Chapter 818: Snow Woman
As expected, Cai stepped outside exactly fifteen minutes later and hurriedly moved backwards, ready to get to work. Lily, sent him a quick glance and then turned toward the pile of snow she had already started gathering. Why did it look so easy to make but would not take shape! Since it was a competition, she wanted the snowman to be perfect- round, classic and worthy of praise.
She crouched down, rolling the base of the snowman with her hands, feeling the cold seeping through her gloves, but she didn’t mind, only praying that she did not end up getting frost bite.
Unable to stop herself, she turned around to glance at him, only for him to glare at her as he warned," Don’t even think of cheating or peeping!" She shook her head. He’d been working in silence behind her, but the moment she turned around, he got all fierce, scooping up snow in exaggerated motions, clearly determined to outdo her.
Shrugging, she turned to face her snowman and every so often, she could hear him muttering to himself, and she smirked as she imagined his ridiculous creation coming to life. How was he going to make a snowwoman was beside her.
Finally, she looked down at the perfect large sphere she had created and called out,"How’s it going back there, snow-master?". With her base ready, she was now packing the middle section of her snowman on top of the base. She turned for a quick glance, but Cai was hunched over, hiding whatever he was working on. Suspicious. "Oh, you’re really focused, huh? Must be good!"
"Oh, it’s better than good," Cai replied with a mischievous grin that immediately made Lily suspicious. "You’re going to love it. And stop turning around will you?"
Shaking her head, she turned back to her snowman, carefully shaping the middle now, as she wondered what it was she could use to make his buttons. And then, after a long time, she started on the head, making sure it was perfectly round not that she knew the trick.. Once done, she quickly raced inside and brought out two little bowls for eyes and a spoon for his mouth
She stepped back, admiring her work. "Well, mine’s done!" she announced proudly. "A classic snowman if I do say so myself. What about you?"
Cai didn’t respond right away. His silence made her uneasy. Had his snow woman come out that well?