Although The Shining was a horror film, if you ignored its terrifying atmosphere and focused only on its setting, it made for a perfectly respectable vacation destination.
Light snow was still drifting down, turning the whole world white. Outside the hotel stood a vast green maze, now covered in ice and snow.
They strolled outside the maze.
Wei Yanchi followed behind, looking somewhat awkward. He held the axe behind his back with both hands, counting his steps. Every so often, Xie De's silver hair flashed across his field of vision, making him lower his head even farther.
"You've certainly gotten quieter."
Xie De spoke from up ahead.
"I..." The redness had yet to fade from the tips of Wei Yanchi's ears. He spoke honestly, his voice rather soft. "I feel like I embarrassed myself in the last world. I wasn't thinking straight, and I said a lot of nonsense. Mr. Xie De, could you please not take it to heart?"
Looking at the scenery, Xie De said from ahead, "There wasn't anything worth taking to heart in the first place. As long as you don't mind, that's enough."
Xie De figured Wei Yanchi had remembered what happened in the last impression world. Young people were thin-skinned and proud, and he had hit him in front of everyone. Perhaps Wei Yanchi felt embarrassed.
Actually, Xie De had only been hoping Wei Yanchi wouldn't feel that he had wounded his pride. In the last impression world, both of them had been somewhat impulsive.
"Huh? I was the one who got stuck in my own head. Why would I mind?"
Wei Yanchi lifted his head and quickly walked in front of him, his gaze sincere. "If I ever go crazy like that again, please make sure you keep me in line, Mr. Xie