suit, tilting his head and leaning against her.
Those eyes, which were radiating energy at the camera just a second ago, suddenly froze, as if a program had crashed because it couldn't find a solution.
What's even more unusual is that, after his surprise this time, Lu Shien did not get angry as he had in the past.
The temperature in the snow-capped mountains is even lower than in the city, and the biting wind can be quite harsh on the face.
Perhaps it was because the wind had blown too much, but Lu Shi'en suddenly felt a heat rising up on his face.
The comfortable distance the two had maintained on the narrow cable car suddenly shrank, and the cool breeze that had been blowing stopped.
The airflow was confined to the two of them, and the warm temperature, like a feather, tickled the girl's sensitive earlobe, instantly causing a surge of heat in the heart of the girl who had finally calmed down.
Thump, thump, thump...
Lu Shi'en heard his own heart pounding as his gaze paused.
Even though Shen Yanxing's body was leaning, his arm was still resting properly on her knee.
A section of her fair wrist was exposed where the heavy clothes and gloves met, not easily noticed, but it still caught Lu Shi'en's eye out of the corner of his eye.
For some reason, she remembered last night.
She suddenly initiated the action of withdrawing the ointment, which was immediately followed by Shen Yanxing's refusal.
Everything seemed to be going so smoothly, and her heart was beating so fast and erratically.
Lu Shien is well aware that she is not someone who rejects or is uncomfortable with close contact.
She has a somewhat awkward personality, but she's a nice person. When she graduated, several senior students she had helped came over and took photos with her, arm in arm.
At that time, she didn't feel uncomfortable at all, let alone have her heart racing.
But why does she react this way when Shen Yanxing gets even a little closer?
Why does my heart race when I'm with her...?
Troubled, Lu Shi'en subconsciously turned to look at Shen Yanxing.
As the cable car ascended, the surrounding scenery began to become pure, with snow-laden, verdant pine trees.
Shen Yanxing sat in the middle of this scene, her heavy, oversized coat hanging down on her, but it did not bend her back at all.
After the photos were taken, she returned to her previous posture, her body as straight as a pine tree.
A simple knitted hat tucked all her long black hair inside, leaving only her small face exposed, as clean and pure as the snow in the background.
Perhaps it was because they had spent so much time together that Lu Shi'en noticed how fair Shen Yanxing's skin was, yet his features were striking, with naturally thick eyebrows that looked like they were drawn with a single, powerful stroke, delicate yet spirited.
She's actually quite pretty.
It was as if a small pebble had fallen from a heavy cliff, striking Lu Shi'en and making him suddenly realize something.
Just as she was pondering her earlier thought, Shen Yanxing seemed to sense something and turned to meet her gaze into Lu Shi'en's eyes.
The man tilted his head slightly, and there seemed to be a question in his eyes as he looked at Lu Shi'en.
Lu Shi'en's heart skipped a beat.
Feeling guilty, she instinctively retaliated first, saying to Shen Yanxing in an unreasonable manner, "What are you looking at! Who gave you permission to look at me!"
Shen Yanxing wasn't annoyed. A meaningful smile appeared on her slightly tilted head: "But if someone hadn't looked at me first, how would they have known I turned around to look at them?"
Not only did they fail to lead people astray, but they also managed to expose the other party's secret and turn the tables on them.
Lu Shi'en felt a pang of guilt, opened his mouth, and huffed at Shen Yanxing, "You jerk!" before turning his head away to look at the scenery.
Because of this little incident, Lu Shi'en was temporarily unwilling to talk to Shen Yanxing. After getting off the cable car, he ran over and grabbed Cheng Meiyan's arm, asking her to take more photos of him. He also forcibly requisitioned Xu Shiyue, who was next to Lu Shizhen.
The mountaintop was quiet, and the little girl's chattering voice was like a sparrow hopping on a pine branch, vivid and bright.
Shen Yanxing watched from the side, wisely refraining from provoking Lu Shi'en any further. Her solitary state didn't last long, as Lu Shizhen warmly invited her to go skiing together.
There weren't many people on the snow-capped mountain early in the morning, and even the staff weren't patrolling as frequently.
The surrounding snow was continuous, uninterrupted by any human footprints, giving one a sense of being one with nature.
It is in such situations that people are easily tricked into revealing information.
