Not Often

On the skating rink, Gu Yue carefully held onto the railing at the edge of the rink, afraid of falling.

After inching along like this for a while, she took a deep breath, summoned up her courage, and let go of the railing, trying to skate independently.

But as soon as she let go, her body immediately lost balance. Frightened, she quickly grabbed the railing beside her again. Pitifully, she turned her head to seek help from Lin Yu beside her.

However, when she turned her head, Gu Yue didn't see Lin Yu. Subconsciously, she turned her head from side to side vigorously and saw a person lying sprawled on the ground not far away.

He was lying in a big - character shape on the cold ice rink. Under the red hollow skating cap, his yellowish shoulder - length hair was faintly visible.

Seeing this, Gu Yue anxiously changed direction and inched along the railing towards Lin Yu bit by bit.

When she reached Lin Yu's side while holding the railing, seeing his defeated and slacking look, Gu Yue couldn't help laughing and teasingly said,

"Hey!"

"Sleeping is not allowed here!"

Lin Yu on the ground gave Gu Yue a disgruntled look, then turned over and knelt to crawl towards the edge of the skating rink little by little, and got up holding the railing.

"Gu Yue!"

"If you can't skate, why did you ask me to come here?"

Lin Yu stared at Gu Yue and said discontentedly,

"I thought you were a skating expert who could teach me!"

Gu Yue pouted cutely and said aggrievedly,

"I saw you agreed so readily. I thought you could skate and was hoping you could teach me."

Lin Yu rolled his eyes at her again. Lin Yu, who was in pain all over from the fall, had no mood to play anymore. He could only inch along the railing towards the nearest exit.

After leaving the ice rink and taking off the ice skates, Lin Yu's resentment still hadn't subsided. Looking at Gu Yue, he asked in an unfriendly tone,

"Gu Yue, can you tell me why you can't skate but still wanted to come skating with me?"

Gu Yue lowered her head, looking like she knew she had done something wrong, and pitifully said,

"Sorry."

"I forgot to ask you."

Lin Yu was both angry and helpless. He could only leave the skating rink huffily.

Fortunately, the place they came to this time was not just a simple skating rink but an ice - themed amusement park.

Besides the skating rink, there were also ice sculptures, long snow slopes and other attractions to play.

After wandering around and having a good time for a long time, they finally found a great amusement project.

The ski slide!

And it was free!

Each of them grabbed a thick rubber ring, took the elevator beside to the ski platform, sat in their respective rubber rings, and slid down from the top of the snow slide again and again, having a great deal of fun.

Winter nights always come especially early.

It was not even four o'clock yet, and half of the sun had already sunk behind the southern mountains.

The exhausted two were also ready to go home.

As they walked out of the gate of the ice park, Lin Yu looked back rather reluctantly.

The white snow - capped mountains were spotlessly clean. The orange - golden sunlight of the setting sun shone generously from the west. Some was blocked by the thick snow - capped mountains, and some spread on the snow slopes and the flat ground at the foot of the mountain. The golden light and the dark - gray shadows were closely adjacent, looking well - arranged and extremely beautiful.

Well.

This was really a nice place. If Tang Manman had time this winter vacation, he could consider bringing her here to play.

Thinking of Tang Manman, Lin Yu thought of Qing Mo, and then remembered what Qing Mo said about Gu Yue, who, like Tang Manman, had feelings for him.

He turned to look at the girl beside him. She was dressed very cutely today.

On top, she wore a blue - and - white puffy down jacket, looking chubby. Below, she had a plain white straight - leg pants, also looking chubby, obviously stuffed with thick cotton pants and thermal leggings.

After playing all day, her face half - hidden in the scarf was flushed, and her bright eyes were tinged with gold, reflecting the golden light of the distant setting sun.

There was some leftover snow on her rabbit - ear hat for some reason. Lin Yu wanted to brush it off, but after thinking about it, he didn't make such an intimate move.

"Gu Yue."

Lin Yu called out softly.

"What's up?"

Gu Yue turned to look at him. Her big, black - and - white eyes were bright, full of joy.

"You..."

"Don't you like me?"

Even though he felt that asking such a question at this beautiful moment was a bit of a spoilsport, Lin Yu still asked it with a stiff upper lip.

After all, some things should be dealt with decisively. It would do no good to anyone if it was dragged on.

After Lin Yu asked this question, an emotion that Lin Yu couldn't understand flashed across Gu Yue's eyes. She quickly blinked and asked in surprise,

"Huh?"

"Of course not."

"Why would you think so, Brother Long?"

"Damn it!"

Lin Yu couldn't help swearing.

That Qing Mo! She was always making up nonsense!

"Never mind."

Lin Yu explained rather angrily,

"Someone has been making up stories in my ear. I'll definitely punch her when I see her again!"

"Okay."

Gu Yue nodded without understanding and didn't say much.

Lin Yu finally let out a long breath as if a heavy stone had been lifted from his heart. Naturally, he raised his hand and gently patted the snow on Gu Yue's rabbit - ear hat. After that, he said relaxedly,

"Let's go."

"Go home."

"Okay."

Gu Yue nodded.

The two walked away with their long shadows against the setting sun...

"By the way,"

"Some people said you often detour from your home to Qinghe Community. What's going on?"

"..."

"No, not really."

"I just do it occasionally because sometimes I have to go home, but my study materials are still at my aunt's place, so I have to detour sometimes."

"Got it!"

"By the way, I'm still going to cram school!"

"It's really troublesome to go back and forth."

"Okay."

"I see..."