The young man had a slender figure and a face that could make adolescent girls blush when they looked at it. However, what came out of his mouth could infuriate anyone.

“You’re fucking kidding me.” Even Ma Hao was angry at this point.

If winning had crazy and exciting conditions, then losing under these conditions would be a real slap in the face.

Shen Zhi didn’t care about the agitation on the other side and asked calmly, “Are you up for a bet?”

As he spoke, he took out a bank card from his pocket, and with two long fingers, he held up the thin card in the air.

“Ten thousand right here.”

Ma Hao couldn’t help but swallow his saliva. This was too tempting. He was already skilled in riding motorcycles and had made money racing with others before, but he had never bet this big. Shen Zhi, on the other hand, was indeed a super-rich second generation, as rumored.

Otherwise, how could a high school student casually put down ten thousand?

“Honey, do you want to bet?” The girl beside Ma Hao asked in a sweet voice.

Not to mention Ma Hao’s excitement; his girlfriend, looking at the bank card in Shen Zhi’s hand, wished Ma Hao would agree immediately.

The girl greedily stared at the card, then her gaze fell on Shen Zhi’s face, looking at him with desire in her eyes. Boys like this were the ones who made people’s hearts race the most.

Proud, handsome, with a great body, and a super-rich second-generation

The girl reluctantly withdrew her gaze. She had some self-awareness and knew that a young master like him would certainly not be interested in her.

People like him, even if they liked someone, would only like…

The girl’s gaze landed on Ji Ran, who was wearing a helmet. When Ji Ran took off her helmet to reveal her face, even though she was a girl, it was so stunning that she couldn’t take her eyes off her.

Finally, Ma Hao said, “Alright, I’ll bet with you.”

Just after he said that, he added, “But I’ll set the rules.”

Shen Zhi looked at him with a smile that wasn’t really a smile, not opposing his suggestion.

Ma Hao said, “Find two people to put two flags at the entrance of the Luoxia Temple. Each of us will bring our own girls and set off. Whoever retrieves the flag first wins.”

Ma Hao had ulterior motives for suggesting this. There were dozens of steps in front of the Luoxia Temple. If he drove slower than Shen Zhi, he could make the two girls climb the steps to retrieve the flag, possibly evening the odds.

Ma Hao glanced at Ji Ran. Even though she was wearing loose, baggy school uniform clothes, she still looked delicate and slender. The trouser legs of her school uniform were empty, giving her a fragile and delicate appearance.

He thought that this girl would likely slow them down, and he believed that any girl from their side could win.

Upon hearing this, Xu Yihang and the others immediately frowned and began discussing in low voices.

“There are several dozen steps at the entrance of Luoxia Temple.” Xu Yihang had accompanied his mother to that temple.

Chen Song said, “This person is really sly. He’s afraid he can’t beat Brother Zhi, so he’s trying to make the girls on their side win against Ji Ran.”

As a result, everyone involuntarily looked at Ji Ran.

Ji Ran had already lifted the glass from her helmet. She had initially wanted to take off her helmet directly, but Shen Zhi placed one hand directly on her head, preventing her from removing it.

Shen Zhi frowned and turned to look at her. “Do you want to go?”

Ji Ran let out a sigh from the depths of her heart. Unless they immediately transformed into girls or underwent a gender change right there, she was the only girl on their side, so it was undoubtedly going to be her.

Before nodding, Ji Ran looked at Xia Jiangming, who had been rather quiet, and whispered, “Have they been bullying you all this time?”

In reality, she had a good impression of Xia Jiangming. In school, besides talking a bit too much, not being very attentive in class, and not taking his studies seriously, he had never bullied his classmates.

He was just a bit of a nonchalant kid.

Ji Ran hadn’t expected him to be bullied by this group of people for a full three years.

Xia Jiangming’s face suddenly reddened; it was embarrassing. After all, being a boy continuously bullied by others was truly shameful, especially when it had been going on for three years.

Seeing the expression on his face, Ji Ran immediately whispered, “It’s not your fault.”

“It’s their fault.” Ji Ran’s voice was somewhat cold as she lifted her head to look over at the other side, where they were still smoking and the air was filled with cigarette butts and empty drink cans.

No one can escape responsibility for their wrongdoings.

