Ski Into Love (Hush, the king is hibernating) [Requested]

Part 75

Chapter 75: Can We Be Close?

At the edge of the U-shaped pool in the Altay General Mountain Ski Resort, fellow skiers were fortunate to witness three big shots huddled together around a mobile phone, forming the shape of a prestigious Mercedes-Benz logo...

Unfortunately, the three-pointed star failed to illuminate their path forward.

The three present fell into a collective silence.

Facing a bewildered Shan Chong and Da Shixiong, who was equally confused but delighted by the unfolding drama, Lao Yan paused before asking Shan Chong, "So, the call you took from such a distance earlier... was that from Little Shimei?"

Shan Chong hesitated before replying, "Yes."

Lao Yan pressed, "What did she say?"

Shan Chong explained, "Hua Yan and Yan Yan took her off-piste. She fell on some rocks and broke her binding... Those two senior sisters never do anything good, always setting bad examples."

At that moment, as if on cue, Hua Yan and Yan Yan, having had their fill of off-piste skiing and suddenly remembering they needed to practice, were slowly making their way back to the park terrain when they both sneezed simultaneously.

Bei Ci glanced towards the girls, "Speak of the devil, here they come, asking for a scolding in person."

Lao Yan continued, "You guys are passing the buck... Anyway, from the perspective of a normal person—"

Bei Ci interjected, "A scumbag's perspective, you mean. Class is in session, Chongli's number one scumbag is lecturing."

Lao Yan grabbed a handful of snow and pressed it into Bei Ci's face.

As the latter fell back with a yelp, Lao Yan, still squatting with his knees hugged to his chest, turned to Shan Chong.

Shan Chong barely lifted his eyelids, calmly stating, "From any perspective, I did nothing wrong. I immediately asked if she was hurt, and she said no. Then I asked if she needed a ride, and she said no."

So, what's the problem?

What's the issue?

Lao Yan probed, "No offense, but when a young girl falls and breaks her binding at a ski resort, trudging through ice and snow for two li with her board, and she calls her boyfriend who's at the same resort to report this, if she's not hurt and doesn't need a ride, why did she call?"

Shan Chong: "..."

Lao Yan continued, "Couldn't the chat wait until she reached the equipment hall? It's freezing out there, and she had to take off her gloves to make the call."

Shan Chong emphasized, "She said she didn't need a ride."

Lao Yan retorted, "So you didn't go?"

Shan Chong: "?"

Even the densest person would have sensed something amiss by now.

Shan Chong suddenly recalled a phrase Lao Yan often used:

When a woman says no, she means yes.

When she says yes, she also means yes.

When she tells you to get lost, that's when she means no.

Unfortunately, this realization came too late.

The seeds of wrongdoing had already been sown and taken root.

As the man pondered how to handle the situation, he took out his phone and liked the young girl's post to acknowledge he had seen it.

Lao Yan watched his action in stunned silence for a few seconds, thinking to himself, "Is he determined to dig his own grave... wave after wave?"