"I didn't expect that the royal family of a small country owned by the Germans could have so many castles. The scale here alone is bigger than our Zhaoming Palace."
As night fell, Zhu Youran held hot milk and stood by the long window of the limestone-carved castle, looking at the clear Lake Constance and sighing with fascination.
As the night gets darker, the mirror-like calmness of the lake becomes more and more obvious, because the lights are already on in the manors, docks, and shops along the shore. The reflection of the light in the lake is extremely symmetrical with the light body. Looking from a distance,
It's exactly the same.
The turquoise and bluish color of the lake itself will cover up the accuracy of this reflection during the day, but at night the interference is completely lost, like a mirror in the sky. This is a unique scenery unique to snow-capped mountains melting into the lake.
Gu Kun was holding champagne and walked behind Zhu Youran. He had been observing it for a long time and was actually a little lost in thought.
Perhaps it was because he had no distracting thoughts before, or perhaps because he had seen too many beauties, but in the past few years, he had never calmed down and paid attention to Zhu Youran's beauty.
It wasn't until he had to be alone for the past two days that he realized that this little bitch had surpassed the woman around him.
However, compared with the best of those foreign girls, they are more restrained and reserved, and cannot have a wild flavor.
Zhu Youran, who is about to turn 16, has grown to about 1.6 meters tall. Her figure is still petite, but extremely light and slender, which conceals her height. Her legs are also very proportional, and her legs are tall, slim, elegant and slender.
The hair is parted in the middle, but with a few airy bangs that are also parted in the middle. They are slightly fluttering in the night breeze, giving the delicate face a slightly more mysterious feel.
After all, so many generations of ancestors have been able to attract beautiful women, so they have good genes.
"This little girl is actually growing up quickly. A mixed-race one really does grow quickly." Gu Kun thought evilly, put away his distracting thoughts, took a deep breath, and then answered Zhu Youran's casual question:
"The construction area should be about the same as that of Zhaoming Palace. It's just a golf course and forest land. It's not a big deal."
Zhu Youran turned around and smiled sweetly: "Take me out for a walk together. I haven't visited the entire territory at night."
Gu Kun: "There are no lights in the cedar forest. Are you not afraid of the darkness? Just go to a place with lights."
Zhu Youran: "With you here, what should I be afraid of? But I'd better listen to you."
Then Zhu Youran naturally took Gu Kun on her arm and went out to hang out in the garden - it was not the kind of hug between lovers, but Zhu Youran held Gu Kun's left arm with both hands and followed him when walking.
, a bit like those little girls in Japanese comics who like to hide behind men.
It just so happened that Gu Kun didn't conduct an in-depth inspection after buying the property, so he just walked around.
The Alpine castle manor he bought actually has a small building area. The castle is only about 300 meters long and 100 meters wide, covering an area of three to four hectares. There are also some gardens dotted inside the middle wall.
However, the area of the main manor is quite large. The land area stated on the property right certificate is 160 hectares. The terrain is relatively narrow and long. It occupies a shoreline of more than 400 meters wide along the shore of Lake Constance from east to west, and stretches two kilometers deep from north to south.
, especially the large woodland circled by the Alps on the north side.
The overall area consists of about 60 hectares of gently sloping grassland, more than 80 hectares of mountain cedar forest, and more than ten hectares of Lake Constance - there are exactly two headlands protruding toward the lake at both ends of the shoreline of the manor.
Enclosing a lake of more than ten hectares, the original owner took advantage of this water surface to build a private yacht marina and some water facilities for playing in the water.
After the castle and the manor were sold, those yachts were taken away. If Gu Kun wants to play, he can buy new ones at any time. On the Swiss side of the lake, there is a yacht shipyard, specially designed for people around Lake Constance.
It's a VIP service. Anyway, the ships built here can't go anywhere else. They are isolated from the world.
This kind of area configuration is definitely top-notch among the surrounding Alpine manors, because a standard golf course only covers an area of 50 hectares. The manor bought by Gu Kun has a gently sloping grassland alone.
The golf course, which occupies a completely standard area, has hosted many down-and-out aristocrats in previous years.
The 80 hectares of cedar forest backed by the mountain seems to be of no use. It is just a natural oxygen bar. It does not matter whether the property rights belong to individuals. But in fact, the finishing touch is that the land in the mountains happens to be surrounded by a hot spring.
, the natural spring water in the spring winds down. The amount of water is not large, but it makes the surroundings slightly warmer, and also allows the lawns by the downstream lake to maintain all-season grass——
As we all know, the winter in the Alps is relatively cold, and it is generally impossible to have green grass in December. But the manor bought by Gu Kun can ensure that the grass is green for ten months a year, and it only withers in January and February every year.
, is the result of hot spring geothermal heat.
Just like there were no greenhouses in ancient times, even the emperor could not eat many kinds of fresh vegetables. But when the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was in the Huaqing Palace in Lishan Mountain, he could maintain his luxury by relying on a small amount of winter vegetables grown in the hot springs. That's incredible.
Absolutely full.
On the other side of the lake, the lakeside villa of the John Rupert family managed to support an attached golf course. However, the condition of the turf in December was far worse than that of the one Gu Kun bought. It was all yellow and white, slightly different.
Compare and judge.
