After thinking for a moment, he said in a low voice, "If only I had a car..."
"I have a car!" The girl's eyes lit up, and she pointed: "It's inside, the last one on the left!"
She pointed in the direction of the far left of the parking lot. The two of them quietly ran behind a row of cars. Chen Xiao glanced at the cars and saw that the innermost one was a blue Mercedes-Benz CLS, which wasn't considered a high-end car at Kidd Academy—but it was good to have a car at all.
The two ran over, and Chen Xiao quickly reached the car: "What are you standing there for! Open the car door!"
The girl seemed a little dazed. She glanced at Chen Xiao, then seemed to swallow hard, and said with a wry smile, "Why are you pulling someone else's car! My car is right here..."
As she spoke, she pointed.
To be honest, when Chen Xiao saw the car the girl was pointing to, his expression really looked like he had seen a ghost!
A dilapidated classic brand-name bicycle, its paint almost completely peeling off—I saw a Phoenix brand bicycle quietly leaning against the innermost wall. The front basket was covered in rust, and two screws were missing, half of them were gone—the remaining two screws didn't seem to hold up for much longer either. The most formidable thing was the left pedal—there was no pedal at all, just a bare axle…
Well, to use a popular phrase: this car, every single part of it, bears the marks of time...
Chen Xiao was speechless.
He stared at the "luxury car" for a full half minute before finally managing to ask with difficulty, "Excuse me... is this antique yours?"
Chapter Twenty [White MM]
The girl's face darkened, as if she were somewhat displeased: "What's wrong? Does Kidd School have a rule that students aren't allowed to ride bicycles?"
Chen Xiao touched his nose, sighed, and muttered to himself, "I thought I was the only student in this school who rode one of these things."
The girl had already run over, quickly unlocked the car, and glared at Chen Xiao: "Don't look down on me! I look down on you rich people too! At least I bought my car with my own hard-earned money!"
Chen Xiao's expression was a little strange. There was a clear sense of pride in the girl's eyes. He didn't say much, walked over, glanced at her, and said, "Alright, I'll ride. You sit in the back. Let's get out of here first."
"Can you ride a bike?" The girl was clearly distrustful: "Many of you rich kids can drive cars, but very few can ride a bike."
Chen Xiao smiled but didn't answer, thinking to himself: I've even delivered food by bike before.
After saying that, the two got on the bicycles first. Chen Xiao, with the girl on the back, rode hard and slipped out from the other end of the parking lot. When they were almost at the exit, they were spotted by the bodyguards behind them. However, they were already far away. He pedaled hard, and the bodyguards chased after him for a few steps, but could only curse a few times as they watched Chen Xiao and the girl disappear into the distance.
Outside Kidd School is a wide national highway. Chen Xiao rode his bike with the girl on the back all the way out. After riding hard for more than ten minutes, they turned into a side road. No one was chasing them, and the two of them finally felt relieved.
Under the streetlights in the alley, Chen Xiao stopped the car. The two of them leaned against the streetlights and caught their breath for a while. Chen Xiao couldn't help but chuckle.
These past few days have been truly eventful—I've encountered all sorts of bizarre and wonderful things. Blue-blooded people, superpowered organizations, bank robberies…
He glanced at the girl next to him and realized that she was also secretly looking at him.
"Hey." The girl seemed a little embarrassed, her smile slightly shy: "Thank you for earlier..."
"It's nothing." Chen Xiao glanced at her. "I just hope you won't call people 'husband' randomly in the future."
"Tch, stingy man." The girl glared at him. "I knew there weren't any good people in this school. I wouldn't have come here if I hadn't had no other choice! But seriously, you're really fast on your bike!"
Chen Xiao suddenly felt a pang in his heart. Looking at the girl, he noticed that after their frantic run, her face was still flushed, and even her neck was slightly red. There were fine beads of sweat on her forehead. Chen Xiao noticed that when she raised her hand to wipe her sweat, the cuffs of her shirt under her school uniform seemed to be worn out.
At Kidd College, the girls always wear world-famous brands, let alone shabby clothes. Most of them wear a different outfit every day of the week.
"You? You just transferred here?" Chen Xiao hesitated for a moment: "In Kidd, it's really rare to see someone riding this to school."
"Hmph, I just transferred schools yesterday..." The girl blushed a little under Chen Xiao's gaze, but deliberately spoke loudly and fiercely, "Hey! I know what you're thinking! That's right, my family doesn't have much money! And I'm definitely not from a rich family! You guys drive to school, so of course I can only ride a bicycle!"
Chen Xiao laughed, squinting at the girl. He suddenly found her quite interesting—and the hint of pride in her eyes was somewhat similar to his own. He smiled slightly: "Who said I'm rich?"
"You're not?" The girl paused, seemingly disbelieving. "Hmph, Kidd, any student you pick out is from a wealthy family with assets worth tens of millions. You look so clean and innocent, like you've never suffered any hardship."
"I'm really not a rich person." Chen Xiao gave a wry smile as he looked at the girl.
"You..." The girl was about to say something when a thought suddenly flashed through her mind. She remembered something she had heard since she came to the school, and looked at Chen Xiao in surprise: "Ah! I got a lot of dirty looks when I rode my bike here yesterday! I heard that besides me, there is another unlucky boy in this school who is also from a poor family and rides a bicycle just like me... Could it be you?"
Chen Xiao looked at her wide eyes and calmly pointed to his own nose: "That's right, I'm the unlucky guy you were talking about."
"..." The girl stared at Chen Xiao: "You?! You're that down-on-his-luck rich kid?"
"Actually, I also really dislike the term 'rich kid'." Chen Xiao smiled. "My name is Chen Xiao, the 'Xiao' in 'carefree'. What about you?"
"...My surname is Bai." The girl seemed a little blushing, and her voice was somewhat muffled, as if she didn't want to say her own name.
Chen Xiao looked at her and noticed the girl's slightly hesitant gaze. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Your surname is Bai? What's your name?"
“White $$&&.” The girl said something quickly in a short and indistinct voice.
Chen Xiao didn't hear clearly: "White what?"
"Bai..." The girl gritted her teeth, made up her mind, and glared at Chen Xiao: "I... I have two names, and neither of them sounds very nice! Do you really need to know?"
Chen Xiao sighed: "I just saved you, and I even got hit on the shoulder. As a matter of basic courtesy, you should at least tell me your name."
"My former name was Bai Meimei!" the girl finally spat out those three words.
White...white girl?
The girl stared intently at Chen Xiao, her threatening gaze and expression practically screaming, "You're dead if you dare laugh!" If not for that, Chen Xiao would have genuinely burst out laughing on the spot!
White MM?
Uh... her parents must have a great sense of humor!
"Alright, alright! Laugh if you want!" The girl puffed out her cheeks and said angrily, "I knew you'd react like this when I mentioned my name! Humph! Listen carefully! It's not MM, it's 'pretty girl'! The 'pretty' in 'beautiful' and the 'mei' in 'eyebrow'!" She looked annoyed: "When I was born, my grandfather said my eyebrows were very beautiful, so he gave me this name."
Pretty girl... beautiful eyebrows?