"Hmm?" Xie Siyan looked up at him and asked curiously, "Didn't you say you wanted to soak in the hot springs after dinner?"
"Huh? I said that?" Yan Shenyu was stunned for a moment, then remembered that she did say that.
"Well……"
"Oh, so it's a hot spring! Hahaha!"
Yan Shenyu smiled awkwardly, and before Xie Siyan could answer, she quickly ran into the bathroom and locked herself inside.
They stayed in a suite with a hot spring in the room, steaming gently in the cold winter.
When Yan Shenyu came out wrapped in a bath towel, Xie Siyan had already gone into the water. He leaned against the rock with his arms outstretched, and his shoulders looked particularly broad in the warm yellow light.
Continue down... Wait, where's Xie Siyan's bath towel?!
Yan Shenyu silently moved forward a little, and upon closer inspection, she realized that the hot spring pool was spotless, with not a single extra piece of water—Xie Siyan was actually bathing naked!
Does that mean he has to go naked too?
That would be so embarrassing! What if it causes a reaction while I'm soaking in it?
Did Xie Siyan want his reward while in the hot spring?
It's not that he can't do it, but the problem is that the hot spring pool is bare, and the ring can't be hidden at all.
Yan Shenyu hesitated for a long time, then gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, threw away the bath towel, and followed him into the bath.
No one spoke; the quiet night light gently spread around them, creating an awkward atmosphere.
Xie Siyan, on the other hand, seemed calm and even had the leisure to ask him, "Do you plan to continue skiing here for the next few days, or go to another ski resort?"
There are several ski resorts in northern Xinjiang. Their infrastructure is better, but most of them use artificial snow. There is another place for off-piste skiing.
Yan Shenyu replied absentmindedly, "Whatever, I'm fine with anything."
"How about here?" Xie Siyan suggested. "I'm afraid you won't have the stamina for something too strenuous."
Yan Shenyu: "Sure."
He was so caught up in the tension that he didn't have time to think about why Xie Siyan thought that pushing him too hard would exhaust him.
No one spoke after that. Yan Shenyu leaned quietly against the pool wall, his mind filled with the reward that was about to be given to him.
After an unknown amount of time, Xie Siyan next to her moved slightly, and Yan Shenyu immediately tensed up and sat up straight.
Here it comes, is it about to begin?
Xie Siyan moved; he got up, seemed to say something, and then left.
Yan Shenyu: "?"
Wait, they left? They just left like that?
Wasn't he asking for a reward? He didn't even give me a kiss? What's Xie Siyan up to?
Yan Shenyu looked back and realized that Xie Siyan had actually gone inside, leaving him all alone in the hot spring pool.
Yan Shenyu: "..."
He was even looking forward to a hot spring play...
Since he couldn't do anything else, Yan Shenyu wasn't in the mood for soaking in the hot springs anymore. But if he went in now, wouldn't that just mean he had that thing on his mind? It would make him seem like he was in such a hurry.
Yan Shenyu decided to stay a little longer, so he picked up his phone and started scrolling through his WeChat Moments.
I just gave Xu Yi a like, and then a private message popped up.
Xu Yi: "Didn't you go on a trip with your partner? How come you're in the mood to scroll through your WeChat Moments on such a beautiful night?"
This person really knows how to bring up the most sensitive topics. Yan Shenyu replied with a string of ellipses.
Xu Yi: [?]
Yan Shenyu: "It's nothing."
Even though Xie Siyan is incredibly frustrating, he can't bring himself to complain to others about how bad he is.
Xu Yi: "Is your partner not good enough?"
When Yan Shenyu saw it, he was so startled that he almost threw his phone away.
After a long pause, he furtively typed out a message: "How did you know?"
Xu Yi sent a voice message: "What's so hard to guess? Isn't that what couples in the throes of new love do when they go on trips? It's so late at night, if it were me, we would have already gone at it three hundred times. You just happen to have the leisure to like posts on social media, isn't that because your partner isn't good enough?"
Yan Shenyu: "That's not entirely true..."
Xu Yi: "If it doesn't work, just kick him out and let me handle it."
Yan Shenyu: "..."
After a while, Xu Yi sent another message: "But never mind, I've never had a lover for more than a month, and I don't want to tarnish our great friendship for the time being."
Yan Shenyu: "He's not incapable, he's just..."
He felt it was strange to discuss this matter with others, so he deleted all the content he had previously posted.
Yan Shenyu: "Forget it, I won't say anything more. Just pretend I never mentioned this."
Feeling a bit dizzy after soaking for a while, Yan Shenyu got up, tied a towel around her neck, and went back to her room.
Xu Yi: "??"
Xu Yi: "What do you mean? You're actually withdrawing your offer?"
