Ice is not averse to deception

Chen Bing hit the nail on the head with just one sentence. In fact, Sun Bing had thought about it before. With such a large park as the Ice and Snow World, wouldn't they have stockpiled ice sources in advance?

However, considering the mild winter this year, the Ice and Snow World has not yet opened. Moreover, the security guards have clearly told Sun Bing that the Ice and Snow World's delayed opening is due to a lack of ice sources.

So although he had some doubts, Sun Bing didn't take it too seriously. He was only thinking about how to find the ice source needed by the Ice and Snow World, and he didn't even think about whether the Ice and Snow World had a backup ice source.

After lunch, Sun Bing was already planning to leave.

After all, the ice source he wanted wasn't here, so he had to continue his journey and couldn't waste time on unnecessary things.

Perhaps it was because he hadn't used a carving knife in a long time and was itching to get his hands dirty, or perhaps he had some other plans, but while everyone was eating, Sun Bing casually took out a carving knife and started working in the factory.

When the workers finished eating and were about to get back to work, they saw Sun Bing carving his work.

"Hey, this person looks familiar?" a worker suddenly said.

"This work is quite good. It has all the traditional elements, but it doesn't look outdated at all. That's impressive," someone else chimed in.

Seeing the workers' fascination, Dongmei suddenly realized something and revealed Sun Bing's identity.

Knowing that Sun Bing was the author of the "Never Forget the Original Intention" work, and also an inheritor of ice sculpting skills and an apprentice of Zhang Defa, the most famous ice sculptor in Yanji, the atmosphere at the scene instantly changed.

Old Liu took out his treasured tobacco leaves, which he had kept for many years, and rolled a cigarette for Sun Bing.

Dongmei immediately chimed in, "This is Old Liu's prized possession. Old Cai has been begging for it for years but hasn't been able to get a single puff."

Old Cai, leaning on his cane, brought a chair for Sun Bing.

The other workers were also busy with their own tasks, serving tea and water, massaging shoulders and backs. Sun Bing, an ice sculptor abandoned by the real world, actually found a lot of sense of accomplishment here.

For a moment, Sun Bing couldn't bring herself to say she wanted to leave.

Seeing Sun Bing's predicament, Dongmei arranged for the workers to continue working and took Sun Bing to the office.

As soon as they entered, Chen Bing excitedly grasped Sun Bing's hand: "Chen Bing, please stay. We really need you."

Sun Bing was instantly embarrassed by Chen Bing's enthusiasm.

This is Yanji. His home is in Harbin. He already has problems with his wife. If he stays in Yanji, then...

"Please help me out of respect for my cousin," Chen Bing said without hiding anything.

"Cousin?" Sun Bing was completely dumbfounded.

"I know you've never met me, but I really am Liu Ruo's cousin. You don't believe me..." Chen Bing took a photo from the drawer next to him and handed it to Sun Bing.

Sun Bing had seen this photo before; there was an identical one in the album by Liu Ruo's bedside.

In other words, the man in front of her is Chen Bing, the cousin Liu Ruo has been searching for for many years without success.

Sun Bing knew how important her cousin was to Liu Ruo.

In fact, Liu Ruo's life has always been very difficult.

When Liu Ruo was very young, her parents divorced due to relationship problems. In Liu Ruo's memory, she hardly experienced fatherly love.

Liu Ruo's father is a very selfish man who has been away from home for many years and is also a complete gambler.

After selling off most of the valuables in the house, he divorced his wife and disappeared from Liu Ruo's life completely.

At that time, Liu Ruo and Liu Qiang were very young and were raised by their mother, Liu Hong.

Life was already miserable enough, but fate showed no sign of letting these two children off the hook.

That day, as usual, Liu Ruo took her younger brother to collect empty bottles from roadside stalls after school, and they didn't return home until after nine o'clock in the evening.

But this time, there was no one at home; only an empty house remained.

Looking at the suitcase that had disappeared in the corner and the cosmetics that had vanished from the dressing table, Liu Ruo seemed to realize something.

But when Liu Qiang timidly asked where his mother had gone, Liu Ruo simply lit a candle and told Liu Qiang to hurry up and do his homework, as he had to get up early for school the next day.

