Chapter 195: Narrow-Minded

On the vast, snow-white ski resort, people wore colorful clothing; some were as light as swallows, maneuvering snowboards and speeding down from the top of the slope like a gust of wind; others were as steady as Mount Tai, stepping on skis and leaving elegant arcs on the snow.

Whether novice or expert, they either sped past or stumbled and fell, each person fully enjoying this trip to the snow, their faces always brimming with happiness and satisfaction.

Yet at the guardrail of the beginner slope, the tense, sword-drawn atmosphere seemed somewhat out of place, and the surrounding crowd frequently cast sidelong glances, their skiing movements coming to an abrupt halt.

Seeing that the two sides were about to clash, Zheng Jiayue hurriedly tried to persuade them: "Ziqiang, it really was just an accident earlier, could you please calm down?"

"Calm down? My girlfriend got taken advantage of like that, and you're telling me to calm down?"

Hao Ziqiang panted like an ox, his eyes fixed firmly on Lin Yang, looking like a crazed tiger wanting to devour someone.

Lin Yang felt a bit unnerved by the gaze, but he still stiffened his neck; the fault wasn't his, anyway.

Shen Yan quietly came to the side to prevent any accidents, and Tang Song and Yuan Mingqing, who had noticed the situation here, also followed closely with clumsy steps.

At this moment, a girl watching from the sidelines said: "Can you, a grown man, not be so narrow-minded? Bumps and scrapes are inevitable in skiing; if everyone were like you, the ski resort would have turned into a martial arts arena long ago."

"I'm narrow-minded?"

Hao Ziqiang sneered, and after scanning the circle, he realized that most people were looking at him with disdain, the implication self-evident, and his face instantly turned livid.

Zheng Jiayue grabbed his hand and called out weakly: "Ziqiang..."

Hao Ziqiang seemed to have found a way out; he shook off her hand and said angrily: "Damn it! If you hadn't insisted on coming skiing, could this have happened? Nothing better to do all day."

After cursing, he turned and walked away without looking back.

Zheng Jiayue hurriedly went to chase after him, but she really didn't know how to ski, falling twice in a row; looking at that retreating back, her face was full of grievance.

It was clearly... him who wanted to come skiing.

The onlookers shook their heads and sighed, and someone advised: "Girl, listen to your sister's advice, a man like that can't be relied upon; it's better to break up sooner."

"Exactly, his heart is way too small!"

"And his temper is especially explosive; if things go wrong, he might commit domestic violence in the future."

Lin Yang scratched his head in frustration; no matter what, the matter had something to do with him, so he stepped forward and asked with concern: "Uh, are you okay?"

Zheng Jiayue didn't speak, just sat quietly on the snow sobbing silently; Lin Yang, lacking any social awareness, stood there complaining about Hao Ziqiang being narrow-minded and that he shouldn't have just abandoned his girlfriend like that.

"Say less!" Shen Yan tapped his lower leg with a ski pole.

Seeing there was no more excitement to watch, the crowd gradually dispersed; just at this moment, a cry of pain sounded from behind.

"Ouch!"

Shen Yan turned around subconsciously, only to see Chen Shanni lying flat on the snow, having clearly taken a face-plant.

It was laughable.

Just as she got up, Chen Shanni noticed Shen Yan snickering, and her pretty face instantly turned crimson.

So embarrassing!

Fortunately, with a mask and goggles covering her, others couldn't see her expression clearly.

She said somewhat bashfully: "Shen Yan, could you take me for a run? I feel like turning is so hard to practice."

Shen Yan didn't mind; he took her hand, and the two began to slide slowly on the snow, Shen Yan demonstrating while explaining.

"To turn, you must remember one thing: when turning to one side, you must apply pressure to the other foot, while simultaneously rotating your ankles horizontally..."

"Come on, try applying force to your right leg first, hey! What are you spacing out for?"

"Oh, oh!" Chen Shanni woke up as if from a dream; her gaze swept over their joined hands, and her cheeks felt as hot as if they were burning.