There was a reason why Lu Shizhen only took Shen Yanxing skiing.
At a stop, Lu Shizhen looked at Shen Yanxing, who was hydrating, and asked rather bluntly, "Do you like my sister?"
Shen Yanxing paused for a moment.
The next second she twisted the bottle cap back on and said frankly, "I was still found out."
"It's too obvious," Lu Shizhen complained.
Yesterday, she felt that it was strange that Shen Yanxing suddenly came here and Xu Shiyue helped her like this. When she went back and asked, sure enough, this person came with a purpose, and this person's purpose was Lu Shien.
If Lu Shien becomes someone's target, Lu Shizhen will definitely investigate him cautiously.
But when it comes to Shen Yanxing, she can't quite put her finger on feeling at ease.
After all, when she first came into this world, the person she knew best, besides Xu Shiyue, was another female protagonist, Shen Yanxing.
Moreover, judging from Lu Shi'en's reaction when her mother tried to matchmake Shen Yanxing and Lu Shize yesterday, Lu Shizhen vaguely felt that Lu Shi'en probably had some feelings for her too, but she was too caught up in it to understand her own heart.
Thinking this, Lu Shizhen asked with extra enthusiasm, "Do you need any help? I can put in a good word for you with Xiao En~"
"Thank you, but I think it's better not to. It would be too obvious." Shen Yanxing politely declined Lu Shizhen's offer, her words showing consideration for Lu Shien. "As you know, Shien isn't the type to be teased. Too much stimulation will cause her to have a stress reaction."
Hearing Shen Yanxing's words, Lu Shizhen could tell that she understood Lu Shien very well, and nodded in agreement: "He's like a little animal, don't worry..."
Just as she was about to raise her hand to encourage Shen Yanxing, her words and the movement of raising her hand stopped at the same time.
Lu Shizhen, her exposed ear pointed directly at the snow-capped mountain above, spoke with unusual sharpness: "Shen Yanxing, I feel there's something wrong with the voice."
Shen Yanxing also looked up and saw that in the distance, white mist was rolling and spreading downwards.
Her expression immediately tightened, and she said to Lu Shizhen, "Oh no, an avalanche!"
The two reacted incredibly quickly; before they could even finish speaking, they swung their ski poles almost simultaneously.
In the distance, a thick white fog continued to engulf the azure sky, and chunks of snow collapsed and rolled down, turning from docile to ferocious, like a suddenly mad rabbit, about to swallow the two people who were sliding and running away.
The wind howled fiercely against Lu Shizhen and Shen Yanxing's faces, completely erasing the relaxed enjoyment they had just experienced in the wind.
The rapid stacking of objects, exceeding the limits of the heart's capacity, was solely for the purpose of escaping death.
Even so, they were still swallowed up by the enormous snow rabbit.
In the vast expanse of white that pours down, humanity appears utterly insignificant.
The ski tracks were smoothed over by the rolling snow, and the morning world returned to its quiet state, as if nothing had ever happened...
Suddenly, a ski pole poked a hole in the flat snow.
Next were the arms, which were covered by heavy clothing.
Lu Shizhen, panting heavily, struggled to crawl out from under the snow.
—Even though their desperate efforts did not save them from being buried by the avalanche, at least they were overwhelmed by the last wave with the least impact.
Feeling that she was in good health, Lu Shizhen began searching for Shen Yanxing.
Then she saw Shen Yanxing climb out from a distance.
They are all still alive.
"Crack, crack..."
Despite the close call, the two of them collapsed to the ground, staring at each other, their exhausted faces filled with lingering fear.
The heavy breathing created wisps of white mist, and suddenly heavy, rapid footsteps echoed through the quiet snow.
Following the sound, Lu Shizhen looked into the distance and saw Xu Shiyue's anxious face, as well as Lu Shien's figure running over quickly after seeing them.
I don't know how much time passed, but the sun seemed to be a few inches higher in the sky than it had been.
The little girl's figure passed through the halo of sunlight, dazzling Lu Shizhen's eyes.
The sound of snow being crushed echoed repeatedly, but this time the person who was being clumsily held and fell to the ground was not Lu Shizhen.
This time, Lu Shien is no longer running towards her older sister, whom she used to clamor to marry.
Instead, it was Shen Yanxing, whom she had just called a nuisance.
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