Ch1 – Border Man

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This must be the most embarrassing moment in Ning You’s life.

When he saw someone riding a horse from afar, he hastily waved up his hands and swooped down from the hillside without regard to his image.
He wanted to stop in front of the horse in time, but he unexpectedly tripped over a tree branch under his feet and fell flat on his face. 

The galloping dark horse was frightened, its two front hooves were raised high and it let out a high-pitched neigh.

Seeing the horse’s hooves was about to step on Ning You, the man on the horse’s back firmly tugged on the reins and turned the direction of the horse’s head, which prevented Ning You from becoming a newly deceased soul under the horse’s hooves.

 

 

— Within these few hours of being lost in the birch forest, Ning You had imagined countless ways to die, but he never thought of being trampled to death by a horse.

In any case, he was finally saved. 

Ning You breathed a long sigh of relief while smelling the fragrance of the soil.

 

His legs were already exhausted, with this heavy fall, Ning You lost his fighting spirit to survive.
He lay down on the ground with a sore body and didn’t want to get up.

But his innate mysophobia wouldn’t allow him to lie on the ground and slowly propped himself up.
He was about to ask the kindhearted man on the horse’s back to lead him out of this labyrinth-like birch forest when he heard a cold rebuke ring out over his head: “Are you looking for death?”

Ning You stopped getting up, he lifted his chin subconsciously and met the man’s line of sight.

 

It gets dark very late in Xinjiang, with the sun only vaguely setting at 7 to 8 pm.
But in this dense birch forest, the golden leaves blocked most of the light, making it impossible for Ning You to clearly see the man’s appearance.
He could only feel the pair of dark eyes looking at him with an extremely unfriendly gaze.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to do that.” Ning You withdrew his gaze, stood up and patted the leaves on his body.

The horse owner’s unfriendliness is understandable, because if it were Ning You who were driving normally through an intersection.
But suddenly someone ran while it was a red light, forcing him to have an emergency brake.
He would have the same thought – is this person rushing to reincarnate?

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The only difference is that a good upbringing won’t let Ning You express his thoughts; at best, he will just give the reckless person an unkind look and let that person understand it by himself. 

“Do you know how dangerous it was just now?” The man tugged hard on the reins to appease the dark horse that was stumbling in place, perhaps because Ning You had a better attitude in admitting his mistake, and he did accidentally tripped over a tree branch, his voice somehow a little warm.

“I’m sorry, my legs are a little out of control.” Ning You apologized once more, and his expression returned to his previous calmness, as if the fall flat on his face just now had never happened, “I’m lost, can you take me out?”

The man finally calmed down the dark horse and leapt down from its back.
He frowned slightly, sized up Ning You twice and asked, “How did you get lost?”

The sudden closeness of the distance allowed Ning You to see the man’s appearance clearly.
Flamboyant eyebrows and profound eyes are not a rare combination, but when it comes to this man, there is always an inexplicable unruliness. 

This unruliness may come from that unkempt beard – one of Ning You’s least favorite male traits.

“That’s a long story……”

If Ning You were allowed to come again, he certainly wouldn’t unconsciously show an unhappy look due to the excessive number of tourists in the scenic spot.

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In this way, Li Chao will not perceive his dissatisfaction and let the local guides take them to a place where there are no tourists. 

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Regardless of the location of the scenic spot, the landscape of the border can make Ning You, who grew up in the city, feel relaxed and happy.

To the extent that his impression of Li Chao has increased a lot. 

Ning You and Li Chao only met twice, the first time is a blind date, the second time is now.

The elders of the two have confirmed the content of the business marriage not long ago.
If nothing happens, they will get married after they travel back from northern Xinjiang.

Originally Ning You did not want to get married, he didn’t even want to fall in love.

In the early years, Ning You also had an object of desire, but whenever the distance between the two pulled in, he would always become more and more critical, even if the other party’s surfing posture was not elegant enough, it would become a demerit in his mind. 

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Over time, Ning You gradually lost interest in emotional matters, and focused his entire mind on his research project.

For this reason, he had just turned 29 when his parents gave him a deadly order to find a husband with ability before he turned 30 to help manage the huge family business of the Ning family.

Li Chao is considered the perfect fiancé candidate in Ning You’s mind.
He still remembers the first thing he said to Ning You: “Hello, my name is Li Chao (zhao), Chao of the rising sun.” At that time, Ning You felt that this must be a very motivated person.

During the road trip, Li Chao was considerate enough to Ning You.
Even if Ning You wanted to go to the bathroom, he asked if he needed to be accompanied. 

If you let Ning You start all over again, he will not think he is making a fuss over a minor issue and say that “no need” to Li Chao.

“At that time, my friend and I were walking on a long narrow piece of wood plank road.
I went to a nearby bathroom, and then… when I returned, I should have gone in the wrong direction.”

Ning You omitted the premise and chose to make a long story short, he believed the horse owner would not be curious about the reason why he came to travel in northern Xinjiang.

“The long narrow piece of wood plank road you mentioned is on the other side of the mountain.” The horse went completely silent and the man raised his chin in the direction of the setting sun,