Stand Up!

Another snowy night.

Looking up at the sky, it was clearly gray and dim, yet the falling snowflakes were perfectly visible, drifting down like feathers.

Heaven and earth blended into a vast expanse of gray. The tiny electric bike traveled along the River Dam, with endless gloom stretching out on both sides.

Snow always made people feel desolate and alone, especially when they were by themselves in a foreign place.

After graduating from college, whenever it snowed, Jiang Ning would always think of his childhood. Everyone had laughed and run outside together, and the snowflakes had carried their laughter far, far away. But later, all that remained was the silence around him and the pale whiteness before his eyes.

"It's snowing! It's snowing! Jiang Ning, it's snowing!" Xue Yuantong's crisp voice rang out. She raised her little hand, trying to catch a snowflake.

A snowflake landed in her palm and instantly turned into icy water, leaving her hand cold.

Xue Yuantong was stubborn by nature. Refusing to accept defeat, she kept trying to catch them. Before long, the snowflakes had dampened her palm.

Rather than getting upset, she raised her hand high again and touched Jiang Ning's face with her icy little hand, giggling teasingly. "Hehehe!"

Jiang Ning caught her little hand with his backhand. Xue Yuantong thought she was about to be punished and tried to pull it back.

Who knew Jiang Ning would tilt his head and breathe warm air onto her reddened hand? "Your hand's frozen, huh?"

Now it was not just Xue Yuantong's hand that had turned red—her cheeks were a little red as well. She buried her face behind Jiang Ning's back and complained shyly, "What are you doing?"

Jiang Ning chuckled and let go. Tongtong immediately pulled her hand back, afraid he might do