Ice is not averse to deception

In order to get the deposit for the Ice and Snow World, Wu Dayong contacted many "friends". Although he had many interpersonal relationships, most of them were creditors, and they were not very useful when he actually needed them.

Compared to Sun Bing, Wu Dayong seemed more anxious. His creditor, Brother Wang, had already threatened that if the debt wasn't repaid soon, the creditor would come to Harbin.

To avoid being found by creditors, Wu Dayong didn't dare go home. He could only lie to his mother, saying he was busy with business in another city, when in fact he slept in his BMW every day.

He would often go to Sun Bing's shop, ostensibly to strengthen their brotherly bond, but really just to freeload a couple of meals.

On the weekend, as soon as Sun Bing opened the door, Wu Dayong appeared at the door right on time.

Wu Dayong didn't hesitate either. As soon as he entered the room, he saw the unfinished breakfast on the table and casually picked up a scallion pancake to eat.

Sun Bing had just received a seal-making order and ignored Wu Dayong, so he busied himself with his work.

Sun Xiaoni, on the other hand, felt inexplicably annoyed whenever she saw Wu Dayong.

"Uncle Dayong, you don't eat at home anymore?"

Wu Dayong didn't seem to mind Sun Xiaoni's implied meaning at all, and laughed, "Xiaoni, you're so lucky to have a father with such great cooking skills. This scallion pancake is absolutely amazing."

In just one sentence, he changed his stance from having no food to being attracted by delicious food.

It must be said that "fraud psychology" is quite effective.

Around 10 o'clock, a young boy came to find Sun Xiaoni, as if he had something mysterious to do. He stayed in the bedroom for a long time, acting suspiciously.

Sun Xiaoni also cautiously closed the bedroom door.

Wu Dayong grinned mischievously, "Sun Bing, has our Nini fallen in love for the first time?"

Sun Bing initially dismissed it, even retorting irritably, "Nini is only nine years old, where would she get romantic feelings from? Don't talk nonsense!"

Wu Dayong curled his lip: "Has this little boy been here before?"

"no."

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"Has Xiao Ni been mentioning a certain guy a lot lately?"

Sun Bing thought about it and realized it was true: "What does that prove?"

Wu Dayong fiddled with the seal on the table, pursed his lips and shook his head for a while before saying, "The child has grown up." Then he started singing a folk song from Harbin.

"The little sparrow has a long tail; after marrying a wife, it forgets its mother, carrying its mother to the ravine and its wife to the kang (heated brick bed)."

Originally, it was nothing, but Wu Dayong's words made Sun Bing suddenly nervous.

He even suddenly had a picture in his mind of his daughter getting married, holding Xiao Ni's hand and handing her over to another man.

At this point, Sun Bing couldn't sit still any longer, and even lost her grip on the carving knife.

Wu Dayong, on the other hand, acted as if nothing had happened, turned around and went to watch TV.

Sun Bing lingered at the bedroom door for a long time. He knew his daughter wouldn't do anything reckless, but as a father, he was afraid of overthinking things; the slightest hint of something could easily ignite a raging storm in his mind.

It would be too embarrassing to just walk in like that.

Just as he was getting anxious, he turned his head and saw Wu Dayong pointing in his direction. Following Wu Dayong's gaze, Sun Bing suddenly understood.

He ran to the back of the house without stopping and climbed the old locust tree.

This building was originally a government compound, but it was later relocated and converted into commercial use. The yard is very large and has many trees.

The shop is on the first floor, and Sun Xiaoni never draws the curtains so she can easily feed the stray cats in the yard.

Upon climbing the tree and taking a look, Sun Bing immediately became nervous.

At this moment, Sun Xiaoni and the little boy were sitting with their backs to the window, fiddling with something, and Sun Xiaoni would occasionally pat the little boy's shoulder.

What Sun Bing found even more unbelievable was that when he deliberately made a noise, Sun Xiaoni immediately and carefully hid something in the closet. Only after opening the door and seeing that no one was outside did she return to the bedroom.

"what!"

Sun Bing slipped and scraped her arm, unable to help but shout. Seeing that her daughter was about to find her, she immediately pinched her nose and meowed twice like a cat.

They managed to get away with it.

Back in the shop, Wu Dayong chuckled incessantly: "Isn't there fruit on this table? Even if you're just bringing fruit in, it's not like you're actually climbing a tree, is it?"

The amazing thing is...

Upon hearing this, Sun Bing had no doubt that Wu Dayong was deliberately trying to amuse her. On the contrary, she felt that Wu Dayong was very understanding of "parenting issues." Why didn't he think of this method?