She turned to Shen Zhi and said seriously, “Take me with you. I won’t hold you back.”

Shen Zhi hadn’t expected her to agree so readily. Even though she usually acted like she wanted to stay as far away from him as possible, at this moment, she didn’t hesitate to nod.

It was just because she wanted to help Xia Jiangming get some justice.

Suddenly, his heart softened completely.

This girl was really obedient.

After a while, Xia Jiangming brought over the helmet from his bike. It happened to be one that Shen Zhi had placed in his car, and today it came in handy.

Ji Ran watched as Shen Zhi picked up the all-black helmet in front of her; it was like a warrior’s armor.

Before getting on the bike, Shen Zhi checked her helmet again, paying extra attention.

After the inspection, he bent down slightly, his eyes on her as he asked softly, “Are you afraid?”

“I’m not afraid,” Ji Ran said, shaking her head.

Suddenly, she remembered something from her previous life about Shen Zhi. He was a very talented person. She had heard about many things he had done; for example, he liked motorcycles, had participated in amateur motorcycle rally races, and had even won championships in regional races.

When his female colleagues at the time found out about this, they all said they wanted to ride on the back of his motorcycle.

It was only now that Ji Ran recalled this.

Shen Zhi was quite impressive.

Ji Ran looked at him, her eyes shining as if they had been touched by a glittering starlight: “Shen Zhi, you will win. I believe in you.”

She really wanted to tell Shen Zhi that he would be even more impressive in the future than he imagined.

So he would win; there was no need to worry.

Under the evening glow at the foot of Luoying Mountain, the lush green forests on the mountain swayed with each gust of wind, creating wave after wave of green. This breeze seemed to have blown into his heart, causing ripples to form on the surface of his heart.

He instinctively raised his head, afraid to look into her eyes.

He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to resist…

“Well, I’ll take you to victory.” The young man’s firm voice echoed at the foot of the green mountain.

After Ji Ran got on the bike, Shen Zhi was about to suggest that she sit closer to him, but the next moment, the young girl’s arm quietly wrapped around him.

Her soft arm encircled his waist.

How the hell could he endure this?

When the whistle sounded, the two motorcycles shot forward like arrows released from a bow, speeding ahead. This time, Ji Ran clung tightly to the young man’s slender waist; he was driving too fast, making it a heart-pounding experience.

On the first straight road, Ji Ran could keep her eyes open. However, when they reached the first curve, Shen Zhi lowered his body, and the whole motorcycle started to tilt slowly to one side.

Ji Ran had seen motorcycle races and knew that this leaning technique was to counteract centrifugal force during curves.

This kind of leaning operation was not something most people could do.

Fortunately, Shen Zhi, considering he had Ji Ran behind him, didn’t lean his body too low during the curve.

Even so, Ji Ran still felt like her body was about to be thrown out, so she held onto Shen Zhi’s waist even more tightly.

She also bit her lip tightly, afraid to scream and distract him while driving.

The road to Luoying Mountain had many curves, each one different. The only commonality was that on one side, there was a cliff, and on the other, a deep mountain hollow. One misstep, and both of them could fall.

Even with her eyes closed, the sound of the howling wind was in her ears.

Ji Ran’s body lay against his back, and at this moment, it felt like the world had been separated, leaving only the two of them.

Their lives were intertwined.

After some time, Shen Zhi, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke, “Up ahead is Luoxia Temple. Be ready.”

“Okay,” Ji Ran responded loudly, fearing that he wouldn’t hear her voice.

Listening to the girl’s loud shout, which was so different from her usual sweet and gentle voice, Shen Zhi couldn’t help but chuckle.

A few minutes later, Shen Zhi’s motorcycle stopped at the bottommost level of the steps.

The moment he stopped, Ji Ran hopped off the bike. But when her feet touched the ground, she realized her legs were weak, and it felt like she was standing on cotton.

Ji Ran forced herself to run up the steps with all her might. In front of the gate of Luoxia Temple, there were stairs that were as high as a hundred layers, and two red flags were planted up there.

Shen Zhi sat on his bike and watched the slender figure of the girl running hard in the last rays of the setting sun.

Finally, when Ji Ran was close to the top, the motorcycle behind her also arrived. As soon as Ma Hao stopped the bike, he urged the red-haired girl he was with, “Hurry up and get the flag; don’t dawdle.”

