"What are you looking at?"
Lin Ran hadn't quite understood for a moment.
Matt didn't answer directly, but just smiled faintly:
"Little Ran, spatial teleportation and spatial cutting have never been your exclusive abilities, have they?"
As Matt spoke, a portal tearing through space appeared on the aircraft.
"Let's go, don't think about me... See you next year!"
Matt chuckled, bid farewell to the two, and stepped into the portal.
Then, along with the temporal gate, Matt vanished into thin air.
Lin Ran stared speechlessly at the spot where Matt had disappeared and sighed:
"Our boss really went to great lengths to show off in front of us!"
"Too bad, he didn't fool me..."
Luo Qingyan was taken aback:
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Lin Ran shrugged his shoulders:
"It's like this..."
"Because I'm quite skilled in spatial arts, I understand very well that without external help, an individual's spatial teleportation range can't be that far."
"Even if he's the boss."
"So, when the boss opened the portal just now, I secretly took a peek and analyzed the portal's trajectory."
"Then I discovered that the portal only transported him about five thousand meters."
"The boss deliberately said that just now to make us think he could jump back to Qingjing out of nowhere..."
"Unfortunately, it's all my fault for looking too closely and seeing through his trick."
"By my estimation, the boss is probably flying towards Qingjing right now in the biting cold wind."
"Alas, another person who values style over warmth."
Luo Qingyan couldn't help but laugh so hard she coughed:
"Cough cough..."
"It's a good thing the boss didn't hear what you said, or he'd surely give you a good scolding..."
Meanwhile, on the other side.
High in the sky, Matt, flying through the air, involuntarily sneezed.
Is someone talking about me?
Matt shook his head.
It must be Little Ran and Qingyan!
These two kids must be stunned by my superb acting right now, so it's normal for them to be talking about my awesomeness!
Thinking of this, Matt's lips curled into a wide grin.
...
Not long after, the aircraft carrying Lin Ran and Luo Qingyan smoothly landed in the suburbs of Jianggu City.
Unlike Qingjing, Jianggu City is a small city where aircraft are allowed to fly freely in the sky.
However, Lin Ran feared that it would be too conspicuous and attract too much attention, so he landed in the suburbs.
In any case, he had a compact hoverbike stored in his Soul Ring, a more discreet mode of transportation compared to the aircraft, so it wouldn't be a waste of time.
"It's even snowing already!"
Luo Qingyan exclaimed with delight as she disembarked from the aircraft.
"Just a little snow, nothing much..."
"This place isn't like Qingjing, isn't it common for it to snow here? The heavy snow is still to come!"
Lin Ran said as he retracted the aircraft into his Soul Ring and then took out a hoverbike:
"Come on, give me a ride! I'm tired and can't ride anymore."
Luo Qingyan rolled her eyes:
"Heh, just say you want to lean on my waist, no need for all these fancy excuses..."
"Come on, get on!"
With that, Luo Qingyan put on her helmet, straddled the motorcycle with her long legs, and patted the back seat.
Lin Ran didn't stand on ceremony, quickly put on his helmet, and sat down on the back seat.
Unexpectedly, Luo Qingyan mischievously twisted the throttle of the hoverbike the moment Lin Ran was straddling it.
This sudden acceleration startled Lin Ran, nearly causing him to fall off.
However, Lin Ran reacted swiftly, immediately grasping the pair of soft and delicate handlebars in front of him.
And due to the comfortable sensation, he couldn't help but press the small tips of the handlebars with his thumb.
"Hey! What are you doing?!"
Lin Ran's sudden action made Luo Qingyan jolt, almost throwing the motorcycle off the road, and she scolded him with a blushing face.
Lin Ran chuckled:
"This is more fair..."
"You can't have handlebars to hold onto and I can't, right?"
"And if you want it to be even fairer, I can offer you a handlebar too..."
"However, unlike you who can provide two, I only have one."
Luo Qingyan became even more annoyed and shy. She desperately revved up the hoverbike, wanting to teach Lin Ran a lesson.
But it turned out to be torture for herself.
Due to the tension of high-speed movement, Lin Ran unconsciously lowered his head, gripping the handlebars tighter.
The fullness of her chest, coupled with being restrained, already made Luo Qingyan feel a bit breathless.
Lin Ran's restless actions exacerbated this feeling, making her increasingly embarrassed and angry.
But seeing that they were about to reach the city of Jianggu at high speed, Luo Qingyan no longer bothered to stop the motorcycle to punish Lin Ran and continued driving, enduring it silently.
However, her indulgence led to even greater audacity from Lin Ran.
Lin Ran gradually became unsatisfied with just controlling the handlebars and slowly began to touch other parts of the vehicle.
The engine, the steering wheel, the seats, the spare tire... even the fuel cap.
He would also turn his hand back occasionally to lightly twist the handlebars.
In just a five-minute journey, Luo Qingyan was covered in sweat.
If she didn't have a constitution far superior to ordinary people, Luo Qingyan felt the vehicle would have leaked oil from Lin Ran's constant fiddling...
After getting off the bike, Luo Qingyan angrily punched Lin Ran several times:
"You were messing around like that at such a high speed... Do you know how dangerous that is!"
"Several times when you suddenly twisted the handlebars, you almost made us fall!"
Lin Ran blocked Luo Qingyan's punches with his chest and replied with a smirk:
"Relax..."
"The control of the vehicle was actually in my hands the whole time."
"You haven't forgotten that I can remotely control objects, have you?"
"Otherwise, with your chaotic state of mind and terrible driving skills, the car would have flipped over long ago..."
Hearing Lin Ran's words, Luo Qingyan got even angrier and punched him several more times:
"Hmph! So you're saying all that torture I went through and my efforts to control the vehicle were all in vain?"
"If I don't beat your brains out today, this matter is definitely not over!"
Lin Ran still didn't dodge, taking all of Luo Qingyan's punches with his face.
Comfortable!
Not just the tingling sensation from Luo Qingyan's punches...
Her embarrassed, angry, yet helpless, bristly demeanor also greatly satisfied Lin Ran's XP system.
However, letting her continue to punch him like this wasn't a big deal.
Lin Ran looked around and cleared his throat:
"Let's go get some late-night snacks..."
"How about that baozi shop at our old spot?"