Snowy Night Kiss

Chapter 140 Extra 1: I want to hear you say you love me

After coming out of the temple, Jian Yi discovered that there was a lot of snow falling outside.

There are many old buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties around Jiming Temple. The blue-gray eaves are covered with frost, and the snow falls on the tips of the winter plum branches, giving a sense of elegance that is about to bloom.

Jin Yanchen was very familiar with this place. He held her hand and walked around the nearby trees. A section of the slender wintersweet branch was stretched out, and on it was a fingernail-sized bud that was pressed down by the snow and was almost invisible unless you lowered your head.

Jian Yi said with some regret: "It's a pity that we came too early. It hasn't bloomed yet."

"What's the pity? I'll bring you here when the flowers bloom in early spring." Jin Yanchen laughed and took her hand and walked forward.

"Xiaoyi, we still have a future." He turned his head and looked at her, his eyes were still gentle, "We will have a long and even eternal future."

Jian Yi hummed softly.

Security is a very wonderful word. She has kept people away from her countless times. She has built a high wall for herself with her longing for independence and freedom, and she is like an isolated island, stubbornly not allowing anyone to approach her.

But Jin Yanchen is always different. He is gentle and frivolous, but also rational and calm. He is like a silent sea, leaning against her. He does not force a little love, but just quietly guards her side. Whenever her wall retreats a step, he will embrace her.

So she gradually became like a sponge, becoming full and strong in love. Just like the first time they met, he kissed her forehead and promised carefully, "Xiaoyi, love and freedom, the two things I lack most in my life, I will give them to you."

Jian Yi shed a tear.

The diamond rings on their ring fingers were slightly scratched by the palms of their interlocked fingers, and the bulge of metal embedded in each other's knuckles was like their two hearts constantly colliding in the dark night.

This time they both felt each other's feelings deeply and clearly.

The plum blossoms in the plum garden have not bloomed yet and there are few tourists. A large open space is filled with white snow, and from a distance it looks desolate, as if the world has returned to its plain colors of green mountains and distant waters.

But Jin Yanchen's eyes were fixed on one place. He was looking at Jian Yi, watching her squatting down in a gray-green coat, gradually turning into a little person in the snow, and then she really reached out to scoop up the snow like a child.

A tiny snowman was also formed in her hands. It was very simple, and even the nose and eyes were poked out by her fingers.

Jin Yanchen held up an umbrella to shield her from the wind and snow. He said nothing, just like every day in the past five years since they separated. He just stood silently beside her. If there was wind and rain, he would bear it alone. If there was beauty, he would be willing to give it to her.

Loving someone is not to tell her to move forward independently, and to be invincible in the wind and rain. Instead, it means that after she has the power of independence and freedom, she can still look back and smile innocently like a child.

"I hope you will always be happy."

Jin Yanchen squatted down with her and gently stroked her cheek with his fingertips. It felt a little cold, so he simply took off his gloves and covered her face with both hands.

Jian Yi's whole face wrinkled up, she frowned and pretended to be unwilling, but she still smiled and said to him, "Jin Yanchen, do you remember that time when I asked you if you loved me, you avoided answering."

"you say---"

She deliberately lowered her voice and imitated his tone: "I just want you to be happy by my side forever."

"what about now?"

"Do you just want me to be happy?"

Jin Yanchen tilted his head to look at her, with a helpless smile in his eyes. Sometimes it's not good for a little girl to be too cunning, as every little old account would be dug up to ask for an explanation.

His tone lengthened for no reason under her expectant gaze: "Now..."

"And I hope you love me."

The corners of Jian Yi's lips curled up. She was like a little bear who got a can of honey. A little bit of sweetness was enough to make her crazy. Her hands climbed onto his straight shoulders. She would not give the honey to this skillful hunter, but she would offer him the cinnabar lips with the most sugar.

Jin Yanchen accepted it calmly, and he tasted a little bit of falling snow on her lips. It was amazing, wasn't it, in this frosty winter, their love was as hot as midsummer.

"I'll tell you a secret." Jian Yi moved closer to him. He had a strong scent of incense on him, which mixed with the agarwood beads on her wrist. It was like a big dream in the world, and she found her way home in this dream.

"In fact, I have been studying and looking for a job desperately for the past five years, not missing any opportunity. It's because I want to stand by your side. I always think, if I am better, will there be more possibilities for us to be together?"

Jin Yanchen listened to her quietly, listening to the girl laying out the blank five years of her life in front of him.

I heard her talk about how painful it was to stay up late to work on the project, and how those confusing data almost made her head explode. She also shook her head and said that she became proficient in the first year of work, and all the social skills she learned from him came in handy, and now she can handle projects independently.

How could Jin Yanchen not know what she said? In the past five years, he often stood behind her like a shadow. In those dark nights, he could even remember that there were a few dilapidated street lamps downstairs of her house. He called someone to repair them the next day, but a week later, he saw that a few more were broken.

There was also the bluestone pavement at the door, which looked beautiful and elegant, but she often came back late at night in high heels, and her unsteady figure made him feel distressed.

There were several times when he couldn't help but want to go forward to help her, but his reason wouldn't allow him to take a step forward.

Because Jin Yanchen knew that this was the space he should give her. She had just reached the best years of her life, her twenties, and she needed to work hard and strive to create a smooth path in life for herself.

He couldn't stubbornly keep Jian Yi by his side, like a vine clinging to a tree. That way, she might not get hurt, but she would always be a lonely and insecure child.

"I know everything."

Jin Yanchen kissed her cheek gently, kissing away all her tears and bitterness.

Fortunately, they all made it through.

"No, you don't know." Jian Yi shook her head, her eyes half open, the blur of tears brushing past his eyes, but this time she clearly saw the true feelings in them.

"Before you said you liked me, I had already said I did many times in my heart."

Jin Yanchen looked over and laughed softly, "Our Xiaoyi is so good at coaxing people now."

His lingering tone was a tremor that penetrated into her bones. Jian Yi was surrounded by his breath, and her earlobes began to feel hot, but she still whispered, "This is the truth!"

"Well, let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart." Jin Yanchen helped her stand up. He was dressed neatly in a black shirt and trousers. Although it was the coldest color, it made him look tender.

"If life is an answer sheet, then you are the last blank question. It is up to me to decide whether to answer it or not, but now that you are here, you must answer it."

The one and only preference.

Jian Yi had never felt this word so intuitively before. Her heart was beating violently with an undeniable presence, like a tsunami, and her little island was being swallowed up.

She looked at him and smiled: "Jin Yanchen, you are obviously better at coaxing people."

The corners of Jin Yanchen's lips curled up slightly, and he smiled hoarsely beside her ear, "Well...but I still want to hear you say that you love me."

He was like a god who bewitched mortals, his thin lips opening and closing, and his dark aura could drown people.

An unknown sense of embarrassment surged up at this moment, and Jian Yi bent down to avoid his breath. She was usually brave and fearless, but once she met his eyes, she was asked to say "I love you" in a cheesy way, as if she was kissing in public and being watched by everyone. She was exposed and didn't know what to do.

So she tried to please him by putting another snowman she had made in his palm.

They had just kissed for a little too long, and the warmth from their palms melted the snow a little, but it also smoothed out the edges, making them seem more approachable.

Jin Yanchen traced her face with his eyes, and he lowered his voice and said with a hint of tenderness, "Why don't you speak?"