And so, Liu Hong, the mother, also left.

At that time, Liu Hong was not yet thirty years old, the most radiant time of her life. But divorced, raising a child, without a job to earn money, and betrayed by her husband, Liu Hong was already heartbroken.

After a long struggle, Liu Hong still chose to leave on that stormy afternoon.

No one knew where Liu Hong went. In an era when mobile phones were not yet widespread, no one could contact Liu Hong.

Just like that, Liu Ruo and Liu Qiang, who had just become children of a single parent, suddenly became orphans again.

At that time, Bingcheng was just a village. The village chief and police officers discussed the matter with Liu Ruo's relatives for a long time, but in the end, they could not reach a consensus.

In those difficult times, when everyone was struggling to make ends meet, no one wanted to suddenly have two more burdens to take on.

In order to take care of her younger brother, Liu Ruo, who was nearly nine years old, took him from house to house and kowtowed for help, hoping that someone would take them in, even if they only ate one meal a day and didn't go to school.

Even so, no one was willing to accept Liu Ruo.

Just when Liu Ruo was feeling desperate, her cousin Chen Bing suddenly appeared in her life.

At the time, Chen Bing was only eighteen years old and was working as an apprentice in an ice sculpture factory. Because of her parents' divorce, the adult Chen Bing did not choose to follow her parents but chose to live alone.

At that time, Chen Bing was also in a bad situation. He had no house and could only live in the factory. He was so busy with work that he couldn't even get a hot meal.

Fortunately, he has a job, so he can still afford the most basic necessities of food and clothing.

It was at her grandfather's birthday banquet that Chen Bing saw Liu Ruo and Liu Qiang, who had come to her for help.

It's already quite remarkable that a nine-year-old girl could say such heartbreaking things. But Liu Qiang, that little boy, was completely unaware of how difficult his and his sister's situation was at such an innocent age.

Just when everyone had given up on Liu Ruo and the others, Chen Bing stepped forward.

"Would you be willing to live with me from now on?"

It was a stormy night when Chen Bing found Liu Ruo and asked her the first question.

Liu Ruo looked incredulous. Her father was a gambler and had always been distant from his relatives. Even though Liu Ruo was nine years old, she didn't have a very deep impression of this cousin.

"I have a job that can support your education, but I have no home, so I have to live here. From now on, treat me as your older brother, and I will earn money to support you."

They were both abandoned by their parents and had tragic childhoods. At that moment, Liu Ruo couldn't say anything and cried all night.

And so, Chen Bing moved into Liu Ruo's house.

During the day, Liu Ruo and Liu Qiang go to school, while Chen Bing works in the factory. In the evening, after school, Liu Ruo and Liu Qiang will still go to various stalls to collect bottles and garbage to exchange for money, just like before.

No matter how late he worked, Chen Bing would go home. For the first time, he had a concrete concept of home and felt the anticipation of going home and the anticipation of being looked forward to.

No matter how late it was, even if Liu Qiang was crying from hunger, Liu Ruo would always wait for Chen Bing to come back before opening the porcelain bowl on the table and having dinner with Chen Bing.

And so, the three of them lived together for more than ten years.

When Liu Ruo entered junior high school, a major event occurred.

Although Chen Bing works at an ice sculpture factory and has a formal job, she has two younger siblings who need to go to school, so it is actually very hard for her.

Just as Liu Ruo was about to enter junior high school, her and her younger brother's tuition fees became a major problem.

To avoid worrying Liu Ruo, Chen Bing secretly borrowed money from relatives, but after borrowing from everyone, he only managed to get thirty-eight yuan and sixty cents, not even enough for the tuition fee.

To earn enough for his tuition, Chen Bing worked in a factory during the day and went to the coal mine to dig coal at night.

After persisting for more than half a month, I finally managed to raise enough money for my younger siblings' tuition.

But on the last night, when Liu Ruo realized something was wrong and found Chen Bing asleep in the mine, she left a letter and quietly left home.

To spare her cousin such hardship, Liu Ruo chose to drop out of school and secretly went to work as a waitress in a restaurant in town.

Of course, Chen Bing soon discovered this.

That was the first time Chen Bing had hit Liu Ruo; the force was great, and it made his palms ache.