Chapter 452

Li Ye had always thought that Watching Wen Leyu was a calm, quiet girl, just like an orange cat that had just grown up, maintaining enough fear and caution toward anything unknown.

【Are mice delicious? You keep watch for me, I'll catch one to taste.】

【Are snakes dangerous? Hmm, we have to be careful not to get bitten by it.】

But after Watching Wen Leyu took the steering wheel, Li Ye found that her caution and fear had disappeared. That impulse and curiosity to control machinery occupied the absolute upper hand in her heart.

The steering wheel was being turned crookedly, and her little hands were "clack-clack-clacking" through the gear stick, looking even more reckless and eager than Li Ye, an old driver.

Li Ye hurriedly pressed Watching Wen Leyu's hand and said patiently: "Second gear is enough. We're not in a hurry to get there, we can enjoy more time together on the road."

They believed that knocking down the wooden pillar could atone for their sins and ward off disasters; if they missed, they should believe in "God" even more devoutly.

Watching Wen Leyu nodded helplessly, then suddenly said to Li Ye: "Don't worry, I won't become as capable as her. You make the decisions in our family, I'll listen to you."

At this moment, Wen Guohua and that Pan Xiaoying were teaching each other, and it seemed they were getting along very happily.

It's just that after arriving at the Dongcheng Hotel, Watching Wen Leyu committed the common mistake of a new driver: parking, turning off the engine, and leaving the car, not caring how many parking spaces she was blocking or how much space she was taking up.

"Xiao Yu, hold on a bit longer, let's move half a meter to the left. Driving is about skill, parking is about character. When people see you park the car smoothly and neatly, they'll know you're an old driver..."

Li Ye couldn't help but recall a video he saw in his previous life: a husband drove nearly a thousand kilometers to his mother-in-law's house for the New Year, while his wife ate snacks, slept, and scrolled on her phone after getting in the car, for over ten hours, without any consciousness of helping her husband drive for a while.

He now understood why Watching Wen Leyu, who had never been very interested in driving, had suddenly gotten a driver's license.

After Li Ye and Watching Wen Leyu entered the bowling alley, they saw that only half of the twelve lanes were in use, and Wen Guohua was playing with a short-haired girl.

"Lower, lower, right, right, right, ouch, hiss~~"

Li Ye took out a handkerchief, and Watching Wen Leyu also tacitly leaned her little head over, letting Li Ye wipe the sweat from her forehead.

And Watching Wen Leyu wasn't even married yet, but she had already set her sights far, knowing how to be considerate of her man.

Pulling the handbrake and turning off the engine, fine sweat had already appeared on Watching Wen Leyu's forehead.

Watching Wen Leyu whispered: "I heard she is very capable at work, two years younger than my brother, but she was already a section chief last year."

As for whether the family exerted any effort, it's not very easy to explain.

Watching Wen Leyu turned slightly, letting Li Ye rub her shoulders while giggling: "I want to learn to drive as soon as possible. That way, when we go to Qingshui for the New Year in the future, I can help you drive half the distance when we return to the capital."

"Not bad, not bad! Xiao Yu, you're much better than I was when I first got on the road, just a bit nervous. Are your shoulders sore? Come, let me rub them for you. Don't be shy, what's our relationship now? No one can see us in the car..."

"How could that be? Is Uncle Wen suffering now? If your mother knew you said that, wouldn't she spank your bottom?"

Watching Wen Leyu paused and added: "I heard from my mother that she became a section chief without any help from her family, all through her own ability."

Wen Guohua is four and a half years older than Watching Wen Leyu, twenty-seven this year, so this Pan Xiaoying is twenty-five. Being a section chief last year was very fast even in the special era of the early eighties.

Li Ye and Watching Wen Leyu followed Wen Guohua's appointment, went straight to the third floor after entering the Dongcheng Hotel, and after turning two corners, saw a bowling alley that was still very rare in this day and age.

In other words, Watching Wen Leyu had already considered the problem of running between Qingshui and the capital during the New Year after marrying Li Ye.

【This woman is a genius at mixing in the system.】

She hadn't even considered the plan of "this year at my house, next year at yours," but hoped to reduce her husband's fatigue through her own sharing.

Li Ye shook his head slowly: "Others can't help with this kind of thing, don't worry about it blindly."

"You're that Seven-Inch Blade, right? That book 'Beacon Fugitive' caused me so much suffering! I finished the first part and kept thinking about the second. My grandfather even forced me to write to you to change the plot, but you didn't change it, so my grandfather blamed me for being useless..."

Watching Wen Leyu felt the strength in Li Ye's hands decrease and was a bit unhappy. She was truly tired just now! Although her shoulders weren't very sore, Li Ye's pressing felt really comfortable.

And just now, when she first got in the car, she was obviously a bit eager, as if she wished she could become an old driver by tomorrow.

Watching Wen Leyu curled her lips and said: "Although my dad looks like he has a hot temper, he dotes on my mom, so it's fine that my mom makes the decisions at home. But my brother is a person who doesn't take grievances to heart, if there's a conflict in the future..."

Pan Xiaoying took only a few minutes to dissolve the "strangeness" of meeting Li Ye and Watching Wen Leyu for the first time.

