Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 376 - 256: The Galloping Trojan Horse, Making You Forget the Hurt (2nd Update 1)

Chapter 376: Chapter 256: The Galloping Trojan Horse, Making You Forget the Hurt (2nd Update 1)

Huangfu Huazhang spoke with emotion, but Shi Nian didn’t stay in his arms crying. Instead, she quickly wiped her eyes, pushed away his arms, and sat upright.

"I’m fine too. I just got a little scared, but it’s a lesson learned, I need to practice my cornering skills more in the future." She tilted her head and smiled: "Blessings follow after surviving a disaster."

Huangfu Huazhang squinted his eyes, gazing at her smiling face. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

She pushed away his embrace...

This was her reserve; he didn’t mind reserve, yet he felt saddened by her clear rejection of his touch.

So he turned his gaze away: "It’s not entirely your cornering skills; it’s more about your car being too old. A second-hand car’s internal parts are unreliable. Plus, to con customers, sellers spend all the money on exterior repairs, leaving nothing for the internal parts. It’s no wonder a car like that loses control on corners."

Shi Nian nodded with a smile: "Whether it’s my driving skills or the car itself, they’re both my problems. Tonight, I planned to make you happy, but this turned into an unpleasant event, and it’s all my fault. Sir, let’s forget what just happened, shall we? Let’s move forward, our goal is the end, not to be tripped up by these small hiccups along the way. Wouldn’t you agree, sir?"

She, like a little girl, gently shook his arm.

Huangfu Huazhang looked down, watching her.

Curiously, the gap in his heart seemed to be mended by her.

He lowered his head with a smile: "Okay."

Shi Nian immediately raised her fist above her head: "Then Your Lordship, hold on tight, our green little pumpkin is about to drive on again!"

The night was captivating, through the night, looking over, the place where the lights gathered truly resembled a dazzling kingdom from a fairy tale.

Shi Nian stopped the car, and Huangfu Huazhang looked up at the brilliant lights before them, letting out a chuckle.

He turned his head to her: "You actually brought me to a carnival?"

Shi Nian tilted her head towards him: "This is a children’s kingdom. Even if we’re adults standing outside, once we step through that inflatable castle door, we’ll turn back into children too."

Huangfu Huazhang stood tall, his face unchanged, but the tide of emotions surged within.

No child dislikes a carnival, yet he never had the chance to go as a child.

In China, a carnival equates to an amusement park. During his time at the rehabilitation hospital, he heard countless kids energetically discuss that magical kingdom. Boys loved the Lingxiao Flying Car, pirate ships, while girls adored the merry-go-round and Ferris wheel; it was almost all he heard.

Once, a fearless little boy, undeterred by his frozen face, approached and struck up a conversation, asking if he’d ever ridden the Lingxiao Flying Car, if he’d closed his eyes in fear.

After asking, the child was pulled away by a parent who had been slow to notice. The corridor fell silent; the parent’s scolding still echoed in his ears.

The parent said: "...How could you be so thoughtless, asking if he’s ever ridden the Lingxiao Flying Car? He has palsy, he cannot walk, how could he ride the Lingxiao Flying Car?"

The parent likely meant well, but those words pierced him deeply. He’d rather be questioned by that naive child as a normal person, and with his intelligence, he could imagine riding the Lingxiao Flying Car, fabricating an experience for that boy... It wouldn’t have hurt his pride, and perhaps they could’ve talked more... Yet the so-called adult kindness destroyed it all.

The carnival, amusement park, left him with deeper and more painful shadows; he never allowed anyone to mention it around him again.

But tonight, he stood at the entrance to that magical kingdom.

.

Shi Nian tilted her head at him, waving her outstretched arm before his eyes.

"Hey, sir, why hesitate? Instead of hesitating, why not stop thinking and just step inside? If you don’t like it, you can always come back, no one will stop you."

As Shi Nian spoke, she reached to take his hand. The carnival’s colorful lights reflected on her face, bright and dazzling.

He couldn’t help being moved by her expression, took a deep breath, and finally nodded.

"Let’s go!"

Shi Nian cheered, holding his hand, took a step over the threshold, leading him into the magical kingdom he once longed for and later shut himself out of.

She was right; even if still adults outside, stepping inside turns you back into children—he himself isn’t sure yet, but the words were already proven true on her. Before him, she was no longer a 25-year-old journalist but the pure and beautiful girl from 12 years ago.

