The three of them went out to the periphery edge of the ski resort.

By the time they came back, Lu Jingye and Dou Zerui each had something in their hands.

Dou Zerui was carrying a bundle of winter bamboo shoots strung together by thin soft branches, while Lu Jingye held two rabbits in his hands.

Zi Yi was carrying a few wild fruits.

While walking she said, “These fruits are very sweet. They can be mine and my cousin’s dessert after the meal.”

Dou Zerui laughed and said, “You even fell from the tree just to pluck these few fruits. I think you can just keep it for yourself. If Xiangling knows what trouble you went to, to pluck those, she would be embarrassed to even eat them.”

Zi Yi gave him a glare. Can you not mention this again?!

“What do you mean I fell? I saw Ah Jing coming over and I jumped down on purpose.”

The wild fruit tree was not very high and Zi Yi climbed up the tree while the both of them weren’t paying attention. She did not expect the tree branch to break after she plucked the fruits. Fortunately, Lu Jingye had a fast reaction and nimble movements, as he dashed over to catch her.

Otherwise, she would have had to really fall down and have a mouthful of snow.

Lu Jingye’s expression was extremely bad back then and he had lectured her for several minutes straight. Her Ah Jing had finally stopped preaching and this person next to her actually had the cheek to bring it up again.

Zi Yi took a sneaky peek at Lu Jingye who had a taut expression and called out to him in a cajoling tone. “Ah Jing.”

Lu Jingye tilted his head and looked in her direction as he said with a helpless expression, “Why didn’t you get Shadow Il to pluck the fruits?”

Zi Yi definitely would not say the truth about how she wanted to climb the tree and so, she said, “The tree wasn’t particularly high and I had nothing to do either…”

Speaking of this, she suddenly said as if it were a matter of fact, “Besides, I know that even if I were to fall, you will be there to catch me right away.”

“Pft-”

Dou Zerui could not listen to their conversation any longer.

“The words ‘twisting words and forcing logic’ are meant to describe someone like you.” Zi Yi pretended not to hear him and smiled at Lu Jingye as she tried to please him. Lu Jingye still had a taut expression as he said, “Don’t do this again in the future.”

“I promise I won’t.”

Zi Yi immediately raised her hand and swore.

Only then did Lu Jingye let it go.

When the three of them arrived at the villa after walking up the slope, Dou Xiangling and Ian walked out of the room that was used to change out of their ski clothes.

Dou Xiangling was hugging a rabbit in her arms.

Zi Yi saw the rabbit and said in surprise, “Where did you catch that rabbit?”

Dou Xiangling smiled and pointed at Ian standing beside her. “Ian caught it.”

She then glanced at the rabbits Lu Jingye was holding in his hands and her smile deepened. “I didn’t expect that you would also catch two rabbits.”

Zi Yi’s eyes curved into crescent moons and nodded. “Yep, it’s enough for a barbeque tonight.”

Having said that, she handed one of the fruits in her hand to Dou Xiangling. “Try this fruit, it’s very sweet.”

Dou Xiangling looked at how Zi Yi had braided the branch that was connected to the fruit into a carrier and revealed a smile.

The fruit looked like an apple, but it was smaller in size when compared to an apple. However, it was larger than that of a begonia fruit. It was a very vibrant red fruit, making it look very delicious.

Lu Jingye spoke up at this moment. “The owner of the villa has already prepared the barbeque pit. We can go back and get them to prepare the rabbit.”

The rest agreed with him and all of them walked down the hill together.

The barbeque pit was in an open space behind the restaurant. The owner had set up a shelter and there was no need to worry that the snow would fall down onto the food.

The owner saw the three rabbits in their hands and said with a smile, “You’re pretty lucky. These rabbits are so cunning that it’s even hard for us to catch them. I didn’t expect that you would catch three in one go.”

Having said that, the owner got the staff members to take the rabbit into the kitchen to process them.

Dou Xiangling asked the owner, “Boss Wan, are these rabbits raised in the villa? How is it that they are so large in size?”