That hand was really so big!

Even through her gloves, Chen Shanni could still feel the warmth underneath.

The two were sliding at a relatively slow speed, moving in a serpentine line; when Wu Yue'er and Yu Youwei caught up from behind and saw this scene, their mouths were pouting enough to hang soy sauce bottles on.

"Yo! Brother Shen is so thoughtful, acting as Shanni's private coach now," Wu Yue'er said sourly.

Shen Yan didn't care at all and said with a smile: "Brother Shen sounds terrible; drop the 'Shen' character, and big brother will take you to show off and fly, and take you to crash into a pile of trash."

Wu Yue'er didn't know what shyness was at all; instead, she enjoyed the feeling of flirting with Shen Yan in public.

She immediately called out "big brother" in a tone so sweet it could kill.

Shen Yan suddenly felt a jolt.

A single "big brother" from the Queen of the Women's Country almost made Tang Seng renounce his vows, let alone him, a mere mortal.

At this moment, Yu Youwei felt like she had eaten a lemon, so sour it made her teeth ache; she didn't care about being reserved and also called Shen Yan "big brother" in a sweet, cloying voice.

"Big brother, I need a private coach too."

Chen Shanni had goosebumps all over; she probably couldn't learn that tone in her entire life.

Shen Yan coughed twice; teaching one was teaching, and teaching two was also teaching, so he simply took them both and skied two more laps.

The effect was obvious; both women soon learned the turning movement, and at this point, they finally experienced the true joy of skiing.

Immediately after, Shen Yan and Wu Yue'er went to the intermediate slope together.

With no one else around to disturb them, Wu Yue'er no longer had any reservations; she clung to Shen Yan, acting like a spoiled child and demanding a princess carry, and even wanted Shen Yan to carry her on his back like Zhu Bajie carrying his wife while skiing.

"Is that okay! Hubby!"

Shen Yan was just the type to fall for that; he carried her on his back and in his arms, engaging in all sorts of intimate interactions with Wu Yue'er on the slope.

Wherever they passed, the female crowd was filled with envy.

They pestered their boyfriends (husbands) to experience it once.

The male crowd all revealed dead-fish eyes, looking resentfully at the couple showing off their affection; it wasn't that this humble servant didn't want to, it was truly that this humble servant couldn't do it.

They could only curse silently: "I wish all lovers in the world would end up as siblings."

Hanging on Shen Yan's back, at this moment, Wu Yue'er felt she was the happiest woman in the world; she said with a touch of melancholy: "Hubby, can you always be this good to me in the future?"

"Depends on your behavior; if you're not obedient..."

"I'll definitely be obedient; if you say go east, I'll never go west; if you tell me to chase a rabbit, I'll never catch a chicken."

Seeing Huniu as docile as a kitten, the corners of Shen Yan's mouth lifted, and a sense of pride welled up; who would have thought that the formidable little chili pepper would be trained by him to be this obedient.

He nodded in satisfaction, "Not bad! Keep it up!"

"By the way, I need to ask for leave next Tuesday to go handle some matters; it might take three or four days, so I'm telling you in advance."

"Huh?" Wu Yue'er was slightly stunned and hurriedly asked where he was going and if he could take her along.

She could not bear to be separated from Shen Yan for so long.

Shen Yan said he was going to Macau to handle serious business and it was not convenient to bring anyone along.

Wu Yue'er's eyes lit up; it was said that Macau was one of the four great gambling cities. She asked Shen Yan what he was going to do there, and Shen Yan gave her bottom a pat and said in a deep voice, "Don't ask about a man's business."

Wu Yue'er pouted, wearing an expression of utter despair, until Shen Yan said he planned to go to Shanghai in a while and could take her to eat and drink to her heart's content, which made her smile bloom again.

Tee-hee! As expected, she was the woman most favored by Shen Yan.

Shen Yan didn't even take Hao Anqi, he was taking only her.