228 Doing Something They Shouldn’ (1/2)

”You're mean!”

Nie Chang wasn't too perturbed by this accusation. He had expected worse. Countering this was way too easy. ”Ah? How am I mean?”

”I'm not a kitten!” Obviously!

Nie Chang bit back another laugh. So that was what bothered his little darling the most? ”Of course not! But you're gay and in a relationship so what's so bad about getting on a tandem with your boyfriend?”

Su Yan tightened his lips and eyed the tandem warily, forgetting about his anger at the stupid joke about the kitten for the moment. ”What if we crash with it? Two people sitting on the same bicycle doesn't sound too safe to me.”

Nie Chang blinked. So that was what this was about? ”Uh … Don't worry about that? How about this? I'll sit in the front and do all the work. I'll pedal and I'll steer and you'll just sit behind me, hold onto me and look around. Does that sound good?”

Su Yan shook his head. ”No! Not at all!”

”Alright, alright. Let's just try it.” Nie Chang ignored his boyfriend's protest and got onto the tandem before looking at Su Yan expectantly. Ah, don't think I wouldn't know all your weak points after so many years! You're way too curious to not try it if you're already presented with the opportunity.

Su Yan indeed started wavering. Maybe he should try it, after all? Nie Chang had spent a lot of time thinking about this and it wasn't such a bad idea. And if anything happened, he could still point at Nie Chang's nose and yell that he had told him so from the beginning. Mn, maybe this wasn't too bad?

Nie Chang waved at his little darling. ”Come on now. Let's try it at least.”

Su Yan wriggled on the spot. ”Alright. But only because you're asking so nicely.” Then he got onto the tandem.

Naturally, he took Nie Chang's suggestion of holding onto him very seriously. He embraced his waist with both arms and even went so far as to plaster his cheek against Nie Chang's back.

Mn, this should do it. He definitely wouldn't fall off if he stuck to him like this!

Nie Chang wondered if his little darling was secretly a spider monkey instead of a cat. At least his way of clinging to things was more elaborate than he had ever seen any cat do it. Well, as long as he felt safe everything was right.

Nie Chang patted the hands that were tugging at his shirt and started to pedal. He made another turn before entering the Amenity Grass. He would have loved to take a look at Su Yan but first of all, his little darling was clinging too closely to him, and secondly, would Su Yan probably get furious if he dared to turn his head now. Ah, he'll have to wait until his little darling relaxed a bit.

Nie Chang made sure to drive as steadily as he could. He didn't even say anything so as to not startle Su Yan. As for looking at the gardens … Well, they had been here before and a casual look around suggested that not much had changed since then.

At least not in the park.

Nie Chang's lips curved upward. Mn, even without looking at the park, this was pretty good. It was still quite early so it wasn't hot yet but the sun made riding comfortable. There was hardly any wind either so he didn't have trouble to keep the tandem upright. And the most important thing was that he was once again here with Su Yan and as a couple this time. What more could he ask for?

The effect of Nie Chang's steady steering didn't need long to show. Su Yan had only peered at one side of the garden from the safety of Nie Chang's back at first but when nothing untoward happened in the first few minutes he lifted his head and looked in the other direction.