The little girl cocked her head, her face the picture of innocence. Her words made Lin Xi’s face burn with embarrassnt, and she wished she could burrow into the ground. You’re only supposed to carry your own wife. Good heavens! Now it’s really impossible to explain.
"We’re really not..." Lin Xi began.
The little girl continued, "If you’re not his girlfriend, Miss, then why are you two wearing matching outfits?"
Lin Xi and Xue Yang exchanged glances. This girl was tiny, yet she already knew about matching outfits. Kids these days are really sothing else.
Lin Xi squatted in front of the little girl and helped brush the snow off her. "Sweetie, people who wear matching outfits aren’t always a couple, you know."
The little girl tilted her head, seeming to only half understand. All she knew was that this lady was even prettier up close. "Miss, you’re a hundred tis prettier than a snowman. Can I give you a kiss?"
The little girl’s expression was so sincere it was impossible to refuse. Lin Xi was a little surprised. "Of course."
She bent down slightly and picked up the little bundle. The child was just too adorable. Her small face, frad by the ice and snow, was fair with a rosy blush, like an exquisite snow doll. Lin Xi wasn’t particularly fond of children, but she didn’t find this little girl annoying at all. On the contrary, she felt a desire to get closer to her.
The little bundle planted a big, smacking kiss on Lin Xi’s stunning face, which was enough to make a certain soone a little jealous.
Xue Yang moved his face closer. "Sweetie, are you only going to kiss her?"
The little girl planted a smacking kiss on Xue Yang’s face as well.
He was satisfied. "What a good girl!"
Lin Xi was left speechless. Why does it feel like Xue Yang is jealous? She’s just a little girl. No, wait, why would he be jealous?
"Mister and Miss, can I take a picture with you?"
"Of course you can." To avoid disappointing the little girl, Xue Yang found a passerby to take a photo for them.
"I’ll hold her," Xue Yang said, taking the little girl from Lin Xi’s arms. Lin Xi was already struggling, so she imdiately handed the child over when he offered.
"You must be a family! So young," the passerby said. "Young lady, stand a bit closer to the young man. You’ve already had a child, so there’s no need to be shy. Yes, just like that. Hold still."
At the passerby’s words, Lin Xi’s face flushed crimson again. These people... I really don’t know what to say anymore.
The photo turned out surprisingly well. Xue Yang held the little girl while standing next to Lin Xi, whose head was leaned slightly toward his shoulder. They looked just like they were posing for a family portrait, with the little girl as their child. Sohow, the idea that this little girl was really their child doesn’t seem so bad.
After the little girl left, Xue Yang and Lin Xi continued to play in the snow. Xue Yang took out his phone and took photos of nearly every expression she made.
"Xue Yang, let take a few pictures of you."
Xue Yang refused. "There’s no need. What would a big guy like do with photos?"
"I don’t care. You promised last ti you’d let take one. Just stand next to the snowman and make a peace sign. Yes, just like that."
Xue Yang casually made a peace sign, and Lin Xi smiled, satisfied.
Afterward, Lin Xi started taking selfies while Xue Yang squatted down and began building snown. His were different from the large snowman Lin Xi had made. Each was only palm-sized—a very cute miniature. He was so focused on building them that he didn’t even notice when Lin Xi squatted down beside him.
After trying a few angles, Lin Xi smiled at her phone, made a peace sign, and then called out, "Xue Yang, look at !"
Xue Yang turned at her call. CLICK. His candid turn was captured in the photo. He hadn’t expected her to pull a move like that and was still stunned when Lin Xi pressed the shutter again. The resulting photo—with a bewildered Xue Yang next to a beaming Lin Xi—was hilarious from any angle.
"Xue Yang, why do you look so silly? Hahahaha!"
Faced with the beautiful girl’s rciless teasing, Xue Yang didn’t hold back. He picked up a small snowball and plopped it onto Lin Xi’s small head. The two of them were soon rolling around in the snow together. Xue Yang pinned Lin Xi down, leaving her to beg for rcy.
"Xue Yang, I was wrong! Hahaha, don’t tickle, I’m ticklish! Hahahaha!"
The onlookers could only sigh with envy. "It’s great to be young!"
"They have such a great relationship. It’s rare to see such innocent young people these days."
"Am I the only one who noticed how cute the guy’s snown are? He must be a very cute boy himself."
Exhausted from playing, the two of them lay flat on the snow, gasping for breath.
"Xue Yang, you said you didn’t know how to build snown, yet the ones you made are so good." Their roughhousing had ruined so of them, but a few lifelike ones remained, hardly inferior to the large snowman Lin Xi had built.
"I can only make small ones. I don’t know how to make big ones."
"Big liar!"
Having had their fun, they headed back upstairs.
After taking hot showers and changing into warm, comfortable loungewear, Xue Yang turned on his computer. He had just logged onto QQ when a photo from Zeng Yuheng arrived. The image that filled his screen was the one where he and Lin Xi had turned their heads at the sa ti. Both were wearing white lamb fleece coats, which complented the falling snow that served as their perfect backdrop. It was a true case of the people outshining the scenery.
Lin Xi, dressed in her coral fleece loungewear, sat beside Xue Yang. Her eyes lit up at the photo on the computer. "This photo is so beautiful! I’m going to use it as my desktop wallpaper."
After saving it, Xue Yang moved to the next one. The second photo showed the two of them looking up at the snowy sky in unison. The snow had just begun to fall, so the ground wasn’t yet white. Their eyes seed full of longing for the future, creating a powerful atmosphere.
"The second one is really beautiful, too." As expected, the photos from a student of the Yanbei University Photography Departnt didn’t disappoint.
Suddenly, Lin Xi noticed a comnt Zeng Yuheng had left below: "Wishing you both happiness!"
It seed everyone thought they were a couple, but in reality, they weren’t. They were just two strangers. She had run away from ho with nowhere to go, and Xue Yang had kindly taken her in. From the very beginning, their relationship wasn’t normal. It would take effort to make it so.
"Xue Yang, let’s look at the photos we took today."
Xue Yang pulled out his phone and uploaded the day’s photos to the computer. The ones he had taken were mostly of Lin Xi, while hers were mostly of him. Finally, the photo of them with the little girl appeared on the screen.
"We really look like a family of three here."
The mont the words left her mouth, Lin Xi realized what she’d said and wanted to bite her tongue off. "That’s not what I ant... Let quibble... uh, I an, let explain..."
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