The bicycle headed north, briskly leaving the bustle of the city behind and gradually slipping into the quiet of the outskirts.
Chen Shi'an really was a skilled cyclist. Even with a passenger, he rode with remarkable steadiness.
Li Wanyin wondered whether she was imagining it, but the hard seat beneath her seemed to be growing softer, as though something were holding her up. It felt like sitting on a cloud, and even after all this time, she was not tired at all.
She even felt like humming a song. "I head all the way north~ leaving the season that held you~~"
Amused, Chen Shi'an asked, "Who are you leaving behind, Sister Wanyin?"
Li Wanyin flushed and protested bashfully, "They're lyrics, just lyrics! Haven't you heard this song? We are heading all the way north, aren't we~"
"Yes. This is my first time hearing it, with you singing it now. It sounds lovely."
"Hehe~"
The gentle singing behind him leisurely resumed.
The wheels rolled over the asphalt road on the outskirts, and the early winter breeze brushed their faces, carrying the scent of dry grass and sunshine.
Out in the beautiful countryside, on a road where nobody knew them, she grew bolder too. No longer content to have just one arm around Chen Shi'an's waist, she wrapped both arms around him and rested her head against his back, watching the poplars along the road recede behind them.
"Shi'an, you're cycling so fast!"
"I can go even faster. Sit tight and hold on, Sister Wanyin-"
No sooner had Chen Shi'an spoken than he reached the top of this uphill stretch. Ahead lay a downhill slope.
Under his control, the bicycle shot straight down the slope!
A sense of weightlessness hit her, and Li Wanyin's heart leaped into her throat. She clung tightly