Cheng Jianjun was probably afraid things might fall through if he waited too long—or perhaps the Cheng family really was that wealthy. That evening, after dinner, while the older men in the alley went to the streetlamp at the entrance to play chess and chat, he took the money and went to find Wang Yue.
Seeing how cautious Cheng Jianjun looked, Wang Yue had been about to say something. But Cheng Jianjun hopped on his bike and rode off before he could get a word in.
The two families lived quite close to each other, so Cheng Jianjun had no need to hurry there by bike. But he had been coveting the geared bicycle for a long time. He insisted on riding it around the alley once before stopping in front of Su Meng's house.
A few days earlier, Su Meng had gone to Northern Sea with Han Chunming. When she saw him leap into the lake to save someone, she thought he was a true hero and found herself falling for him.
A woman's heart could only hold one person at a time. If a second person appeared, it meant she had already let go of the first.
Su Meng had only just fallen for Han Chunming, the boy she had grown up with, so Cheng Jianjun was a step too late. Now that he had come looking for her, Su Meng was clearly a little impatient.
Cheng Jianjun didn't take it to heart. Instead, he ingratiatingly said, "Su Meng, I just bought Wang Yue's geared bicycle. Want to take it for a spin?"
Su Meng had actually admired Wang Yue ever since she heard he had designed a geared bicycle and even gotten a job because of it.
Unfortunately, she had always spent time with Han Chunming and