In a dark and cramped space.
Ji Qingqian's body stiffened, her hand reaching up to grab something haphazardly. Her clear, cold voice trembled slightly as she exhaled softly:
"Abei."
"Um."
"I've given you everything, you...you have to take responsibility, don't let me down..."
"rest assured."
The young man, on the other hand, appeared much more composed and calm. He chuckled and said, "I'm an old hand at this."
Ji Qingqian gave a soft "hmm," and in the dim light, she saw Lu Yibei reach out, his fingertips grasping something and gently twisting it.
Her lips were pressed tightly together, her eyes were closed, and her eyelashes trembled slightly.
Then…
Her body trembled violently!
Lu Yibei was also startled, because—
boom!
"...No way, a 1.2-liter car can have such a loud engine noise??"
He couldn't help but complain, as he had just started the car.
Even though I had already experienced this noise when I picked up the car, hearing it again still startled me.
He glanced at Ji Qingqian, who was gripping the window handle tightly with both hands.
"Does the heroine need to be so panicked?" Lu Yibei asked.
He felt that Lady Ji's expression was actually an act...
Upon closer examination, her words and tone sounded somewhat suggestive.
The experienced driver wasn't me!
When Lu Yibei asked her a question, Ji Qingqian indeed calmed down a lot.
This confirmed Lu Yibei's guess... this girl has fallen back into her urge to say dirty jokes!
"I've never ridden in your car."
Ji Qingqian said calmly, "Isn't it normal to be worried? What if he gets injured and dies?"
"Can you please not say things like that before we leave?"
Helpless, Lu Yibei first plugged his phone into the data cable, opened the navigation app on the unethical map, and then fixed it to the stand: "If this gets damaged, I'll show you what it means that dying for love isn't just an old rumor..."
After saying that, he turned the steering wheel around, moved the car out of the parking space, and then straightened it.
After arriving at the parking lot entrance, paying the parking fee, and having the barrier raised, I was officially on the main road.
Lu Yibei drove quite steadily.
There's a traffic light every now and then.
Neither acceleration nor braking caused Ji Qingqian any discomfort.
She let go of his hand completely and began to look at the scenery outside the window.
Around 2 a.m., there were hardly any cars or pedestrians on the road.
The roads, which were crowded during the day, became wide.
Ji Qingqian saw the small restaurant where she had eaten that evening, but it vanished from her sight in an instant.
The road gradually became unfamiliar, and Ah Bei took her to a place she had never been before.
Even though both sides are still steel jungles, modern cities.
But Ji Qingqian felt like she was on an adventure.
A unique adventure for her and Ah Bei.
“I’ve never left the house this late before,” Ji Qingqian said to Lu Yibei.
Lu Yibei laughed: "Then I'm really sorry, I've corrupted you."
As we drove onto the city expressway, the speed reached 80 km/h, and the buildings outside the car were receding faster and faster.
As Ji Qingqian followed the speed of the vehicle, she also became slightly excited, and she swayed her shoulders slightly with pleasure.
Lu Yibei glanced at the girl out of the corner of his eye.
He had originally intended to ask her if she wanted to sleep a little longer in the car, but now it seemed...
She's in much better spirits than he is.
They look like adorable elementary school students going on a trip.
…Well, the point isn't that they're elementary school students, the point is that they're cute.
They are so cute.
"I want to listen to music," Ji Qingqian said.
"Try connecting via Bluetooth," Lu Yibei said.
"Um."
Ji Qingqian took out her phone.
Cars that can't connect via Bluetooth are almost extinct, but the Honda Fit is one of the few remaining examples.
According to the car dealership, this Fit was specially fitted with a DA screen because it was intended for rental, which is why it can connect to the internet.
However, Lu Yibei has not tried it.
Ji Qingqian performed a series of maneuvers, after all, she was a gaming expert and a top student from the School of Computer Science.
Even a simple Bluetooth connection couldn't stump her.
A moment later, music started playing from the car stereo.
It's said that the Fit only has two speakers, so the sound quality isn't exactly elegant.
Ji Qingqian didn't seem to mind; her eyes shone even brighter as the gentle music played.
She felt happy even just walking on the street with Ah Bei, let alone now that Ah Bei was driving and she was in the passenger seat, she could listen to music.
"The melody sounds so familiar," Lu Yibei said.
"Your favorite," Ji Qingqian said.
It is the theme song of "Doraemon", or more accurately, the theme song of "The New Doraemon".
It's not the most well-known song, "I have many wishes in my heart, how wonderful it would be if they could come true, only Doraemon can help me realize my wishes."
This is a Japanese song.
Both of them especially loved the beginning of the song, which, when translated, is:
"I've always been drawing a world map in my mind, a map that carries my dreams."
"Flying across the sky, transcending time, even to the most distant lands."
"Right now, I just want to open the door and go there immediately."
Will you forget all of this when you grow up?
Let's look back then.
Lu Yibei really likes Doraemon.
At the end of this summer vacation, he and Ji Qingqian rewatched many theatrical versions together.
When the melody of this song plays, he always thinks, "Is it really impossible to go on adventures after growing up?" and "When does one truly grow up?"
Lu Yibei, who had just entered his second year of university, never thought he could be that mature.
Today, still young, he takes the girl who lives in his heart and embarks on an adventure that he couldn't realize in his childhood.
When their hair turns gray, will they still be able to dream about what they did in the middle of the night?
Lu Yibei took the CPC pass from the staff member, thanked them, and stepped on the gas to get on the highway.
It takes three hours to drive between Hangzhou and Nanjing.
When you drive onto the Hangcheng Bay Ring Expressway, you're practically on the edge of Hangzhou.
After a while, we entered a city located between Hangzhou and Ningcheng.
"Heroine, do you know where this is?" Lu Yibei asked.
Actually, the navigation system had just broadcast the old man's voice, but the woman was so focused on looking out the window that she didn't listen carefully.
She shook her head, her face cold and expressionless.
"Locals are bullying outsiders."
"…no."
Lu Yibei chuckled: "Here's what we'll do: test your elementary school Chinese knowledge. If you can answer the questions, you'll know where you are."
Upon hearing that it was a primary school, Ji Qingqian became very interested.
"Bring it on."
"Lu Xun is a significant figure in the history of Chinese literature. So, the question arises: as everyone knows, Lu Xun was from Zhejiang Province ( )?"
Ji Qingqian answered without hesitation:
"Lu Xun was from Zhejiang Province (Zhou Shu)."
Lu Yibei: ...
Stay calm!
You're driving perfectly well on the highway, so your hands on the steering wheel can't tremble.
"No?" the female warrior asked.
“You could say that…” Lu Yibei said.
Ji Qingqian knew, of course, that she did it on purpose.
She continued to watch the lights recede into the distance outside the window.
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