Chapter 28: A Bright and Beautiful Day, Gathering Heroes for Battle (Part 1)

  July is in full summer, and the time is bright and beautiful.

  The city of Xia Hai was shrouded in warm morning light.

  Su Can wore sunglasses and a duck tongue cap, pulling out a newly bought bicycle. Across the street, Liu Rui and Xue Yiyang also took out their bicycles from the residential building of the opposite unit.

  Liu Rui's bicycle was bought a year ago, he studied at the Second Middle School, and usually rode his bike to school. This bike is a variable speed racing bike, but it's an unknown brand. Xue Yiyang's bike was borrowed from his cousin a few days in advance, and only after being repeatedly warned not to scratch or damage it did she agree to lend it to him.

  Xiahaishi got its name from a inland lake located in the suburbs, Xiahai Lake is the second largest freshwater lake in the basin, locals are used to calling it sea, and the relationship between the whole lake and the surrounding mountains, Xiahaishi is regulated to be warm in winter and cool in summer, later became a tourist attraction, also has its hardware factors. After that, Xiahaishi built countless tourist facilities around the lake, which had already taken shape at that time, and became one of the most comfortable days composed of Su Can and his gang's regular rides around the lake to enjoy the scenery and eat delicious barbecue.

  Riding a bike around Xia Hai in the warm sunshine is an extremely enjoyable thing, to the point that after Xia Hai City was rated as a tourist city, riding a bike around the lake became one of the favorite things for locals to do. At that time, the bicycle rental market started to boom, and riding around the lake became a meaningful activity for people in Xia Hai every weekend or gathering. Even at that time, bicycle clubs emerged one after another. Now they want to rent bicycles, but there are few shops, and the prices are expensive, which is not cost-effective.

  Su Can was secretly paying attention, the self-balancing bike market is also a major development prospect, and it's also a major breakthrough for his mother's career. If he can lead the entire trend and make a big profit from it, it's not impossible. It's just that there's still some time before that moment arrives, and who knows what the situation will be like with his mom's business development by then, maybe by then she won't even need to get involved in this industry to make money.

  "Giant!?" Xue Yi Yang rubbed his silver-plated handlebars, staring at the logo on the streamlined bike in front of him, his mouth agape with surprise. At that time, even in Xia Hai City's largest bicycle specialty store, Giant brand bikes were not sold. This type of bike was only seen in big cities and had a very European stylish design. The entire frame was avant-garde and bold, looking sleek and elegant, completely different from Xue Yi Yang's and Liu Rui's racing bikes.

  The elder uncle did what he said, and since the last time at the Kayla Hotel, he had planned to configure a bicycle for Su Can. The younger uncle also admired the elder uncle's stock trading skills and volunteered to take over the task of choosing a bicycle for Su Can. At that time, he had connections with the owner of an outdoor specialty store in Chengdu, the provincial capital, and specially ordered a new version of Giant racing bike, which was shipped together with the latest batch of goods to Xia Hai. The bike was worth nearly 1,500 yuan, and privately, the elder uncle personally gave Su Can a reward of 1,000 yuan. As a result, Su Can's life suddenly improved, unlike every summer vacation when he used to be very poor.

  Even in the First Middle School of the city, there were not many people who rode Giant bikes to school. Although Giant was not considered an expensive thing in a place where children from wealthy families gathered, at that time, it was really hard to find one for sale in Xia Hai City, so even if you had money, you couldn't buy one. So when Su Can suddenly appeared with one, Xue Yi Yang and Liu Rui Xi were shocked and envied him for a long time.

  "This time your exam wasn't that great, how come you're suddenly treated like a superstar!" The three of them left the unit and got on the highway to circle around the sea. Su Can shifted gears and accelerated, and the whole car glided out effortlessly, even uphill didn't seem as laborious as before, and with Su Can's casual attire, paired with this sports car, he really had a bit of a sunny and handsome demeanor, unexpectedly stealing the spotlight from the other two for a while. Liu Rui was left feeling frustrated, pedaling hard to catch up with him, and asked...

  "Maybe it's okay to go to high school, and my family can rest assured." Su Can's test scores didn't give them the real data, just saying that they were a little better than usual, around 500 points. Xue Yiyang actually scored 560 points with high marks, while Liu Rui was around 540 points. With this score, Liu Rui had no problem getting into Second High School, but it was uncertain whether Xue Yiyang could get into First High School.

  In his memory, Xue Yiyang had paid a high price for the previous middle school, but with this score, under the influence of Su Can's internal test questions, he had improved by 30 to 40 points, and at least saved more than 1,000 yuan.

