He pushed the bicycle out through the school gates.
Chen Shi'an swung onto the bicycle first, then took off his backpack and hung it in front of him instead.
A cure for boredom, and super practical.
The cat standing on his shoulder felt lazy, so it jumped onto his thigh, tugged the backpack zipper open with its little paws, then wriggled inside, leaving only its head poking through the gap.
"Is your bag easy to hold, Sister Wanyin? If not, give it to me. I'll carry it too."
"It's fine~"
"Just give it to me."
Since Chen Shi'an had said so, Li Wanyin took the little bag off her shoulder and handed it to him.
Other people carried that sort of bag over one shoulder, but Chen Shi'an slung it across his chest. With two bags and a lump of cat hanging off him, he really was nothing but a little brother doing manual labor.
Li Wanyin found it funny. "Isn't that heavy? Will it get in the way of your cycling?"
"It's fine. Hop on, Sister Wanyin."
"Okay-"
Li Wanyin was wearing a skirt today.
With a skirt on, sitting astride the bicycle as she had before wasn't very convenient.
Although she had safety shorts underneath, that-wouldn't look very nice!
With no other choice, she sat sideways on the rear seat.
She gathered the hanging skirt with her fingertips and pressed it down, resting her little white low-cut leather shoes lightly on the footrest on one side.
As her skirt rose, a small stretch of smooth calf was revealed, so white beneath the early-winter sunlight that it seemed to glow.
Her heart inexplicably sped up.
She carefully raised her arms and gently wrapped them around Chen Shi'an's waist in front of her.
A faint blush rose on her pretty