Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Hold Me Tight
Chapter 20
The car stopped when it was about three or four kilometers away from its destination.
The driver turned around and said, "You can only get off here. You can't go in the front."
What appeared before my eyes was a narrow and bumpy road that was indeed unable to accommodate a car.
Ruan Yan asked, "Is there no other way to go?"
The driver said that the B&B they were going to was indeed accessible only by this road.
Ruan Yan glanced at the people around her. Although she was the one who booked the accommodation, according to Lu Peishi's requirements, there were only two or three B&Bs to choose from.
She had no choice but to call the B&B owner to inquire about the situation.
When the boss heard this, he immediately asked about their number and approximate location, and said he would come to pick them up in a while.
Ruan Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
After conveying the boss's intention, the driver was quite nice and offered to wait with them for the person who would come to pick them up.
"Actually, the scenery here is truly beautiful, but it's largely undeveloped," the driver in front sighed. "Although it gained some popularity online a couple of years ago thanks to a travel blogger who discovered it, perhaps due to transportation and accommodation issues, tourists don't come back once..."
The driver said with great regret.
From a geographical perspective, City A is close to the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, with significant locational advantages that make it easy to attract tourists. It also has a stable climate year-round and few natural disasters. It also has unique landscape resources such as cliff coasts and coral reefs. There are no similar islands nearby to disperse tourist flow. With so many favorable factors, if it is well developed, there is still great hope that it will become a popular tourist attraction.
Ruan Yan could see from the driver's face that he truly loved this land.
"It will be fine in the future." Lu Peishi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said.
The driver exhaled a puff of cigarette and nodded. “Yeah, I hope so.”
At this time, the owner of the B&B called.
"Where are you guys? I'm already here."
Ruan Yan looked up: "We are in this car."
Outside the window, a man riding an electric tricycle waved at them in the dust.
“…”
Ruan Yan carefully glanced at Lu Peishi's expression, got out of the car, and the driver also took the initiative to get out to help them with their luggage.
The B&B owner was a young man not much older than them. He was very enthusiastic: "Come on, it's okay, it's just two people, this car is very stable."
Ruan Yan laughed dryly. She didn't care, but would Lu Peishi, a delicate young master, be willing to ride in this car?
Unexpectedly, Lu Peishi didn't hesitate at all. His tall body passed by her and directly put the luggage on the electric tricycle.
Then, he said to her, "Let's go."
"Oh." Ruan Yan hurriedly followed.
The car could only accommodate one person in the front, so they had to sit in the back seat with their luggage.
Lu Peishi was tall and he climbed up with just one stride of his long legs.
Ruan Yan climbed onto the iron mudguard and tried hard once, but couldn't get up. She tried again, but still couldn't get up.
Looking at the expressionless and indifferent person in the car, she stretched out her hand and deliberately said loudly, "Help me, Brother Pei Shi."
She raised her smooth face, with a sly smile in her almond-shaped eyes.
The hand that was stretched out to him was snow-white and slender, with fingertips like bamboo shoots.
The boss in front turned around and looked over: "What's the matter? Do you need help?"
Lu Peishi paused, pursed his lips into a straight line, and his expression seemed a little unhappy, but he still raised his arm and held her hand.
Her hands were small, soft and boneless, and the smooth and delicate touch pressed against his made him feel inexplicably itchy.
"Thanks, Brother Pei Shi." With his help, Ruan Yan finally climbed into the car and looked at him with a smile.
Lu Peishi let go of her hand and complained dissatisfiedly: "Your legs are so short."
???
"It's obviously because the car is too high, okay?" Ruan Yan was unconvinced, thinking there was something wrong with his eyesight. "Many people taller than me don't have legs as long as mine."
Lu Peishi glanced at the pair of straight legs wrapped in black trousers, snorted, turned his face away and didn't respond to her.
After about five minutes of bumpy ride, we finally arrived at our destination.
When Ruan Yan saw the low two-story mud-brick house in front of her, she was a little dumbfounded.
Why is this different from the pictures shown online?
Although she had guessed that the B&B they were staying in wouldn't be very good looking at the similar houses around them along the way, at least the appearance was acceptable.
Ruan Yan held onto a glimmer of hope and looked at the owner of the B&B: "Boss, this shouldn't be the place, right?"
The boss chuckled and said, "It's right here!"
Ruan Yan's eyebrows twitched, and she didn't dare turn around to look at Lu Peishi's expression.
Undeterred, she pulled out her phone and swiped through the pictures: "But this is different."
"Same, same, same," the boss slid through the photos, pointing to a few prominent signs and items. "Look at this, and this. From this angle, aren't they the same?"
“…”
Ruan Yan's heart was completely chilled.
"Boss, your photo editing skills are too strong..."
The boss smiled innocently, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "It's okay, I just made some minor adjustments and tweaked the filter."
Is this a phenomenon that can be explained by "slightly" and "only"?
Ruan Yan was in tears.
The boss led them into the house.
"The room you booked is on the second floor. The lobby and kitchen are on the first floor. You can use anything you want."
"I live in the house next to yours. If you have anything, call me and I'll come right over."
