He might be loud usually but his attention to such detail still shocked her. She wasn’t stupid. She knew the reason he was so meticulous was because he was worried about her and was afraid she would get hurt.

After he was done, Li Shaobin checked her gear thoroughly again before allowing her to go out.

Li Shaobin was very good at skiing but terrible at teaching skiing techniques. Ruan Yang followed his instructions and struggled for half an hour. She felt as though she had let him position her body in all the ways he wanted but she still didn’t understand anything. “Let me go. I don’t want you to teach me anymore; I’ll ski on my own.”

“No, that’s very dangerous.” Li Shaobin didn’t think he was a bad teacher. He just thought Ruan Yang wasn’t good at skiing.

“I won’t. The snow is very thick and I also wore a lot of clothes.” Ruan Yang broke free from his arms. She looked very determined. “Don’t pull me. You’re not allowed to pull me and no nagging as well.”

Li Shaobin followed behind her like he was her mom anxiously and worriedly.

Ruan Yang skied quietly by herself for a while and seemed to have grasped it a little. She skied down the slope unknowingly and she went faster and faster. Ruan Yang was a little at a loss and her legs wobbled. Her body started to wobble too and she heard Li Shaobin scream.

Ruan Yang’s body tilted completely and just as she was about to land in the snow, a dark figure suddenly leaped in front of her onto the snow. She fell hard on the black figure and although it was a person, his body was very hard so it felt as though she had fallen on a rock. Ruan Yang’s head hit his chest painfully.

“Yangyang, are you alright?” Li Shaobin carried her up nervously.

Ruan Yang rubbed her head in pain. “Why did you suddenly leap out in front of me? That hurt.”

Li Shaobin felt aggrieved. “I was afraid you would hurt yourself from the fall, so I wanted to act as a human cushion for you, but you’re blaming me.”

Ruan Yang felt a warmth in her chest and she rubbed his handsome cheek with a laugh. Her heart really ached for his dumbness. “Your body is way harder than the snow.”

“You really don’t know what’s good for you.” Li Shaobin pretended to wave her off angrily and didn’t allow her to touch him.

Ruan Yang watched him sulk and her eyes darted around mischievously. Suddenly, she grabbed a pile of snow and stuffed it down his collar.

Li Shaobin shuddered from the cold. Ruan Yang laughed heartily as she watched him, so he pulled her over angrily and also stuffed a pile of snow down her shirt. Towards the end, the two of them were basically having a snow fight, causing both of them to look disheveled. The two of them only left the ski resort as the sun was about to set that evening.

Ruan Yang was completely exhausted, and on top of that, it wasn’t easy walking in the snow, so she got Li Shaobin to give her a piggyback. As she wrapped her arms around his neck and lowered her head to look at his dashing profile, she felt an inexplicable sense of security. He was probably the only man in the world who would be willing to jump in front of her to be her human cushion when she was in danger.

She lay her face gently on his neck and said softly, “Tell me if you’re tired. I can walk.”

“I have nothing but strength.” Li Shaobin lifted his chest up. This was the moment to prove his worth as her boyfriend.

Ruan Yang laughed. She tilted her head and kissed his cheek. Li Shaobin suddenly felt as though he was injected with steroids. He thought: If I’d have known earlier, I wouldn’t have called Xin Zhanheng so that Xin Ziao could follow behind me secretly, see how well Ruan Yang and I are doing and die of jealousy.

…

After leaving the ski resort at 5 pm, Li Shaobin drove back to Northern City. He didn’t want to bring Ruan Yang to that place ever again. After all, this place was where Ruan Yang and Xin Ziao swore their love for each other. He also wanted to find a place to swear his love with Ruan Yang too.

When they reached Northern City after the two-hour car ride, it was already past 7 pm. Li Shaobin had dinner with her outside before taking her back to the apartment.

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At Northern City Subsidiary Hospital, even though it was the end of the year, being a doctor was still the busiest profession.

Song Chuyi was so busy that he didn’t even have lunch. Just as he came out from the operating room and was about to return to his office for lunch, he saw a man standing by the door with his head low, playing on his phone.

He found this man rather familiar and when he got closer, he realized it was Xin Ziao, whom he hadn’t seen for days. He really couldn’t really say that he liked Xin Ziao, especially when his wife kept scolding him at home from time to time, even when she was constipated on the toilet. “What are you doing here?”

He opened the door to his office. Xin Ziao stood up straight and it didn’t look like he was in a good mood.

“Don’t tell me someone in your family is ill?” Song Chuyi said lightly as he poured a glass of water for himself. After all, that was usually the case when someone sought out a doctor.

Xin Ziao scoffed. “Song Chuyi, don’t tell me you don’t know about Ruan Yang and Li Shaobin dating.”

“PFFTTT-” Song Chuyi spat out all the water in his mouth. He coughed a few times before looking at him in shock.

