“Where is Jiang Wei?”
Yi Ming reached out to take the riding clothes, his eyes indifferent as he asked.
“Jiang Wei?”
The girl was somewhat stunned, clearly not recognizing the person Yi Ming had mentioned.
“The girl who gave you the clothes, her...” Yi Ming was saying when the girl's phone suddenly rang.
“Sorry, please wait a moment.” The girl, dressed in her work uniform, smiled apologetically and then turned to answer the phone.
“Yes teacher, okay, I'll go get it right now, please wait...”
“Hey, don't go...”
The girl was called away by her teacher and disappeared swiftly into the crowds, like a caterpillar burrowing through.
Yi Ming reached out a hand to call her back, but the little girl had already vanished without a trace.
Looking at the riding clothes in his hands, Yi Ming hesitated a little.
He dialed Jiang Wei’s number again immediately, but after a few minutes passed, no one picked up.
“What is she doing...”
Yi Ming checked the time. There really wasn’t much time left to change. Hurriedly, he sent Jiang Wei a message: “I’m in the changing room.” After sending it, he put his phone back in his pocket and headed towards the changing area.
On the other side, poor little Jiang Wei was still worming her way through the surging crowds...
“Excuse me, excuse me...”
Jiang Wei felt like crying. If she didn’t deliver the clothes soon, she’d be too late.
“Hey, stop pushing, we all came to see Yi Ming. Of course there’s going to be some who come earlier and some later,” said a chubby twin-tailed girl, casting a glance at Jiang Wei. “Since you came late, just watch from the back. Next time remember to come early and get a front row spot if you want to see clearly.”
Jiang Wei bit her lip anxiously, on the verge of tears. “I came to deliver clothes for Yi Ming!”
“Oh my gosh, listen up everyone, this girl knows Yi Ming!”
The fat girl covered her mouth and laughed arrogantly. “She even says she came to deliver clothes for Yi Ming. Well we also came to deliver stuff for Yi Ming!”
Jiang Wei was stunned. “What...did you come to deliver?”
“To deliver...our little hearts!” Saying so, the fat girl and several of her girlfriends all raised their arms, looped them over their heads, and made a circle - a red heart shape. Their smiling faces were like blooming roses.
Jiang Wei stared with wide eyes, momentarily at a loss for words. She stood frozen in place...
This...this works too?
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Inside the changing room, Yi Ming placed the riding clothes on the table to the side.
He stood in front of the table, arms crossed, then flipped up the hem of his shirt in one smooth motion...
His well-defined upper body was exposed.
Yi Ming was the kind of guy who looked slender with clothes on but was actually muscular underneath. Thanks to long-term cycling, his muscles were perfectly toned. Just a slight tensing of his abs revealed six cleanly etched abdominal muscles, and further down, the faint outline of Apollo's belt...
If the crowds of Yi Ming “fans” outside caught sight of this, they'd surely shriek loud enough to blow the roof off, too excited to control their emotions.
Yi Ming picked up the riding jersey. He adjusted its orientation, on the verge of pulling it over his head, when suddenly there was a commotion outside the door.
"Excuse me, excuse me."
The voice was soft and gentle, and Yi Ming found it very familiar.
"Is the event changing room this way?"
"Yes, make a right up ahead, it's the first room."
"Thanks."
The girl's voice grew steadily clearer. Yi Ming's mouth curved up slightly. He knew their cute little apple of his eye had arrived.