Xu Yi: [Do you think I would leak our chat history? My mouth is as tight as a rock.]
Yan Shenyu couldn't help but chuckle, then looked down and typed: "I didn't mean to doubt you, it's just that I'm not used to it. Also, don't think I can't tell you're making a suggestive joke..."
He typed as he walked inside. The moment he stepped into the room, a large hand suddenly pulled him onto the bed.
Yan Shenyu: ?
Before he could even react, Xie Siyan's kiss had already landed on his lips.
The kiss was intense and lingering, quickly consuming Yan Shenyu's attention and gradually making him lose his senses.
After an unknown amount of time, Yan Shenyu finally found a moment to catch her breath, and said in a hoarse voice, "You...you came too suddenly..."
"Sorry, I've been holding it in for too long." Xie Siyan's voice was even hoarser than his.
"I didn't ask you to hold it in," Yan Shenyu said, her voice sounding somewhat aggrieved. "I thought you'd..."
"But once we kissed inside, I couldn't resist." Xie Siyan chuckled softly, his low, husky breath tickling his ear and making his body itch.
Yan Shenyu's breathing became light, and he slowly turned his head away, his cheeks flushed red.
Then he heard Xie Siyan say, "After all, neither of us has experience, I think it's better to do it in bed the first time..."
Yan Shenyu's breathing quickened for a moment, and his pupils dilated slightly.
Xie Siyan relaxed his body and lifted the bath towel off his body.
It wasn't until a cool breeze blew by that Yan Shenyu's muddled brain finally came to its senses. Her cheeks flushed bright red, and she stammered, "W-what are you doing?"
"Here's your reward first."
As Xie Siyan spoke, he bent down and pushed his thighs up with both hands.
The intense stimulation caused Yan Shenyu's mind to go blank for a moment. He grabbed Xie Siyan's hair with both hands, his body trembling uncontrollably...
Xu Yi: "Hey, where are you? Where did you go? Are you alright?"
Xu Yi: "Don't tell me you two are having an affair!"
Xu Yi: "Fine, I'll just leave it at that. I wish you all the best, and I won't bother you anymore! Goodbye!"
The cell phone on the carpet buzzed, but Yan Shenyu paid it no heed. He was placed in a warm spring, as if even his soul was trembling.
...
As dawn approached, Yan Shenyu vaguely woke up once. Xie Siyan was still asleep, his strong arm around Yan Shenyu's waist, his chest rising and falling slowly.
The curtains weren't fully drawn, allowing a few dim rays of morning light to see through. It seemed to have snowed; the weather was gloomy.
The bed was soft and warm, and Yan Shenyu, feeling lazy, fell into a deep sleep again.
When I woke up again, it was already broad daylight. There was no sun, and the outside of the window was covered with a thick layer of snow, which looked like it had been snowing for almost a whole night.
It really rained all night...
Yan Shenyu suddenly remembered that last night, when they were at the back, Xie Siyan insisted on pressing him against the window so he could watch the snowflakes fall outside.
He said it was cold because of the snow, so Xie Siyan simply picked him up and held him against the glass so he could see the snow falling.
Recalling the events of last night, Yan Shenyu blushed slightly.
Who said they wanted to stay in bed...? If it weren't for the snow and the fear of catching a cold, Xie Siyan probably wouldn't have even spared the outdoor hot spring pool.
But he also enjoyed it, so it didn't matter to him.
Yan Shenyu yawned, and Xie Siyan next to him suddenly stirred, looking at him with gentle eyes: "Awake?"
"Hmm." Yan Shenyu responded lazily, not wanting to move. "What time is it?"
Xie Siyan: "It's almost 12 o'clock."
Xinjiang time zone is two hours behind, so it's about 10 o'clock in Beijing now, which isn't too late, but there's not much good snow left at the ski resort.
Yan Shenyu said with some regret, "It's too late to block the door..."
Xie Siyan suddenly laughed: "You can still go skiing?"
"Why not?" Yan Shenyu retorted, sitting up as he did so. But the moment he moved, a dull pain shot through his back.
Yan Shenyu: "..."
"Does it hurt?" Xie Siyan touched it from under the blanket and said slowly, "I've put some medicine on it. Let's put it on again after dinner."
Has medicine been applied?
Yan Shenyu paused, vaguely recalling that there was indeed a step of applying medicine. However, various things happened after the medicine was applied, so in short, the medicine was applied in vain.
“Uh…” Yan Shenyu: “Then forget it, I’ll do it myself.”
They didn't go skiing today, but instead spent the time at the hotel. Yan Shenyu sat on a single sofa with a sketchbook, sketching and drawing to gather design inspiration related to ice and snow elements. Xie Siyan sat at his desk, working remotely via his laptop.
After a while, Yan Shenyu saw Xie Siyan stand up.