The girl got off the bike and immediately ran up the stairs.

The red-haired girl wasn’t slow, but Shen Zhi had won a lot of time in front. So, when Ji Ran came running down with the flag, the red-haired girl was still running up.

The two met on a wide platform in the middle of the steps, which was built so wide to hold a sacred cauldron.

As Ji Ran passed the girl, she didn’t expect her to be so underhanded as to reach out and try to grab the flag Ji Ran had already secured.

Fortunately, Ji Ran reacted quickly, holding onto the small flag she had taken, and scolded, “Let go.”

“You didn’t say we couldn’t grab it. Do you think I’m stupid?” The red-haired girl not only didn’t let go but also tried harder to snatch it.

The two boys below watched with different reactions. Shen Zhi frowned, looking at Ji Ran, who was trying hard to keep her flag, and on the other side, Ma Hao excitedly shouted, “That’s right, grab it from her, hurry up.”

Ma Hao didn’t expect the girl he was with to be so clever.

Ji Ran said coldly, “You won’t let go, huh?”

The other party not only didn’t listen but also forcefully tried to grab the item.

Ji Ran gazed at her with cold eyes and, in the next moment, slammed into her.

Ji Ran had her helmet on, but the other girl didn’t. So, when Ji Ran collided with her, there was a muffled thud, and the red-haired girl was pushed back several steps.

Ji Ran herself didn’t fare any better; she felt a ringing in her head.

“You dare to snatch my things.” Ji Ran stared directly at her. “Didn’t your parents teach you not to take other people’s things?”

Fearing the red-haired girl would try to grab the flag again, Ji Ran grabbed the girl’s shoulder and kicked her knee with one foot. The red-haired girl screamed in pain and fell to the ground.

As Ji Ran looked down at her, the red-haired girl was clearly scared after being bumped, crawling backward and saying, “I won’t snatch it; I won’t dare anymore.”

She was genuinely afraid that Ji Ran would bump into her again.

Ji Ran didn’t want to waste any more time dealing with her. She grabbed her flag and headed down.

When Ji Ran reached the bottommost step, Shen Zhi reached out and waited in the air. Ji Ran grabbed his hand and used his help to sit back on the pillion seat.

“I got it; let’s go,” Ji Ran urged.

Listening to her excited voice, Shen Zhi couldn’t help but laugh. He whispered, “Hold on to me.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the young girl behind him obediently held onto his waist, grabbing him firmly.

Then, the sound of the motorcycle starting echoed through the sky again. As Shen Zhi’s bike departed, Ma Hao couldn’t hold back any longer and angrily scolded the red-haired girl above.

When Shen Zhi and Ji Ran were about to return to the starting point, Xu Yihang, Chen Song, and the others excitedly shouted at Xia Jiangming, “It’s Brother Zhi; they came back first.”

The black motorcycle, against the already darkening sky, was so fast that only a blurry shadow remained.

“We won, we won!” Amid the excited cheers of the crowd, Shen Zhi stopped the bike.

When Ji Ran got off the bike, she stuffed the small flag into Xia Jiangming’s hand, her voice trembling slightly as she said, “We brought it back; we won.”

Xia Jiangming looked down at the small flag in front of him and suddenly had the urge to cry.

On the other hand, Shen Zhi, who was nearby, pulled Ji Ran over. He reached out and removed the helmet she was wearing, staring at her forehead for a long time before asking in a low voice, “Does it hurt from the collision?”

Ji Ran was momentarily puzzled, not quite understanding.

It was only when Shen Zhi gazed at her forehead that Ji Ran understood that he was asking about the collision with the other girl.

She immediately shook her head and said, “It doesn’t hurt. I have a hard head; she’s the one in pain.”

Ji Ran remembered the way the other girl had desperately tried to dodge her, and while she felt a little dizzy—after all, she was wearing such a big helmet—the other girl seemed to have it worse.

So Ji Ran laughed joyfully, and her bright eyes sparkled like dazzling stars.

Until Shen Zhi placed his palm against her forehead, gently massaged it, and softly said, “Silly girl.”

She had worked so hard for something that wasn’t even her own business, which was truly silly.

But his voice was so soft that only the wind in the forest seemed to hear it.