Boss Wan said with a smile, “Not exactly so. These rabbits were originally wild rabbits. I got the staff to build some vegetable fields near the periphery of the hot springs villa. When those rabbits can’t find any food during winter, they will steal vegetables from the farms.”

Dou Zerui praised him. “Boss Wang, this is a very good idea of yours. In this case, there’s no need for you to specially raise them, and it’s not hard to catch them if you suddenly feel like eating them. It’s much easier when compared to setting a trap to capture them.”

“Haha… you’re right.” Boss Wang glanced at Lu Jingye and said, “It’s all thanks to Second Young Master Lu for coming up with this idea.”

As soon as the group heard what he said, all of them turned to look at Lu Jingye.

Lu Jingye said, “I used to visit the hot springs villa with my parents to enjoy some time away.”

“It’s no wonder.”

After everyone joked around for a while, the staff members packed the vegetables into several large baskets and brought them over.

Other than rabbit meat, the owner had also prepared other types of meat.

Ian got his bodyguards to bring over the red wine. There were more than a dozen or so bottles and they were all contained in a large box.

When Dou Xiangling saw the bottles of red wine, she said out of concern, “Red wine has strong after-effects, can we finish so many bottles?”

“Of course. ”

Zi Yi said, “It’ll be finished very soon if all of us drink a little.”

Ian agreed. “Having a soak in the hot springs after drinking these bottles of red wine would definitely lead to a good night’s sleep.”

“Are we able to soak in the hot springs after drinking?”

Dou Xiangling was a little skeptical. She subconsciously turned to look at Zi Yi. She felt that she would definitely know.

Zi Yi said, “If you’re not afraid of drowning, you can go ahead and try.”

Dou Xiangling looked at Ian, and her eyes seemed to be asking: ‘Are you still going to soak in the hot springs?’

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“…’ Ian spoke while feeling stifled. “Going back to our rooms to sleep after drinking is also not bad.”

Just then, Lu Jingye called out to Ian.

Ian looked up at him.

Lu Jingye said, “If you want to eat, go and cook for yourself.”

After he said that, Lu Jingye and Dou Zerui headed to the barbeque pit together.

Ian did not say anything but stood up and headed in their direction.

When Ian was about to walk over, Zi Yi asked out of kindness, “Ian, do you need my robots to guide you on how to cook?”

Ian’s footsteps paused for a moment and he turned around and said, “Yes, thank you.”

Zi Yi called out Shadow Il.

Following that, Zi Yi and Dou Xiangling sat there and looked at how Shadow Il acted as a strict teacher and started to teach Ian how to cook food.

Dou Xiangling suddenly felt sympathy for the clumsy Ian. “Yiyi, this should be Ian’s first time cooking. Will he get angry at how strict Shadow Il is? After all, he’s a guest.”

Zi Yi glanced at her man and said with a smile, “There’s no need to worry. Ian is not such a narrow-minded person.”

She even shouted at Ian, “Ian, whatever we cook will not be shared with others. Be careful, you might end up with nothing to eat.”

Ian looked at the both of them and slightly raised his chin as he replied with confidence, “Zi, don’t you worry. I feel that you all might even fight over what I cooked later.”

“Pft! Who gave you the confidence to talk big like that?”

Dou Xiangling could not help but laugh along too.

After the three men barbequed for some time, Lu Jingye and Dou Zerui were done on their side.

Zi Yi and Dou Xiangling went over with a few plates to carry the food.

After they had cooked several large plates worth of food, the three men finally stopped.

Zi Yi got Shadow Il to continue cooking while the rest of them sat together and ate while drinking red wine.

It was Ian’s first time drinking red wine while eating barbequed food. Unexpectedly, he could accept the combination.

Everyone was chatting about casual topics as they ate and drank. Other than Dou Xiangling who did not drink much due to her low alcohol tolerance, the four of them had drunk a lot.

In the end, Dou Zerui and Ian were very drunk. .