Volume 11: The Lingering Warmth of Melting Snow
Chapter 2: A Princess’s Personal Hobby
A thousand thoughts flashed through Lu Li’s mind. In the end, as the woman had said, he let go of the ski poles in his hands and fell to the side in a relatively gentle manner. Lu Li fell onto the soft snow, pushing up a small snowbank. He rolled over in the snow, looking at the blue sky and white sun above. On this day, Lu Li’s dream of being a skiing champion was shattered.
That sharp figure came to a stop beside Lu Li. Lu Li was looking at her upside down, only able to see a woman wearing a gray knitted hat and a blue down jacket hanging inverted under the sky.
Zhu Xi had no intention of helping him up. “You didn’t fall to your death, did you?”
The snow provided plenty of cushioning, and Lu Li’s reaction was also very timely. He was indeed not injured.
“Thank you.” He staggered to his feet and slowly moved over to pick up the ski poles, so that other skiers behind him wouldn’t suffer the same fate. Why is Zhu Xi here? Lu Li thought. She probably won’t tell me, so there’s no point in asking.
“A beginner should have a coach with them,” Zhu Xi said. “A novice like you can’t even handle a situation like this. You shouldn’t have left the green slope in the first place. If it weren’t for me, you would have at least dislocated something.”
Zhu Xi’s scolding was not polite. On account of her having helped him once, Lu Li decided not to bicker with this woman.
“Who would have thought someone would just leave their ski equipment in the middle of the slope?” Lu Li was not happy.
“It was those people from the ski club. It’s already unsafe to be crowded together like that. Someone’s pole dropped, and there was no time to brake.” Zhu Xi had a strong opinion of the ski club students. She glanced at Lu Li and revealed a smile that carried a hint of disdain and insidiousness. “Are you also here to chase Fu Li?”
It was true, but Lu Li didn’t want to admit it. He felt that admitting it was very embarrassing.
“Your Royal Highness, did you follow me here?”
“A princess is a person too, and has her own entertainment life.” Zhu Xi glanced at him, pushed off with her ski poles, and disappeared from Lu Li’s sight without a trace of reluctance.
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Lu Li took the cable car back to the starting point from the rest area and saw An Baili still leaning on the railing, staring blankly in the direction he had left. He didn’t know how long she had been holding that posture. A childish thought came to Lu Li. He reached out to cover An Baili’s eyes, wanting to play a classic “guess who I am,” but to his surprise, An Baili immediately shouted, “Help! Someone’s molesting me!” and then gave him an elbow. Lu Li was so struck that his heart trembled. He turned his head and saw the tourists staring at him sternly. A few men were already walking toward him. “Hey, young man, what are you doing?!”
Only then did An Baili turn her head and realize it was Lu Li. She quickly took Lu Li’s hand and apologized to the others. “I’m sorry, excuse me, I misunderstood. This is my boyfriend…”
After the two of them were scolded by the staff, An Baili apologetically swayed Lu Li’s arm. “I’m sorry, Li. I didn’t know it was you. Does your chest still hurt? I’m sorry…”
Lu Li rubbed his chest. “It’s fine, it’s fine. It just shows you have a strong sense of self-protection.”
“I’ll give you a kiss, and it won’t hurt anymore.” An Baili pressed her little head against Lu Li’s chest, deliberately making a few smacking sounds, and then looked up with her little face. “If it still hurts, you can hit my chest.”
What if I flatten them? Won’t I, Lu Li, be the one at a loss?
“Why did you suddenly come back? I was still calculating the time,” An Baili asked. “How is Fu Li? Did you get to talk to her?”
“Er, mm.” Lu Li was impassive. “Unfortunately, she doesn’t seem to be very interested in me. I don’t think there’s a chance, so I took the cable car back first.”
“How could that be?!” An Baili exclaimed. “How could she not be interested in you!” Lu Li knew that in this girl’s eyes, he was flawless. She naturally believed that Lu Li would be loved by others without reason.
Lu Li himself didn’t believe he was that perfect. He had many shortcomings. Perhaps among the girls around him, only Baili would completely ignore his flaws.
“That’s just how it is. I think I’ll just spend these two days with you.” Lu Li thought of the scene he had just seen: An Baili leaning on the railing alone, staring blankly at the empty ski slope. She wasn’t really a pimp. This girl’s possessiveness was not weak at all, yet she still chose to let Lu Li approach Fu Li. Lu Li had always felt that liking and loving were different. Liking was because the other person could bring emotional value, while loving was giving without counting the cost. The two had a fundamental difference between being selfish and being selfless.
Without a doubt, Baili loved him.
An Baili hugged him and said in a small voice, “But, I really don’t want to see you working so hard again. In our past life, when you were just starting your business, you would often stay up late, get drunk, and then tie your tie the next day while throwing up. Li, I really don’t want to see you work so hard again.”
This time was different. This time, his starting point was much higher than in his past life. With Long Di’s support, the company didn’t have to rely on personal connections for investment as it did in his past life.
“Then you can just spend more time with me at night and consume my energy,” Lu Li said, patting her head.
An Baili pecked him on the chin and said, “We can consume it now too.”
Lu Li was so aroused by her watery, rippling look that his heart itched. He swallowed. “Then should we go back to the hotel now?”
…
There’s a saying that a short separation is better than a honeymoon. Although Lu Li and An Baili’s wasn’t a short separation, it wasn’t far off. Yesterday, from noon onward, the two of them had shut themselves in, only opening the door slightly at mealtimes to take in the food delivered by the hotel. The cleaning lady had even remarked how mysterious this guest was.
From noon to five in the afternoon, after a short rest, the two of them hugged and watched a movie. For some reason, they became active again, from seven in the evening until eleven, and then from eleven-thirty until two in the morning. The location of their battle shifted from the bed to the plush-carpeted floor, from the messy dressing table to the shower room, to the mirror in front of the washbasin, to the square table used for meals, and then to the closed door. The reasonably spacious hotel room was filled with traces of their entanglement, the air thick with the scent of passion.
Baili’s combat power wasn’t strong. It was often Lu Li who took the initiative. She would often lose her senses after a few moves from Lu Li, and after that, she was completely dominated by him. From one o’clock in the afternoon, little Lu Li had not been pulled out from that warm place, even when they were eating and watching a movie at night, they were still tightly connected.
Lu Li thought, if it were Yameng, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to last this long. Yameng’s body was well-trained, firm and full of control. She could even deliberately tighten around little Lu Li, squirming slightly, giving Lu Li the full experience of a so-called “famous vessel.”
In comparison, Baili was indeed just a scrub with five combat power, the kind that was bad but still loved to play. However, the natural sense of conquest and satisfaction he got from Baili was something Yameng couldn’t bring him.
Thinking of this, Lu Li once again missed the absurd days when Yameng and Baili had come at him together.
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The next morning, Lu Li and An Baili finally pushed open the room door, contacted the cleaning lady to clean the room, and then the two of them, with a guilty conscience, slipped off to the ski resort.
Today was the second day of the ski club’s organized event. Even though she had been “persuaded” by Lu Li for a whole day yesterday, Baili hadn’t given up on the idea of pimping. She found out that Lu Li hadn’t even gotten to talk to Fu Li yesterday, so this morning she had deliberately sent a message to Fu Li, hoping that Senior Fu would take care of this “new club member,” Lu Li.