Xin Ziao said angrily, “Go talk Li Shaobin out of it and tell him he needs to know where to stop. Ruan Yang is mine.”

Song Chuyi had already calmed down quite a bit. “Stop raising your voice here. You’re not a fool. She might’ve used Shaobin to spite you on purpose because you kept pestering her. In my opinion, you should be the one to know where to stop. You’re already married, so go home and lead your life. Who are you trying to act like a saint in love for?”

“Would I seek you out if she was really just spiting me?” Xin Ziao couldn’t remain calm anymore. “Li Shaobin even brought Ruan Yang to the Li family’s villa in Wen Shan for a holiday. Ruan Yang lost her memory and Li Shaobin is using this opportunity to get in between us. Almost everyone knows about the two of them now.”

Song Chuyi was stunned. He still couldn’t believe it.

Xin Ziao continued to say, “Yan Changqing is your wife and is close to Ruan Yang. Li Shaobin would also listen to you, so the two of you should talk them out of it. Ruan Yang has lost her memory now. I’m afraid she’ll get hurt. No matter what, you should know how much Li Shaobin hates me. Li Shaobin didn’t fall for her before. Why did he suddenly fall for her now? There must be something going on here. I did let Ruan Yang down. I deserve it, but I care about her more than anyone else. If Li Shaobin goes on like this, I won’t let this matter rest.”

Song Chuyi’s brows knitted tighter and tighter together. “Are you done? If you are, leave. I’ve just finished a surgery and I’m very tired. I need to rest for a while.”

“Song Chuyi…” Xin Ziao’s face sank.

Song Chuyi picked up the food on his table and opened it, getting ready for his meal.

Xin Ziao watched him eat for a minute before turning around and leaving the room, closing the door behind him with a bang.

When Song Chuyi heard the door shut, he rubbed his glabella. He called Li Shaobin and got straight to the point. “I heard you’re dating Ruan Yang. Is that true?”

Li Shaobin felt his heart drop. Oh no. How did Old Song find out so quickly? Should he come clean or should he continue to hide it from him? “Er… where did you hear it from?”

“Xin Ziao came to look for me just now…”

“F*ck, Xin Ziao is so shameless.” Li Shaobin scolded. “He even dared to look for you. What an assh*le.”

Song Chuyi sighed. “Tell me—is it true?”

“Mm… about that…” Li Shaobin stuttered.

Song Chuyi grew increasingly certain inside. He suddenly recalled the time when Li Shaobin came with Ruan Yang to his house for dinner. He was behaving oddly then. Could Zheng Chongbing be correct?

He felt just as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

Ruan Yang and Li Shaobin. No matter how you looked at it, the two of them didn’t seem compatible. Otherwise, Changqing wouldn’t be going on about matchmaking Ruan Yang all day long and he would’ve also considered Li Shaobin.

“Why are you dating Ruan Yang? When did that happen?” Song Chuyi’s eyeballs almost fell out. “Don’t tell me you like her. Didn’t you feel nothing for her before? Are you really using this chance while Ruan Yang has lost her memory to…”

“What? Don’t think of me as such a dirty person. I didn’t feel anything for her before, but after hanging out with her after she lost her memory, I suddenly felt something for her,” Li Shaobin said delightedly. “We’re now very chummy. Ruan Yang loves me very much too. Don’t you guys think of tearing us apart.”

Song Chuyi’s expression looked as though he ate poop. “I don’t want to tear the two of you apart, but it feels as though Old Yan has fallen for a man right now.”

“What kind of lousy comparison is that?” Li Shaobin said, “I’m just not a person who falls in love easily like you guys, but once I do, it’s the earth-shaking kind of love. Ruan Yang is very shy now so she didn’t want me to let you guys know. Don’t go on telling everyone either. Otherwise, she would feel awkward. Once she feels awkward, she gets angry and when she’s angry, she won’t let me kiss her.”

Song Chuyi: “…”

“I’m not talking to you anymore. I have to finish my work right now so I can spend my time with Ruan Yang at night,” Li Shaobin said that very loudly on purpose to emphasize how sweet things were at the moment and also that he was no longer single. He had waited very long for this day.

Song Chuyi put his phone down and looked down at the bowl of rice he had barely eaten. He seriously thought he needed to digest things properly right now.

…

When he returned home from work, he told Changqing about this during dinner and Changqing spat out all the rice in her mouth.

He was very satisfied with her reaction. Very good. He wasn’t the only one who was shocked.

“How’s that possible? This world is so crazy that I can’t keep up.” Changqing blinked as she looked at him, dumbfounded.

Song Chuyi nodded. “I heard they already went on holiday at a ski resort. Ruan Yang said she moved to the northern area last time. I seriously suspect that they’re living together right now. From my knowledge, Li Shaobin’s villa is in the northern area.”

Changqing patted her chest and took a deep breath. She couldn’t help but picture Ruan Yang and Li Shaobin together in bed.