"I want to get off!!" Ye Zhou also ignored his foot injury. His left foot was on the floor of the car and the right foot was across the guardrail to jump down towards the ground.
"Don't flail around. For the elderly mobility vehicle, it's reasonable to say that the operations are simple and should be easy to use." Shang Jin directly pushed his right leg back into the car. Seeing Ye Zhou still without confidence, he continued, "Rest assured. I have a driver's license."
"Is the car driver's license the same as a pedicab??" Ye Zhou blew his top, "I don't want to be taken down with you."
"This kind of vehicle has an average speed of 30 yards [码 (mǎ): 0.91 meters] and it'd be difficult to hurt yourself, let alone kill yourself." Shang Jin stared at the front of the car, saw one pedal at the bottom of the vehicle and wondered, "How can this car only have a throttle and no brake?"
Ye Zhou: "This is the brake!"
Shang Jin touched his chin and said, "Then what about the throttle?"
Ye Zhou sighed, pointed to the handlebar and said, "You turn the handlebar with your hand and the car will go."
Shang Jin gave it a try. The handlebar really could turn. He looked at Ye Zhou and said, "I didn't expect you to really know a thing or two."
Receiving Shang Jin's praise, Ye Zhou proudly lifted his chin, really bringing his awesomeness to the max. In retrospect, this kind of car could be operated by anyone as long as they had hands and feet, and there seemed to be nothing to be proud of.
Shang Jin got in the car and said, "I'll go two laps around here first, and I'll take you to the classroom after I'm familiar with it."
"Let me go down firstー" Words not yet finished, Ye Zhou's back was suddenly knocked forward. "You can't tell me before you start it!!!!"
"Sorry." Shang Jin didn't expect that the three-wheeler would be so nimble, just lightly turning the handlebar and it'd scuttle forward with a whoosh. Fortunately, stepping on the brake was relatively easy and didn't let Ye Zhou be hit too ruthlessly. "Have you held on well?"
Ye Zhou's two hands clenched the guardrails on both sides and said, "Yes."
Shang Jin drove the little pedicab two laps in front of the dormitory building. After he'd mastered everything, he headed directly towards the cafeteria.
Halfway through, Ye Zhou's tensed spirit finally relaxed.
Shang Jin really deserved to be Shang Jin. The first time driving a three-wheeler, except for the unfamiliarity when he just started, he immediately mastered it. The speed was very precise, the braking was gentle, and there was no discomfort at all.
It's just that looking at the astonished expressions of the surrounding classmates, Ye Zhou regretted not wearing a hoodie.
On Monday morning, a man graceful as an idol drove a half-peeling electric pedicab. In the back of the car, a handsome boy leaned back against the cyclist, his hands placed casually on the armrest on both sides of the car. The two leisurely wandered in the campus, becoming A Uni's unique scenery.
Half an hour later, the pedicab parked in the parking shed beside the school building. At this time, a lot of students passed by this place, and all invariably stared at these two people.
"My hands are numb." Maintaining one position for too long, Ye Zhou shook out his arms. Even though Shang Jin kept a steady pace, sitting on that bench with uneven legs still made him sway around.
Shang Jin locked the car and helped Ye Zhou down.
"Luckily it's on the first floor today." Ye Zhou didn't let Shang Jin carry him on his back, but he limped toward the classroom with the help of Shang Jin's arm.
As soon as the two figures appeared in the doorway, all the students' attention was drawn.
Zhou Wendao unctuously came over and said, "Zhou, I'll help you in."
Ye Zhou glared at him before putting his hand on the shoulder. Then he looked at Shang Jin beside him and awkwardly said, "Thank you."
Shang Jin nodded at him and went to his usual seat.
"I say, you're really throwing me down like this??" Safely arrived from the dorms, Ye Zhou began to settle the accounts, "Is the agreement between classmates limited to roommates only?"
