to the snow

"You...Are you alright?!" Chen Xueyan wiped off the remaining blood from the corner of her mouth, and looked at the pale Shen Hanling in front of her in astonishment.

"...I want to ask if you're alright." Although the blood wasn't much, Shen Hanling still felt a little dizzy, and cut a piece of cloth from his clothes to wrap it around the wound on his hand.

"I... I'll help you heal!" Chen Xueyan hurriedly cast a spell with her hands alternately, and a soft orange light instantly wrapped Shen Hanling's palm.Shen Hanling only felt the warmth of his palms, but when he looked down, he saw that the blood had stopped, and even the sword marks were closed.

"You, why didn't you say 'sinking water and nourishing your heart' earlier!" Looking at the orange light in surprise, Shen Hanling couldn't help but stutter, "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have used blood to save you!"

"I just forgot when I was nervous..." At this moment, Chen Xueyan lowered her head, her face blushing.

"Well, I'm out of luck." Shen Hanling, who couldn't laugh or cry, made a rare joke.

"It turns out that you are really not an ice lump who can't speak!" Chen Xueyan raised her head and looked at him, her tone was filled with joy and excitement.

"Almost, just not very good at talking." Shen Hanling spread his hands.

There was silence in the cave for a while, Shen Hanling still packed up the corpse of the giant bear, while Chen Xueyan wrapped the bear skin tightly around her body, holding on to the ice wall with one hand and trying to slowly move to the entrance of the cave, but she didn't want to. Accidentally fell to the ground.

"...Why are you so troublesome?" Seeing Chen Xueyan laying on the ground, staring at herself but unable to get up, Shen Hanling shook her head helplessly, dropped what she was doing, walked over a few steps, and stretched out her hand to pull her up. she.

Touching Shen Hanling's warm big hand, Chen Xueyan's face turned red again, but Shen Hanling frowned.

"Your hand is so cold." Another big hand also came up to cover it, Chen Xueyan only felt the heat in his hand, and a warm feeling came to her heart unconsciously.

In fact, Shen Hanling didn't think much about it, there was just a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl in front of her, and she was only in the same position as her younger sister in her heart.Feeling that Chen Xueyan's cold hands were gradually warming up, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

A ray of moonlight shone in through the hole.Although the ice valley is an almost completely enclosed space, there is a fairly large hole above the hole for some reason.

Chen Xueyan looked at the stars in the sky, and suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but lose her voice, "Ah, today seems to be Qixi Festival, right?"

"Qixi Festival? That's right. The day I came out was the fifth day of the lunar new year. It's been about a day and night now." Shen Hanling looked at the sky lightly.

Chen Xueyan suddenly lowered her head, bit her lips and sat down at the entrance of the cave, Shen Hanling also took her hand and sat down.

"I heard... During the Qixi Festival, tell the stars about the person you like, um, your dream will come true!" When Chen Xueyan said this, she glanced at Shen Hanling quietly.

"..." Shen Hanling didn't take it seriously, but he didn't notice that Chen Xueyan's face beside her was already as red as fire.

"I, I'm a little worried about Xuetian and the others..." Chen Xueyan sighed blankly looking at the sky, "I don't know if they're okay..."

"Chen Xuetian and Ye Linlan should be fine, but Linghu Yebing..." Shen Hanling paused, "Sorry, I couldn't find her."

"..." Chen Xueyan stopped talking and looked at the sky.Under the bitter cold wind, she felt a little sleepy.As the eyelids became heavier and heavier, Chen Xueyan was finally defeated by the dream demon and fell into a deep sleep.

Shen Hanling looked at Chen Xueyan who was sleeping soundly with some amusement, and gently covered her with the snow bear's fur.

Chen Xueyan, who was sleepy, began to mutter in her mouth, but in the end, she spoke very clearly.

"I like you...Han Ling..."

Shen Hanling was stretching out his hand to play with the fur of the giant bear, and when he heard this, he froze, but when he looked at Chen Xueyan again, she was still sleeping soundly.An unprecedented feeling suddenly rushed into his heart, which made him unprepared but felt warm and abnormal.

