Literary Master 1983

Chapter 138 Yu Qie is a man

"Three helmets, one for me and one for each of you."

"Do I need to wear a helmet?"

"Wearing a helmet is a must when riding a motorcycle. It is a basic quality for motorcyclists and it is a responsibility for their own lives."

"What motorcycle friend?"

"Just put it on."

Zhang Li put on her helmet and circled around the motorcycle, excitedly saying, "This bike is really good-looking, the lines are so pretty, the color is also... I can't put it into words, I just think it's beautiful, like a leopard."

Yu Qie patted the wide back seat of the car and said, "It's a wide car that can accommodate three people. It's much better than a bicycle."

"Didn't it cost a lot of money?"

"I didn't spend any money. Someone gave it to me."

It’s more than two thousand yuan, isn’t it almost the same as the free gift?

The car was too high for a girl. Zhang Li tried for a long time and finally got in with the help of Yu Qie. As before, Zhang Li was in front of Yu Qie.

"Chen Xiaoxu?"

Chen Xiaoxu hasn't put on a helmet yet. She is a girl who loves beauty and thinks the helmet doesn't look good, so she doesn't want to wear it.

She's not my woman, how can I spoil her? If you don't want to sit, forget it!
"Give me back my helmet!"

After getting the helmet, Yu Qie was about to turn on the accelerator and leave. Zhang Li persuaded him to leave, so the motorcycle turned around and came back. Yu Qie said, "Chen Xiaoxu, you either wear a helmet or forget it."

Zhang Li was caught in the middle and couldn't please either side, but she couldn't say anything wrong about Yu Qi, so she looked at Chen Xiaoxu with a pitiful look.

Chen Xiaoxu had no choice but to get in the car, thinking to himself: Yu Qie is a lunatic, whether I am pretty or not, it’s not for you to see!
So, who should I show this to?
A vague figure appeared in Chen Xiaoxu's mind, but she could no longer remember his appearance. Her boyfriend used to be very good to her, but after he was admitted to the Shanghai Drama Academy, he gradually had no time to take care of her because of his busy schoolwork.

I'm afraid that even if I were in Shanghai, and there was a flower thief who wanted to stab me, he would not come to protect me.

He was too busy. How could he be busier than Yu Qie? Yu Qie was from Yanda University, and he wrote novels every day and traveled around to study.

An unspeakable sense of loss emerged in Chen Xiaoxu's heart.

Yu Qie was still talking about the helmet: "Chen Xiaoxu, why are you not convinced? Do you know that this helmet is made of composite materials?"

"What kind of congratulatory materials?"

Yu Qie only cared about his own words: "It's only 700 to 800 yuan, and it's a Japanese brand. Even if you accidentally fall, at least your head can be protected... It doesn't matter whether you are beautiful or not, everyone will get old, but you are alive! Being alive is more important than anything else!"

is it?

Zhang Li screamed when she heard the price: "The helmet is too expensive! It's like half a year's salary!"

Chen Xiaoxu held the helmet on her head. She didn't know how to buckle it. Before she could say anything, Yu Qi thought she was taking too long and turned back to help her. His fingers touched her chin. Because he had to ride a bike, Yu Qi only used one hand, and two of his fingers were on the buckle at the tip of the chin, as if he was pinching Chen Xiaoxu's face.

Chen Xiaoxu felt very nervous, but Yu Qie was very focused. He slowly fastened the buckle, which made a crisp "click" sound. She was startled and her head was buzzing.

Yu Qie laughed and said, "What are you surprised about?"

"I'm not surprised at all!"

"This helmet is yours, Chen Xiaoxu. Don't ask me to help you again in the future. Got it?"

Chen Xiaoxu nodded. He thought, is this thing really worth hundreds of dollars? Give it to me? Yu Qie is just bragging.

Soon, Yu Qiekai's motorcycle accelerated, and Chen Xiaoxu failed to catch it and almost fell down.

