Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 199 - 198: A Sudden Sideways Kick

Chapter 199: Chapter 198: A Sudden Sideways Kick

Perhaps it was Wen Ruannuan’s overly ardent gaze that gave Lin Nianhe an unwarranted boost in confidence.

She briefly recalled how well she had meshed with this bicycle... A few bumps here and there were normal, and as of now, her bike had not once knocked someone over, with an accident rate close to zero.

She pursed her lips and confidently nodded at Wen Qingqing: "Come on, hop on."

Wen Qingqing was reluctant to part with her sister and wanted Wen Ruannuan to sit on the rear seat of the bicycle.

The twin sisters politely deferred to each other until Wang Dong couldn’t stand it anymore: "If you two keep dawdling, you’ll have walked all the way there."

Wen Qingqing and Wen Ruannuan were true twins, and in tacit understanding, they chose to ignore him.

In the end, Wen Qingqing couldn’t outstubborn Wen Ruannuan and took her seat on the back of Lin Nianhe’s bicycle.

"Then you guys take your time. I’ll come and pick you up later," said Lin Nianhe, as she pushed off the ground, and the bicycle wobbled forward uncertainly.

Wen Qingqing was startled by the odd wobbling trajectory and hastily clung to Lin Nianhe’s waist.

The suddenness of her action caused Lin Nianhe’s entire body to stiffen, and the already unstable handlebars wobbled even more.

Wen Qingqing was almost in tears: "Nianhe, Nianhe, why don’t you let me down? I feel like I can walk on my own."

Lin Nianhe frowned slightly and gritted her teeth as she wrestled with the handlebars: "Now that you’re on my ’thief bike’, do you really think you can just get off when you say so?"

The task of biking with an additional passenger had always been Wen Lan’s job; she had never tried to carry someone on her bike before.

Finally having found someone brave enough, she had to cherish this opportunity to practice.

"Nianhe..." Wen Qingqing was frantically anxious, pressing her face against Lin Nianhe’s back.

Lin Nianhe hurriedly reminded her, "Don’t hold on to me too tightly, I can barely move."

Wen Qingqing looked down at where she was holding, which was Lin Nianhe’s waist.

She asked, "You need to use your waist to ride a bike?"

Lin Nianhe replied, "The Ten Miles Team’s riding style relies on waist power. You wouldn’t understand."

Wen Qingqing: "..."

She really didn’t understand.

But she was certain that Lin Nianhe was just making it up.

Fortunately, after an initially shaky hundred meters or so, Lin Nianhe eventually found her balance, and the bicycle finally began to move in a straight line.

Wen Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief and let go of her tight grip on Lin Nianhe.

After riding another two hundred meters, Lin Nianhe was feeling pretty good; she could hardly tell that she was even carrying another person.

The more she rode, the more smoothly it went, until she made a turn into the village and saw Li Dahe and the villagers organizing a search party, preparing to go into the mountains to find someone.

"Uncle Team Leader! We’ve found them!" Lin Nianhe pedaled faster for a few strokes, then stopped neatly in front of Li Dahe.

At that moment, seeing Li Dahe’s instant compliance and the villagers’ relieved expressions as they sighed in relief, Lin Nianhe felt like a hero.

A hero should dismount in the most beautiful and coolest way, even if it’s just from a bicycle.

Lin Nianhe braced one foot on the ground, extended the other leg back, preparing to dismount stylishly.

"I..."

Wen Qingqing was just about to get off, when suddenly a foot flew her way, striking her squarely in the back.

Already exhausted and with little strength in her legs, this unexpected kick sent her tumbling down to the ground.

Wen Qingqing: "...!"

The villagers: "...?"

Lin Nianhe: "I mean, I forgot there was still someone sitting behind me... do you guys believe that?"

Everyone looked at her unanimously, with their left and right eyes spelling out "No" and "Believe" respectively.

Lin Nianhe automatically ignored the content they were discussing with their left eye, and after stabilizing the bike, he went to assist Wen Qingqing, under the pretense of saying, "I’m really not worried about the bike falling, I’m just afraid that if it suddenly topples over, it might hit you again, you know?"

