Shen Yao sat in the back row, watching the four people in front of him in pairs, feeling somewhat depressed.
Looking at himself, it was one thing to have a beautiful woman by his side, but it turned out to be a man, and furthermore, it was Qiao Wei, who had never seen the world and was curiously examining the car's equipment.
This was not the trip he had envisioned, not at all!
"Is this how you repay me?"
Shen Yao slumped against Yu He's seatback, his face full of melancholy.
"Didn't you ask me to take a week off to spend time with you? Aren't I spending time with you now?" Yu He retorted.
"I asked you to spend time with me, what about them?" Shen Yao said, glancing at Qin Beiting and Shao Chen respectively.
"You didn't say I couldn't bring anyone," Yu He said.
Shen Yao: "..."
Shen Yao: @#￥%&*
He wanted to curse!
Did this even need to be said?
Didn't he know his feelings for her?
Didn't she see how hard he was trying just to pursue her?
Wasn't it that obvious?
"Have a problem?" Qin Beiting glanced at him sideways.
Shen Yao suddenly felt as if that gaze was like an ice knife, piercing him, and he couldn't help but shiver. But if he backed down now, he wouldn't have dared to compete with Qin Beiting for the woman in the first place.
"You, do you have a problem?"
"Endure it, or get out, choose one," Qin Beiting said coldly.
If Yu He hadn't agreed to take him along, Qin Beiting wouldn't have let this effeminate man in the car.
Did he really think Qin Beiting was blind? Couldn't see your dirty little thoughts?
Dare to have improper thoughts about his woman, and not give him a lesson, he wouldn't know the immensity of heaven and earth.
"This is my trip, why should I get out!" Shen Yao grumbled as he sat back in his seat.
For him to get out, impossible!
"Hahaha, more people, more fun~ Don't misunderstand, Shao Chen was invited by me," Ruan Tianxin, sitting in the front, said with a smile to ease the atmosphere.
"Moreover, two of the 'Crown Princes' from the four great families are accompanying you on your trip, how glorious is that? When you go back, you can brag to your buddies!"
This was not untrue.
Shen Yao was not unfamiliar with Shao Chen. He often ran into him at nightclubs and even drank with him a few times.
Shao Chen had an unpredictable temper, and no one dared to provoke him easily, and he was no exception.
As for Qin Beiting, before he knew Yu He, he had almost no contact with him. Rumor had it that he was also someone who was difficult to mess with, and he had come from the military, so he definitely couldn't beat him.
A true man knows when to bend and when to stand firm. It was just a trip, humph, Qin Beiting, a soldier from the military, must be a straight man who didn't understand romance and flowers.
In front of someone like him, a master of the emotional battlefield, he would surely be defeated miserably!
Qin Beiting, just you wait and see how I snatch your woman away!
Shen Yao couldn't help but feel smug when he thought of the successful scene.
The best battlefield to defeat a man was not strength or business, but the battlefield of love!
"Shen Gongzi, what are you smiling silly about?" Qiao Wei, sitting next to him, asked.
Shen Yao's grinning mouth immediately drooped. "What business is it of yours! No, you're the one smiling silly, your whole family is silly!"
Qiao Wei: "..."
Shen Yao grumbled, and his gaze unintentionally caught the road sign through the opposite car window indicating Qinghai Lake was in the direction of the other fork in the road.
"We're going the wrong way, I want to go to Qinghai Lake to watch the sunset!" he immediately wailed.
He even wanted to get up and cross the middle row of seats to stop Shao Chen, but Qiao Wei held him back.
"Shut up! If you make any more noise, I'll throw you out!" Qin Beiting warned in a deep voice.
Shen Yao glanced outside. They were on a complex overpass, and below, traffic flowed incessantly. He immediately shut up.
He, the only son of the Shen family, when had he ever been so wronged?
The almanac today must have indicated that all endeavors were unfavorable, otherwise, how could everything have gone wrong for him since this morning?
Clearly, he was the protagonist of this trip tAt.
An hour and a half later, the car drove into a beautiful farm.
Flowers of various colors bloomed on both sides of the road, and behind the farm were emerald green grasslands and distant mountains, the scenery was breathtaking.
After getting out of the car, Yu He and Ruan Tianxin headed straight for the grassland.
When she was young and lived at the Qin family's home, Yu He had learned to ride horses, but after moving into the mountains with her grandmother, she hadn't seen a grassland since.
Ruan Tianxin had also learned equestrianism abroad since childhood, but in her opinion, the royal horse farm was not even one-third the size of this place.
Qin Beiting, Shao Chen, and Shen Yao followed behind them, while Qiao Wei went to park the car and check in.
"Want to ride horses?" Qin Beiting walked up to Yu He.
On the grassland, there were grooms leading horses, taking tourists for slow rides.
Yu He nodded, "It's been a long time since I rode."
"Let's go, while there's still time, let's do a couple of laps," Ruan Tianxin led the way to the stables.
Shen Yao saw that they were going to ride horses, and this was something he excelled at!
Moreover, in the equestrian clubs in the capital, his achievements were outstanding.
After being frustrated all the way, he wanted to regain his dignity.
The five of them arrived at the stables, and Shen Yao proposed, "Since everyone knows how to ride, let's have a race later."
"Is there a reward for winning?" Ruan Tianxin was eager to try.
"The first-place winner will be the overall commander of this trip! Everyone must obey his orders," Shen Yao said.
"Okay!" Ruan Tianxin agreed, "But Xiao He Miao hasn't ridden a horse in a long time, you all have to go easy on her."
"It's fine, I'm just here to participate, you all can compete," Yu He said.
Qin Beiting: "Can do."
Shao Chen: "Although it's a bit childish, since everyone has agreed, let's do it."
Thus, they began to choose horses.
Ruan Tianxin chose a graceful Arabian horse, Shen Yao chose a black purebred horse, Shao Chen chose a white Quarter Horse, Yu He chose a silver-white Ferghana horse, and Qin Beiting chose a dark red Ferghana horse.
The five of them led their horses onto the grassland, where there were markings specifically for horse racing.
Shen Yao pointed to a marker a thousand meters ahead and said, "Whoever's horse reaches the red flag first wins."
Everyone nodded in understanding.
"Ready, go!"
As the staff blew their whistles, Shen Yao and Ruan Tianxin spurred their horses into a gallop. Shao Chen, despite saying it was childish, was driven by his competitive spirit and also spurred his horse into a gallop.
Yu He didn't care who became the overall commander; she just wanted to ride. But then she saw Qin Beiting leaning on the reins and approaching.
Ahead, Shen Yao and Shao Chen were neck and neck, chasing each other.
Just as they were less than a hundred meters from the finish line, a silver-white Ferghana horse suddenly shot past them, crossed the finish line, and then slowly came to a halt.
There was no one on the horse's back.
Shao Chen: !!!
Shen Yao: !!!
"Wow? It's Xiao He Miao's horse?! Where is Xiao He Miao?"
Ruan Tianxin crossed the finish line in fourth place and saw the silver-white Ferghana horse ambling slowly on the grassland.
The three of them were startled, thinking something had happened.
Turning back, they saw on the other side of the grassland, a dark red Ferghana horse carrying a man and a woman, galloping gracefully.