Yu Qie said excitedly: "This bike accelerates so fast, it doesn't feel sluggish at all, it's powerful when you step on the gas, I should have bought a motorcycle a long time ago."

Chen Xiaoxu didn't know what Yu Qie was so excited about, so he shouted, "Ride slower, I'm about to fly out."

"This is the slowest, Chen Xiaoxu~ You've never ridden a motorcycle, right?"

Yu Qie's voice came flying over the speeding motorcycle, just like the unfamiliar scenery that Chen Xiaoxu saw when she took the train from Ancheng to Yanjing. It made her feel alienated and confused, but also strangely familiar.

That was what she herself had wanted to pursue as a girl—a dangerous sense of romance.

Yu Qie added: “You know what? This road will be full of cars in the future. There will never be such good riding conditions again. Now for a motorcyclist, it is simply heaven!”

"Heaven!"

"Do you want to take you to see the scenery of Yanjing? You haven't been there before."

Zhang Li said in front: "Yu Qie, no, let's just go home."

Chen Xiaoxu said, "You drive so fast. I want to go to Tiananmen Square. Will you take me there?"

"I will grant your wish right away!"

The Yamaha roared and the speed increased, but Yu Qie was not panicked at all. Zhang Li trusted Yu Qie wholeheartedly and buried herself in his arms, but Chen Xiaoxu could not do that. She pulled Yu Qi's clothes to keep a distance.

Yu Qie said, "Chen Xiaoxu, don't dawdle. Either grab my shoulders or wrap your arms around my waist. Sorry, grab my shoulders. Zhang Li is already pressing against my waist."

Zhang Li is so shameless! "——If you fall, you might become an ugly monster!"

Chen Xiaoxu was startled and immediately grabbed Yu Qie's shoulders. She felt that Yu Qi's shoulders were too wide and she couldn't even hold them. The well-defined muscle lines made her feel hot. Moreover, Chen Xiaoxu couldn't stand this posture for a long time and her arms were very sore.

The three of them have arrived at Chang'an Avenue!
Yu Qie was even more excited: "Chang'an Avenue, Tiananmen Square! Here I come!"

"Today, motorcycles can enter Chang'an Avenue! Chen Xiaoxu, you reminded me well, otherwise I would not have thought of it! Didn't the last emperor Puyi die a long time ago? He rode a bicycle past his home, but I rode a motorcycle. At this moment, we are both better than the emperor!"

China is a country on bicycles. Foreign journalists said that there are at least 600 million bicycles in China. "When the city residents get off work, huge groups of bicycles appear on the main roads, extending to the skyline beyond the reach of human eyes... They are exactly the same gray, black and white, like a lot of jumping steel, they are exactly the same and in an orderly manner."

Among these "orderly" grays, blacks and whites, a black and red racing-grade heavy motorcycle rushed out, and its speed was of course much faster than a 28-bar bicycle.

As night fell, even though it was the 1980s, Chang'an Avenue became colorful.

The city wall, Xinhua Gate, square, Great Hall, Heroes Monument... scenes passed by Chen Xiaoxu quickly, and different colors changed on her face. Yu Qi was so excited that he would shout from time to time and say hello to people he didn't know. Chen Xiaoxu had never seen such a person, but she felt at ease.

Chen Xiaoxu once had many dreams, but later she found that they would quickly leave her side like the passing scenery, and new scenery would come.

She was born in an artistic family. Her childhood dream was to become a ballet dancer. But when she was fourteen, she wrote her first published poem, which made her interested in literature. Then, at the age of eighteen, she came to the capital from her hometown and became a TV actor...

There are some things she absolutely cannot give up. Whether it is the director or the book fans, they all think that she is not as beautiful as Lin Daiyu, and she must win the recognition of others; the rehearsal of Ancheng Troupe is very hard, but she is neither noisy nor servile; her friends are afraid of the gangsters outside, and she feels that she can protect Zhang Li, and sometimes she even thinks that she is really "better than men".