  Two people thought this was reasonable, Su Can's family didn't have such high expectations of him, his grades were already good enough to get into a third-tier university, and then he could relax, whereas they had started from an even higher point, with their sights set on first or second-tier universities, now seeing Su Can's carefree attitude, they couldn't help but feel some sympathy for him.

  Su Can didn't tell the two of them their real scores. On the one hand, he wasn't willing to brag, and in the entire unit compound, his scores were considered mid-to-lower level. Suddenly surpassing those with the best scores would be too abnormal. On the other hand, he also wanted to teach a lesson to Xue Yiyang, that little brat. The bet was still effective, and he couldn't wait to see the look on his face when he lost.

  All the way along the lake, the scenery is beautiful, with large fields of rice and green soybean sprouts, facing a gust of inland lake breeze with a slightly salty smell, as well as the fragrance of grass.

  Going back eleven years, the impression of Xia Hai Lake's scenic spots in later generations has not been transformed yet. However, what is in front of me now already gives people an extremely nostalgic feeling. In the future, I will be busy with life and rarely have the opportunity to stop and return to my hometown. Looking at all these refreshing things, I'm afraid that even if I come back, I won't have such a relaxed and carefree mood again.

  Su Can felt young, but his physically limited body had already made a plan to exercise during this holiday. The 1,000 yuan given by his uncle was intended for planned exercise. At the age of 16, he was at the peak of growing taller and did not want to be reborn with a shorter stature than before. At least now, among Su Can, Xue Yi Yang, and Liu Rui, he was the shortest.

  Halfway around the lake, on the opposite shore of the inland lake, this place was once prosperous because there were many fishing villages and farmhouse music, as well as an entertainment square "Moon Bay Corner" funded by the government. Some small and distinctive hotels were also built along the lake, which made this place a summer resort in Xia Hai City. Many people from outside actually didn't like to stay in Xia Hai City itself, but instead were interested in these lakeside villa-style hotels and farmhouse music.

  Later, the municipal government invested 2.5 billion yuan in special funds for tourism city construction and vigorously built a resort villa around the lake, and the tourism industry flourished.

  It now appears that this bay corner was one of the earliest batches of recreational squares to be built, with a fountain in the center and many farmhouse music venues scattered around. On the lakeside is the largest hotel, whose boss allegedly has some connections with high-level officials in the city and got such a location. The wind-flavored barbecue here is also very famous, and later became one of Xia Hai's major brands.

  Three people riding bicycles happened to arrive here, just waiting for this barbecue. After riding a bike for half a day, they were both tired and hungry. They could have a delicious meal of grilled fish steak and grilled fish slices at this transfer station, with the seasoning of special chili noodles. One bite, it's really delicious and fresh.

  Speaking of which, Su Can hasn't had his hometown's specialty barbecue for a long time and now he's craving it so much that his mouth is watering.

  As he entered the "Royal Residence" square, Xue Yiyang was stunned. It turned out that the Royal Residence had expanded its hotel business by the lake and built a five-story hotel building, while on the side, it had set up a barbecue beer plaza with wooden boards, several beach chairs, a table, and an umbrella scattered around the square.

  At this moment, on the tables and chairs of these small units, there were actually many men and women of similar age to them, all dressed in fashionable sportswear, with Li Ning or Nike, Adidas sports shoes on their feet. Some were playing cards, some were eating barbecue, and the shed was filled with bicycles. It seemed that this group of people were also like the three of them, gathering together by riding bikes.

  "Oh, who's that? Isn't it Xue Yiyang!" A person stood up from the third table, with a dozen or so chairs between them, and walked towards the three of them, with an ambiguous smile on his face, intentionally speaking loudly.

  Xue Yi Yang's face changed slightly, this group of people were all from No. 1 Middle School, but they came from different classes, the circle of No. 1 Middle School was big, some people had known each other since kindergarten or even primary school, so when they entered junior high and high school, everyone played in the same circle, and as it extended outwards, the circle became bigger.

  This group of people also seemed to have agreed to come out and play together today, coincidentally bumping into each other. The person who spoke was Li Ai, a classmate of Xue Yi Yang's, known for being mischievous in the school's social circle, and quite domineering. Xue Yi Yang had clashed with him in his second year of junior high, and since then, they had held grudges against each other. Today, Li Ai was having a great time playing cards at the table, and after drinking a lot of beer, he became even more rambunctious, blowing into the cool sea breeze, and suddenly felt invigorated. When he saw Xue Yi Yang and his two friends, he immediately had an idea.

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