Chapter 26: Hurry Up and Set the Fire! (1/2)

Zhao Qingfeng, having lived a life before, understood one thing very clearly.

The most important thing in life is to seize the moment.

Things you want to do today should be done today.

As someone who had lived as a forty-something-year-old in his previous life, he knew all too well that numerous trifles would entangle him once he settled down and started a family.

If he didn’t act crazy now, he really would go crazy when he got older.

After all, being young,

staying up all night wouldn’t really affect anything.

Shen Lingyao was also itching to try something new. She had always been the good girl and never experienced the thrill of ‘doing something naughty’.

“Brother Qingfeng, can you really drive?”

“What if the police catch us and inform the teachers and our parents?”

“No, absolutely not…”

“Let’s just take a taxi there.”

The heavy rain had just passed, and it was pitch dark outside, not a soul in sight.

Zhao Qingfeng pulled Shen Lingyao downstairs, “Where to hail a taxi? Let’s just go, nothing will happen.”

He wasn’t worried about Shen Lingyao’s academic performance, confident in her ability to get into Ji Province University even if she stopped studying now.

Shen Lingyao followed him downstairs in a flurry, nervous and scared, yet eager to try.

At the garage,

Zhao Qingfeng smoothly slid into the back seat.

But then, remembering he was the driver this time, he returned to the front, inserted the car key, and started the engine.

The roar of the car excited Shen Lingyao.

She had been in cars driven by her father countless times but never one driven by Zhao Qingfeng.

With anyone else,

she wouldn’t have gotten into the car.

But she was willing to take this risk with Zhao Qingfeng, an indescribable emotion.

“Are you sure you can drive?”

Shen Lingyao, slightly panicked, asked from the passenger seat.

“I can’t, are you scared?”

Zhao Qingfeng smirked and stepped on the clutch.

“You’re not scared, so why should I be?”

Shen Lingyao refused to lose out, though in her heart she thought, ‘With you, I’m not scared of anything’.

“Here we go!”

Just as Zhao Qingfeng was about to press the gas pedal, he suddenly leaned towards Shen Lingyao, tilting his body over her. Their noses gently touched, startling her into widening her eyes as a blush spread across her cheeks.

Is he going to…

Kiss me?

No way!

Although she found such scenes in Hong Kong and Taiwanese movies incredibly romantic,

when it came to her own experience, she was somewhat reluctant to easily accept.

Ah, why is Brother Qingfeng doing this, it’s too sudden…

Click.

Lost in her thoughts, Zhao Qingfeng had already fastened her seatbelt.

Shen Lingyao then realized it was a misunderstanding and pinched Zhao Qingfeng hard.

The car roared to life.

Zhao Qingfeng drove out of the neighborhood with ease.

Shen Lingyao was amazed. How could Brother Qingfeng know how to do everything?

But she soon understood, a wave of jealousy rising in her.

Darn it!

It must be something he learned from Liu Ruoxin.

That wicked woman!

Next time she dares to bother my Brother Qingfeng, I’ll make sure she regrets it(╬◣д◢)!

The car sped through the streets, splashing water.

Zhao Qingfeng stopped at a convenience store that was still open to buy some snacks. Half an hour later, he parked the car near a reservoir dam, ten kilometers away from the beer factory’s residential building.

The reservoir, on the outskirts of the county town, was also the only scenic spot in the area.

People could boat and play in the water on regular days, and there were many snack and toy vendors during holidays. There was even a newly built large amusement park with attractions like merry-go-rounds and bumper cars.

However,

these scenes only appeared during the day.

Now, deep in the night, the reservoir was deserted, and the amusement park was silent, with only the sound of water dripping from the leaves.

Looking out the window, Shen Lingyao suddenly wondered if she had boarded a ‘thief’s ship’.

What would happen tonight?

She didn’t know, but it felt thrilling and dangerous.

“Aren’t you going to eat the bread?”

Zhao Qingfeng, oblivious to Shen Lingyao’s thoughts, munched on bread to replenish his energy.

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