Ruan Yan nimbly dodged a goose that attacked her from behind, and its droppings scattered everywhere. She heard the boss say, "It's the off-season recently, so not many people are coming to travel. So the whole house is just for the two of you."
Just the two of them living...
Although Ruan Yan knew that each person had their own room and it was nothing, it still sounded a bit strange.
The boss took them to the room they had booked upstairs.
Although the house is old, it looks clean and tidy, and it can be seen that the owner has taken good care of it.
Lu Peishi's room is opposite Ruan Yan, and there are two empty rooms next to it.
"These two rooms are temporarily unoccupied. My doors are not locked, so it's fine if you want to use them." The boss opened the other two doors and showed them to them generously.
"There's rice and vegetables in the kitchen, and some simple food in the refrigerator, which I just put in this morning."
"And the candles and matches. They're all in the cupboard behind the dining room."
"You can use everything in this house as you please. If you need anything, just call me anytime."
After the boss gave a brief explanation, he prepared to leave.
"Is that the only way to get outside from here?" Lu Peishi thought about the bumpy ride on the electric tricycle just now. "If we want to go out, what kind of transportation can we take?"
"Yes, there is only one road, and you may not be used to it. Some tourists used to ride electric scooters out. If you need it, I can lend it to you." The boss said readily.
Small eDonkey...
Lu Peishi frowned and asked, "Is there no other means of transportation?"
The boss said, “No more.”
Before he could say anything, Ruan Yan's voice rang out cheerfully beside him.
"The electric scooter is fine, I can ride it!"
“…”
Half an hour later.
At the door of the mud-brick house, the owner pointed to a small electric scooter covered with strawberry bears and Hello Kitty stickers and scratched his head: "Sorry, my daughter has this sticker for fun. My wife took the other one out, so you can only use this one for now."
"It's okay, it's very cute." Ruan Yan said without caring about other people's lives.
“…”
This "other person" stood there with one hand in his trouser pocket and a deathly pale face.
Lu Peishi doesn't know how to ride an electric bike.
so……
Ruan Yan, who was standing over there, had already stepped onto the pink and tender little electric scooter. She patted the back cushion and shouted at him, "Brother Pei Shi, get on quickly!"
Lu Peishi remained motionless, making his final struggle alone.
"I'm a very good bike rider. I won't let you fall. Don't be afraid." Ruan Yan propped herself up with her long legs and looked at him with a playful smile.
Who is afraid...
Forget it, business is important.
Lu Peishi sighed silently, decided to give up resistance, and slowly walked forward.
Ruan Yan tilted the brim of her baseball cap to one side and blinked: "Just trust yourself to me, I will protect you well."
"...You better protect yourself." Lu Peishi got into the car with an expressionless face.
He was tall and strong, and once he sat on the car, the car sank significantly.
"Wow, the tire is not going to burst, is it?" Ruan Yan said in an exaggerated tone.
Just as Lu Peishi, with a sullen face, was about to say something, she spoke again: "Hahaha, I was just kidding."
"..." Lu Peishi said in a deep voice, "It's not funny at all."
Ruan Yan chuckled in the front: "Just to lighten the mood. Sit tight, Mr. Lu. I'm about to leave."
The seat was too narrow, so Lu Peishi moved back a little awkwardly.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Ruan Yan turned her head. "Aren't you afraid of falling? Hold on to me tight."
"Just ride yours." A cold and indifferent voice.
Ruan Yan turned the key: "Anyway, I've already reminded you."
You can be as arrogant as you want, it's not me who will fall.
As soon as she turned the accelerator, the car took off.
The forced close physical contact made Lu Peishi feel very uncomfortable.
I don't know if this guy does it on purpose, but he always goes to the potholes, which bumps him from time to time.
His last act of stubbornness was to hold on to her clothes tightly with his fingers, refusing to yield.
The sun is shining brightly today, not too hot at all, and the sky is a crystal clear blue.
The person in front was humming happily. Lu Peishi didn't know where she got such a good mood from, and was disdainful at first.
Following the navigation instructions on their mobile phone, they passed through a bumpy road and arrived at the nearest beach, where their view suddenly opened up.
Along the way, I saw a few tourists wearing floral shirts and beach shorts, eating watermelons as they walked. The sea breeze with a faint scent of vetiver brought their laughter over to me.
In the rearview mirror, half of Ruan Yan's face with soft contours was revealed.
The long hair was tied up and tucked into the baseball cap. The few strands of hair that hung down were wet with sweat and stuck to the sides of the ears. Her skin was so white that it seemed to be glowing.
The car drove down a slope and she shouted from the front: "Hold on tight——"
Before Lu Peishi could react, his body leaned forward uncontrollably and his hands involuntarily wrapped around her waist.
The cool salty sea breeze, mixed with Ruan Yan's series of crisp laughter, blew past his ears.
Under the sunlight, the glassy sea with silvery light in the distance unfolds little by little before your eyes, with rippling blue waves, gently pushing away tassel-like ripples, layer upon layer as soft as silk.
At that moment, the world suddenly became so gentle, as if all regrets and traumas could be released.
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