Dong Qiming pedaled his bicycle so fast it whirred, and Gu Jiaojiao couldn't even hear what Su Shuochi was saying.
Su Shuochi saw how much his wife enjoyed riding the bicycle; she was laughing joyfully as she steered it herself.
'In a year at most, I'll be able to stand again. Then I can ride my bike and take her to school every day.'
'Maybe I could even drive her to school in a car.' The thought of a car made Su Shuochi think of his former comrade-in-arms, Lin Haoshi.
After his injury, Lin Haoshi had gone out of his way to find renowned doctors for him, but Su Shuochi had refused to see him.
'I'm bored now that my wife isn't here. I might as well give Lin Haoshi a call.'
He and Lin Haoshi shared a bond forged in battle, the kind of friendship where you'd trust the other man with your life. Lin Haoshi was from the Imperial City, and his surname hadn't originally been Lin.