Bright eyes, a smile like a blossoming flower. The passion and sincerity belonging to life and the world rushed forward, causing him to be unable to be attracted by those bizarre amusement facilities, and could only focus entirely on her.

Shi Nian, like a little landlord, put her hands on her hips and waved her hand around: "Sir, have you found anything you like? As long as you like it, we’ll go play!"

Saying this, she blinked proudly like a cat and patted her pocket: "I’ve brought this month’s salary, let’s play to our heart’s content!"

He couldn’t help but laugh.

She had a bit of red on her cheekbones and glared at him: "Are you laughing at me? Oh ho, I know my salary can’t compare to yours, but tonight I’m treating, so all your expenses tonight will be on me!" Her small figure burst forth with hidden assertiveness in the night. She pointed to his waist: "As for you, no matter how wealthy, you won’t have a chance to spend money tonight!"

His smile unconsciously widened even further. Even he didn’t know he could smile with such a big arc.

Seeing new guests arriving, the carnival staff, dressed in all sorts of bizarre costumes, gathered around to introduce which amusement attractions were the most fun, and to sell the trinkets in their hands.

Among those oddly dressed, two or three clowns were inevitably present.

A clown approached to please the lady, handing Shi Nian a red rose.

Shi Nian smiled and accepted, but Huangfu Huazhang gracefully guided her to his side.

Shi Nian looked back with a charming smile: "Don’t worry, it’s fine."

Sure enough, the red rose suddenly transformed into a white dove right before their eyes, flapping its wings against the multicolored lights, soaring into the night sky.

Shi Nian laughed and clapped, even taking out her phone to take selfies with Huangfu Huazhang. Huangfu Huazhang’s expression was slightly stiff, yet he cherished the opportunity to take photos with Shi Nian, and thus revealed a slight smile.

The flash passed by, capturing the moment just now.

Shi Nian put away her phone, and he formally held her hand: "Transfer the photo to me, I’d like to print it."

Shi Nian raised an eyebrow and then smiled knowingly: "... You’ve already collected so many of my photos, and you still want more?"

He lowered his eyes to gaze at her, full of depth: "Never too many. You don’t understand, in those days without you... I have to stack those flat photos to imagine the three-dimensional you."

Feelings are flesh and blood, even Shi Nian’s heart couldn’t help but feel a stirring.

She lowered her eyes and nodded: "Okay."

After sending the photo, Huangfu Huazhang’s mood soared once again. Standing in the night, he couldn’t help but lift his eyebrows and smile, gripping her hand tightly: "Since we’re here, let’s enjoy ourselves. Tell me, which one do you like, and I’ll accompany you."

Shi Nian quickly waved her hand: "Sir, the lead tonight is you, I’m here to accompany you. How could it be you accompanying me?"

Huangfu Huazhang slightly raised his long brows, turned his back to the crowd, and whispered to Shi Nian’s ear: "... I’ll admit to you alone: I’m honestly a bit nervous. I’ve never been to a place like this before and don’t know how to play any of these. I say accompany you to play also for a bit of my own selfish reason because that way I can start learning what these attractions are. I need a little time... to adapt myself."

Shi Nian raised her eyes.

The Huangfu Huazhang before her, such as he was... attempting to confess his inner thoughts to her.

Shi Nian nodded and smiled: "Good! Sir, I want to ride the carousel, Ferris wheel. You know, those are what girls love most, whether when they’re young or grown up."

How many times have carousels and Ferris wheels appeared in countless romance novels and movies?

He raised his eyebrows slightly and nodded with a smile: "Let’s go."

Riding the carousel, Shi Nian specifically chose a carriage made like a pumpkin and pulled him in, smiling brilliantly: "Sir, look, this is a genuine pumpkin carriage!"

He was too tall, his legs too long, sitting inside the carriage was a bit cramped. Yet he sat there, cramped, allowing her to laugh heartily.

The carousel started, lights and music spun together. The mirror-covered axis of the carousel reflected the faces of the surrounding onlookers, whose features all changed, twisted, and stretched with the rotation. Taking the carousel as the reference, it’s not them that’s spinning, but the world outside.

Shi Nian turned her eyes to gaze at the profile of Huangfu Huazhang.

The world in his eyes, could it really be like this?