"Are you scared?"
Once they reached the top of the mountain, Yang Yunhai hugged her from behind, and his gentle cello-like voice came from behind her, "If you get scared later, just close your eyes."
Gu Lingling shook her head, "With you here, I’m not afraid of anything."
The corners of Yang Yunhai’s mouth lifted slightly.
The little girl’s inexplicable trust in him made him feel very warm inside.
It seemed that from the first day they met, she had trusted him without reason.
"Ready." Yang Yunhai placed his hand on her waist, "Don’t be afraid, leave it to me."
Gu Lingling instinctively closed her eyes and spread her arms wide.
"Girl, open your eyes and take a look." Halfway down, Yang Yunhai whispered in her ear, "Don’t be afraid."
At his prompt, Gu Lingling opened her eyes, hearing the wind roaring past her ears, and watched the scenery on both sides speed by—a thrill that couldn’t be felt with her eyes closed.
"This is so much fun." When they got down, Gu Lingling held Yang Yunhai’s hand and said, "I want to learn skiing."
As it turned out, she actually had a fondness for such slightly thrilling sports.
"Okay." Yang Yuanhai ruffled her hat.
When bringing her here, he was a bit worried she wouldn’t like it. Little did he know that she’d be this happy, and for a moment, Yang Yunhai was captivated by Gu Lingling’s cheerful smile.
He secretly made up his mind to take her out for fun more often.
Maybe it was the teacher’s good instruction, or perhaps the student had a good sense? Later, Gu Lingling almost mastered the basics and could ski on her own.
"Let’s call it a day." Yang Yunhai checked the time and said, "If you like, I’ll bring you here often in the future, and we’ll aim to have you ski down perfectly from the top by the end of the year."
He pointed to the mountaintop.
"Let’s go, let’s get something to eat." Yang Yunhai took her hand.
"Is it usually this empty here?" Gu Lingling asked.
Weren’t they supposed to split the earnings with the families? If no one comes, how would there be any earnings?
"Of course, no one would come today." Because he had already given prior notice, not wanting anyone to disturb their little world.
Liu Yanran was an exception.
If those people found out he brought Gu Lingling today, who knows what kind of chaos they would stir up.
Yang Yunhai’s lips curved up slightly, "I’ll take you to have hotpot in a while."
He knew Gu Lingling loved eating it.
As expected, the little girl squinted her eyes and smiled like a cat finding a treat.
Every time he saw her like that, Yang Yunhai’s mood would inexplicably become very good.
However, seeing Su Ziqiao and Liu Jun, his happy mood was somewhat spoiled, especially with Su Ziqiao’s ’I knew Brother Hai was going for hotpot so I came too’ expression, making Yang Yunhai want to kick him a few times.
"Sister-in-law, I have something good for you." Su Ziqiao hurriedly tried to curry favor, knowing full well that his Brother Hai was definitely the type to put friends second to romance.
Pleasing the sister-in-law would surely bring many future benefits.
"What is it?" Gu Lingling asked, puzzled, looking at him.
"You’ll absolutely love it." Su Ziqiao said with a look that seemed to scream ’Hurry and see it, then praise me.’
Gu Lingling opened the file bag he handed over, "A contract?"
And it was a share contract.
"Yeah, let’s do this together, shall we? Sister-in-law." Su Ziqiao said fawningly, "Please have a close look, this contract definitely won’t let you down."
In the end, fearing Gu Lingling would refuse, he even used honorifics.