Lin Weixia folded the note and put it in her pocket. Before going to bed, she had a headache. She squatted down and searched in her luggage bag, but couldn't find a single painkiller. She had to give up and poured herself a cup of hot water.
Due to overwork last week and the fatigue from today's long journey, Lin Weixia fell into a deep sleep quickly. When she woke up, she took out her cell phone from the pillow, glanced at it, and was shocked to find that she had slept until one o'clock in the afternoon.
Lin Weixia got up hurriedly, casually put on her coat, and went downstairs in her white cotton slippers. She found that there was no one around and it was quiet, with only the thin sunlight shining in through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
She was about to make a phone call when she accidentally saw a note on the dining table. Lin Weixia walked over and picked it up to read:
Honey, you look very tired so we didn't wake you up. We are going to go rafting in the rime first. I will keep your breakfast warm in the kitchen. After you finish eating, you can take the shuttle bus to come to us.
—Men Zi [Blowing a Kiss]
Lin Weixia folded the note, went upstairs to wash her teeth and face, then returned to the dining table on the first floor to eat breakfast in silence. After eating a boiled egg and half a bowl of porridge, she could not eat much more.
Her head still ached slightly, so Lin Weixia gulped down a cup of hot water, which made her feel a little better.
Lin Weixia went upstairs to change her clothes and took a look at the sunshine outside. It seemed that the weather was not bad. After packing everything, she fixed her hair, applied lipstick in front of the mirror, and went out.
After a while, Lin Weixia got on the shuttle bus and set off with the group. After the bus swayed for more than 40 minutes, it stopped at the Rime Drifting Scenic Area.
After getting off the bus, Lin Weixia glanced at the red sign in front of her, showed her ID card at the gate, and then showed the QR code on her mobile phone to buy a ticket.
Lin Weixia followed the crowd in. There were many people in the scenic area, crowded together. She found that the temperature dropped rapidly after entering, and the cold wind penetrated into her sleeves and collar, and she couldn't help but shiver.
Lin Weixia followed the instructions of the volunteers and took the green train for sightseeing. On both sides of the window was an endless lake, shining silvery white like the belly of a fish. The magical thing was that even though the temperature was minus 10 degrees Celsius, the lake was not frozen.
The green train swayed along the track. The scenery outside was divided by the lake into two rows of tall frozen rime, which sparkled in the sunlight.
Like a Christmas tree.
The sky and the earth seem to be connected into one, it is pure white.
When the green bus arrived at the third stop, which was the Frost Station, Lin Weixia got off the bus. She took out her cell phone and wanted to call Men Zi, only to find that the battery level was blank, with only one percent left.
She didn't even charge her battery last night.
He prayed silently in his heart that he would wait until she finished the call before turning off the phone, but as soon as his thumb touched Men Zi's phone number, the screen went black.
On the other side, a large group of people came to the famous hot spring scenic area. After paying the money, men and women split into two groups and went to the hot spring area separately.
The hot spring pool is located at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. The rime and snow in the distance surround the hot spring pool. After changing clothes, Men Zi went into the pool excitedly and started to soak in the hot spring.
The girls talked a lot when they got together. They discussed which boy was the most handsome among them. The bold ones even started a vote to see who they most wanted to sleep with.
The voting results unanimously showed that Ban Sheng was the winner.
Men Zi couldn't help but roll her eyes when she heard the name. She leaned against the pool wall, closed her eyes and soaked comfortably in her hot spring bath. The hot steam kept rising, steaming the girl's neck into a light pink.
Hot and comfortable.
Men Zi waited for a while and found that Lin Weixia had not come yet, so he sent her a message.
Fifteen minutes later, Men Zi reached out for the phone next to her, checked the message, and found that Lin Weixia had not replied to her message. She had a hunch that something was wrong, so she called directly.
A mechanized female voice sounded: "Sorry, the number you dialed is powered off—"
Fight again, still the same.
"Strange, why hasn't Weixia come yet?" Men Zi muttered.
