A Zhong quickly raised his hands in surrender, "Alright, alright, I'll go bungee jumping with you."
"Today, I'll temporarily take your boyfriend's place and hold you in my arms, okay?"
The two stood at the edge of the platform, waiting for the staff to check their equipment.
Zhou Jinbei was so scared she didn't dare to look around. She closed her eyes, buried her head, and hid in A Zhong's arms, her heart pounding.
Her ear was right against A Zhong's heart.
Besides feeling his firm muscles and warm embrace, she could also hear his steady and powerful heartbeat.
So calm, not nervous at all. It was amazing.
Similarly, A Zhong could feel Zhou Jinbei's nervousness.
Her whole body was trembling, and her arms around him shook like a sieve.
A Zhong patted the back of her head to comfort her.
"Is this your first time bungee jumping? Are you afraid of heights?"
"None of your business!"
Zhou Jinbei tightened her grip on him again, pressing herself closer.
"Anyway, you have to hold me tight later. If anything happens today, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost!"
The staff finished checking their equipment, blew a whistle, and the coach stepped forward to push them off.
The feeling of weightlessness hit them instantly.
Their bodies plummeted rapidly without any ground beneath them, and the cold wind whistled past their ears.
Zhou Jinbei's heart felt too tense to beat. She hugged A Zhong tightly and screamed.
"Ah—"
A Zhong could feel her nervousness. He also held her tightly and comforted her loudly from above.
"Relax, don't be scared, I'm here, it's okay."
"Open your eyes, look at the surroundings, let's pretend we're flying. Try it, it's fun."
Zhou Jinbei tried twice before opening her eyes.
Through the gap between A Zhong's arms, she saw the trees on the opposite side receding rapidly.
But what she saw more of was A Zhong's bulging white shirt and his firm arms.
Having someone to experience the feeling of life and death with greatly reduced the terror.
Zhou Jinbei suddenly felt it wasn't that scary anymore.
The two swung back and forth in the canyon, finally descending slowly towards the water surface.
Zhou Jinbei's long hair scattered and dipped into the water.
When the staff helped them onto the boat, they saw her pale, tense face, her lips tinged blue, and her wet hair plastered to her face, looking utterly miserable.
A Zhong couldn't help but smile and reached out to smooth her hair.
"Look at you. You were clearly afraid of heights but didn't say anything beforehand. I wouldn't have laughed at you. You're so grown up, yet as willful as a child."
"How was it, fun? Want to try again after resting for a bit?"
Basking in the bright sunlight, A Zhong smiled sweetly, his gaze towards her full of affection.
His gentle actions, accompanied by his doting words, suddenly made Zhou Jinbei feel something different.
She didn't know how to answer him for a moment and pretended not to have caught his drift, deflecting the question.
They sat in silence for a few seconds, many emotions welling up. Zhou Jinbei asked him.
"Brother Zhong, can I ask you a question?"
This girl seemed preoccupied today. A Zhong had already noticed she had something to say.
"Of course. Ask whatever you want."
"How did you and your girlfriend meet back then?"
He hadn't expected that question.
A Zhong was truly exasperated with her.
"It's been so long, Miss Zhou, can you stop dwelling on this embarrassing question and asking me?"
Zhou Jinbei said earnestly.
"I don't mean to laugh at you. I'm just curious how you two met."
"I don't understand. Men like you, who are so devoted and good to their girlfriends, are rare. Why would she let go after dating for so long?"
A Zhong smiled and shook his head.
"I'm not as good as you say. We met very ordinarily, and our relationship was also very ordinary. So, it's normal for her to want to let go when she meets someone better."
"Her company happened to be on the same route as ours back then."
"For a while, my car had problems, so I took the subway to and from work. We met twice by chance, and she took the initiative to ask for my number, and that's how we met."
So that's how they met.
This woman pursued actively and gave up actively. Her goals were truly clear.
Soon, the boat reached the shore.
As they got off the boat, A Zhong asked her.
"There seem to be other activities here. Since we're already here, why not try them out?"
Zhou Jinbei shook her head.
"No. We've played enough today, let's go back."
"Go back where? Back to accompany your aunt?"
"What else?"
A Zhong rubbed her head.
"Didn't you say you were bored staying with elders all day? And you said you wanted me to treat you to a meal."
"You haven't eaten a single meal from me today. Are you sure you don't want to eat your fill before going back?"
Zhou Jinbei looked up at him. She seemed to have something to say, but her lips parted and closed, and finally, nothing came out.
They returned to the car in silence. A Zhong started the engine, picked up his phone, and chose a restaurant.
Zhou Jinbei finally couldn't hold back and slowly looked over again.
"Brother Zhong…"
"If you have something to say, just say it. What's wrong with you today?"
Zhou Jinbei looked preoccupied.
"Will you answer me no matter what I ask?"
"Of course. As long as I can answer."
Zhou Jinbei sighed and looked ahead.
"Tell me, do good men exist in this world?"
Fortunately, he didn't have water in his mouth, or A Zhong would have spat it all out upon hearing that.
He never expected that Miss Zhou, who was so dashing and decisive in front of the opposite sex, and who vowed never to be a fool in love,
would ask such a low-level question.
Considering her unusual behavior today, A Zhong guessed:
Could it be that this girl's so-called suave demeanor was all an act, and in reality, she was also suffering from love?
"Why do you suddenly want to ask this?"
Zhou Jinbei said, "It's not that I suddenly thought of it. I've been thinking about this question for a long time."
"Please answer me honestly from a man's perspective. Do they exist?"
A Zhong replied without thinking, "Of course, they exist."
"Really? But from my observation, I don't have a single good man around me."
"Of course, except for you."
A Zhong glanced at her.
"Isn't your second brother one? As a man, after so many years of interaction, President Zhan is one of the few good men I know. Don't you see that?"
Zhou Jinbei shook her head, "Him? I don't know him well. I only know he got married and then divorced."
"Anyway, in my eyes, men who fail in marriage are not good men."
A Zhong: "If you say so, then there are none in the world. Although I haven't divorced, I've broken up. It's similar in nature."
Zhou Jinbei sighed, "So, there are no good men in this world then."
A Zhong said, "Perhaps everyone has a different definition of a good man."
"Regardless of what others think, in my eyes, there are still two good men."
"Who?"
"Your second brother and my father."