Ch. 224 - Look, Anxious Again
"I'll lean on you."
Lu Xing thought for a few seconds and quickly made his choice.
'A fragrant and soft boy must protect his body when out in the world (heart gesture)(?).'
"Alright."
Liu Qingqing gave Lu Xing a deep, searching look from head to toe; this guy was even more tsundere than she had imagined.
At this time, the staff member standing nearby was already stuffed full of "dog food."
Seeing that the two had finished discussing, he spoke up quickly.
"Okay, please sit on the air cushion, you two."
His tone was so urgent and his attitude so pressing that Lu Xing glanced at him several times with a strange look on his face.
Unaware, Liu Qingqing got onto the air cushion first, her two legs resting on either side—tender, white, and soft, like frost and snow.
She patted the air cushion excitedly, her small hands waving at Lu Xing as if they were fitted with motors.
"Come on, come on!"
"Coming."
Lu Xing sat down gingerly in the front position of the air cushion.
However, he didn't lean back completely. Instead, he gripped the handles on both sides, maintaining some distance from his senior.
'One must still have a sense of boundaries,' Lu Xing thought.
But in the next second.
The senior began to lose her sense of boundaries; her calves rested naturally and vividly right on his thighs.
"Alright, are you two ready? Here it comes!"
There was a hint of joy in the staff member's tone.
Lu Xing kept feeling that something was off. When he looked up and saw the staff member's eyes flickering with an eager light...
He pondered for a moment and suddenly asked.
"Brother, is it pretty satisfying to work here?"
The staff member scratched his head in confusion.
"What do you mean?"
Lu Xing smiled and said naturally, "When you see lovey-dovey couples, you can just kick both the people and the air cushion straight down."
Staff member: ......
'Oh no! You figured it out!'
Silence was the best answer; the staff member's defenses directly shattered.
'Man, I'm working hard here, and you young couples are just being all lovey-dovey.'
'What’s wrong with me giving you a kick?!'
The staff member shed the angry tears of a single dog.
Liu Qingqing didn't pay any attention to what Lu Xing was muttering to the staff member.
When you like someone, you often get lost in thought just by looking at their face.
Liu Qingqing felt that Lu Xing seemed a bit tense, so she pressed down on his shoulders and leaned into his ear, whispering.
"It's real, you can lean on it."
Lu-who-suddenly-fell-into-a-patch-of-softness Xing immediately fell into silence.
'It's quite comfortable; is that something I'm allowed to say?'
Lu Xing started to sit up a bit, but the senior directly wrapped her arms around his neck, threatening him with her cute "moe" face.
"Don't move!"
The staff member was almost getting "red-eye disease" from envy, but since Lu Xing had just pointed out his true inner thoughts, he didn't dare to kick them.
He just wanted to get rid of this "dog couple" as quickly as possible, so he said rapidly.
"Is that enough? Is that enough? Is that enough? Is that enough? Is that enough?"
"Wait."
Lu Xing, nestled in the "gentle village," looked at the staff member who was about to bend over to push the cushion and said considerately.
"Some people catch the breeze, some people are loved, and some people are like dogs by the roadside getting kicked again and again."
"Brother, I understand your heart is hurting. Go ahead and kick."
The staff member felt as if he had eaten "Nine-Turn Large Intestine"; he nearly ground his back teeth to dust.
(TL: A reference to a famous viral culinary show clip where a chef purposefully left "waste" in the intestine to preserve its "original flavor," leading to a hilarious reaction from the judge. It represents something that is difficult to swallow or infuriating.)
"Are those words a human being would say?"
'Workplace injury! This is absolutely a workplace injury!'
He angrily wanted to find the boss to demand compensation for the mental trauma, but then he suddenly remembered he was just a summer worker and didn't have social insurance or a housing fund.
Wuu wuu.
'Even sadder now.'
In a fit of rage, the staff member... stayed enraged, but he still didn't dare to kick. He carefully pushed the air cushion down.
Watching the pair cheering, the staff member stood with his hands on his hips.
"Hmph, actually quite sweet."
...
Afterward, the two played a few more water rides, feeling cool and happy.
When they went to the storage area to retrieve their belongings, Liu Qingqing stood on her tiptoes to touch Lu Xing's forehead, then touched her own.
Hmm?
Lu Xing stopped what he was doing and stood still to let her touch him, though he still asked in confusion.
"What's wrong? I don't have a fever."
"You say that now."
Liu Qingqing poked Lu Xing's shoulder and said worriedly, "Why did you have to hold me when we were on the Flume Ride just now?"
The raincoat had been torn off by an unethical passenger in the back seat, and that passenger's raincoat had been torn off by the unethical passenger behind them, and so on.
The main theme was: 'Since I got rained on, I'm going to tear all your umbrellas to shreds.'
However, after the Flume Ride started, Lu Xing had protected her in his arms the whole time, even covering her ears with his hands to prevent water from entering.
After that series of operations, she felt that Lu Xing must have been hit by a lot of water.
"I'm worried you'll catch a cold. You need to be careful with summer colds and fevers too," Liu Qingqing said righteously.
Lu Xing laughed and rubbed her small head.
"My body is top-notch. You should worry more about your own 'crispy' body, Miss Shut-in."
"I'm not a shut-in! I'm just an ACG enthusiast!"
The senior solemnly clarified for herself, her cheeks puffing out with anger.
Lu Xing couldn't help but poke her, causing her to lose her composure instantly. She burst out laughing, revealing her dimples.
Alright.
Lu Xing also smiled; he knew the senior had a heavy "idol burden."
Actually, it wasn't that she had a heavy idol burden; it was just that everyone wants to look a bit better in front of the person they like.
If the water had splashed all over her face just now and her makeup had come off, wouldn't she have been crying for days?
But then again...
Lu Xing glanced at the makeup on her face.
The bad news: The makeup still came off.
The good news: It was all gone. She was bare-faced now.
The senior had a "moe" look; she wasn't called "Big-Eyed Cub" for nothing. Even with her makeup gone, she was still cute and soft.
A flash of inspiration hit Lu Xing.
'In the future, if anyone wants to see their date's bare face but is too embarrassed to ask, they can just bring them to a water park.'
"What are we eating later?"
The senior stopped being angry after a while and began to ask for Lu Xing's opinion.
Lu Xing thought for a moment, slung his black shoulder bag on, and put his hands in his pockets.
"French cuisine, I guess."
Ah?
Liu Qingqing was stunned. In her dining plans, there really wasn't an option for French cuisine.
Seeing her dazed look, Lu Xing intentionally said, "There isn't any?"
Liu Qingqing clearly felt her planning was inadequate and shook her head apologetically.
"Sorry, I didn't think of that."
Lu Xing was very magnanimous and waved his hand.
"If there isn't any, then forget it. Luckily, I brought a classic French meal with me."
He unzipped his shoulder bag, pulled something out, and stuffed it into her hand. With a flick of his sleeve, he turned and left.
Hmm?
Liu Qingqing looked down in confusion and saw the classic French meal in her hand.
Panpan French Small Bread.
Liu Qingqing: ......
"Lu Xing!"
"You're teasing me again!"
Seeing her waving her fists, about to hit him, Lu Xing ran off, saying, "Aiya, look, anxious again."
"If you don't like French cuisine, I have other things! I also have a royal Swiss dessert!"
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