After delivering the fruit to the bedroom, Sun Bing deliberately left the door open when she came out.

Fortunately, Sun Xiaoni did not close the door this time, and Sun Bing finally had a chance to breathe.

The two stayed in the bedroom until noon. They thought the boy would leave soon, but after lunch, they went back to the bedroom and stayed until after 4 p.m.

Sun Bing pretended to be nonchalant until after nine o'clock at night, when it was time to go to bed. Only then did Sun Bing cautiously probe, "Zhang Ming is quite polite; he took the trash with him when he left."

Sun Xiaoni said smugly, "That's right, they're just naturally very polite."

For some reason, Sun Bing felt a tightness in his chest, as if he had suddenly become the second most important man in Sun Xiaoni's heart.

"You like him?" Sun Bing was even more direct.

"Of course I like it." Sun Xiaoni replied without hesitation.

Now, Sun Bing couldn't sleep at all.

It was almost 11 p.m. when he saw that Sun Xiaoni was asleep. He then tiptoed to the wardrobe and sneakily opened it.

Sure enough, Sun Bing found a very exquisite box in the corner of the wardrobe and opened it.

It is a keychain made of colorful rope.

Sun Bing was wondering what was going on when he heard a voice behind him: "Brother Bing, what are you doing?"

Sun Bing was startled, and in a moment of distraction, the keychain fell to the ground.

Sun Xiaoni immediately got up, picked up the keychain, carefully put it back in the box, and looked at Sun Bing with a reproachful expression: "Brother Bing, what are you doing?"

Only after asking did Sun Bing find out. Tomorrow is Ms. Zhang's birthday, and this hand-woven keychain is the birthday gift that Sun Xiaoni prepared for Ms. Zhang.

Because he wasn't skilled in weaving, he specifically asked Zhang Ming, who had studied hand rope braiding, for help.

Sun Bing immediately felt ashamed. Such a wonderful thing was being doubted. He was such an incompetent father.

After coaxing Sun Xiaoni to sleep, Sun Bing found himself completely unable to fall asleep.

When he saw the wolf tooth pendant on the windowsill, he immediately thought of Zhang Defa.

The relationship between Teacher Zhang and Sun Xiaoni is exactly the same as that between Sun Bing and Zhang Defa.

Sun Xiaoni's love for dancing may be innate, but it was truly discovered when they met Teacher Zhang while playing in the square. After just one try, Teacher Zhang was astonished by Sun Xiaoni's proportions and flexibility.

For this reason, Teacher Zhang contacted Sun Bing many times, but both Sun Bing and Liu Ruo felt that practicing dance was too hard and did not want their daughter to suffer.

Later, Sun Bing saw Sun Xiaoni secretly watching others practice dancing outside the dance studio several times, and even following along with the movements quite well. Sun Bing began to waver.

Some feelings seem to be written into our genes; no matter how you try to stop them, you can't extinguish that fiery passion.

This also reminded Sun Bing of himself when he was a child.

At first, he just watched Zhang Defa tinkering with carving and found it very interesting, so he secretly followed along and learned.

Until that day, Zhang Defa gave Sun Bing the carving knife he had used for several years and asked him if he wanted to learn.

As if a fire had been ignited within him, Sun Bing agreed without hesitation.

More than a decade has passed in the blink of an eye. Sun Bing is no longer the innocent and carefree boy he once was, but his deep love for ice sculpture has never been extinguished.

The more passionate he became, the more conflicted Sun Bing felt. He always fantasized that if it weren't for that carving knife, if it weren't for meeting Zhang Defa, he might have had a different and extraordinary life.

Sun Bing had many dreams that night, and Zhang Defa appeared in every one of them.

There are scenes of him and Zhang Defa braving the cold wind to retrieve ice from the ice.

Sun Bing fell into the ice cave, his whole body soaked. Zhang Defa took off his wet clothes and held him in his arms, the temperature of which was as hot as a furnace.

There are scenes of him and Zhang Defa making ice sculptures together in the shed.

Zhang Defa was always a step behind him, and Sun Bing always managed to complete complex works first, proudly spreading the news all over the world.

……

When Sun Bing woke up the next day, her pillow was soaked with sweat.

The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was Sun Xiaoni's gentle face.

"Were you dreaming?" Sun Xiaoni asked him.

Sun Bing nodded, forcing herself to remain silent.

As if sensing Sun Bing's feelings, Sun Xiaoni turned around, took some money, and went out under the pretext of buying breakfast.

Sun Bing could no longer hold back her tears and burst into sobs.