Chapter Eighty-Five Snow (10)

  The snowflakes grew larger and larger, as if they were going to turn into a blizzard. The biting cold wind mixed with the snow hit my face, making me feel a dull pain. These snowflakes were no longer gentle, but rather like cold ice pellets that made a "crackling" sound when they hit my body.

  The sky and the earth were a vast expanse of white, even the air had turned white, and the dense snowflakes blocked Su Qi's line of sight, causing strong unease to rise in her heart. She began to worry about Lu Ke, who had been silent for so long - what had happened to him? This Snow Demon was originally a Snow God, born from the four seasons, and probably wouldn't be easily defeated. Even the Snow God's incarnation, that little boy, had only been severely injured by her full-strength attack; the Snow God itself should be even harder to deal with.

  Su Qi Ruo anxiously looked in the direction where Lu Ke had disappeared, hoping to see his safe figure. At this moment, the originally disorderly wind and snow suddenly seemed to be pulled towards Su Qi Ruo's direction, sweeping her up with a strong blizzard that made her feel like she was under a hail of bullets. The icy snow hit every part of her body, making it ache. Su Qi Ruo disregarded her image and hugged her head, crawling on the ground to minimize contact between her body and the wind and snow, trying to alleviate her pain. Apart from the pain, this strong blizzard also made Su Qi Ruo feel like she could be swept away by the storm at any moment.

  What's going on? Has something gone wrong with Lu Ke? Su Qi thought anxiously.

  "You can't kill me." The strong blizzard suddenly stopped, and the Snow God's cold voice floated in the air, seemingly proud and provocative.

  Lu Ke strode steadily and picked up Su Qi Rao, who was still crouching on the ground. He simply brushed off the snowflakes from her clothes, his calm and composed demeanor completely disregarding the Snow Goddess.

  Lu Ke's indifferent expression successfully enraged the Snow Goddess, just as she was about to launch another attack on Lu Ke. The barrier suddenly appeared and cracked open without warning. A man burst into the Snow Goddess' line of sight, causing her to cautiously stop her intention to attack. She gazed coldly at the intruder, but he wore a smile on his face. With a lazy tone, he said, "Hehe... Green ants make new wine, red mud makes small fire pits. The sky is about to snow tonight, can I have a cup of it?"

  "Shi Ruwen?" Su Qi's brain, which had been numbed by the blizzard, suddenly cleared up as if a stimulant injection had been administered. She stared at Shi Ruwen in disbelief, wondering if the wind and snow had blown her into a hallucination!

  Shi Ruwen was actually sitting on a classical carved wooden stool, holding a celadon teacup in his hand, leaning against the elegant and antique red sandalwood Eight Immortals table. On the table, there was even a complete set of Gongfu tea utensils! The most exaggerated thing was that there was actually a teapot brewing on the Eight Immortals table, it looked like he really came to invite others to drink tea!

  Su Qi, if you really want to shout, Shi Ruwen! Didn't you just teleport from some teahouse? When teleporting, do you have to bring out all the things from someone's house?!

  She Ruwen ignored everyone's gaze, holding the teacup in her hand and stretching it towards Xue Shen's direction, invitingly saying, "Let's have a cup of tea instead of wine, come on?"

  Su Qi couldn't bear to look directly at Cui Ruiwen, and in her heart, she loudly shouted: "Cui Ruiwen, have you gone crazy? We're at a critical moment of life and death! How can you still be in the mood to invite people for tea? Do you believe that Snow God will freeze you into an ice sculpture?"

  The Snow God gazed at Xi Ruiwen's tea cup, and suddenly a moment of panic appeared. She retreated two steps back, pulled up the little boy's hand, and coldly said, "I'll be back!" After that, the big and small figures disappeared on the spot, and the boundary also disappeared with them.

  The lights in the teaching building have disappeared, and the roads on campus are quiet, except for Su Qi and three others, there is no one else on the road. The snow is still falling, but it's just a few scattered small snowflakes that are hard to notice if you don't look carefully.

  Su Qi didn't understand why the Snow Goddess would suddenly disappear after Yu Ruiwen appeared. Was she afraid of Yu Ruiwen? That's impossible! She was born with the four seasons, and snow was her world.

  Su Qi turned his head to look at Xi Ruiwen, who looked no different from usual, but the elegant tea art activity was somehow brought out with a few hints of wildness. Drinking tea? This guy shouldn't be wasting such a good thing, should he?

  Shi Ruwen smiled brightly and handed the teacup to Su Qi, "Want a cup? It's cold outside, warm up your body!"

  Although she was indeed a bit stiff from the cold, drinking hot tea to warm up was actually not a bad idea. However, as Su Qi looked at Shi Ruiwen's ambiguous gaze and smile, no matter how she looked at it, she felt that Shi Ruiwen had ulterior motives. She said tactfully, "Thank you, I'd better head back to the dorm early, this tea has been blown cold for half a day anyway."

  "How could that be!" Si Ruiwen took the teacup back in front of her and examined it carefully, fearing that Su Qi would not believe her. She stood up and forcibly handed the teacup to her, arguing discontentedly, "Where is it?"

  Su Qi reluctantly took the teacup, but in less than two seconds, a scorching pain quickly attacked her hand. "Ah!" She cried out and threw the teacup directly away. Fortunately, Xie Ruwen was quick to catch it. "Hoo-hoo—" Su Qi put her hand to her mouth and blew hard for half a day before the pain slightly subsided. She complained, "How can your water be so hot!"

  "Didn't you say it would be cool after blowing for half a day? I'm just proving it to you!" Si Ruiwen retorted in frustration.

  "This water... this water... did you use a thermos?" Su Qi Ruo was so angry that she didn't know how to refute Yang Rui Wen, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she felt it wasn't right. It was just a small teacup, and Yang Rui Wen had been holding it in the wind and snow for half a day. The temperature now was below zero, even boiling water would cool down quickly, how could it still be so hot? Su Qi Ruo asked uncertainly, "You didn't use some kind of spiritual power, did you?"

  "Hehe......" Si Ruiwen smiled slyly, "No need for spiritual power anymore!"

  Su Qi Ruo looked at Yang Ru Wen with even more confusion. To prove that he really didn't use his spiritual power, Yang Ru Wen placed the teacup on the Eight Immortals table, and Su Qi Ruo waited for a while before lightly touching the teacup again. As a result, the teacup was still scalding hot. Only then did Su Qi Ruo realize that there was a problem and guessed, "Could it be... that the teacup has a problem?"

  Shi Ruwen helplessly explained, "It's not like that!" Then he thought again, when would Su Qi's silly illness get better?

  "Is it a problem with the water?"