Chapter 31p2: With You
She suddenly said she wanted to go to the amusement park, just the two of them. He thought for a while, and he looked at the soft flesh on her cheeks, which had slowly recovered. Her body was not so thin and frail. He nodded and agreed.
The screams were deafening. He looked up, and the steel-made track was like the spine of the sky, and it was propping up the sky. The huge black shadow of the cloud car was falling from above his head, like a giant dragon that was swooping down on the earth, and it was bringing a wave of wailing and excitement.
He held her hand and it became heavy. He turned around and looked at her in silence.
He had thought that the amusement park she had mentioned would be no different from the last time. He had not expected that he would come to such an exciting place.
“Are you afraid?”, Xia Qiange said with a smile, and she was very considerate of him. “Then let’s go and play on the carousel.”
Su Yu coughed twice, and he did not say much. He pulled her and directly got in the long line. He looked at the flying car above his head, which was swaying with a frightening momentum. “If you’re afraid, then hold on to me. It’s just for a little while. It will be over soon if you close your eyes.”
She nodded and held his arm even tighter. She was well-behaved and was relying on him. The noisy sound of the crowd around them was about to swallow the voices of the two of them. The long and tedious journey of waiting in line had made people numb. It was not until they were locked in the cold and icy roller coaster seat that they had slowly become sensitive again.
She and he looked at each other, and they had checked the safety measures. Both of their faces were filled with a calm and comfortable look. The sun was hot, and it was white on their faces, and he could not see their expressions clearly.
The car slowly started, and the roller coaster was climbing up with a creaking sound. A heart was slowly tightening. The luck was not good. He had pulled her and had chosen the first car. He was watching as the front of the car was slowly climbing to the highest point, and then it was slightly tilted at the moment his gaze was tightened.
With a bang, every nerve in his body was tensed. He subconsciously held the warmth in his palm tightly. The other party seemed to have also held him back, and their ten fingers were intertwined. Before he could feel it, his consciousness was hurt by the harsh and piercing screams around him, and the strong wind was heavily pressing on his cervical spine.
Time was passing very quickly in his sensitive nerves. He couldn’t remember how many times he had turned. He only remembered that his consciousness had gone black for a moment. When he had come back to his senses, the car had already slowly stopped.
The two of them were sitting in place in a daze. They had let out a long breath at the same time. The pain was coming from their knuckles, and only then did they realize that their palms were deeply embedded in each other’s fingers, and they were holding each other tighter and tighter, and it was so painful that it was hurting.
He looked at her pale face, and she also looked back. The two of them opened their mouths, and their voices were hoarse, and they were in unison.
“How could you be so scared! I also thought you weren’t afraid!”
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He came out of the bathroom and found a long bench on the side of the road to rest. The two of them were leaning against each other, and their heads were resting on their shoulders. Their breathing was weak, and their faces were pale. They had not much strength left, and they were on the verge of death and could not speak.
“So you’re afraid of this…”
Xia Qiange poked the flesh on his cheek, and her face was much better. A smile was on the corners of her slightly upturned lips, and it was not so fake. It was shining in the light. She was laughing non-stop. “Why did you have to hold on?”
“I… just consider it as me wanting to save face.” Su Yu lowered his eyes, and his face was in pain. His voice was hoarse. “And besides… I’ve tried it. It’s actually not that scary, right?”
He looked up at the sky, and his dark pupils were lit up. He was so pained by the light that it was stinging. His fingertips were gently rubbing the back of her hand. The crowd was flowing in front of him, and it was gradually drowning the two of them.
He thought that to go on an adventure with someone, one needed to be bold enough. The ordinary life had made the him of the past a conventional and square person. So for those strong and suffocating loves, he would always subconsciously escape when he had encountered them. In the end, he was dazed, and he was numb…
Xia Qiange pulled him and pointed to the tall and straight drop tower not far away. She was afraid and also vaguely excited. “Let’s try that. Do you dare?”
She was eager to try, and she was deliberately provoking him, and she was like a child who had not grown up.
“Aren’t you afraid? This is even scarier than a roller coaster.”
