Chapter: 1743

Winter in Yanjing was very cold, and the lake surface would freeze thickly, allowing people to go onto the ice and skate or play ice sliding. Children would sit on small makeshift sleds, using two iron rods to move around on the ice.

Back then, children didn't have any electronic toys to play with, so whenever winter came, Ye Chen would eagerly look forward to going to Houhai Lake to slide on ice.

He still remembered when Cai Qiuyi's parents had a very beautiful four-room house on the Houhai lakefront. Every time they brought him to Houhai, they would first bring him to visit Cai Qiuyi's parents and then have dinner at their four-room house.

Now that I think about it, those memories that hadn't appeared in my mind for over ten years, even after so long, are still vividly etched in my mind.

Back then, Cai Qiuyi was just a little pesky thing, wearing thick cotton clothing and looking like a small stuffed animal. Her tiny hands would stretch out from the sleeves of her clothes, tightly grasping her own sleeve hem and refusing to let go.

At that time, she always had the phrase "Ye Chen's older brother" on her lips, with a sweet and tender voice and a hint of shyness, making her all the more adorable.

However, I hadn't been back to that place in eighteen years by now.

Thinking about this, Ye Chen's heart was filled with nostalgia too.

So he asked Cai Qiuyi: "What about your family's four-room house on the Houhai lakefront? Is it still there?"

"It is!" Cai Qiuyi laughed. "That's a protected building that cannot be demolished. My dad even spent quite a bit of money to renovate it two years ago. If it weren't for the traffic congestion in the city center, we would have moved there permanently."

As she spoke, her excitement became hard to conceal and she asked: "Ye Chen, want me to take you to see it now?"

Memories flooded Ye Chen's mind, and his heart was suddenly stirred up, exclaiming: "Okay!"

I'm so happy to get Ye Chen's confirmed answer, Cai Qiuyi danced and pranced her way back into the room, quickly changing into a thick, long-hooded fur coat.

To prevent people from noticing she was coming, she also brought a warm mask and a hat with two adorable rabbit ears.

In addition, she held in her hand a pair of round-framed black-edged glasses, which made her look like a cute and innocent girl, completely different from the Cai Qiuyi who drove all men crazy with love.

In fact, deep down, Cai Qiuyi is just a lovable little demon from ancient times.

She's simple-minded, has no experience in love, and doesn't know how to interact with the opposite sex, nor does she have any secrets like those girls outside.

Ye Chen saw her childhood shadow on her face, which made him think of Cai Qiuyi as his sweet burden during his childhood.

That's why it's a sweet burden because, although he didn't want her to follow him around every day, calling him Brother Ye Chen, deep down he enjoyed the feeling of having her follow him around and turn circles around him.

Cai Qiuyi looked at Ye Chen with a dazed expression, and her rosy cheek suddenly turned bright red. She said in a shy tone: "Ye Chen-ge, why are you looking at me like that......"

Ye Chen snapped back to reality, flashing an awkward yet polite smile, and said: "I was just suddenly thinking about something from my childhood, got distracted for a moment."

Cai Qiuyi's heart was filled with sweetness and joy, and she slightly lowered her eyelashes, whispering softly: "Let's hurry up and go!"

To avoid exposing Cai Qiuyi's identity, Ye Chen and she were driving an unassuming old Volvo that carried them from the upscale neighborhood to the city center.

The area around Houhai in Yanjing is one of the most bustling places in Yanjing, and it can be said to be the heart of the entire city.

What's more, this place hasn't been overdeveloped, with old courtyard houses well-preserved, allowing people to experience the lifestyle of old Yanjing alleyways. JrNovels.com