Wen Qingqing’s eyelashes were wet with tears. Her hand was fine, just a little skin abrasion, but her knees were burning with pain, and she must have been bleeding.

She looked at Lin Nianhe, not knowing what to say for a moment.

What... what could she say?

All she could think was that when Lin Nianhe had said "I can’t do it," they should have given up on letting her give them a ride back!

Wang Hong was the first to snap back to reality, quickly stepping forward to support Wen Qingqing’s other arm.

Seeing this, Lin Nianhe let go: "Then Aunt Wang, please help her back to the Educated Youth Corps for now. There’s another one on the road who got lost. They’ve taken quite a few wrong turns, and I need to go pick them up."

Wen Qingqing: "...!"

Wang Hong: "You stop right there!"

Lin Nianhe, holding the handlebar, looked bewildered: "What’s wrong?"

Wang Hong said to her with furrowed brows: "You take Educated Youth Wen back, and I’ll go to pick up the others."

Wen Qingqing nodded repeatedly.

Seeing their current distrustful looks, Lin Nianhe felt a little disheartened.

How can one improve without being given a chance?

Clearly, nobody wanted to give her that chance.

After Wang Hong figured out where the others were, she hopped on a bicycle and sped away.

Li Dahe also said to the locals around them: "We’ve found the person, you all can go back first."

"Alright, just give us a shout if you need anything."

"Don’t wander around if you don’t know the way, the harvest season is upon us, better keep out of trouble."

"Ah, why mention that, the person already fell, let it be."

"These educated youths are really the worst batch we’ve had..."

The villagers dispersed, talking among themselves.

Li Dahe came over to Lin Nianhe, looking at Wen Qingqing with a frown.

He wanted to give a lesson, but then he thought of her being kicked off the bike by Lin Nianhe...

Waving his hand, Li Dahe said: "You two head back first."

He didn’t mention seeking a doctor. These little nicks and bumps didn’t really count for much in the countryside, not to mention Lin Nianhe was there. If she could heal Wang Xixi’s severe injuries, what would these mere scratches amount to?

Wen Qingqing’s face was flushed with shame. She murmured: "I’m sorry, Uncle Team Leader."

Li Dahe walked with his hands behind his back, and upon hearing this, he just waved his hand without stopping his stride.

Lin Nianhe sighed silently and said to her: "Let’s go, I’ll take you back to the Educated Youth Corps first."

Lin Nianhe helped Wen Qingqing back to their small house, rolled up the freshly laid bedding for Wen Qingqing to sit on, and then went to the back yard to get medicine.

When she came back, she also brought a few fruit candies for the sisters.

"Nianhe, there’s no need," Wen Qingqing bit her lower lip and refused.

"This is the wedding candy from Aunt Wang’s house, you should keep it," Lin Nianhe efficiently rolled up her trouser leg, cleaned the wound with hydrogen peroxide, and while talking, her hands didn’t stop moving, "Aunt Wang specially instructed me today, they will be holding a celebration in two days and want you and Ruannuan to join."

Wen Qingqing was slightly dazed: "Aunt Wang is?"

"The auntie who was holding you just now, she’s the director of women in Ten Miles Team. If you have any problems, seeking her out won’t be wrong." Lin Nianhe explained, "Uncle Team Leader may seem stern, but he’s actually very kind-hearted. The villagers have some complaints about you two coming to the countryside, and might have said some harsh things, but don’t take it to heart."

Lin Nianhe casually talked about various things in the Team, like what each Aunt looked like, their characters.

Listening to Lin Nianhe, Wen Qingqing started to cry.

She said, "Nianhe, I can’t speak about these things with my sister. Actually, I am very scared, very... hopeless. I don’t know when I will be able to return to the city. I want to go back, but I’m afraid that if I leave, Ruannuan will be left here by herself... I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold on and just end up marrying someone at random... I’m actually afraid of everything... Actually, when I got lost this afternoon, I really considered just running back... calling it quits..."