The other girls were talking about the latest season's clothes. One of them complained that her skin was severely allergic in winter. After hearing Men Zi's complaint, she said:
"Maybe he hasn't woken up yet?"
"No way, it's already three o'clock." Men Zi glanced at the time, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He said doubtfully, "He didn't even answer the phone. Could something have happened?"
Hearing Men Zi's words, Shi Li's face flashed with unnaturalness for a moment. She coughed, deliberately skipped Men Zi's topic, and said, "If you have allergies, come to me. I have been using an essence water. Do you want to try it?"
“Okay, send me the link.” the girl replied.
A few girls were chattering all day when their cell phones made a "ding" sound. It was a push notification from the Meteorological Bureau on the news website.
The girl touched her chest and said, "Is it going to rain heavily? Oh my god, there was hail at the rime rafting. People who went there were so unlucky. Fortunately, we are taking a hot spring bath indoors, it's comfortable."
"Yeah." Shi Li replied with a wry smile, but his face looked quite guilty.
"This rainstorm is pretty heavy. I hope it won't close our place too."
Later, Men Zi found that Shi Li's expression was getting more and more strange, so she stopped chatting. She took out her phone and saw the news weather push with a panicked and uneasy expression.
Men Zi swam over and was startled when she appeared in front of Shi Li. She glared at Men Zi unhappily.
"Shi Li, where is Lin Weixia?" Men Zi asked.
Shi Li looked embarrassed, and used coughing to cover up his guilty conscience, and said in a choking voice: "How should I know, haven't you two always been good friends? Come and ask me."
The other party's tone was sarcastic, but Men Zi smiled and said nothing. After Shi Li made a sound, before she could react, a shadow covered her head, and a hand pressed her head and pushed her into the hot spring pool.
The scene suddenly became chaotic, and the others tried to persuade Men Zi to let go. The latter had a gorgeous smile on his face, and after hearing Shi Li's embarrassed shout, he not only did not let go, but increased the strength of his hand, and a gurgling sound came out of the hot spring pool.
"Where did Weixia go? Was it you who did this?" Men Zi's hands tightly clasped the back of her neck and pressed down.
Shi Li drank a mouthful of hot water, and her mouth felt sour and her ears felt heavy. She felt increasingly uncomfortable. She suspected that she was dying. She was jealous and afraid that she would be disfigured, so she finally cried out, saying in a halting and fearful voice:
"She went rafting in the rime, and I replaced the note you left for her this morning."
While Men Zi was in a daze, the strength in his hand weakened. Shi Li struggled to free himself, swam to the side of the swimming pool, and breathed heavily. He kept coughing, causing his face to turn red. He said with a weak breath:
"I'm going to call the fucking police."
Men Zi's face sank and she stood up from the hot spring pool without thinking. She immediately found a thick white bathrobe to wrap around her only swimsuit, then pulled Shi Li out of the swimming pool and threw a bathrobe to her.
Men Zihan had a cold face as he escorted her out. Shi Li looked extremely disheveled, with her makeup smudged and her eyeliner and mascara stuck together and falling down. The most uncomfortable thing was that she drank hot spring water and now felt so nauseous that she wanted to vomit.
With his other hand, he took out his phone and called Ban Sheng. After a while, the call was connected and a low voice came:
"Hello."
"Come out for a moment." Men Zi said unhappily.
The two girls stood outside the hot spring pool and waited for a while. Ban Sheng soon appeared. He was wearing a black windbreaker and holding a cigarette in his hand. He walked towards them slowly, followed by Qiu Minghua.
"What's the matter?" Ben Sheng asked.
Men Zi crossed her arms and glanced at Shi Li, who was pretending to be weak with tears on her face, and said, "Ask her."
Ban Sheng looked over, but Shi Li didn't dare meet her gaze. She lowered her head and stammered, "Lin Weixia, I tricked her into going rafting in the mist."
"The weather forecast says there's hail there, and I can't contact her at all now." Men Zi added.
