Chapter 276: My name is Shi Jingming

Soon, someone walked out from inside; it was a man who looked to be about fifty years old.

"Why did you come over so late, kid?"

Uncle Li was also a bit surprised to see Shi Jingming and asked casually: "What? Is your bike broken?"

Shi Jingming smiled and nodded: "My classmate's bike is broken. I don't know who kicked it, but the wheel rim is warped. Can you fix it for us?"

"Sure, but you have to bring the bike into the room; it's too dark outside now that it's night."

So Shi Jingming ran up again, carried Shen Xing's bicycle directly, looked at him, and smiled: "Let's go, go inside and wait; it's too cold outside."

The repair shop was very small, with obvious dust and the smell of machine oil inside, and all kinds of repair tools and bike parts were piled up everywhere.

Uncle Li had been repairing bikes for decades and still had an eye for them. When he saw Shen Xing's bicycle, he was also subconsciously startled: "Good heavens, a 'TREK' bike!"

Seeing this, Shen Xing stepped forward and took the initiative to speak: "Uncle, I'm sorry to trouble you. This bike is very important to me; you must help me fix it."

"Don't worry, Uncle Li has been repairing bikes for half his life; his skills are very good." Shi Jingming patted Shen Xing on the shoulder to let him relax.

Uncle Li first checked the frame, then took out professional tools and started disassembling it to readjust the position.

Shen Xing and Shi Jingming stood on the side watching. After a while, they heard Shi Jingming say: "Although this is a new bike, because it was maliciously damaged, the specialty store definitely won't cover the warranty. If you send it back to the factory for repairs, you'll probably have to wait a month or two. By then, it'll almost be the college entrance exam."

Shen Xing nodded in understanding.

Then he heard Shi Jingming ask curiously: "How much did this bike cost? Your parents are really willing to spend!"

"My sister bought it for me." Shen Xing said in a low voice: "It's especially expensive, that's why I feel heartache."

Shi Jingming raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Then your sister is really good to you. So, are there two children in your family?"

"Three, I have two sisters."

"Ah?"

Shen Xing nodded as he looked at him.

In about half an hour, the bike was fixed. Sure enough, there is a specialty in every trade. Uncle Li didn't use much brute force throughout the process; after disassembling, he repositioned all the parts and reassembled them, straightening the handlebar.

However, the warped wheel rim was an irreversible damage.

"You can't completely straighten this front wheel rim; the wheel rim is the most fragile part of the bike and also the easiest part to be damaged." Uncle Li looked at Shen Xing and said: "However, I've tried my best to restore it. It's definitely no big problem to ride, but if you want it to be like before, you can only order a new wheel rim from the original factory. When it arrives, bring it to me, and I'll replace it for you."

"Okay, thank you, Uncle." Shen Xing thanked him gratefully and hurriedly asked: "How much is it?"

Uncle Li chuckled: "Didn't use my parts, just give me five cents."

Shen Xing paid the money readily, thanked Uncle Li again, and then left the repair shop with Shi Jingming.

"Alright, the bike is fixed, don't look so gloomy."

Returning to the side of the road, Shi Jingming smiled at Shen Xing: "Hurry back, I'm going back to get my bike too."

Seeing this, Shen Xing hurriedly said: "Thank you for today. I was in a bad mood just now, I'm sorry."

He was a person very good at expressing himself; he could always speak his mind openly and wouldn't feel embarrassed.

Shi Jingming was a bit surprised that he could be so honest and apologize to him, immediately nodding to accept: "Understood, if it were me, I would have exploded long ago."

"Let me hail a taxi to send you over."

"No need, two kilometers, I'll walk fast and be there in ten minutes. I didn't hail another taxi when I came, wouldn't it be putting the cart before the horse to hail one back?"

But Shen Xing felt bad. The other party helped him find a repair shop, and he left first after it was fixed—what was that supposed to be?

It's just that his bicycle didn't have a back seat and couldn't carry anyone.

Until he saw the crossbar in front of the bicycle seat: "How about... you sit in front, and I'll ride the bike to send you back?"

"Ah?"

Shi Jingming's eyes widened, looking at the crossbar, and then at Shen Xing: "Forget it, I'm not sitting there."

What's the difference between sitting on the front crossbar and sitting in his arms?

It looks terrible!

"What's wrong with that? I can ride!" Shen Xing still felt it was nothing, and seeing Shi Jingming about to leave, he reached out and grabbed him: "Get on."

"I'm not sitting, you hurry home!"

"It's really fine."

Seeing him so stubborn, Shi Jingming couldn't help but look back at him: "If anyone's carrying, I'm carrying you!"

"No problem!" Shen Xing nodded without hesitation.

As a result, ten seconds later, he regretted it.

With a height of 1.77 meters, he sat sideways on the crossbar of the bicycle, his whole body having to shrink tightly, and behind him was Shi Jingming's embrace. The whole picture was extremely weird; he looked as if he were huddled in Shi Jingming's arms.

However, Shi Jingming had long arms and long legs, and even with Shen Xing sitting in front, it didn't hinder him from riding the bike.

"You're very familiar with the uncle who repairs bikes, huh?"

Shen Xing took the initiative to find a topic, trying to ease the current awkwardness.

"My bicycle has always been repaired at Uncle Li's. In the past, you could always see a few repair stalls or shops outside such old residential areas, but later they became fewer and fewer. Now, as far as I know, Uncle Li's is the only one left around here."

"Are you cold? Should I ride slower?"

It's windy if you ride fast.

"Not cold, ride faster." Shen Xing said, he just wanted to get off the bike quickly.

The two-kilometer road was covered quickly with a few hard pedals. Shen Xing jumped off the bike at the first opportunity, turned his head, and saw Shi Jingming looking at him and smiling.

His small face wrinkled: "What are you laughing at?"

"Laughing at you, look at your state!"

Saying this, Shi Jingming returned the bicycle to Shen Xing, then raised his finger to point at the corner of the roof of the parking shed in the distance. Shen Xing looked over and found a device flashing a red light there.

It's surveillance!

"There's a monitor there. You can check the surveillance footage at school tomorrow to see which despicable thing smashed your bike."

"However, I estimate it's not a student from our school; it might be someone passing by, or it might be hoodlums around the school. Your bike is very expensive; if it's damaged, you can completely call the police. The person who smashed the bike definitely doesn't know its value; they might just have thought your bike was new and eye-catching. If they knew the price of this bike, who would be sick enough to touch it?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Xing felt Shi Jingming's words made sense.

"Okay, I'll go look tomorrow. It's getting late, you hurry home too. I'll find an opportunity to thank you for today's matter."

Looking at his serious appearance, Shi Jingming showed a carefree smile again: "No need to thank me, consider yourself lucky today to run into me. By the way, what's your name?"

"Shen Xing."

"My name is Shi Jingming!" ===== CHAPTER 277 =====