White Swan

Chapter 35

When Shi Xubai came out from the repair shop with his skis in his arms, the anchors on the board were a little loose, so he asked someone to repair it a bit.

As soon as he looked up, he saw an extremely familiar figure entering a retro-style coffee shop, holding a bunch of candied haws in his hand.The corners of Shi Xubai's mouth curled up involuntarily, he put the skis on the shelf at the door of the store, and followed with his hands in his pockets.

The coffee shop is a bit crowded, and there are two small blackboards hanging above the bar with the menu written in chalk.

The ugly duckling was ordering coffee. In order to let the waiter hear him clearly in a noisy environment, he stood on tiptoe and slightly leaned his upper body over the bar.

Shi Xubai stood not far away, looking at him with interest.Qiao Fei was wrapped in a sky blue and gray ski jacket, with a fluffy collar that made his face delicate and small. The candied haws in his hand were crystal clear one by one, looking extremely attractive.

He took the coffee, and when he turned his head, he saw Shi Xubai, his eyes lit up, he went around a few tables in the store, and threw himself into his arms, as light as a feather.

"I found you."

Shi Xubai was amused, who found who?

"I don't think it's a coincidence to see you here." He held the ugly duckling fluttering in his arms, with a little surprise in his gentle and smiling eyes, "To be honest, are you following me?"

Qiao Fei was so easily seen through her small thoughts, her face flushed, and she tried to argue for herself: "No, really not. It's just Hao... Mr. wants to ski, I just follow."

"Yes, it's purely a coincidence." Shi Xubai looked at Qiao Fei's slightly pink thin lips, lowered his head and kissed it, causing Qiao Fei to scream and look around, afraid of being discovered.

Shi Xubai smiled like a stealing cat, lowered his head and bit off one of the bunch of candied haws in his hand, and asked, "Can you ski? Do you want to go together? I'm going to take the cable car."

"No." Qiao Fei shook her head honestly, but suddenly she was afraid that Shi Xubai would leave him and run away, so she quickly added, "But I want to learn."

"I teach you?"

"Really, really?" Qiao Fei was a little scared, but also a little expectant, tilting her head to think about the probability of falling to her death if she learns.

Shi Xubai didn't see Qiao Fei's worry, and enthusiastically recommended himself to him: "I'm pretty good at skating by myself, so it shouldn't be a problem to teach you casually."

"OK then."

Shi Xubai took Qiao Fei to rent a ski, and took the cable car to the top of the beginner's ski trail. There were all people learning to ski, and the mountains and plains were either lying on their stomachs or sitting.

The temperature on the mountain is lower than that at the foot of the mountain. As soon as we got off the cable car, we felt the oncoming cold wind.

Qiao Fei was choked by the cold air and coughed softly.Shi Xubai calmly pulled the zipper of his coat to the end, and then closed his collar.

After the skis were tied up, Shi Xubai put his foot on the middle of Qiao Fei's board to help him stabilize his balance: "Bend your legs a little bit, and lean your center of gravity slightly back. Try to stand on your own first."

Qiao Fei slowly supported Shi Xubai's arms and stood up from the ground, looking down at the skis tied to her feet.

This feeling of not being able to stand firmly on the slippery ground made him feel uneasy, and even though he tried his best to hold back, his legs kept shaking.

Shi Xubai was holding Qiao Fei's shoulder, felt his whole body was stiff and trembling slightly, and asked him worriedly: "Are you afraid?"

"No... not afraid..." Qiao Fei stood on the skis, her hands tightly clutching Shi Xubai's arms, her whole body trembling even with her voice.

Suddenly there was a scream from the side, Qiao Fei was startled, and turned her head to look.A girl in a pink ski suit galloped down from above, unable to stop the car, and finally fell to the snow with a "slap" and rolled twice before stopping.

It seemed that the fall was so painful that I couldn't get up for a long time.

Watching other people wrestle sometimes hurts more than falling himself. Qiao Fei can't help but look twice more, wanting to see if the person can still stand up.

Shi Xubai shook his head: "Don't look at her, look at me."

"Oh."

Whenever Qiao Fei moved a little, the skis under her feet would move forward uncontrollably, and she couldn't stop even if she wanted to.Qiao Fei could only hold on to Shi Xubai's arm desperately, with half of her body hanging on him.

Qiao Fei doesn't want to learn anymore. What's the fun in skating? It's so scary and life-threatening.But Qiao Fei didn't want Shi Xubai to leave, if he said he didn't want to learn, Shi Xubai ignored him and went skiing by himself.

"No, it's okay... Let go... I'll try." Qiao Fei said duplicity, trying her best to hold back her trembling legs.

Isn't it just skiing? What's the problem?Just tie your legs and roll down like a snowball, and the rolling will be fine.

Qiao Fei made a good plan to squat down to stabilize his balance as soon as Shi Xubai let go, but the imaginary situation did not happen. Shi Xubai held Qiao Fei's arm tightly and did not let go, letting him sit on the snow. down.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Fei was a little worried, afraid that he was not active enough to disappoint Shi Xubai, he even wanted to apologize, and also wanted to ask Shi Xubai to let him try again.

"Why do you think skiing is suddenly boring? Let's go, I'll take you to have fun." Shi Xubai bent down to untie the board from Qiao Fei's feet, and pulled him up from the ground before he could speak.

The skis that had been taken off were thrown casually by Shi Xubai on the side shelf. He took out the map of the ski resort from his pocket and led the way to a trail. Qiao Fei had no choice but to follow inexplicably.

There is a narrow forest path beside Xuepi. Douglas pine trees line the path, and the branches are covered with thick snow, exuding a cool rosin.

As he was walking, Shi Xubai heard a small exclamation from behind. When he turned his head, no one saw him. When he searched again, he turned out to be sitting on the ground.He tried his best not to laugh, and said, "Be careful...the ground is slippery."

Qiao Fei sat on the snow and glared at Shi Xubai angrily, who made him walk so fast.

"Are you really a ballet dancer? Walking so unsteadily." Shi Xubai stretched out his hand to pull Qiao Fei up from the ground, and helped him wipe the snow off his pants.

Underneath the snow in the woods was the ice that had frozen last night, making it slippery every step of the way.

"Whoever said that a ballet dancer can walk safely." Qiao Fei retorted grinning because her butt hurt from the fall.

Shi Xubai has long legs and tends to walk faster and faster. Now he slowed down and walked beside Qiao Fei: "Walk slowly, don't worry." He added with a suppressed smile, "If you are in a hurry, it is easy to fall."