Jiahe Street was not far from Red Tree Lake Park. The bus ride took just over twenty minutes.
When the bus arrived, Wen Zhixia and Lin Meng Qiu, who were sitting together, were the first to stand up. It was not because they were especially eager to cycle; those brief twenty minutes had simply been far too unbearable for the two sworn enemies sitting side by side.
"Shi'an, let's go."
Li Wanyin stood up and reminded Chen Shi'an beside her.
She had no idea how that brat managed it, chatting with the old man beside him for the entire ride. Any longer and the old man would probably have invited him home for dinner...
The four got off the bus, trading the stale air inside for fresh air. This vast wetland park certainly deserved its reputation as Cloud Perch's lungs.
Chen Shi'an and Black Cat, who lay on his shoulder, took a slow, deep breath, getting an initial sense of their surroundings through the scents in the air, the view before them, and the sounds around them.
Wen Zhixia, Lin Meng Qiu, and Li Wanyin had all visited Red Tree Lake Park before. This was Chen Shi'an's first time.
He checked the time. Nine o'clock on the dot.
"Are the other two here yet?" Chen Shi'an asked.
"They should be. I'll call and ask."
As she spoke, Li Wanyin placed a WeChat call to Wu Jia Yun and Yan Yufei. It connected almost immediately.
"Hellooo? Jia Yun, Feifei, are you here?"
"Almost, almost! One minute!"
"You said one minute just now! How is it still one minute?"
"This time it really is one minute! The bus is stopping! We're coming, we're coming-" Since they lived in different places, Chen Shi'an's group of four had gotten off at the stop by