Meanwhile, at the amusement park.
Qiu Chengye stood stiff-faced in the line for the vertical roller coaster, listening to the screams overhead as his face gradually paled.
Liu Woxing, beside him, showed no fear at all. Instead, she gazed up with keen interest, looking thoroughly excited.
"..."
Qiu Chengye discreetly clenched his fists.
It was just a vertical roller coaster. What was so impressive about it? He was a grown man. How could he possibly lose to a woman?
Of course, Xie Mi didn't count. In his eyes, she was a mutant species that didn't qualify as a woman-or even a human.
"Mr. Qiu, aren't you getting on?"
Liu Woxing's prompting voice sounded behind him, and only then did Qiu Chengye realize with a start that it was already his turn.
Forcing down the trembling in his heart, Qiu Chengye climbed into his seat with the resolve of a man marching to his death and gritted his teeth.
He absolutely could not embarrass himself in front of Liu Woxing!
Being rejected by her had already been a monumental humiliation. If she looked down on him too, what would be left of his dignity as a man?!
Click-
Liu Woxing had already sat down beside him and secured her safety restraint with the staff's help.
The machinery started up. Clacking sounds rose from below as their seats climbed higher and higher, until they reached the very top.
They stopped.
The pause lasted only a few seconds, yet each second felt like a year.
Dozens of meters in the air, even the air seemed thinner. Qiu Chengye didn't dare glance down out of the corner of his eye, and his legs had already begun to tremble.
He was just about to close his eyes and clutch the handholds when he caught sight