The atmosphere around them suddenly became quiet. Shi Li felt weak inside and subconsciously raised his head to explain: "I just wanted to teach her a lesson, but I didn't expect things to develop into-"
After meeting Shang Bangsheng's gaze, Shi Li's voice became weaker and weaker, and finally he could not utter a word, and his whole body was shaking unconsciously.
Ban Sheng gritted his teeth, his face darkened. He extinguished the cigarette in his hand, looked down at Shi Li, and said in a cold voice:
"Didn't I tell you not to follow me? Don't do anything cheap? I can't pick on you."
Men Zi understood what was said nearby, and looking at Shi Li, she felt that she was becoming more and more pitiful.
Shi Li finally couldn't control herself anymore, stepped down with her shoulders, and forced a smile on her pale face. Yes, she fell in love with him since she accidentally participated in a friend's party, and then put aside her self-esteem and pride, chasing after him all day long.
The lighter was dropped by Ban Sheng during a drinking party, and she accidentally picked it up and put it in her pocket. The tattoo was the same. That night, she followed Ban Sheng into the small room and saw him looking for his wallet. When he didn't find it, he took off his coat and shook his clothes twice. In the dim light, Shi Li saw his tattoo. Vanity prompted her to go out and tell her companions those words.
Shi Li created the illusion of being ambiguous with Ban Sheng in front of others, but he never exposed her because Ban Sheng didn't care about anyone and never took her seriously. Shi Li thought it was an illusion, wondering if he liked her a little bit.
Later, Shi Li wanted to ask him for help, and Ban Sheng said:
"Shi Li, we are not even friends."
This was a rejection of her pursuit. Shi Li also had her own pride, and she didn't contact him for a while. But she couldn't help it. After learning that Ban Sheng was going skiing, Shi Li was the first to come uninvited. She was afraid of being driven away by Ban Sheng, so she said she came with another boy.
Sure enough, he didn't say anything else.
Several people went to the ski resort together. Before getting in the car, Ban Sheng tilted his head towards her and raised his chin: "You and Qiu Minghua take one."
Shi Li also did it with a sigh of relief.
When she came back and saw him going upstairs alone, she followed him, but Ban Sheng acted as if she didn't exist. She lowered her head to look at her phone, looking sleepy, and then she closed the door and locked it. Ban Sheng came out of the upstairs after taking a shower and changing clothes. Shi Li heard the noise and came out at the right time.
Everyone was teasing her and Ban Sheng. Shi Li glanced at him and was about to speak out to stop them, but when he saw Lin Weixia and Jiang Heng talking with their heads down, his expression suddenly changed and he didn't say a word.
They were both angry and competing with each other.
Since he knew that there were problems between the two, Shi Li didn't mind taking the initiative to create conflicts again, just to vent his anger.
Why is it still like this? It's jealousy that drives him. Why doesn't Lin Weixia do anything, but his eyes are only on her
Loving Ban Sheng means she has always experienced poison again and again, and she is the only one who experiences joy, anger, sorrow and happiness.
He always distances himself from the situation and remains a bystander.
Except for Lin Weixia, once he touched her, Ban Sheng was no longer the monster without emotions and rationality.
Ban Sheng only gave his emotions to Lin Weixia.
"Qiu Minghua, send her to go rafting in the rime. She will have to endure as long as my daughter has been frozen, double the time." Ban Sheng spoke slowly.
Ban Sheng withdrew his gaze from her, turned around and walked out. After a few steps, he remembered something and the lighter in his palm made a clicking sound. He chuckled, but the words he said were chilling:
"Don't appear in her sight if you still want to stay safely in Jingbei."
After Ban Sheng left, Shi Li lost control of himself. He slid down slowly with his back against the wall, sat there, buried his face in his knees, and burst into tears.
Shi Li squatted there and cried. Men Zi folded her arms and looked at her coldly. Suddenly she remembered something and kicked Qiu Minghua who was standing by. She asked, "Hey, what's going on between your brother and the long-legged beauty?"
"What long-legged beauty?" Qiu Minghua was stunned.
Men Zi angrily recounted the incident of broken glass in the school engineering compound some time ago and Lin Weixia running into Ban Sheng with another girl.