But Li Ye could clearly feel that Pan Xiaoying wasn't just "familiar at first sight," nor was it that kind of strong "affinity," but a higher-level way of interacting with people.

Bowling began to enter the mainland in the early eighties, but it basically belonged to the supporting facilities of luxury hotels. Playing a game cost several yuan, belonging to absolutely high-consumption entertainment sports.

"Oh oh, is it sore here? Or down here?"

"Xiao Yu, don't hold the ball like that. Wait for me to call someone over to explain it to us. I'm also playing for the second time, I don't know how to play at all. Let's just play casually, and when it's mealtime, I'll take you to eat something delicious..."

People like Wen Guohua hear and see things at home since childhood that are different from children of ordinary families.

After arriving at their units, they are very familiar with the various rules and regulations within the system, and they can indeed be like a fish in water by their own ability.

Watching Wen Leyu's talent in driving was unexpectedly good. On the short stretch from the Zhongliang Courtyard to the Dongcheng Hotel, Li Ye felt she was already better than most female drivers he met at the driving school back then.

At least she wouldn't have a blank mind and be at a loss when facing a pedestrian on the road.

Wen Guohua saw Li Ye and Watching Wen Leyu and waved to them with a smile.

A wife willing to share is the luckiest encounter in a man's life.

Think about it! A college graduate only has a salary of sixty yuan, and it's gone after playing for a few hours. Ordinary people really can't afford to play.

The more ordinary people can't afford to play, the more it is sought after by some people. Bowling was actually packaged as a kind of "high-luxury sport," developing explosively in the mainland, rising to tens of...

... yuan per game at its most expensive.

This thing used to be a kind of superstition, but it was later developed into a "noble sport" like snooker, golf, and tennis.

Watching Wen Leyu tilted her head to look at Li Ye, obediently giving up the desire to shift into third gear, and also retracted more than half of the throttle, letting the red Santana move slowly on the empty street like a little turtle.

But in fact, bowling wasn't a sport at the beginning.

After more than ten years, when everyone had tried the novelty, no one played even if the price was slashed.

But does this ability count as help from the family? Children of ordinary families aren't even on the same starting line as them, okay?

"What are you two looking at over there? Why don't you come over?"

The few words Pan Xiaoying said to Li Ye seemed enthusiastic, but she kept her distance just right. And when teaching Watching Wen Leyu to play, she adjusted her tone and attitude without a trace.

But next, the two witnessed how "capable" this Pan Xiaoying was.

Watching Wen Leyu glanced at Pan Xiaoying and whispered: "You felt it too, right? You said if she becomes like my mom in the future, won't my brother suffer?"

However, since Watching Wen Leyu wanted to learn to drive, Li Ye had to take on the burden of being a coach.

"Why stop pressing? It was only a few times?"

It turned out she felt sorry for Li Ye, sorry that he drove five hundred kilometers from his hometown to Beijing to pay respects to his mother-in-law on the second day of the New Year.

Li Ye breathed a sigh of relief. This old-model Santana only had four gears in total. Shifting into third gear and stepping on the gas could break one hundred. A new driver running one hundred... are you kidding?

"Let's go, go over and see. If you don't like it, just talk less, we'll say hello and leave."

Pan Xiaoying didn't make Li Ye feel she was a second-generation, but she definitely didn't make Li Ye feel she was an ordinary person either.

"Xiao Yu, you have great talent, but don't feel annoyed. As long as you can clearly distinguish between the accelerator and the brake, you're no longer a new driver."

Watching Wen Leyu nudged her chin and introduced to Li Ye: "Look, that's Pan Xiaoying. If there are no accidents, she will be my sister-in-law in the future."

Bowling originated in Europe in the 3rd century AD. Catholics placed wooden pillars in church corridors and rolled stones on the ground to hit them.

Li Ye's hand loosened, and he was stunned for a moment.

"Xiao Yu, you're great. Now let's do a most basic exercise. You first add a little gas, then lightly step on the brake, alternating constantly to form muscle memory..."

Li Ye nodded: "That is very capable."

Watching Wen Leyu obediently began to move the car, dawdling for more than a minute, and finally parked the car neatly, which looked comfortable even to herself.

Watching Wen Leyu led Li Ye over, not forgetting to remind Li Ye: "If she makes you feel uncomfortable, we'll turn around and leave, don't spoil her."

Li Ye took a gap and whispered to Watching Wen Leyu: "Xiao Yu, I saw the shadow of *** on her. Your mom didn't find this sister-in-law for you by looking at herself, did she?"

Li Ye watched from the sidelines with a smile for a while and keenly judged that Pan Xiaoying could make all three of them feel very comfortable when interacting with Wen Guohua, Watching Wen Leyu, and him. Just this ability to get along with people was simply peak.

"Of course not," Watching Wen Leyu said proudly: "I practiced sitting in a chair for a long time. I'll be able to drive proficiently in at most half a year."

Li Ye knew the drawbacks of a novice on the road: muscles are too tense, shoulders and calves are most prone to soreness, and rubbing them feels especially comfortable.

Li Ye took a careful look and whispered: "You said she is very capable? I don't see it! Look at your brother, how happily he's laughing?"

Li Ye couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Xiao Yu, you are different from her. Even if you change, you'll still be different from her."