No, Chen Xiaoxu now feels that she might not be such a person.

Because Yu Qie is too masculine.

"Chen Xiaoxu!" Yu Qie shouted in the wind, "Can you hold on tighter? I won't take care of you!"

Chen Xiaoxu passed her hands under Yu Qie's arms and then hugged her from above, leaving her no room. Chen Xiaoxu pressed tightly against Yu Qie's back. Since it was already like this, she sighed and lay on Yu Qie's broad back with her face turned sideways.

Cultural Palace, Museum, Grand Theater...

The scenery was still changing. Chen Xiaoxu kept blinking.

"——There is no car in front of us! I declare that we are the first!" Yu Qie said excitedly.

Zhang Li laughed out loud.

Chen Xiaoxu also felt happy and she couldn't help laughing: This Yu Qie is really a lunatic!

I used to think he was a mature and steady person. I don’t know what kind of ridiculous things will happen if Zhang Li is with a man like this!

What is so steady about this brother Yu?
Chen Xiaoxu got closer and closer to Yu Qie, and was more and more lost in her own thoughts. She even forgot that she was in someone else's car. She just felt very comfortable, just like when she was a child and was tired from dancing, she would be in a daze for no reason.

Until Yu Qie stopped and turned into the alley, her memories ended.

"We've arrived." Yu Qie said, "Zhang Li, give me your helmet. I'll help you take it off."

Zhang Li waited obediently for Yu Qie to unbuckle her and carry her down, then she held the helmet and looked at Yu Qi with a silly smile.

No matter how smart and clever Baochai and Daiyu in Dream of Red Mansions are, Zhang Li and Chen Xiaoxu are just 19 or 20-year-old girls.

"What about you?" Yu Qi also asked Chen Xiaoxu.

Chen Xiaoxu wanted to get off by herself, but she had been sitting in the car for too long and her blood circulation was not smooth, and she almost fell down.

However, Yu Qie easily grabbed Chen Xiaoxu and said, "Don't close your eyes. You're fine. I told you, the helmet is useful. Even if I'm not here and you really fall down, your face won't be disfigured."

Yu Qie's fingers tapped on the transparent acrylic plate of Chen Xiaoxu's motorcycle helmet, "Ding! Ding!"

"clang!"

The blow made Chen Xiaoxu's eyes widen and he took a half step back. His whole head was buzzing. Due to the limited vision of the helmet, at that moment all he could see was Yu Qi laughing and talking.

"What are you doing standing still?"

Chen Xiaoxu immediately reached around her neck to take out the helmet. It was a simple thing, but the more nervous she was, the harder it was to do. Yu Qie couldn't bear to watch, so he grabbed the strap under Chen Xiaoxu's neck with his long arms and pulled her over. Then he lightly pressed the buckle, and the helmet loosened.

"Chen Xiaoxu, do you still want me to help you get it?"

Chen Xiaoxu's mind went blank. He took it off and breathed heavily.

Yu Qie started to laugh at her again: "Next time you can leave a little gap in the mask. Look at you, your whole face is red."

Chen Xiaoxu returned the helmet to Yu Qie. Yu Qie glanced at her and said, "I told you, there are three helmets here, one for you, me, and her. I'll give it to you as a gift for helping Zhang Li. I'm not stingy."

"Zhang Li said that you actually cried before. If you feel bored and lonely, come and play cards with us in the evening."

Who wants to play cards with you? Chen Xiaoxu thought to himself.

But she didn't answer like that, instead she agreed: "You two can't play the couple card together and bully me!"

Zhang Li was just worrying about how to deal with Chen Xiaoxu's troubles, so she immediately said, "I'm in the same group with you, let's bully Yu Qie together! Xiaoxu, what do you think?"

"The two of us, can't we beat Yu Qie alone? Let him know how powerful we women are!"

Yu Qie didn't care at all: "So what if a few more people come?"

(End of this chapter)