Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 277 - 290: Whoever Backs Down First Loses Their Dignity
"Ah—! Aaaaaahhh—!" Her scream was earth-shattering, completely disregarding her image. Her heart felt like it was going to leap out of her chest; at this moment, she really wished she were dead!
But fate seemed to want to torture her, not letting her die, nor letting her faint. She only felt her body being tossed into the sky one moment and hurled into the abyss the next by the roller coaster, with no time to catch her breath. She often had a delusion that her body would be flung off the roller coaster at the next moment, making her truly free-fall to the earth!
"Aaaaaahhh—! I want to get off! Lu Shifeng, I want to get off—!" She was practically shouting and crying at the same time.
Behind them, the screams of other passengers rose and fell. This roller coaster was the largest in Asia, standing at a full 70 meters tall, about as high as a 20-story building. It stretched 1000 meters long, with over a dozen huge loop-the-loops that were intimidating and attracted countless adventurers seeking thrills. Yet Lu Shifeng couldn’t understand his little wife’s mindset: if it’s her first time riding a roller coaster, why challenge the highest difficulty in Asia? Isn’t she just asking for trouble?
As for him?
Even though it was his first time riding a roller coaster in this life, he had received high-level physical training from a young age and had excellent mental resilience. He paid no mind to the dozen large loops and remained calm throughout, silently watching her scream and cry.
This girl actually started crying.
Though he knew she brought this on herself, for some reason, seeing her cry made his heart ache slightly.
He silently reached out with his other hand to grab her cold little hand, while the initial hand wrapped around her shoulder, pulling her whole body into his embrace.
"There’s nothing to be afraid of," he comforted her. "I’ll stay with you, Xingyu. Even if the sky falls, I’ll be here."
His voice was steady and powerful, his chest warm, his heartbeat steady.
She screamed and cried, gradually feeling his warmth seep into her cold body, offering some comfort to her initially terrified and uneasy heart.
She desperately shrunk herself into his arms, her two hands clinging to him like a clingy octopus, crying out, "Lu Shifeng, I’m scared!"
As they raced by, he lowered his head to kiss her long hair, which carried the pleasant scent of shampoo, making him linger: "I’m here. Xingyu, hold on, you can do it. Remember last time when we were on the plane, how you saved all those people in a dangerous situation? This is only a roller coaster; there’s no real danger."
Even he couldn’t understand this girl: acting calm and collected in a life-threatening situation before, yet now crying until she breaks down over a little roller coaster.
The girl in his arms couldn’t even respond; fear and screaming consumed all her thoughts.
She buried her head in his chest, maintaining this ostrich stance until all the large loops of the roller coaster ended, and the car slowly returned to the platform.
Her heart still raced wildly, as if bewitched and unable to calm down. Her fingers tightly gripped his shirt, wishing she could tear a hole in his meticulously crafted white shirt.
The passengers in the back talked excitedly about the short three-minute journey, buzzing as they disembarked.
She, however, still clung to him, her small body trembling and not knowing how to move.
The platform staff approached to urge them: "Sir, Miss, please depart the vehicle. There’s another round coming up."
Lu Shifeng pulled out a card from his pocket: "No password, there’s a hundred thousand inside. Take it and split it however you like with others; we need to stay here a little longer."
Although the staff were skeptical, considering his luxurious appearance—his shirt and pants clearly expensive—and the bracelet on the girl’s hand seemed to be a gemstone...
So she hesitantly took the card, verified its authenticity shortly after, and cheers erupted from the platform staff’s direction, followed by silence, with no one urging them away.
Lu Shifeng gently patted the girl’s back in his arms, clumsily helping her breathe smoothly, then leaned down to gently kiss her hair tips: "We’re at the station, it’s over."
After a while, the girl in his arms finally calmed down, shakily raising herself up: "We made it?"
He looked at the tear stains on her pale little face and couldn’t resist reaching out to wipe them: "Never been on a roller coaster before, so why lie to me?"
Su Xingyu: "..."
She just feared he wouldn’t want to go, so she deliberately made up a lie!
But, boo hoo hoo, if she had known how scary the roller coaster was, to hell with fun and excitement, to hell with enhancing feelings—she wouldn’t have gone even with a hundred and twenty borrowed courage!
Thinking this made her want to cry again.
He reached out to tidy her wind-tousled long hair: "Let’s go find a place to rest for a while and let you recover."
She nodded and nearly fell when standing up, only to realize her hands and feet were weak from fear.
He helped her, lifting her waist in a princess carry, directly taking her off the car.
"Lu Shifeng!" She blushed with shame.
Lu Shifeng placed her down by the platform, raising an eyebrow slightly: "No more dangerous activities like this. You’re too timid to think you could fly."
Su Xingyu was infuriated, the fear from earlier nearly dissipated by her anger. Hmph, doesn’t he see that she only mustered the courage for that roller coaster because of him! "Why weren’t you scared at all?" She asked defiantly, unwilling to accept that she was terrified while he remained unfazed!
"What’s there to be afraid of?" He said casually.
She: "..."
She really wanted to hit him!
Clearly she brought him here hoping he’d fall for her in a dangerous situation, yet now it turned into her relying on him desperately instead!
This was truly a case of digging her own grave...
Su Xingyu begrudgingly became a resentful little rabbit.
Coincidentally, the platform staff wanted to join the fun.
Lu Shifeng’s gesture earlier was too generous—ten thousand dollars, while these staff earned only a few thousand a month, even split among several people, it’s still a fortune. So now they were very enthusiastic towards Lu Shifeng and Su Xingyu. One staff member approached, smiling, "Sir, Miss, while you were on the roller coaster, our automated camera took some photos. Would you like to choose some as a memento?"
Su Xingyu nestled fully into Lu Shifeng’s arms, weakly shaking her head; she didn’t want to choose photos, too embarrassing!
But Lu Shifeng seemed interested, half-supporting her as they walked to the photo selection area: "Let’s go see."
"I don’t want to..." She weakly struggled.
"Trying to rebel?"
And thus, the little rabbit in his arms fell silent, boo hoo hoo, whoever backs down first loses their rights. After all, she had begged for so much protection and comfort from a certain boss earlier, now, she couldn’t speak firmly.
