Xue Chuchu couldn't fool Tongtong. With no other choice, she obediently took Tongtong along.
Xue Yuantong advised, "Ride Jiang Ning's Electric Bike. His is cool."
"I don't have the key..."
Before she could finish, Xue Yuantong pulled the key from her padded jacket pocket.
A flash of surprise crossed Xue Chuchu's cool face. "Uh."
With her arms folded across her chest, Xue Yuantong said proudly, "Today is the Twenty-ninth of the Twelfth Lunar Month. Tomorrow's New Year's Eve. Jiang Ning will definitely come back."
Xue Chuchu suddenly felt ashamed. So she'd already prepared for it, and I was still thinking of tricking her...
Then an inexplicable thought sprang into her mind. Could Jiang Ning have anticipated this? Did he deliberately make Tongtong and me quarrel?
The more she considered it, the likelier it seemed. Jiang Ning's several acts of "deliberateness" had convinced Xue Chuchu that he was absolutely not the upright and virtuous sort.
Xue Chuchu couldn't help complaining inwardly. He's clearly not at River Dam, yet he's still got me in the palm of his hand...
She started the Electric Bike, took Tongtong aboard, and headed for the city.
In the open space outside the neighboring house, Dongdong, who was taking a break from badminton, withdrew his sidelong glance.
Zhang Ruyun took a sip of aged tea and sighed. "At first glance, I thought Jiang Ning had come back when I saw that Electric Bike."
Dongdong's expression changed drastically at once.
Back when Jiang Ning was at River Dam, he had been worked like a beast, pulling tires. After the ice and snow melted, he had thought he was finally free.
Who would have thought Jiang Ning would launch a new Agritainment project—using a hand cart to carry passengers? Dongdong had truly been worked like a beast to the