Jiahe Residential Community wasn't far from the city's main bus terminal. At a normal cycling speed, it only took ten minutes or so to get there.
Chen Shi'an rode along the familiar streets, his phone mounted on his handlebars. On its screen was the location-sharing invitation the girl had just sent him. The markers bearing their profile pictures moved across the map, drawing closer to each other.
Before long, on a street near the main bus terminal, Chen Shi'an spotted that lovely figure.
Wen Zhixia dragged a heavy suitcase with one hand and carried a bulging backpack on her back. The spring morning sunshine fell warmly over her as she walked, her head lowered to check their shared locations on her phone.
Perhaps because she saw that their profile pictures on the screen were almost close enough to kiss, the girl stopped and suddenly looked up.
Her gaze steadied as she spotted Chen Shi'an riding toward her from across the road. A brilliant smile instantly blossomed on her pretty face, as though sunlight had lit it up. She stopped and waved hard at him.
"Taoist-over here, over here!"
Chen Shi'an waved back, turned his bicycle around, and rode up beside her. He braked steadily and planted one foot on the ground. Looking at the thin sheen of sweat on her smooth forehead and her cheeks, slightly flushed with excitement, he couldn't help laughing.
"I was already coming over. Why didn't Little Cicada just wait where she was? You even walked with all that luggage."
"It's not much, not much!"
Wen Zhixia set down her suitcase, finally freeing a hand to wipe her sweat. "My mom stuffed it all in. There's lots of food, pickles Grandma made, the clothes I took home before, revision materials and homework... Anyway, it's all stuff