“I’m afraid. So will you be with me? I don’t dare to go alone.”
Su Yu was stunned for a moment. He looked at her, and her gaze was bright and piercing. He knew very well the two completely different her. Fortunately, he also knew the other her. He then reached out his hand and said hello.
There is a common saying that to love a person, one should love all of her, and one should also… go on an adventure with her.
He pulled her up, and the blood on his face was still pale. He said, “Then I’ll be with you.”
He had fastened the lock, and one hand was holding her tightly, and the other was holding the handrail. He had never been on a drop tower before, and she had said that she was also the same. He had again, out of a boy’s persistent and strong will, asked her not to be afraid, and that she could shout out.
Xia Qiange smiled, and her tone was firm. She said, “With you here, I’m not afraid.”
The seat was slowly rising, and their legs were dangling in the air and were gently swaying with the wind. The buildings under their feet were getting smaller and smaller, and the crowd that was waiting in line had become a crooked black line. He looked up and saw that the clouds were getting closer and closer. The wind was stirring his hair, and when he looked into the distance, the towering modern buildings of this city were in a line at the end of the horizon.
The sunlight was gradually getting hotter, and there was a smell of clouds in the wind.
Before they could say a word of comfort to each other, they had suddenly fallen. The wind had become turbulent, and their intertwined hands were uncontrollably raised.
The adrenaline was secreted very quickly, and their voices were carried away by the wind. He vaguely heard Xia Qiange calling his name in his ear. When he had turned his head, she had already closed her eyes. He had seen the complete her in front of him, and he had almost seen all of her.
They had supported each other and had come down. They were as wilted as an eggplant that had been hit by frost. Her face was pale. She had looked back at the new round of screams that were falling from the sky behind her. She had said with a palpitation that why were both of them afraid, but they still had to torture each other.
Su Yu was much better after he had come down this time. The girl was still as weak as just now, and her whole person was leaning on his shoulder. He had thought for a while and had closed his eyes. He had remembered the hand that they had still held tightly when they were both afraid.
“I don’t know. Maybe people are born to torture each other.”
Xia Qiange tilted her head and looked at him seriously. She then lowered her head and thought, and she said she didn’t understand. They should be fine, and no one should torture the other.
The two of them had wandered for a long time, the whole afternoon. She had pulled him and had been walking through the crowd. She was full of energy, and she did not look like she had just recovered from an illness. She was not willing to rest until she was exhausted.
“Let’s go and play over there later. I see a lot of couples over there.”
“Yeah, I’ll listen to you.”
He smiled and agreed. The gradually darkening sky in the evening had covered the weariness in his eyebrows and eyes. He had turned his face slightly to one side, and his thin eyelids had drooped a few times. The rushing of these days was far from as easy as it had looked. The fatigue had accumulated in his body, and it had been suppressed by him when he had cheered up. When he was at ease, it had rushed into his nerves like a tide.
Through the gap in the crowd, he had seen an ice cream shop. On a whim, he had said he would go and buy it for her. She had thought for a while and had agreed, and she had asked him to come back quickly after he had bought it. She would be waiting for him here.
Xia Qiange was sitting there very obediently, and her eyes were staring at Su Yu as he was leaving. The empty hand was a little uncomfortable and was rubbing. The back was getting farther and farther away, and it was about to be drowned by the crowd. So her heart was again floating and was not on the ground.
“Hello, we have an interactive performance here tonight. I’ve seen you and your boyfriend here several times today. I think you’re a handsome man and a beautiful woman, and you’re a good match. I don’t know if you’re interested?”
She subconsciously lowered her head and looked at the dazzling registration form. The messy and chaotic text was annoying to look at. When she had looked up again, he was suddenly gone. She had frowned tightly, and her anger was hot. She had suppressed it again, and her tone was so cold that it was completely unlike the her of before. The staff was also stunned.
“I’m sorry. My boyfriend doesn’t like these things. So forget it…”
She had refused without a second thought, and then she had looked up at the crowd.
She had soon found him again. The smile on her face had not yet had time to be carved, and it had melted like wax and had dripped down her cheeks.
She had seen him, and there was another girl standing next to him.
