Chapter 19: Drowning
Ren Fenghe grew up in the south where it never snows.
The fluttering snow stole all her attention, and her eyes were glued to the fluttering white.
When she was traveling as a child, if Ren Fenghe had the chance to choose, she would choose to go to the north in winter.
Go to the north in winter, go to the north in winter, and fulfill her wish to see snow.
Unfortunately, her family rarely wants to go to colder places in the winter, and often the travel spots she suggests are rejected. If she thought about it, she could count the number of times she had seen snow on one hand.
This was the first time in her life that she saw snow falling.
"Okay, take your head and hands back, this is too dangerous."
Jiang Shen reminded Ren Fenghe, who was about to tear off the child seat belt and rush out as reflected in the rearview mirror.
Ren Fenghe sat down reluctantly and asked, "Can I watch the snow downstairs at home later?"
Jiang Shen agreed, "Okay, take your stuff up first. You also need to change into a pair of waterproof shoes and wear gloves."
At this time, as long as Jiang Shen agreed, whatever he said was what it was, and Ren Fenghe nodded repeatedly.
Seeing that she sat down obediently, Jiang Shen rolled the window back up and said, "This is the first snow I have seen this year."
Jiang Shen added: "This is also the first snowfall here. The first snowfall in a city every year is called 'first snow'."
Anyone who grew up and lived in Korea will have some degree of affection for the first snow.
Ordinary snow, but because it is the first white snow every year, it is given the name "first snow". It has a different meaning from other snows, which is romantic and beautiful.
The snow fell heavier and heavier, and the cold snow passed through the car windows, but under the warm heater in the car, it also turned from cold to warm.
Ren Fenghe never thought that the first time she watched "Falling Snow" in her life would be with Jiang Shen.
Coming to Zhang Tuanyuan's body, the feeling of unreality after becoming Zhang Tuanyuan emerged again.
Even though it was snowing, Jiang Shen drove steadily, and soon they returned home with their bags.
Ren Fenghe couldn't wait to take off his shoes and rushed back to the room to change his coat.
She clearly rushed into the room, but the noise was so loud that even Jiang Shen, who was standing at the entrance, could hear it.
"I'll be fine soon! I'll be fine soon!" Ren Fenghe was afraid that Jiang Shen would change his mind and not take her down, so she quickly took off her coat and changed into a warmer one.
She took good care of her intact and healthy body. After putting on her coat, she did not forget to tie her scarf, change into thicker socks, and put on gloves and a woolen hat. She wore everything that Jiang Shen asked her to wear and didn't allow her to wear.
Maybe it was because she was wearing too many clothes or because she was excited, but her cheeks were red. She walked out with two red cherries on her cheeks. She couldn't wait to tiptoe beside Jiang Shen and said, "I'm ready! I'm ready!"
Jiang Shen walked around her and checked what she was wearing.
Ren Fenghe has her own aesthetic sense. She doesn't like being dressed in black, so as soon as she came back, she changed out of all black and put on a milky white, fluffy and warm down jacket, a woolen hat made to look like cat ears, and a goose yellow scarf around her neck. She looked very cute in this outfit.
"Okay, change your shoes and then we'll go down." Jiang Shen said.
He hadn't even taken off his shoes and had just moved the large and small bags of things from the elevator to his home when he was asked to go out again.
Ren Fenghe's excitement infected him. He laughed and couldn't help but take out his cell phone to take a picture of Ren Fenghe who turned into a white ball while squatting down to change his shoes.
Snap——
Very loud camera noise.
Ren Fenghe looked in the direction of the voice and saw a cell phone facing him.
She was about to shout "You took a secret photo!", but when she saw Jiang Shen's smile that couldn't be hidden even though he was wearing a mask, and thought of the touching moments Jiang Shen had just given her, she swallowed the cry that was about to burst out of her throat, raised her right hand, stretched out two fingers, and made a "yeah" sign on her cheek.
Click, another sound.