The 80 hectares of cedar forest on the mountain has another magical effect. The original owner of the manor opened a trail up the mountain according to the slope of the mountain, and built a ski trail along the trail. It can be used for four months every year.
ski--
This time is slightly shorter than those of other neighbors with ski slopes, which is a side effect of the hot springs. Because most of the ski slopes of the neighbors can maintain snow cover until April and May every year, while Gu Kun's manor has snow cover from the end of March to April.
At the beginning of the month, the snow on the ski slopes has almost melted, making it no longer possible to ski.
Zhu Youran was born in the tropics and had a lot of fun on yachts, but he had never skied or bathed in a hot spring in his life. After walking around with Gu Kun, he was very curious and suggested pitifully: "Will you
Do you want to ski? If you know how, teach me how to do it? After skiing, we will go to a hot spring."
Gu Kun: "Skiing at night?"
Zhu Youran put his hands on his hips and tilted his head: "What? Isn't it possible? I see that there are searchlight poles installed next to the ski trails, just for skiing at night, right? Have you never skied before?"
Gu Kun smiled: "I haven't skated much, but you still don't believe in my athletic talent? You are questioning the motor nerves of a person who has won 11 Olympic gold medals. I just feel more comfortable during the day."
Zhu Youran: "But if you slip at night, if you fall down and get wet, you can immediately soak in the open-air hot spring - although I know that no one will come in and peek in this kind of private property during the day, but I'm just not used to soaking in hot springs in broad daylight."
Zhu Youran had a very good tutor since she was a child. She would not even wear a bikini in non-private places. As a princess, she must be careful not to be seen. So even if she wears a bikini to soak in a hot spring, it is best to do it in the dark at night.
Yes, no psychological burden.
Gu Kun didn't care. Since Zhu Youran wanted to try skiing, he would accompany him.
He made a phone call and asked the newly hired housekeeper in the manor to open the cable car for the ski slope. After skiing to the bottom for a while, he could continue to take the cable car back to the mountain and ski down again, eliminating the need to waste time walking.
Even the ski slopes at my home are equipped with cable cars, which shows how luxurious the facilities here are.
Gu Kun felt a little awkward at first when he walked on the ski slopes, but fortunately his motor nerves were so strong that he didn't fall even once. After a few minutes of getting used to it, he gradually became more fluent and realized what he had learned
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"The principles of skiing are similar to those of elementary surfing. It's much simpler than surfing." Gu Kun concluded in his mind while enjoying the sound of wind in his ears.
As a being like a god of the sea, Gu Kun's surfing level is basically the best on earth, but this recreational sport does not have a heavyweight formal international competition.
Zhu Youran trembled and stiffened for a while, and finally pulled Gu Kun before daring to slide down.
She seemed to be getting more courageous while skating, so she asked Gu Kun not to help her and wanted to challenge her.
As a result, after five seconds of not being handsome, you turned into a big snowball, and was finally caught by Gu Kun who accelerated in front of her.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Let me do it, or it would be better to protect me from behind."
Fortunately, Gu Kun was very skilled. After a lot of running-in, Gu Kun finally chose to hug Zhu Youran's waist from behind. Then Gu Kun spread his own legs, and Zhu Youran's legs in front were close together to prevent the skateboards of both sides from colliding.
In this posture, Zhu Youran is completely safe. When there is a slight tendency to roll out, Gu Kun only needs to wrap his arms around Zhu Youran's waist and lift him up gently, and Zhu Youran's feet will lift off the ground.
Zhu Youran quickly realized the excitement of this action. She could skate very fast and feel safe, which was similar to skiing in a car. Later, she simply turned around and let Princess Gu Kun hug her while skating, and she could still feel her ears.
The wind whistled by the side, which was very exciting, and soon my face turned red from the cold.
"I'm so cold, why don't we just play here." After holding on for 15 minutes, Zhu Youran finally couldn't bear the mountain wind and begged for mercy.
Gu Kun didn't say much, and rowed down a few hundred meters, stopping gracefully on the side outside the fence of his hot spring cabin, and then threw Zhu Youran, who was still wrapped in ski clothes, into the hot spring pool with a bang.
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"Gulu bah bah!" Zhu Youran was caught off guard. Fortunately, when she learned to swim with Gu Kun a few years ago, she had a famous teacher and a good apprentice, and her water skills were already very good, so she immediately adjusted, "You are dead! This down jacket is useless!"
"I'm afraid you'll catch a cold if you take it off slowly. A down jacket only costs a few dollars."
"Then the pool water is dirty?"
"This is living water."
"Okay, then I won't be angry with you."
However, Zhu Youran didn't have time to change into a bikini after skiing and threw it into the hot spring. She could only take off her coat in the dark and wear ordinary underwear underneath to soak in the hot spring.
"It's so comfortable. I never thought warm things could make people feel so comfortable." Zhu Youran threw the unwanted wet clothes directly by the pool, took a handful of hot water, and warmed the clothes, which were frozen red by the snowflakes and mountain wind.
He has a small face and feels so comfortable that he doesn’t want to move.
In her impression, only cool things can make people feel refreshed. Maybe this is the sadness of people who have only lived in the tropics all their lives. Following Gu Kun, she has seen a lot of the outside world.