Qiu Minghua matched the people one by one in his mind according to Men Zi's description and frowned, "What the hell is going on? I remember that girl was Hua Zai's girlfriend. She was just helping to pass on the message. The point is gambling on football. Her boyfriend is in charge of that place in the bar. Everyone wants Mr. Ban to come. Isn't that natural? Mr. Ban is rich and generous. Who doesn't want to win money from him?"
"That's it." Men Zi nodded.
Men Zi then cast a glare at Shi Li, who was still crying and didn't want to go drifting in the mist, and turned to go into the hot spring area to change clothes. She didn't want to soak any more, as she was somewhat worried about Lin Weixia's safety.
…
Around five or six in the afternoon, when Ban Sheng carried Lin Weixia back to the B&B, Men Zi was startled.
Lin Weixia lay in the boy's arms with her eyes closed. Her face was pale, and there were snow particles on her tightly closed eyelashes. Even her lips were white.
"What's wrong with her?" Men Zi asked nervously.
"After a whole day of wind and rain, I have a fever." Ban Sheng's dark eyes were fixed on the person in his arms, his Adam's apple rolled, and there was unspeakable heartache in his eyes.
Ban Sheng walked upstairs with Lin Weixia in his arms, his face gloomy. Men Zi was so worried that she wanted to follow him, but was stopped by a boy.
"Why are you pulling me?" Men Zi asked.
The boy was a friend of Ban Sheng, and he said, "Let's not bother them. Let's take this opportunity to help them untie their knot."
Ban Sheng took Lin Weixia's temperature, gave her medicine, and then stopped letting anyone disturb her. Everyone came back late and found out about this. After asking and confirming that Lin Weixia was fine, they sat in the living room with peace of mind.
So they saw that Ban Sheng, who never cared about anyone's life or death and was extremely lazy, had been staying in her room. Afterwards, he drove to the supermarket to buy ingredients and came back to make soup for Lin Weixia in the kitchen.
Men Zi had heard Qiu Minghua say before that Ban Sheng was an expert at making soup, but in all the years she had known him, she had never seen him make soup for anyone.
She subconsciously looked towards the kitchen. Through the transparent glass, she saw the boy's broad shoulders and the curve of his neck as he leaned forward to test for salt. At that moment, she suddenly understood -
To like someone is to constantly break your own principles and sacrifice everything for the other person.
In the dream, it seemed as if a ferocious beast was chasing her non-stop. Lin Weixia kept running forward, but finally slipped and fell into the abyss. When Lin Weixia woke up in the middle of the night with her eyes open and coughing, she broke out in a cold sweat.
Found myself in an unfamiliar room.
The bed sheets were gray, and there was an ashtray on the table with scattered cigarette butts in it. The pillows and sheets all exuded a masculine scent.
Lin Weixia was startled and struggled to sit up from the bed. She turned on the bedside lamp and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the silver lighter engraved with the word "Ban" on the table.
She touched her forehead and it was still a little hot. Her throat was extremely dry and she wanted to drink some water. Lin Weixia reached for the water at the bedside, but found that it had already cooled down.
Wanting to drink hot water, she struggled to get out of the bed. Lin Weixia took the cup of water and walked out with a somewhat unsteady step. Her head felt heavy. When she stood in the corridor, she saw a tall figure standing on the terrace not far away.
It was quiet and dark all around, and everyone had gone to bed. As the night deepened and the dew became heavier, Ban Sheng held his phone to his ear, his long neck line, and he leaned lazily against the railing. His back was covered with a solemn and sinking atmosphere, and his fingers loosely held a cigarette, the scarlet flame was faintly visible in the dark night.
Fortunately, it was too quiet around, Lin Weixia heard the voice of Ban Sheng's classmate on the phone, it seemed to be Li Shengran.
They are arguing.
Li Shengran's tone was sharp and pressing, as if he wanted to tear Ban Sheng's nonchalant mask apart.
But no matter what she said, no matter how harsh her words were, Ban Sheng always defended himself with ease.
