Chapter 239: Chapter 198: Wonderful, Lin Li Is Going to Become a Pillar - 2
"Is it for Bai Bufan?" Chen Yu Ying asked instinctively.
"Hahaha—" Lin Li couldn’t help but burst out laughing, "Class monitor, that’s what you said, not me. I was referring to feeding the stray dog at the door."
Lin Li’s laughter made Chen Yu Ying’s face blush slightly. She turned her head and scoffed, "I don’t believe it."
Chen Yu Ying swapped to Lin Li’s custom-made socks, put on her sneakers, and went outside. Without needing Lin Li’s guidance, she got on the bike and adjusted it to her most comfortable height.
The guesthouse was quite remote, and due to the holiday morning, there weren’t many people around. Even the roads were empty. For safety’s sake, Lin Li still chose a non-road section suitable for practice.
"Class monitor, first practice your sense of balance. Don’t pedal yet. Start by pushing off the ground continuously and then try to stabilize the bike. Don’t worry, I’ll be right behind you. If you can’t hold it, I can keep it steady." Lin Li followed closely next to Chen Yu Ying’s rear wheel and instructed.
Chen Yu Ying wasn’t heavy, and after a quick start, it wasn’t difficult for Lin Li to stabilize the bike.
"Okay."
Chen Yu Ying nodded, pushing off the ground with her legs to start.
The bike moved steadily forward until the force from pushing off couldn’t sustain the bike’s balance.
She did this two or three times.
"Learned it, what’s the next step?" Chen Yu Ying looked back at Lin Li, then asked with some confusion, "What’s wrong?"
Because Lin Li’s eyes were wide open.
"Did you really grasp balance so easily?" Lin Li exclaimed, "Class monitor, did you learn any dance or something before?"
"I did, learned quite a variety of dances, but I’m not proficient in any. It’s like being a jack of all trades but master of none." Chen Yu Ying replied.
"Class monitor, I suspect you’re being modest." Lin Li clicked his tongue, then suddenly thought of something and asked with interest, "Class monitor, do you know ballet?"
"Learned a little." Chen Yu Ying nodded.
"Then we can exchange ideas someday." Lin Li gave a thumbs up.
Chen Yu Ying: "?"
Facing Chen Yu Ying’s skeptical and slightly disturbed look, Lin Li chuckled softly, looked around sneakily to ensure there was no Bai Bufan before showing off a ballet pose and a large leap in front of Chen Yu Ying.
Action breaks doubt!
Now it was Chen Yu Ying’s turn to be wide-eyed.
The movements were very standard, there were indeed traces of training.
But do you really know how?
"Why did your family send you to learn this?" Chen Yu Ying was shocked.
"I taught myself." Lin Li never relied on any system; all his achievements today are self-taught.
"Why did you want to self-learn this?" Chen Yu Ying still didn’t understand.
"To see white socks."
"Cough, cough, cough—" Lin Li’s answer almost choked Chen Yu Ying to death.
Watching Chen Yu Ying cover her chest and cough lightly, Lin Li smiled and stepped forward to pat her back.
After soothing her, Chen Yu Ying looked up, glared resentfully at Lin Li, and then rubbed her temples, "Lin Li, I really can’t with you."
Such a reason.
Luckily, it’s Lin Li.
"Alright, class monitor, let’s continue learning to bike. We’ll talk about the socks later.
Later, you’ll start on your own, and when the bike is almost out of power, I’ll push you from behind. You just need to maintain balance and if you feel comfortable, try pedaling."
"Okay, but don’t mention the socks later either."
"That’s really annoying."
Honestly, the hardest part of learning to bike is the sense of balance.
Once you grasp the balance between yourself and the bike, the rest of the learning is pretty straightforward.
Having long legs is great; when the bike wobbles, it won’t fall over. A quick push with the calf acts as a stand, not requiring support from Lin Li at all.
Little Lin Li was really useless when he was a kid, how could his legs be that short, useless garbage.