The little girl in the photo has rosy cheeks, her gums are showing from smiling, and her two raised fingers look like small branches.
Ren Fenghe put on his shoes, stood up, and walked towards the door, urging him as he walked: "Hurry up and change. We're waiting for you."
Jiang Shen was just about to follow Ren Fenghe, but when he heard this, he turned his head and looked at him in the mirror in the entrance hall.
He usually prefers style over temperature, and often wears ripped jeans and a sweatshirt in the middle of winter. Today he wore much more than usual when he went out.
"You will get sick if you wear so little," Ren Fenghe added.
These words made Jiang Shen stunned for a moment. His right hand, which had fallen at his side, was put into his pocket and held the mobile phone inside.
"Hurry, hurry! If you don't change your clothes, the snow will stop!" Ren Fenghe didn't know why he suddenly became dazed, she rushed over anxiously and pushed him towards the room.
Jiang Shen came back to his senses and said, "I'll go right away."
As he closed the door, he reminded Ren Fenghe, "You are not allowed to sneak downstairs by yourself, do you understand?"
"Yeah, yeah, I know, I know." Ren Fenghe responded perfunctorily.
It only took a few minutes for Jiang Shen to change his pants and put on several coats and quickly came out of the room.
When I came to the living room, the white ball that was in the entrance just now was curled up by the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room.
The white ball squatted on the ground, supporting the floor-to-ceiling window with both hands, her face almost touching the window. The warmth of her breath and the coolness outside overlapped, leaving a layer of mist on the glass.
Jiang Shenqing came to her side quietly, but she didn't notice him and continued to look at the falling snow outside the window without blinking.
Jiang Shen felt soft-hearted.
He reached out and smoothed Ren Fenghe's hair that was stuck to her down jacket, bringing back her mind that was almost drifting away with the snow.
"Do you like watching the snow so much?" Jiang Shen said.
Ren Fenghe saw him coming out and quickly stood up from the ground, "Let's go! Let's go!"
She answered Jiang Shen's question with her actions.
Jiang Shen, who was dressed warmly, and Ren Fenghe, who was dressed even warmer, went down to the first floor of the community.
It had just started snowing when we came back, but now there is a layer of snow on the ground and the whole world is white.
It’s not cold when it snows, it’s the coldest when the snow melts. While sitting in the elevator, Jiang Shen, who was wearing much more clothes than usual, felt sweat oozing out of his back.
Ren Fenghe rushed out like a cannonball, jumping excitedly in the snow.
She opened her arms and let her whole body welcome the snow, feeling the coolness falling on her face. She excitedly spun around in circles, the snow falling lightly on her body and then falling to the ground as she spun around.
Snow more, snow more!
If it snows more, she can make a snowman, have a snowball fight, and roll around in the snow.
When Ren Fenghe saw the snow, his mental age suddenly shrank and he became a satisfied child. She felt a little dizzy from spinning and stopped quickly.
After she stopped, the whole world was still spinning, and she sat down on the ground. She had to support her head with both hands to keep the world balanced.
Looking at Ren Fenghe who was so excited, Jiang Shen smiled.
He looked around. In a world of white, figures of other colors would become particularly obvious. Looking around, there was no other color around except white.
There's no one else here.
He confidently pulled the mask down a little to reveal his nose.
It snows in South Korea every year. Apart from the thrill of seeing the first snow, Jiang Shen has no special feelings towards snow. He even thinks snow is troublesome.
It is very troublesome to travel when it snows. The accumulated snow will make the journey longer and they have to come to the dressing room earlier than usual.
Snowy days are not kind to fans either, as they have to wait outside their public schedules just to see them and support them, and they will also suffer from the cold.
Looking at Ren Fenghe who was having fun and didn't need his company for the time being, Jiang Shen recalled what Zhang Tuanyuan had just said.
"You'll get sick if you wear so little."
This is what Yuanyuan said, and this is how his fans worry about him.
