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Chapter 306 - 306: The Feeling Of The 90s
Chapter 306 - 306: The Feeling Of The 90s
Chapter 306: The Feeling Of The 90s
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The director looked at everyone’s smug faces. “Well… it seems like everyone is very confident.”
“Who doesn’t know how to ride a bicycle? I am not bragging, but I learned it when I was eight. I am sure it’s the same for everyone,” said Michael.
“Dad, can I ride with you too? Why aren’t children allowed to participate?” asked Li Zekai as he tugged on his father’s shirt.
Li Yanchen was quiet. He knew that the task wouldn’t be so simple. He felt that the Festival Group was hiding something.
“The staff must have their reasons,” said Li Yanchen to comfort his son. “Maybe there is something that makes the mission unsafe for the children.” “You also think it’s not as simple as it seems, right?” asked Lin Wan, who felt the same.
“Yeah. It won’t be just a simple bicycle race. What’s so interesting about that? They must have planned something else,” said Li Yanchen.
Lin Wan nodded. “Well… we’ll find out soon.”
[It’s a bicycle race?]
[Only parents are going to participate…]
[Everyone seems so confident. They are bound to be shocked in the end.]
[Why does everyone think the Festival Group is that secretive? Maybe it is a simple bicycle race.]
“Everyone, please follow me.” The staff turned a fork and led them through the wheat field. The guests finally saw a few black bicycles set neatly in a row.
When everyone saw the bicycles of the old design, they were shocked. The bicycles were almost as tall as Li Zekai. He was glad he hadn’t told the Festival Group that he wanted to participate. Otherwise, it would have been embarrassing to refuse now.
“So, these are the bicycles you will be riding today. The dads will start first.
When you reach the finish line, you will pass your bicycles to the mothers. Everyone, please put on your protective gear.”
Li Yanchen had ridden this kind of bicycle when he was young. However, it had been almost twenty years since he had touched a bicycle at all. Xiao Tianlin’s eyes lit up when he saw the bicycles. “Aren’t those of our time?” He followed the other men and walked to where the bicycle was kept.
[I knew it! It’s an old type of bicycle.]
[Really? Thank you for clarifying. I had never seen a bicycle like that before.]
[It’s the Phoenix brand. This is nostalgic. When I was young, they were very popular. Anybody who owned a Phoenix bicycle was considered rich!]
[I didn’t expect to see those bicycles in this day and age. This definitely feels
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[Magician Xiao has already forgotten about his reward that he can use to opt out of the mission. Obviously, he is good at this.]
“It seems that riding an old bicycle isn’t a problem for everyone,” said the staff member with a smile. “Has everyone put on their protective gear? Alright. You are all supposed to follow this road and set off from the left. Be careful.”
The whistle blew, signaling the start of the race. Ning Jiangyuan was the first to set off.
He got onto his bicycle, placed his feet on the pedals, and rode away the moment the whistle blew. The bicycle was much easier to ride than the ones he had had to use when he was young.
Riding on this village road on an old bicycle made him nostalgic. He spread out his hands and felt the wind on his face. When he was young, he would ride to school like this and relied on his body and his legs to keep him upright. He hadn’t expected that he would get to do the same thing in his forties.
Time seemed to have stopped. He felt nostalgic for the muddy path that he used to take when he went to school back in the day.
He remembered that when returning home after school, many students would ride their bicycles with their school bags on their backs while chattering away with their friends.
The wind in the countryside was refreshing. Ning Jiangyuan took ten minutes to complete the lap. The man was still a little unsatisfied, but he had to pass the bicycle to the next person.
The second one was Xiao Tianlin. He got onto the bicycle. When the whistle blew, he pushed lightly on the pedals and rolled away.
He increased his speed until the surround became a blur. However, he slowed down after a while. He didn’t care about winning anymore. He just wanted to ride a bicycle and enjoy the scenery.
When Xiao Yi was young, he had taught him to ride a bicycle. He had picked out a nice bicycle for his son from a shop. However, all the models were of the modern kind. He missed riding a bicycle like this.
He remembered when his mother had ridden her bicycle to his grandmother’s house. Xiao Tianlin was very young then. His mother had placed him on the horizontal rod on the front. When he looked at this bicycle, he realized that the rod was so thin. He couldn’t remember whether his behind had hurt on the bumpy ride to his grandmother’s home.
When he was in primary school, his mother dropped him off at school on her bicycle. He was made to sit on the flat metal part of the bicycle, but he didn’t even remember feeling any pain in his butt.
As Xiao Tianlin rode on, he couldn’t help but feel nostalgic for the past. He laughed. “Even though I have grown up and seen a bigger world than what I knew back then, I still miss those small moments.”
Growing up, everyone around him had been poor. Having one bicycle for the whole family to use was already a luxury.
Despite it being a slow ride, Xiao Tianlin made it to the finish line in nine minutes.
After Xiao Tianlin passed the bicycle to the next person, he walked toward Xia Mo. “The bicycle ride seemed like magic. I felt so nostalgic. I miss my mother and father.”
“Let’s go meet them after we are done with the show,” said Xia Mo. “Now I feel like I want to ride it too. Even watching from here, I recall so many memories of my childhood. Old Xiao, do you remember that on our first date, we rode a similar bicycle to the library?”
Xiao Tianlin looked at her. “That’s true.”
“Your hair was blown back by the wind,” said Xia MO with a warm smile. “You were laughing. You were like a young man racing against the wind.”
“Our universities were next to each other, but the distance was still great. It took almost half an hour to reach the dorms.”
Xia MO had ridden his bicycle many times. They would ride to the city where their universities were located. It took them almost two hours to reach. Even then, Xiao Tianlin always picked her up and dropped her off from her dorms to the university and back again. Now, when she thought about it, she wondered how he had managed to ride the bicycle for so long. It must have been tiring.
In the university, when Xiao Tianlin rode his bicycle around, he felt the envious eyes of the other students. Not everyone could afford a bicycle, and most students had to walk a long way to reach their classes.
These were fond memories for both Xiao Tianlin and Xia Mo.
Xia Mots lips curled up into a smile. “You were so young and spirited. Back then, you even had hair on your head.” Xiao Tianlin was speechless..