"Is this what mother calls human 'emotion'?" A kind of affection from the heart wrapped him up, and Shen Hanling pulled Chen Xueyan into his arms, letting her head rest comfortably on his chest.Once again Chen Xueyan's hair rubbed against his chin itchingly, Shen Hanling's fair face couldn't help but blush.In a word, it seemed that he had made a lot of determination, and he said it very lightly, probably only he could hear it.

"...Me too, Xueyan."

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Two days later, the heavy snow finally stopped.

"Look! Guanghan City is coming!" Chen Xueyan lay on Shen Hanling's back, pointing excitedly.

"Well, we're almost home." Looking at the familiar teleportation point, Shen Hanling couldn't help but smile, and his steps became even faster.

After several twists and turns, the two finally returned to Fallen Dragon City.Although it was only a few days since departure, in Chen Xueyan's heart, it was a very long period of time.

"Ah! It's Xuetian! And Linlan!" Chen Xueyan suddenly saw two figures hovering at the door when she was still some distance away from the hall of the Dachen Sect, and shouted.

"Wow! Sister Ye, look, it's the sisters who are back!" As if hearing Chen Xueyan's voice, Chen Xuetian, who had been running around anxiously, exclaimed happily.

"Xue Tian! Lin Lan!" Finally returning to the home she had been away for a long time, Chen Xueyan was very excited at the moment.

"I brought her back. Her legs are frozen and she can't move. You can figure it out." Seeing Chen Xuetian running towards her, Shen Hanling hesitated for a moment and handed Chen Xueyan over.

Chen Xueyan, who was being supported by her younger sister, ignored Chen Xuetian's chirping in her ears, and instead looked back at Shen Hanling's back, only to find that Shen Hanling also looked back slightly.Looking at each other, Chen Xueyan suddenly felt like a deer bumping against her chest.

"Ah, sister, I miss you so much!" Chen Xuetian yelled and interrupted Chen Xueyan's thoughts. At this time, Ye Linlan also came up to her, also smiling.

"It's good that you are all right! By the way, where is Xiaobing?" Chen Xueyan saw that both of them were safe and sound, except for Linghu Yebing, so she couldn't help asking.

"Ah, Sister Ye Bing, she..." The excited Chen Xuetian couldn't help being stunned when she heard the words, with sadness in her eyes, "According to the brothers and sisters who went to look for her, she seemed to be... caught by the avalanche...she... ... woo woo woo..."

"...Okay, don't cry, Xiaobing is very lucky, she will be fine. Maybe she is as safe as us now!" Chen Xueyan didn't know what to say for a while, so she could only comfort her.

"Hmm... Sis, why did you come back with Brother Shen?" Hearing what Chen Xueyan said, Chen Xuetian stopped crying, and instead turned to tease her own sister.

Chen Xueyan suddenly had black lines, she feigned anger and patted Chen Xuetian's head, "You ghost girl...I'll tell you later."

"Ah, that's right! Lin Lan, what is that secret you wanted to tell me when you set off?" Chen Xueyan suddenly remembered something, and asked Ye Linlan who had been silent beside her.

"Ah?" Ye Linlan snapped back to her senses, seeing Chen Xueyan looking at her expectantly, thinking of her so-called "secret", witnessing the scene where Shen Hanling carried Chen Xueyan back to Falling Dragon City, her heart surged for some reason Feel jealous for a while.After hesitating for a moment, she still whispered, "The secret is..."

"Oh, there's a secret! I want to hear it too!" Before Ye Linlan could reveal the secret, Chen Xuetian also came over.

"..." Ye Linlan sighed in a voice that no one could notice, and then glanced at Chen Xueyan again, "Yanzi, I found that Shen Hanling likes you!"

After saying that, she ran away straight away, no one noticed the disappointment flashing in her eyes, and the two lines of tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Eh? Sister Ye, what's wrong?" Chen Xuetian looked at Ye Linlan's back gradually disappearing, and asked in confusion.

"I... I don't know either!" Seeing Lin Lan's behavior like this, Chen Xueyan was taken aback.Thinking back to the "secret" that Ye Linlan had left behind before she left, she suddenly understood a little bit, and then silently pulled Chen Xuetian back into the sect hall.

(Han x Xue Qixi episode, end)

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