Chapter 754: Chapter 754: Riding the Carousel Together
Li Junyan noticed the concern in her eyes and slightly smiled, "Do you prefer waiting in line?"
He asked this while knowing well that no one enjoys standing in line. It’s just that compared to queueing, she’s more worried about money. Not her money, she knows he has money. It’s just that the girl who grew up in a small town isn’t used to high spending yet, and he doesn’t want to scare her.
Liang Yin nodded and said, "Can we return the tickets? I... I actually quite like standing in line."
After speaking, she embarrassedly smiled and stuck out her tongue, "Even though I know Junyan is really rich, but tickets costing over a thousand are still too expensive. I think waiting in line is not bad too. The weather is nice today, the breeze is cool, and we can chat while we wait."
For some reason, she feels a natural closeness to Li Junyan and enjoys chatting with him.
Li Junyan nodded knowingly, "Then wait for me a moment."
He turned around and headed to the ticket window again.
Not long after, he returned with two regular tickets in hand.
Liang Yin was a bit surprised, she didn’t expect Li Junyan to actually refund the tickets, "You can return tickets?"
Li Junyan: "In theory, it’s not allowed."
Liang Yin: "Then how did you swap the tickets?"
Li Junyan: "I happened to meet two strangers behind us, they wanted to buy VIP tickets, so I resold ours to them and bought regular ones."
At the ticket window, three girls started chatting him up, asking for his contact information.
Li Junyan gave them Huo Tinghan’s contact, exchanged a few casual words, and the girls were enthralled, happily revealing that they wanted to purchase VIP tickets.
Thus, Li Junyan smoothly exchanged the tickets for regular ones.
The two queued up to enter the park.
At the entrance, Liang Yin immediately spotted the carousel.
Liang Yin was a bit surprised, her almond eyes widening as she gently tugged on Li Junyan’s sleeve, "Junyan, can I ride the carousel?"
Li Junyan: "Of course."
Liang Yin smiled, "But if you join me for this, wouldn’t you find it childish?"
Li Junyan had initially intended to just watch her, but hearing her words, it seemed the girl wanted him to join?
Li Junyan: "If you want to ride, I’ll go with you."
When they reached the carousel, the line wasn’t very long, but perhaps due to the holiday, there were many children, not lacking sticky young couples.
Generally, couples prefer riding the carousel at night because during that time, the amusement park sets off fireworks, and the carousel lights up with star-like lamps, making it quite romantic.
However, Liang Yin didn’t want to ride for its romance but because, when she was a kid passing by a newly built mall, there was a carousel at the entrance, but a ride cost 15 yuan.
She wanted to try, but didn’t dare to ask.
Her mother surely wouldn’t spend the money to take her on it.
So, she hadn’t ridden a carousel yet!
Liang Yin was about to queue up but saw a group of kids in line, and for a moment, her face turned a bit red.
So many kids.
As far as the eye could see, apart from two or three young couples, they were all little kids.
And here she was, a university student, and Li Junyan was more of an uncle age.
Liang Yin felt a bit shy, "So many kids..."
Li Junyan looked at her, saying meaningfully, "Aren’t you a kid too?"
Liang Yin explained, "I’m not a kid!"
Li Junyan: "In my eyes, you’re pretty much a kid."
Liang Yin opened her mouth, wanting to refute but then thought, perhaps he’s not wrong. To him, she indeed might not differ much from a child.
Li Junyan: "Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean you’re small. I just think it’s rare for you to visit an amusement park; whatever you want to play, I’ll play with you, as long as you’re happy."
Liang Yin couldn’t help but ask, "Why are you so nice to me, Junyan?"
Li Junyan was momentarily stumped by the question.
He furrowed his brow slightly, unable to articulate a clear reason.
He rarely interacted with females, partly due to his busy work schedule and his general disinterest in romantic affairs.
Despite Li Yufei feeling he was of an age to settle down, he had never considered these things.
Therefore, he had few female friends.
Yet for Liang Yin, he was almost instinctively good to her, wanting to care for her and give her whatever she desired.
This inexplicable feeling, he couldn’t quite describe.
Perhaps it’s...
She reminded him of Yinyin.
That little girl used to be the brightest sunshine of his youth, but later on...
Li Junyan snapped back from his thoughts, raised his hand, and gently rubbed her forehead hair, "You tutor my brother with such dedication; my mother also likes you very much. She specifically told me to accompany you well today."
"Oh!"
Liang Yin said, "Mrs. Rong is really nice, and so are you. Except for your brother."
Li Junyan casually inquired, "Do you seem to have complaints about him?"
Liang Yin said, "I don’t think he’s a fool, he’s just lazy. Actually... I think he doesn’t need my tutoring. His studies aren’t problematic; if only he were a tad more diligent, he’d easily get into a university of his choice."
Speaking of which, she felt a bit embarrassed.
She had always wanted to tell Mrs. Rong that her most worried youngest son is actually a born genius student. He doesn’t fail exams but controls his scores. Initially, he controlled scores because he was lazy, reluctant to do papers. Later on, he controlled scores to avoid being too outstanding in performance for fear she’d get fired.
Li Junyan said, "Ah Yin likes you quite a lot."
Liang Yin said, "Junyan, don’t get it wrong, him saying I’m his girlfriend is purely a joke, we’re not dating."
Li Junyan: "But I think he’s serious?"
Liang Yin immediately looked up, surprised, "How do you know?"
Li Junyan smiled deeply, "I’m his brother, how could I not understand my brother?"
Liang Yin murmured, "Then tell him to give it up, I surely won’t like him. I don’t like childish ones, hmph."
Li Junyan couldn’t help but laugh.
Soon, it was their turn.
After checking the tickets, Liang Yin, a bit guilty, used her ticket to cover her face, choosing a merry go round horse she fancied. Since she was wearing a skirt, she chose to sit sideways.
Li Junyan sat next to her, straddling it. However, there was an awkward problem—he was too tall and the horse was too low, which left him unsure of where to place his legs.
Outside the railing, there came bursts of surprised exclamations.
"Wow! Look! That man... so handsome!"
"Ahhh, I can’t help but fangirl! Is he some celebrity? Are they filming something?"
"He looks so much like someone..."
"Ah! I remember now, Li Yanzhou! He looks just like Li Yanzhou!"