Rather than saying this, it would be more accurate to say that Ban Sheng is just throwing away all hope.
"Are you fooling around outside again?" Li Shengran questioned him.
"Did you return for the follow-up visit?" Li Shengran continued to ask him impatiently.
"I forgot." Ban Sheng replied casually.
The air was silent, and there seemed to be no sound on the other end of the receiver. Lin Weixia stood behind him, holding a cup and listening quietly.
The next second, Li Shengran's hysterical voice came through the receiver, mixed with anger and frustration:
"Ban Sheng, who are you showing this to?"
Ban Sheng snorted and was about to reply when he heard a loud "clang" sound of something hitting the ground behind him.
Ban Sheng turned around, leaned his elbows on the railing, and his eyes quickly caught sight of Lin Weixia standing behind him.
Lin Weixia's eyes were tense, as if she was afraid of seeing Ban Sheng. She even forgot to pick up the cup and hurried back to the room. Li Shengran was still talking on the other end of the phone. Ban Sheng was a little upset and hung up the phone directly, and strode towards her.
Lin Weixia returned to her room, found her coat on the bed, and was hurriedly putting it on when Ban Sheng rushed in. His tall figure stood in front of her, holding her arm, his eyes locked on her:
"Where are you going?"
"I want to go back." Lin Weixia put on her clothes and was about to leave.
Ban Sheng stopped her and hugged her from the front, his hands firmly on Lin Weixia's waist, his lips gently touched the soft flesh of her left ear, his Adam's apple rolled, and he asked her: "What did you hear?"
"I don't know. I didn't hear it clearly, but I don't want to know what happened to you in the past two years. You're always like this." Lin Weixia stood there, her eyes calm and her breath weak.
Lin Weixia lowered her head and tried to pry open the hands on her waist, but Ban Sheng refused to let her. She was no match for his strength, and fatigue overwhelmed her. She couldn't help but cry:
"I want to go back. I don't want to... stay with you at all."
Lin Weixia originally wanted to say this in a nonchalant tone, but she didn't know why. Maybe it was because of her illness, she felt very uncomfortable all over, or maybe it was because she had accumulated too many emotions during this period of time. She was pushed away again and again. She finally came to this place to relax, but ended up being bullied and freezing outside for a whole day.
The accumulated grievances, sleepiness, and discomfort finally burst out. Lin Weixia's eyes turned red and tears fell. She went from crying silently to sobbing loudly.
A cold and distinct face met her eyes, and Ban Sheng's lips moved over, gently kissing away the tears on her face, and then swallowing them all with a pious movement.
"Can you give me some time for what you want to know?" Ban Sheng looked at her seriously, his eyes struggling.
Ban Sheng's hand touched her fair neck, rubbing it gently, and he kissed her while speaking seriously:
"Last time at Jiujia Mountain, I'm sorry, I was an asshole."
Last time, he left her alone on Jiujia Mountain, and this time, because of Shi Li, she was exposed to the cold wind for a whole day. Lin Weixia's tears were like scalding his heart in boiling water, shrinking constantly and then hurting.
During the last adventure, Ban Sheng clearly said that he had only kissed her, one girl, but he was a natural master in this area, with skillful movements. He was very good at soothing people, and when their lips and tongues were intertwined, he raised his hand to support Lin Weixia's head so that she had a comfortable kissing posture, and his other finger kept stroking her jaw.
Lin Weixia was kissed until she felt dizzy. She sat on the bed with her head tilted back. The tip of her tongue was numbed by the sucking and her whole body trembled. In a flash, she thought of the red mark on Ban Sheng's collarbone.
Could it be Shi Liqin’s
Lin Weixia pushed him away violently, panting, tears still hanging in her clear eyes, and began to wipe her lips that he had touched: "You have kissed someone else's woman before."
She pointed to the red mark on his collarbone.
Ban Sheng was stunned for a second. It was the first time he saw Lin Weixia swear. He sighed softly at her resisting look and slowly tore off the Band-Aid on his collarbone.
