211 What Are You Thinking?
On Wednesday, Wang Heng and the two girls boarded the flight to the Imperial Capital.
They bought economy class tickets, and the three of them happened to be in the same row, sitting together, which was perfect for chatting during the journey. With the balance in Wang Heng’s account, he could of course afford business class, but that would make it inconvenient to arrange seats for three people, and it wasn’t necessary.
But on the plane, in front of the seats, a problem arose.
There were three seats on each side of the aisle, closely juxtaposed. So, who should sit in the middle?
Wang Heng stood in the aisle and said, “You guys go in first. I’ll sit on the outside.”
Han Yixuan said with a smile, “Little Le likes the window seat, right?”
Pei Ningle was about to nod, but suddenly realized something was wrong and immediately said, “I’m fine not sitting by the window.”
At this moment, a flight attendant reminded them, “Passengers, please take your seats quickly and do not block the aisle. Thank you.”
Pei Ningle looked around and helplessly sat in the window seat. In this way, Han Yixuan sat between Wang Heng and Pei Ningle. How could Pei Ningle not mind this seating arrangement?
But immediately after, Han Yixuan leaned into her ear and whispered, “Little Le, don’t be angry. I really can’t sit by the window. I get airsick.”
“Airsick?” Pei Ningle was a little puzzled. “You get sick by the window, but not if you don’t sit by the window?”
Han Yixuan: “I get sick even if I don’t sit by the window, but if the window is right next to me, I get very dizzy.”
Hearing this explanation, Pei Ningle was really skeptical. She had experienced motion sickness when she was a child, but at that time, as long as she went to the window to breathe fresh air, the motion sickness would be alleviated a lot… So, should she blame the plane for not being able to open the window for ventilation?
Nearly half an hour later, the plane accelerated and left the ground.
At this time, Han Yixuan’s abnormality also showed.
Her face turned pale, her hands tightly gripped the armrests on both sides, her eyes were closed tightly, and her teeth were clenched.
Seeing this, Pei Ningle had to believe it—Han Yixuan was really airsick, not lying.
But just then, Wang Heng grabbed Han Yixuan’s wrist, gently rubbed the inside of her wrist joint, and whispered, “Open your eyes and look at the small screen in front.”
Han Yixuan obediently opened her eyes, but was still confused. “What are you doing… And the screen in front is black.”
Wang Heng: “Just fix your gaze on it. Don’t look around, and don’t close your eyes. Open your mouth a little, yes, open it.”
Han Yixuan still obediently did as she was told.
After a while, Wang Heng asked, “Do you feel any better?”
Han Yixuan glanced at him and nodded.
Wang Heng: “Then now, chat with Little Le.”
Han Yixuan: “I… what should I talk about?”
Wang Heng: “Talk about anything. Anyway, just distract your attention. Don’t focus on the feeling of airsickness. Do something else.”
Han Yixuan nodded again, but at this time, she noticed that Wang Heng’s hand was still pressing on the inside of her wrist, slowly kneading. In this way, her attention really couldn’t be shifted to Pei Ningle on the other side.
The girl’s cheeks gradually turned a little red, and she asked in a low voice, “How do you know these… will work?”
Wang Heng said calmly, “I read it online before. By the way, since you knew you would get airsick, why didn’t you buy some motion sickness medicine in advance?”
Han Yixuan lowered her face. “I was so busy checking luggage for Little Le that I forgot.”
Of course, Wang Heng also knew about this girl’s airsickness. But just like her, before boarding the plane today, Wang Heng didn’t remember this.
In Wang Heng’s subjective memory, flying with Han Yixuan was probably five or six years ago—since the restart of the second timeline, this was the first time today.
However, although he didn’t remember before boarding, he knew exactly how to deal with the symptoms of airsickness once they appeared.
Seeing that Han Yixuan’s symptoms had alleviated a lot, Wang Heng withdrew his hand.
At this time, Han Yixuan suddenly said, “By the way, we are all going to miss three days of classes. Did you ask for leave from the school?”
Wang Heng: “Why bring this up suddenly?”
Han Yixuan: “You said we should chat to distract attention…”
Wang Heng: “I said chat with Little Le, not with me.”
Han Yixuan couldn’t help asking, “Is there a difference?”
Wang Heng picked up a book, opened it, and said seriously, “Sorry, I’m going to study.”
Han Yixuan looked at the thick book Neural Networks and Machine Learning and was instantly speechless.
At this time, Pei Ningle next to her interjected, “Wait a minute, you haven’t told us yet. Did you ask for leave from the school?”
Wang Heng glanced at her. “No.”
Pei Ningle: “Won’t the school settle accounts with you?”
Wang Heng: “Probably not, because my roommates will help me answer roll call. If anything happens, they can handle it for me.”
Hearing this, Han Yixuan couldn’t help but sigh, “Your dorm relationship is so good…”
“It’s okay.”
Wang Heng lowered his head, looking like he was studying seriously.
Han Yixuan could only turn her head to look at the other side, looking at Pei Ningle. And Pei Ningle was also looking at her.
The two girls looked at each other for a while, realized that they couldn’t find any topic at the moment, and could only fall into awkward silence.
Fortunately, for Han Yixuan, the symptoms of airsickness had basically disappeared. But whether it was the distraction or Wang Heng’s previous kneading that worked, it was hard to say.
Recalling his technique of kneading the inside of her wrist, especially the touch of his thumb pressing there, Han Yixuan blushed again. His strength was just right, pressing firmly without hurting her. Not only was it very measured, but it also gave her some unspeakable reverie…
Suddenly, Pei Ningle couldn’t help but wonder, “How can you blush just by staring at me? What on earth are you thinking!”
**
Getting off the plane and walking out of the terminal of the international airport, Pei Ningle suddenly stopped. She opened her arms and took a deep breath.
Although she was a girl less than 1.6 meters tall, she struck an exceptionally heroic pose and laughed loudly. “I, Pei Ningle, am finally back! This time, I’m not a stray dog who doesn’t know where the next meal is coming from!”
Behind her, Wang Heng calmly complained, “Using the term ‘stray dog’ on yourself, your thinking is quite unique.”
And Han Yixuan next to him said while looking at her phone, “The program team’s car isn’t far from us. We should be able to see it if we walk a little further.”
Wang Heng asked, “What did they say? Send us to the hotel first?”
“Yes, the rooms are all arranged. When they asked for our ID numbers before, I guessed it should be like this…” At this point, Han Yixuan snickered, “Do you think we look like we’re taking our daughter out to play?”
Wang Heng glanced at Pei Ningle who was acting chunibyo in front, and shook his head decisively. “No!”
