Ch38 - Open the door.

Editor: Meouwch

If he wants to build a research station in Hanas, the village of Tuva is the most suitable place. It’s just that the weather here is extremely cold, so they will have to borrow an office space first, and then build a formal research station after the project is on track. 

“I can lend you my office first.” After listening to Ning You’s proposal, Elder Lin said generously, “You are welcome to come here for scientific research.”

Ning You is not worried about the attitude of the locals. No one will refuse someone who comes here to protect the environment.

He looked at the tablet in his hand and said, “We need to understand the distribution of wild animals here and collect as many cases as possible, so we have to hire a veterinarian to help us work.”

Elder Lin’s daughter, Dou Lan, is a veterinarian, and this problem is also very easy to solve. 

As a representative of Ning’s Technology, Ning You held a two-hour meeting with several people in charge of Hanas Scenic Area to determine the first year plan of the new project. If the plan goes well, then the research station can be built in the beginning of spring next year to officially monitor the wildlife in this forest.

“Then I’ll arrange for my team to come over in a few days,” Ning You said at the end of the meeting, “When the moment comes, I’ll have to trouble Elder Lin to help me with the accommodation problem.”

In fact, not only does Ning You’s team need to solve the accommodation problem, he and Xiao Zhao also have to find a place to stay during these few days.

Ordinary villagers don’t have two guest rooms in their homes, and it is impossible for Ning You and Xiao Zhao to stay together in one. Therefore it has become a situation that Ning You has encountered before——he has to stay with the villagers’ family.

But this time the scenic area is not closed, Ning You and Xiao Zhao have an additional option.

“Chief  Ning, let’s stay at the hotel outside the scenic spot for a few days.” Xiao Zhao obviously didn’t want to trouble others either. After the meeting, he whispered to Ning You, “It’s just a round trip, but it won’t take much time.”

“Yes.” Ning You nodded and said, “Then we’ll meet at Elder Lin’s office in the morning.”

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Xiao Zhao was taken aback for a moment and asked, “Aren’t you staying in a hotel?” 

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After negotiating with Dou Lan, Ning You drove the borrowed automatic car back to the cabin on the mountain. 

In winter, the cabin seemed to be swallowed up by the snow, and only the fences and walls were visible, the original appearance could barely be seen.

Ning You dragged the suitcase with difficulty to the door, relying on the impression in his memory, he went to the house and opened the electric switch, and the orange light hanging at the door of the cabin lit up, emitting a quiet light in the twilight.

It still has that familiar feeling.

Ning You couldn’t help but sigh, and looked around at the snow-white birch forest. The squirrels are long gone, and the only sound left in the forest is the sound of snow falling from the treetops. The exhalation from his mouth formed a white mist, which slowly dissipated, and the cold made Ning You put away the mood to enjoy the scenery. 

Entering the cabin, the heating has been automatically turned on.

Before the water pipes froze over, Ning You went to the shower room and took a quick bath, and did not forget to prepare a large bucket of water in case he had need for it at night. When he carried the bucket into the cabin, the bottom of the bucket hit the threshold, almost spilling all the water out.

After stabilizing the bucket, Ning You secretly yelled that it was so close. He suddenly thought that if Li Mu was by his side, he would scold him for being clumsy… No, Li Mu would not let him do this kind of physical work.

Whether you do it yourself, or someone pampers you, each has its own pleasure. Ning You put the bucket in the kitchen, then slipped into the quilt. 

The temperature of the heating has not yet risen, and the warmest place in the house is only in bed. The quilt still has Ning You’s familiar scent of verbena, and he wraps himself into a ball, then stretches out half of his hand from the edge of his chin, holding his phone checking his messages.

So much time has passed, but Li Mu has not contacted Ning You. Ning You doesn’t know if the cold war has made him angry, obviously Ning You has released him from prohibition, but he has not seen any signs from him.

Perhaps three days is indeed a bit long.

Ning You habitually began to reflect. Of course, he didn’t want to make their relationship stiff by doing this. He just hoped that Li Mu would stop making heartless jokes with him with those three words. If his approach makes Li Mu feel angry, then he can only… find a way to coax his husband. 

After making a phone call, the voice prompts that the other party has turned off the phone.

Ning You felt a little strange and sent another WeChat message, but after a long time, he didn’t receive a reply.

Well, it seems that Li Mu is really angry.

His body, which had just taken a shower, gradually turned cold. Ning You quickly realized that something was wrong. He got up from the bed and touched the heater. It was warm, but at most, it could only warm his hands. It couldn’t make the room warm at all. 

At this time, the temperature outside the house had dropped below zero degrees, and the cabin that should have been warm was inexplicably shrouded in a layer of cold.

Ning You looked for a while, but couldn’t find the heating regulator valve. So he took his down jacket and draped it on the quilt, and called Li Mu again, but it still went to the answering machine.

Ning You suddenly found that he seemed to have overestimated himself. He thought he knew everything about this place, but it turned out that he still couldn’t live here alone without Li Mu by his side.

He suddenly regretted a little, he shouldn’t have engaged in any cold war with Li Mu. If Li Mu could be trained by him to be civilized, would that still be Li Mu? If Li Mu didn’t say those three words, would he still be the rough man he knew? 

In the midst of his cranky thoughts, Ning You fell asleep in a daze. He had already made a decision in his heart to stay in a hotel outside the scenic area tomorrow, but before he could get through the night, he was woken up by the cold. He shivered, and took out his phone and called Li Mu again.

Looking at the time, it was close to zero. This time, the call finally got through. Ning You’s eager voice sounded on the phone: “Hello?”

“Li Mu!” Ning You stuck his chin out from the quilt, “How do you adjust the temperature of the cabin’s heater? I’m going to die of cold.”

Li Mu did not answer immediately, but there was a loud sound outside the cabin. Ning You abruptly tensed his nerves and looked out the window. Through the glass window of the sink, he vaguely saw a shadow moving outside the door. 

“Open the door.” The voice on the phone pulled back Ning You’s attention.

“What?” Ning You was taken aback.

“Open the door.” Li Mu added, “I’ll adjust it.”

Ning You immediately realized who was standing outside the door. He hurriedly turned over and got out of bed, without even putting on a coat, he rushed to the door and opened the latch on the door——there is no lock outside the cabin, but the latch is installed inside the house. 

The light of the orange lamp shone into the house through the door frame, and he saw a tall figure standing outside the door, wearing a black sweater and khaki down jacket, with a gray and black plaid scarf around his neck.

“Li Mu!” Ning You said and pounced over, while Li Mu took advantage of the situation to wrap Ning You in his coat and asked, “Is it still cold?”

Ning You, who was wearing pajamas, shook his head, raised his head and looked at Li Mu and asked, “Why are you here?”

“Because I have a hunch that there is a fool who can’t take care of himself.” Li Mu brought Ning You inside the house, while carrying the suitcase to the entrance door and closing the wooden door. 

“You’re the one who’s stupid.” Ning You whispered and muttered, “I have never used this kind of heater.”

“The heating switch is a touch screen, you need to wake up the touch screen first before it works.” Li Mu said pulling out his phone, “Or use your phone to adjust it.”

The heater in the house has increased its power, and although the temperature cannot rise immediately in a short time, the previous coldness has been swept away. Ning You couldn’t help but hug Li Mu’s waist, blinked and looked at him, all his thoughts turned into a sentence: “You are amazing.”

Li Mu didn’t know how adjusting the heater made him amazing, but he still picked up Ning You horizontally and followed his words: “There is something more powerful, do you want to try it?”