If someone asked Lin Li right now, "Lin Li, are you happy?"
Lin Li would definitely shake his head firmly. "My surname isn't Hu. It's Lin."
But he was happy.
At this moment, he was comfortable and content to the extreme.
Moonlight Lake, grayish blue beneath the overcast sky, stretched out before them. Now and then, one or two clusters of withered yellow reeds swayed in the wind along the shore.
Chen Yuying wrapped her arms around Lin Li's waist, her cheek pressed against his back through his clothes, feeling the warmth of his body and the subtle rise and fall of his muscles as he pedaled.
As comfortable and content as he was, she was just as comfortable and content.
Then Chen Yuying raised her head. The bicycle had turned around a bend where the trees were slightly denser, and a "different" sight appeared along the lakeshore.
It was actually just a wishing pool by the lake—or rather, a wishing lake.
It was not the traditional sort of separate pool with a fountain and sculptures, but a design integrated into the lakeshore.
A modest circular platform, slightly above the water's surface, had been built by the shore. Its edge extended into the shallow lake water. At the center stood a huge stone carp completely submerged beneath the lake, its enormous mouth open upward.
A wishing pool always needed a target. Clearly, the target here was the carp's mouth. Throwing a coin into it was considered a good omen.
The water around the stone carp and in the area it faced was crystal clear. Countless coins that had missed their mark could be seen lying quietly among the pebbles below.
Wishing pools were fairly common in real life—public buses were basically wishing pools too. Tossing in a coin could fulfill