Jiang Shen put his right hand back into his pocket.
He thought for a long time, took out his mobile phone, and opened Weverse which he hadn't visited for a long time.
It has been half a year since he last posted something.
At that time, there were still two weeks before they released their mini album. He received an invitation to an overseas event that day. After finishing the event, he flew back to Korea overnight and went straight to the practice room to prepare the dance for the mini album with the members, practicing until two in the morning.
He slept for less than three hours that day, and after practice, he was so tired that he fell directly on the sofa in the practice room.
I don't remember which staff member raised his phone to take a picture of him, but the surrounding members came over one after another, surrounded him while he was lying there, and recorded the scene.
Everyone in the photo is messy in their own way. He is so tired that his clothes and expression are wrinkled. No one can be said to be good-looking, but it is very real.
He thought fans would like them like this, and after hesitating for a long time, he uploaded the photo to Weverse to share it with fans.
Jiang Shen couldn't come back to his senses for a long time when he looked at the picture in the middle where he tried to cover his face with the brim of his hat but his teammates grabbed his arms and he felt extremely helpless.
He stared at the photo, and as he looked, he saw a little white in his field of vision. It was snowflakes falling on the phone and right on him in the photo.
He was already sick at the time, and his body would react when he was physically active. The disease came on suddenly and inexplicably, and it was not like a fracture or muscle pain where you could clearly know the time it would take to heal.
He didn't know what to do, and he didn't know whether he should tell his teammates.
Teammates have different ideas about the development of the team, but in different ideas, there are always eight complete people. Therefore, whenever his body reacts, he will try his best to hide it. Even if his body is uncomfortable, his muscles still have memory. As long as he holds it in, he can still dance and sing.
He didn't want his teammates to know, and didn't want his fans to worry.
Exhausted, he never logged into Weverse again.
It has been a full six months, and it is the first time that he has not interacted with fans on the platform for such a long time.
Jiang Shen took a slow and deep breath, wiped the snow off his phone, and scrolled down the page.
Even if he hasn't posted anything for half a year, the comments under this kind of photo will always be the latest date.
He read the comments carefully and clicked on translation when he came across a language he didn't understand. Fans from all over the world expressed their concern for him.
They would say: "The weather is getting colder, Shine, remember to keep warm! Don't get sick!"
They would also say, "We will always support Shine during her sick leave."
Jiang Shen wanted to send something, but before his fingertips touched the keyboard, scenes that made him feel extremely stressed appeared before his eyes. These fast-forwarded scenes circled around his temples, covering his mouth and nose so that he couldn't breathe, and scratching his throat so that he felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.
Calm down and be patient. Yuanyuan is still here. Don't scare her.
The hot sweat on his back turned into cold sweat, and the snow melted in an instant and turned into water that kept spreading upwards, covering his legs, abdomen, chest, and neck. He stood on tiptoe and raised his head, looking for a fulcrum to avoid being submerged.
Hold on, hold on, it will be over soon.
Hold on.
Ren Fenghe, who had recovered from her sleep, held her head in her hands and admired the snow scenery with her hands behind her back. As she watched, she felt unsatisfied and wanted to ask Jiang Shen if he was willing to go to the rooftop with her so that she could enjoy the snow and see the lights.
When I turned around, I saw Jiang Shen standing on tiptoe and looking up, not knowing what he was doing.
Is there anything on it? Ren Fenghe looked over there.
I can't see anything.
Can't she see it from this angle? What is Jiang Shen looking at?
Ren Fenghe moved to Jiang Shen's side and looked up like him, but still saw nothing.
Then, she discovered that Jiang Shen's breathing was very unstable, and the white mist that appeared when his nostrils came into contact with the cold air increased and decreased.
Something is wrong. Something is very wrong!
Ren Fenghe grabbed Jiang Shen's hand, shook it and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
A drowning person can hear nothing but the gurgling sound of water choking in his mouth. The same is true for Jiang Shen.
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