I'm a web novelist, and you want me to work in the entertainment industry?

Cheng Che and Tian Xiwei, each wearing a baseball cap, quietly slipped out through the side door of the guesthouse.

Standing on the rooftop terrace, holding a cold cup of coffee, Sister Zhang watched expressionlessly as two furtive figures disappeared one after the other into the alley.

Xiao Tang had somehow joined in, her baguette now chewed down to its hard, unyielding bottom.

"Tsk tsk tsk." The two of them clicked their tongues at the same time.

……

Bicycle rental booths lined up along the shore of Erhai Lake, their colorful bikes gleaming in the sunlight.

The October sun shone on the road, and the temperature was just right.

Cheng Che and Tian Xiwei stopped in front of an old man's stall and scanned the cars.

"Which type should we rent?" he asked, turning around.

Tian Xiwei looked at the bicycles. There were two types: single and tandem. The single bicycles had a back seat.

Her dark, bright eyes darted around: "Let's rent a single person."

"Okay." Cheng Che nodded and turned to scan the QR code to rent two cars.

Tian Xiwei suddenly grabbed his sleeve.

Cheng Che looked down at her.

Tian Xiwei blinked.

Cheng Che blinked as well.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

Tian Xiwei blinked again, her eyes shining faintly under the brim of her baseball cap, even brighter than the sunlight on Erhai Lake.

"My legs are so tired," she said seriously, "I can't pedal the bicycle hard enough."

Cheng Che glanced at her.

He glanced at her arm, and his mind quickly replayed the muscle definition he had seen before.

He scratched his head.

So what?

"So, what I mean is, rent a single one, one car." Tian Xiwei said, her tone both unreasonable and assertive.

"Give me a ride."

Cheng Che scratched his head again, then decided to take the advice and rented only one car.

"Get in the car." Cheng Che sat down steadily and then turned his head to look at her.

Tian Xiwei hummed twice and nimbly sat down in the back seat.

The bicycle wobbled slightly, then stabilized.

Cheng Che pushed off with his feet, and the bicycle steadily rode onto the Erhai Corridor.

Tian Xiwei sat on the back seat, her hands originally holding the edge of the seat obediently, but after riding for less than two hundred meters, she clicked her tongue and felt that something was not quite right.

So she unceremoniously put her arm around Cheng Che's waist, and her little hands even secretly pinched it a couple of times.

Cheng Che froze for a moment, but didn't say anything. He stared straight ahead at the road, his eyes as determined as if he were about to join the Secret Party.

The bicycle continued smoothly forward along the corridor.

The sky was high and clear, and sunlight filtered through the gaps in the clouds. A flock of seagulls skimmed across the water, their wingtips creating ripples before they flew away in a flurry.

Tian Xiwei suddenly chuckled softly.

"What are you laughing at?" Cheng Che asked.

"I've remembered your love-hate relationship with Haiou." Tian Xiwei didn't hide anything.

"..." Cheng Che sighed.

"Like mangoes, seagulls are sworn enemies of Cheng Che." His tone was icy.

Tian Xiwei didn't feel cold; instead, she found it a bit funny.

She poked Cheng Che's side cheek: "You've got it backwards. It's Cheng Che who's sworn enemies with Seagull and Mango. Seagull and Mango don't actually care about you at all."

"..." Cheng Che was speechless.

Sister Xiaotian, you've become so harsh. You weren't like this when I first met you.

Which bastard led you astray?!

Don't let me catch him!!

"And have you gained weight? Your waist looks a little chubby," Tian Xiwei continued to poke.

"First of all, I'm really not fat. I can't stand it if you keep saying I'm fat," Cheng Che said. "Secondly, you've never supported my waist before."

Tian Xiwei said thoughtfully, "That makes sense. I'll keep a closer eye on things from now on."

"...Isn't this taking advantage of me?"

"So what?"

Cheng Che thought to himself, "This is ridiculous. Just because I like you, does that mean you can take advantage of me so recklessly?"

Oh, well, it's not impossible...

"You're not convinced?" Tian Xiwei pressed.

"No, I've always admired you."

Having you is my greatest pride...

"That's more like it." Tian Xiwei shook her head.

"Don't move around, you'll fall."

"Oh," Tian Xiwei said obediently, and then—

"I'll just shake, I'll just shake, I'll just shake."

She said it three times in a row, which startled Cheng Che so much that his face changed. He gripped the handlebars tightly, preparing to face the approaching storm.

As it turned out, Tian Xiwei was just feinting; she wasn't really doing anything.

Cheng Che sighed, feeling that such a childish thing was something he himself would do.

He suddenly realized that the bastard who led her astray was himself...

The bicycle continued forward, and the autumn wind blew in my face.

The corridor turned a corner and we bumped into a young couple riding a single bicycle. The girl on the back had her arms wrapped around the boy's waist, her face pressed tightly against his back.

The two cars quickly passed each other without any interaction.

Tian Xiwei glanced at the couple and felt a deep sense of understanding.

Cheng Che.

"What's wrong?"

"Did you see that? That girl was hugging so tightly!"

"That's normal between couples, isn't it?" Cheng Che said matter-of-factly.

Tian Xiwei hesitated for a moment, then spoke up and asked:

"Then...can I be like her?"

The moment she said those words, she felt the surrounding noise disappear and the crowd vanish, and her heart inexplicably beat faster.

Cheng Che didn't reply, but the bicycle shook.

Tian Xiwei smiled secretly, and slowly extended her two hands, which were supporting Cheng Che's waist, forward to wrap around his waist.

She turned her face to the side and gently pressed it against his back. Through the thin clothes, she could vaguely hear his heartbeat.

In the shallow water near the shore, a few bald cypress leaves were blown down by the wind, landing softly on the water's surface like downy feathers, swirling with the current.

Sunlight filtered through the leaves, scattering across the corridor in dappled patterns.

As the bicycle ran over them, a spot of light flickered across the two people for a moment before returning to normal.

……

"No mole, firsthand information, we've got it!" Xiao Tang shouted, raising her arms as she stood on the sea-view terrace.

"Who's hugging whom? Aren't they riding bikes?" Sister Zhang asked repeatedly.

"Sister Xiaotian was sitting in the back seat of the car and took the initiative to hug Brother Che."

"Sigh, I knew it." Sister Zhang sighed.

Although she couldn't see the specifics, she guessed that was the case.

After all, although pigs are pigs, they do respect cabbages and won't lay a hand on them.

But whether the cabbage has this awareness is another matter.

As for why Xiaotang could see while she couldn't—it wasn't because of nearsightedness, but rather... Sister Zhang looked at the binoculars in Xiaotang's hand and fell into deep thought.

In this day and age, is being a "superhuman" even a standard for evaluation?

No wonder you became Cheng Che's assistant!