Xie Jue rejected Lan Ningzhen's request. Lan Ningzhen asked innocently, "Why won't you call me Anning?"
Because Anning belongs to another person!
On New Year's Eve, after a steaming hot meal, there wasn't much else to do. The two of them were waiting to stay up late for the celebration. Apart from teasing Xie Jue, Lan Ningzhen didn't have anything else to do, and she had initially thought it would be a simple matter to get him to call her Anning. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be so difficult. Xie Jue's face had mostly healed after days of confinement in his room, but his mood had turned somber. After dinner, Lan Ningzhen noticed his lack of spirit and asked, in an attempt to cheer him up, "Want to go out to the courtyard and build a snowman?"
"It's cold…" Xie Jue instinctively refused, but after thinking about the boredom of waiting indoors for the New Year celebration and feeling the stifling air in his room, he hesitated for a moment and eventually agreed to go out for a walk.
