Chen Shu and Ning Qing sat in front. Ning Qing controlled the steering wheel and brakes, weaving along the busy coastal path. As they looked at the transformed seaside scenery, they quietly compared what they remembered with what lay before them, feeling the changes wrought by the world and time.
Xiaoxiao and Chen Banxia sat in the back, responsible for controlling their speed.
In short: they pedaled.
Xiaoxiao wore a pair of platform slippers today, the kind with very thick soles.
The product description had said the soles were 4.5 centimeters thick. The moment they arrived, Xiaoxiao measured them: only 4.43 centimeters.
A little short, but close enough.
Compared with her old foam sandals, whose soles were only one centimeter thick, these platform slippers had closed the height gap between her and her sister by 3.43 centimeters. For someone who had been stuck in a growth slump for years, this was undoubtedly a major breakthrough.
She had even stood beside Banxia to compare heights just now. She used to be a tiny bit shorter; now she had overtaken her.
Unfortunately, nobody had noticed.
Even stupid Banxia, sitting right beside her, had failed to realize that she had quietly gone from second shortest to shortest.
"Stupid."
After pedaling for a while, Xiaoxiao lost interest. She simply turned to admire the view along the Mirror Sea.
Only one person was still pedaling.
"Hm?"
Chen Banxia keenly sensed the drop in power. She turned and looked. Sure enough, only one engine was still running. Worse, of the two engines mounted side by side in the rear, only the one on her side remained, making the power output feel lopsided.
But that was no challenge for a Fifth Tier engine.
Chen Banxia put her head down and pedaled with gusto.
As she pedaled, she