Chen Yu Ying only encountered a bit of difficulty when starting from a standstill and during bike turns; otherwise, she adapted very quickly.
In just over an hour, she was already able to ride the bike in circles in the open space, although the handlebars occasionally wobbled a bit, and whenever Lin Li tried to block her path, Chen Yu Ying would still hesitate and instinctively hit the brakes instead of turning.
But that’s just a matter of time; once you build confidence, it will be fine.
"Alas, it seems I won’t be able to see the scene where when you were learning to bike, you accidentally fell and started crying like a pear blossom in the rain while I stood on the side laughing mockingly and calling you a super-duper big dummy."
No longer needing to wait behind the bike, when Chen Yu Ying slowly circled back to him again, Lin Li sighed.
Chen Yu Ying remembered that Lin Li said this to her last time, so she proudly crossed her arms and tilted her head slightly to look at Lin Li, "What should you say now?"
"Class monitor! You’re amazing!" Lin Li exclaimed with a face full of shock, admiration, and overly dramatic praise.
This was what he said when they were bantering before, "At that time, you can only look shocked and say I’m awesome."
He actually remembered.
But it was too exaggerated, and instead, Chen Yu Ying couldn’t bear it.
Taking her phone from the pocket of the pants she wore for biking, she handed it to Lin Li, "Lin Li, record a video for me. I want to show my family that I can ride a bike now."
"Sure."
Lin Li naturally wouldn’t refuse.
Since it was for her family, Lin Li followed behind Chen Yu Ying, recording without making any sound, otherwise, he might add some weird commentary.
"Ding Sihan and the others have woken up and are asking where we are."
After Chen Yu Ying indicated she was done biking, the video stopped recording, and a WeChat message popped up on her phone. After glancing at it, Lin Li said.
"Let’s head back then. We’ve practiced enough for today; my butt is getting sore."
Chen Yu Ying got off the bike, did a chest expansion exercise, then crossed her hands upwards to stretch her body.
The beauty of the movements was compelling; somehow, obligatory viewing became a given, but because it was Chen Yu Ying, Lin Li averted his gaze instinctively after one look to avoid making anyone uncomfortable.
"Alright, let’s go back."
...
"Yingying: ’Video’"
"Yingying: Learned to ride a bike in one morning, you two still can’t, right? ’Proud’"
Seeing the message in the family group chat, Chen Zhongping carefully watched the video and immediately complimented her.
"Chen Zhongping: Impressive."
"Wife: Still not very skilled, right? Don’t go on the road, be safe."
"Yingying: Uh-huh, I know, just learning."
"Chen Zhongping: Yingying, what’s wrapped around your ankle, did you get hurt?"
"Yingying: Said it’s a wristband for learning to bike to avoid getting caught in the wheels, but it wasn’t needed at all; there was no chance to get hurt, don’t worry."
"Chen Zhongping: That’s good, I thought you only wrapped it after getting injured."
Teaching a daughter to ride a bike seems to be a common phase fathers experience.
Unfortunately, I can’t even do it.
Primarily, there’s nowhere for me to use it, so Chen Zhongping never felt the need to learn.
Chen Zhongping watched the video again.
Someone has to teach biking; looking at the shadow, this person doesn’t have long hair.
Who might it be? It’s so hard to guess.
Every time in the video when Chen Yu Ying started to wobble, the camera quickly moved closer, handling it pretty well,
The unnecessarily wrapped thing on the ankle was probably this guy’s doing too.
Indeed, he has a bit of a human touch.
But.
He should have been the one to teach his daughter to bike, and this guy replaced him, that’s one crime.
Unaware of the one crime, that’s a second crime.
Unaware of the two crimes, that’s a third crime.
...
Can’t be written off! Can’t be written off!
Chen Zhongping terrifyingly discovered that Lin Li’s list of crimes was endless!
Still need to find a way to encase this kid in a concrete pillar and make him a pillar of the country.