There were three bone nails on it, the same silver color, and their positions were exactly the same as Lin Weixia's.
"What is this?" Lin Weixia asked in surprise.
"Couple's Bone Nail," Ban Sheng looked at her with his dark eyes and spoke slowly, "What else could it be?"
"Shi Li will not appear in front of you in the future. I have never had anything with her."
When had he ever forgotten the agreement they made on Yinye Mountain in their senior year of high school
How long had she waited
Lin Weixia sniffed, feeling as if the day had finally dawned and everything had settled. Tears kept falling down her cheeks, and she raised her hand to wipe them away, but was caught by a hand. Ban Sheng leaned over and licked the tears off her cheeks.
The lights in the room were dim, emitting a soft glow, and then they were turned off. Lin Weixia was lying on the bed, and Ban Sheng leaned over her, kissing her all the way down.
Every time Ban Sheng asked her a question, he would bite her lips, his eyelashes wet, and his breathing became heavier:
"Dislike me?"
He bit her again and asked again, "Are you still using bad words?"
Lin Weixia's heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably, her whole body stiffened, her fingers were interlocked with those of a pair of broad, slender fingers, and pressed to the side, making her unable to move.
She felt the buttons of her sweater being pecked open by Ban Sheng's mouth, exposing a large area of her chest to the air. She felt a little cold and couldn't help but shiver.
Lin Weixia put her hands on his neck, and Ban Sheng leaned over her, his voice hoarse:
"Baby, help me."
"What?" Lin Weixia asked in confusion.
"Help me take off my clothes." Ban Sheng's Adam's apple slid up and down.
The room was dark, and the bright moonlight from the window came in through the cracks. I couldn't see his face, but I could make out the boy's outline. Ban Sheng was only wearing a black short-sleeved shirt. He could obviously take it off by himself, but he forced Lin Weixia to help him.
Lin Weixia shook her head and closed her eyes.
Ban Sheng lowered his head and kissed her lips. Lin Weixia felt the domineering attack of his lips. She was forced to open her mouth and her pearly teeth were swept by a dense circle.
Lin Weixia felt her whole body getting hot. A strange feeling rose from the bottom of her heart, and she was vaguely afraid.
Ban Sheng kissed her until her eyes were red, and he was the one who felt uncomfortable. He raised his hand to brush away the hair on her pretty face and coaxed her in a hoarse voice:
"Xia Xia, be good."
Lin Weixia felt Ban Sheng holding her hand, and the breath emanating from the boy's broad chest warmed her body.
She turned her face away, moved the hem of his clothes with one hand, and tried to grab another hem with her other hand, but ended up touching it accidentally.
I felt his solid abdominal muscles.
Lin Weixia was kneeling in front of him, a head shorter than him, with her chin held by a cold hand.
The man's breath brushed against her face and ears, making her feel itchy and numb. She snorted and laughed:
"Where are you touching?"
Lin Weixia was completely frightened. She slapped his hand away, grabbed the quilt beside her, lay on her side, and covered her face.
But Ban Sheng refused to give in and covered her with his whole body again. Lin Weixia could not bear it and could not help but grab his arm and touch the uneven skin, which seemed to be a scar. She could not see clearly in the dark and could only ask:
"Where did you get the wound on your hand?"
Lin Weixia was responded with a hot and wet kiss. Her ears were very sensitive and her thoughts were quickly shattered. The question was also answered by Ban Sheng with his actions.
Lin Weixia seemed to be thrown into the sea, lacking oxygen, bobbing up and down with the waves. The girl's long hair and the man's strong arms were glued together, and the two gradually became a line.
Lin Weixia had never felt so hot before. Her fever had not completely subsided, her consciousness was blurry, and everything she saw was colorful.
Nervous and scared.
Ban Sheng suddenly stopped sleeping next to Lin Weixia, breathing on her neck, with uncontrollable emotions in his eyes. He tried his best to restrain himself and laughed hoarsely:
"It's better not to bully our Xia Xia."
You can't take advantage of someone's misfortune.