Chapter 638: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 638: This Way, the Sense of Ritual is Full

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

After taking the room card, Wang Xiaohua helped Li Jianjia with her luggage, went up to the third floor, and entered the room.

Beijing's winter is quite cold.

Fortunately, the hotel has heating.

He quickly turned on the heating.

It got much warmer in no time.

"The north really is good; with heating, inside the house it's as warm as summer."

Li Jianjia sat on the bed, smiling as she said.

"Yeah, back when I was in high school, once winter came, I could almost only rely on my body to endure the cold."

Wang Xiaohua agreed, then added:

"But the air here is very dry; you need to moisturize, otherwise your skin will easily crack."

"Don't worry, I brought moisturizer."

Li Jianjia pulled a bottle of moisturizer from her suitcase; it was all in English, probably an import:

"This stuff works great; my mom bought it for me. Let me put some on you too, otherwise if you go out later and freeze, that won't be good."

"No need, no need, I have my own skincare."

Wang Xiaohua politely refused in a hurry.

"What do you use for skincare?" Li Jianjia asked.

"Takeout." Wang Xiaohua answered honestly.

This stuff is cheap, ten-plus yuan a bottle, and works well; after Wang Xiaohua came to Beijing, starting from autumn, he began using Takeout, and has kept using it until now.

Before, he never used any skincare products, not even Takeout, just lived so roughly, so both his looks and skin were quite rough.

"There's no way mine isn't better; try it, don't be polite!"

Li Jianjia enthusiastically squeezed out a small dollop of moisturizer and went to smear it on Wang Xiaohua's face.

Wang Xiaohua stood frozen, feeling both embarrassed and nervous, at a loss for a moment.

After Li Jianjia finished rubbing his face, she rubbed his hands too, saying while rubbing:

"Your skin is really too rough, isn't it?"

"A kid from the rural area is just like this, not so many particulars..." Wang Xiaohua's ears were already red, and he weakly asked: "Would you dislike me?"

Li Jianjia didn't think much and blurted out:

"What's there to dislike? Everyone's skin is different; yours is a bit rough, but it's healthy."

Li Jianjia kept her head down applying moisturizer to Wang Xiaohua, while Wang Xiaohua watched her serious expression.

Neither of them spoke anymore.

The atmosphere became quiet, somewhat subtle.

As if something was brewing.

But just then, strange sounds from the next room broke their silence.

They both understood that sound; guests at hotels near the university were hormone-filled young men and women, so hearing it during the day was normal.

So both of them blushed all at once.

Both felt extremely embarrassed.

At the same time, both couldn't help but let their minds wander.

"Cough cough, the soundproofing in this room is really too poor..." Wang Xiaohua didn't dare look Li Xiulan in the eyes, turning to look at the wall, "Or I'll change hotels for you."

Li Xiulan said instead:

"No need, just stay here; we've already checked in, and changing hotels would waste those two hundred-plus yuan."

Just then, heavy snow began to fall outside.

Li Xiulan immediately walked to the window, shouting excitedly:

"It's snowing outside!"

Wang Xiaohua glanced:

"This snow is indeed quite heavy."

This wasn't the first snow of the year; it had snowed several times before, so Wang Xiaohua was already used to it.

But Li Xiulan was very excited.

Actually, it wasn't her first time seeing snow; during previous winter breaks, she traveled north with her parents and had seen many heavy snow scenes.

But for some reason, this time she was extremely excited.

"Come on, let's go out for a walk!"

Li Xiulan quickly pulled Wang Xiaohua.

"Or should we wait until the snow stops to go out?"

Wang Xiaohua weakly suggested.

Li Xiulan said instead:

"We have to go out while it's snowing to have the feeling! Once the snow stops, that feeling is gone!"

Wang Xiaohua said:

"Fine, put on your down jacket, and we'll go out!"

Actually, staying in this room was quite awkward.

After all, the sound of loud singing from the next room kept rising and falling; going out for a walk to avoid the noise could also suppress the turmoil in his heart.

The two left the hotel and walked back to Tsinghua Campus.

When they walked back to the campus, the entire campus was already covered in a layer of snow-white.

Silver-clad and jade-wrapped, exceptionally enchanting.

The campus road was coldly quiet.

Originally there weren't many students because of the winter vacation, and with everyone staying in their dorms not coming out due to the heavy snow, the entire campus seemed even quieter.

Xiao Hua and Li Jianjia walked on the snow-covered campus path, their footprints particularly noticeable, like a necklace hanging on a snow-white neck.

"I heard that on snowy days, holding hands and walking together means you can walk until white hair; us, does this count as confirming our relationship?"

Li Jianjia had a smile on her face and suddenly said this to Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua's heart trembled involuntarily; looking at Li Jianjia, complex emotions showed in his eyes.

"Jianjia, I..."

Xiao Hua hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping.

Although they had tacitly regarded each other as lovers, Xiao Hua had not formally confessed to Li Jianjia; it wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he dared not.

Because of love, he was afraid of losing.

He was very clear about his own conditions.

Just in terms of appearance, he was not worthy of Li Jianjia.

"What?"

Li Jianjia looked at Xiao Hua.

"I'm afraid I'm not worthy of you."

Xiao Hua had a serious and heavy expression.

"Pfft, what are you thinking, how could you not be worthy of me?"

Li Jianjia couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"With my height and appearance like this, don't you dislike me?"

Xiao Hua asked.

"Why would I dislike these things? If I really disliked them, how could I possibly come all this way to find you?"

Li Jianjia indeed showed no dislike at all.

But Xiao Hua was truly worried about this point.

It can only be said that love makes people feel inferior.

Li Jianjia said again at this time:

"I'm still afraid you'll dislike me!"

"What would I dislike about you?" Xiao Hua really couldn't think of anything he could dislike about Li Jianjia.

Li Jianjia was good-looking, had a good family background, and a good temper; in his eyes she was perfect, without any flaws, like a piece of fine jade.

"Afraid you'll dislike me for not being smart enough."

Li Jianjia answered sincerely.

In terms of IQ, Li Jianjia was very clear that she indeed wasn't as high as Xiao Hua.

And she felt that smart boys definitely wouldn't just look at appearances when chasing girls.

So she actually had a side of inferiority in front of Xiao Hua too.

"How could that be, you being able to test into Guangwai is actually very impressive; I just got lucky to get into Tsinghua University, you also know, usually in mock exams, our gap isn't that big."

Xiao Hua answered sincerely.

Li Jianjia laughed out loud:

"Since neither of us dislikes the other, isn't it very appropriate to be together? Why don't you formally confess to me right now!"

Xiao Hua was somewhat embarrassed:

"But, I haven't made any preparations."

Li Jianjia laughed and said:

"Then you wait a moment, I'll prepare something for you."

After speaking, Li Jianjia hopped like a rabbit on the snow-white floor, stepping in a circle back to the original point, drawing a huge heart shape.

Then she pulled Xiao Hua, standing together in the middle of the heart shape, took off her gloves, grabbed a handful of snow, pinched it tight in her hand, and finally pinched out the shape of an engagement ring.

"You hold it, help me put it on, like this, the sense of ceremony is full!"