"This isn't what you're saying. As long as we're not there, Shang Jin will take care of you." Zhou Wendao was the first to refute, "Do you think we want to be the treacherous villains? Isn't it because we're creating opportunities for you!"
Ye Zhou pulled his mouth. He was bewildered why this group of people had been fishy since yesterday. They also switched the dorms, abandoned him and left first. It took half a day to find out that it was because of that Saturday morning.
On that day, Zhou Wendao witnessed the affair between Ye Zhou and Shang Jinーpei pei!! It was a misunderstanding! Ye Zhou had explained that this was just the feeling between normal classmates. Only because all his roommates were out, Shang Jin had no choice but to come in and take care of him. Then this group of guys mistakenly believed that if they weren't there, Shang Jin would certainly take care of him.
Although it turned out to be the case, but did you guys ever consider Shang Jin's feelings?
Ye Zhou looked in Shang Jin's direction and couldn't help but give rise to a kind of...guilt.
That's right, guilt.
Obviously before this semester, the two people generally didn't intersect each other, like parallel lines. But now, because of his own mistakes, Shang Jin was dragged down from his godly altar in life and made Shang Jin's body gradually become infected with the earthly aura.
Even making the other ride on a shabby pedicab to shuttle around campus.
This was where Ye Zhou felt the most apologetic. When he thought of this, he hated his former roommates for a few moments, and his tone wasn't too good. "You can borrow a car, but can't borrow a bike??"
Zhou Wendao gave a big sigh and said, "You think we didn't want to? We went around to borrow one and unexpectedly, none had a backseat."
Ye Zhou hated iron for not becoming steel1 and said, "With bicycles without backseats, you guys still want to date girls? What a beautiful picture it is to carry a girlfriend to class! Buying ones without backseats, are you guys planning to ride ahead and let your girlfriend chase behind you?"
This poked at the heart of Zhou Wendao's sorrow. He covered his chest and said, "It turns out that this was the problem. When I get my living expenses next month, I'll go exchange for a bike with a backseat!"
Ye Zhou cast him a glance and thought: Your problem isn't here, but your short height. Recalling that his height was Zhou Wendao's inverse scale2, Ye Zhou thoughtfully didn't continue.
But there was one thing that must be emphasized.
"When you change classes in a moment, give your bike to Shang Jin. You ride the three-wheeler."
Zhou Wendao was greatly alarmed. "Why!!"
Ye Zhou touched his nose and uneasily whispered, "In any case, Shang Jin has a little reputation at school. If people see him riding this kind of three-wheeler, he'd lose face. But you're not the same. Your image and the three-wheeler doesn't conflict too much."
"I don't match with a three-wheeler!!"
Trying his best to persuade him, Zhou Wendao finally agreed to exchange the rides.
After class, waiting for most people to leave, Ye Zhou walked out of the school building with Xu Yangjun's help.
In the vehicle shed, the familiar classmates rode away one after another.
And on the side of the pedicab, Shang Jin sat in the driver's seat against the light. Seeing Ye Zhou come over, he said, "You're so slow."
Zhou Wendao and Xu Yangjun took a look and immediately betrayed Ye Zhou, abandoning him and riding away at the speed of light.
"Hey! You guysー" Looking at the backs of his former roommates getting farther and farther away, Ye Zhou pursed his lips and softly said, "Shang Jin, sorry to bother you so much..."
This was the first time Ye Zhou used a soft and weak tone. Shang Jin rubbed his arms. "Can you not talk to me like this? It feels so disgusting."
Ye Zhou glowered at him and shouted, "Hey, are these human words!!"
"That's more like it." Shang Jin turned around, the corners of his mouth slightly curving up.
Notes
1. hated iron for not becoming steel (恨铁不成钢): being resentful of people for failing to meet one's expectations
2. Inverse scale (逆鳞): said to be the scale on a dragon's neck where the major blood vessels travel through. It's the dragon's weak point and therefore, it's very sensitive to anyone trying to touch the scale.