Raise Love-130-Falling Snow

Ryder took the cup to make ginger tea, then leisurely returned to his desk. He frowned as he took a sip. He didn't really like this stuff.

It was spicy and tasted bad.

But thinking that it was specifically told by the little girl, he relaxed his brows. After a while, he lazily said, "Where are the assignments?"

The two who had been force - fed a few mouthfuls of dog food were instantly full of energy.

Ryan Bennett, while editing the video, said with a smile, "Here, here. I'll send them to your email. No rush. Just finish them before class on Monday."

Oliver Kim said, "I need mine by Wednesday."

"Okay." Ryder finished the ginger tea in two or three gulps, peeled a piece of candy and put it in his mouth, then threw the cup to Oliver Kim. "Wash it."

Oliver Kim, who had his assignment problem solved, took the cup and left without any complaints.

"I'm busy recently. Tomorrow I need to accompany my girlfriend to class, and after class, we're going to celebrate the festival. Let's postpone the meal. " Ryder lazily tapped the table with his knuckles.

After a pause.

He said casually, "After all, you guys don't have girlfriends, so you can't experience the joy of young couples celebrating festivals. Tsk, so pitiful."

Oliver Kim's hand holding the cup trembled, almost dropping it. Ryan Bennett stared at the half - edited video, suddenly wanting to delete it.

The two of them, with dark faces, were about to speak.

Then they heard the guy slowly add another sentence.

"I'll give you the finished assignments."

"... Oh," the two forced a fake smile. "Sure thing, dear."

Damn it!

If it weren't for the assignments, who would want to endure this!

Let whoever likes this dog food eat it. It's already so cold in winter, and this just makes the heart even colder. Can't we all be a little kinder to each other?

Early the next morning, Aria woke up very early. Since she couldn't fall back asleep, she simply got out of bed. She quietly got out of bed, washed up, and as usual, opened a small corner of the tightly - drawn curtains in the dormitory.

Looking downstairs, she was surprised to find that there was frost on the glass.

Then, she blinked in surprise.

It was snowing.

This was the first snow of the winter in 2020.

She didn't know how long it had been snowing, and it still hadn't stopped. Large snowflakes were gently falling. Aria tried to stand on tiptoe to look out, and the ground was already covered with a thick layer of melted snow.

Children from the south always get excited about snow for a long time.

Although Aria was born in the south, she didn't actually stay there all the time.

When she was very young, around ten years old, she moved to Yicheng with her family. And Yicheng is in the northern region.

Yet she was still very excited.

It was still early, and the girls in the dormitory were all asleep.

Ryder usually wouldn't come for a while. Aria put on her clothes, wrapped herself in a thick padded coat, and lay on the balcony railing, quietly looking at the snow. She stretched out her hand to catch it.

The snowflakes silently landed on her fair and warm palm, gently, without any weight. In an instant, they melted.

The next second, new snowflakes fell into her palm again.

It was cool.

The first time Aria saw snow was in the first year she came to Yicheng.

At that time, the development wasn't as advanced as it is now. Smartphones weren't even popular. Everyone used pagers and Nokias.

The chargers were old-fashioned universal chargers with two prongs. They would flash a red light at night when in use. Aria was very afraid of that, so she always liked to turn on the table lamp when she slept alone.

That snow was heavy.

In the morning, when she was still half - asleep in the Bedding, she heard people outside shouting that it was snowing. In the village, then the loudspeaker of the village committee started shouting that school was suspended for a day.

The snow was too heavy and the roads were slippery, so it was not easy to go to school. Aria happily put on her cotton - padded clothes and went to play in the snow with the village kids. She clumsily fell down countless times.

When her mother led her back by the hand, her clothes were damp. Her mother gently rubbed her head and said, "Aria, you can't play like this next time. You'll catch a cold."

"And you'll have to get an injection if you catch a cold."

As a child, Aria was even more afraid of pain than she is now. She pursed her lips, almost crying.

Later, she saw snow many times, but none of them were as heavy as that one.

It also snowed the year her mother passed away.

In the deep winter of December, everything was covered in white.

Aria stood alone in the courtyard. Suddenly, she felt that besides bringing surprise, snow only left her with overwhelming loneliness.

The laughter of the whole family of four shoveling snow together in the courtyard had become a thing of the past forever.

The rose bushes on both sides of the platform were left with only bare, thin branches, covered with snow. She didn't know if they could survive the next year. Her mother had planted them with her own hands two summers ago.

People's wounds will gradually fade with the passage of time.

In the first two years, Aria often felt as if she was in a nightmare. She was used to being in a daze from time to time.

Staring at a certain point, when she came back to her senses, she would raise her hand to touch her cheek, and it was already wet. Staying in this place called "home", the most terrifying thing was not the loss itself.

It was that no matter where she went, every space, every piece of furniture, every plant, and even the air were so familiar that it was suffocating. gòйЪ.ōΓg

And these things were gradually, in a way that caught her off - guard, becoming more and more blurred and fading away.

Later, even her yearning was like covered with a layer of mist.

After an unknown amount of time in a daze, Aria finally came back to her senses. She lowered her eyelashes and sighed. Everything was getting better.

Her mother would surely be happy too.

She slowly curved her lips, leaned out a little towards the falling snow, held up her phone, and carefully took a few photos of the snow - covered scenery, wanting to send them to Ryder.

Just as the "click" sound fell.

The phone vibrated a few times. Aria had to stop taking pictures, lower her head, and then leaned out in surprise to look downstairs.

The boy was standing on the side of the apartment building, right opposite the balcony of her dormitory.

Seeing the little girl in a parka sticking her head out, he paused for a moment, then lowered his head to fiddle with his phone. A video call came through.

Aria hesitated for a few seconds, closed the balcony door, and hid in the corner, facing the snowflakes blown in by the wind, and answered the call.

The boy's stern face appeared on the screen.

He was wearing a black woolen coat today. The screen was too small to see clearly. Snowflakes fell on his shoulders, and around his neck was the smoke - gray scarf Aria gave him on his birthday.

Aria looked at it for a few seconds, and her face turned a little red.

Before Ryder could speak, he noticed that the little girl was staring at his scarf, and her fair little face suddenly turned red. He couldn't help but smile.

He raised his eyebrow bone, and his fingers lazily hooked the scarf.

He asked with a happy, low laugh, "Airy, I haven't even said anything yet. Why is your face red just from seeing me?"

Aria: "..."

"Is it nice?" Ryder stopped laughing and deliberately asked again.

Aria nodded.

"Are you done getting ready?" Afraid of annoying the little girl, Ryder stopped teasing her. "If you're done, come down. I'll take you to eat, and then we'll celebrate the festival after class."

Aria remembered that he said they would spend Christmas together last night. Her eyes curved, and she said "Ooh" softly, "Very soon."

Then she typed.

She said that her roommates were still sleeping, so it was inconvenient to talk, and asked if he wanted to hang up.

Ryder said no, that he wanted to look at her.