After driving for over an hour, we finally arrived at the horse farm in Hai City, which was called the Equestrian Club of the Hai City.
When I worked previously, one of my colleagues’ husband just worked here.
The main message of the horse farm I got from her was quite simple, one was the expensive price here, two was only members could have reception, and three was the celebrities and rich bosses could often be met here.
This was a professional place for horse riding, not a scenic spot where one could just spend dozens of dollars in riding a horse and wandering around.
It was said that the horses here were all very good, and some celebrities in Hai City even raised their own horses here, so the horses they came to ride were all their own.
After I reported the member information, the staff gave me a warm reception and said,”Mrs. Hua, do you want to ride Mr. Hua’s horse? Or should I pick a shorter one for you?”
Then he realized he had said something wrong, so he added at once,”Of course, you can also ride a very tall one with your height, but Mr. Hua’s horse is indeed too strong and too tall, so usually we suggest ladies riding a shorter and smaller one.”
So Leon also had a horse which was raised in here? I’d like to see it then, what kind of horse he had on earth, since he was so stubborn.
“Is Leon’s horse very tall?” I asked the staff.
“Please wait for a second, we will show you his horse.”
I answered okay. The horse was led to come here very soon, which was white all over its body and very beautiful. But it was too tall and too strong, and I felt a little worried as soon as I saw it.
“Does this horse have a name?” I asked the staff.
“Of course, its name is Nan, which was named by Mr. Hua in person.” The staff said.
Nan? Nan Lin’s look immediately flashed in my head. Even his horse’s name was related to Nan Lin.
I suddenly felt very angry about it, now that this horse was called Nan too, then I definitely will ride it, I just wanted to ride on Nan Lin’s body.
“Okay, I will ride it.” I pointed at the horse and said to the staff.
“Okay.” He said.
“By the way, I want to ask you about someone, whose name is Feng Shen, is he here today?”
“So Mrs. Hua knows Mr. Shen too. He’s here today, now he is riding a horse in the outside. Mr. Shen has always been a frequent visitor here.” The staff said.
“Oh, thanks.”
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Then the personal trainer started to give me basic training, and I was allowed to ride the horse after I put on the riding suit and helmet.
Although the horse, Nan, looked very tall and strong, it was not very violent and fierce. After I got on it, the trainer led the horse slowly so that I can get used to riding it first.
The horse farm had beautiful view and fresh air, after communicating with the staff, I went to the place where Feng Shen was riding. Feng was my elder brother in the University of finance and economics, and one of the founders of Hailan Technology Company.
The staff led the horse and let me walk it slowly. I suddenly felt that it would be too awkward if I came to Feng just like this. It would be very obvious for him to know that I had never ridden a horse and my purpose was to approach him under the pretext of riding a horse, which probably would make him alert and was not conducive to our subsequent communication.
So I asked the staff, ” Hello, how risky it would be if I hold the rein and control the horse myself?”
He said,” Mrs. Hua, the horse is professionally trained, so it won’t be irritable in general, and it won’t run unless I use great strength to whip it. Even if it runs, I can still control its direction and there is almost no danger as long as you lean forward on the horse’s back.”
In this case, I continued to say, “Then let me ride it on my own, I will walk it for a round slowly.”
The staff said,” You must be careful, Mrs. Hua. Though I said this horse would not be irritable easily, it is not human after all, and even human sometimes can lose their minds and become out of control. So you mustn’t whip it.”
I said,” Okay, I will walk it slowly.”
The staff gave me the rein and I walked the horse slowly. It was really gentle and nothing happened at all. After a while, I still didn’t see Feng Shen and the horse farm was so large that it was indeed really difficult to meet him by chance. So I thought it would be better if I went to the rest area and waited for him.
Therefore, I walked the horse back slowly, and I felt very comfortable and relaxed.
But all of a sudden, I heard the rapid sound of a horse’s hooves and the sound of “Go” said by some one from time to time.
I turned round and saw a black horse was galloping towards me, which was also very tall and strong. And the person who was riding on it kept whipping the horse to make it run fast.
As the black horse came closer and closer, my horse seemed to be affected and became a little irritable. I hurried to tighten the rein to calm Nan down.
The black horse galloped past me like a gust of wind, which was very fast indeed. Nan was really affected and it should whinny. But I was relieved because it didn’t follow the black horse.
But soon there again was the sound of hooves opposite, and the black horse which just galloped past me was rushing back. I felt a little nervous about it.
The black horse galloped close to me and it slowed down after the rider on it said,”Yi.” Then the horse circled me and Nan twice under the control of the rider.
“That’s a good horse, let’s have a race?” The rider said.
I shook my head and didn’t answer.
The rider then took off his helmet and shook his hair.
I glanced at him, who had long hair dyed in the kind of ostentatious gray and a cynical look with deep eyes and a tall nose.
My first impression on him was good looking and great characteristic. Not only because he dyed his hair in gray, but also because his facial features. Although his eyes were black, his facial features and facial lines suggested that he was partly white and a mixed blood.
“I like your horse, I want to have a horse race with you.” He said again with very standard mandarin, which suggested that he was a mixed blood grew up in China.
“I can’t ride it very well.” I answered him out of politeness.
“You can’t ride? Then why you ride such a good horse? I like both you and your horse, I think you are very good.”
His words were so frivolous that I felt a little resentful, so I ignored him and urged the horse forward, ready to go back.
But he went after me immediately and whipped my horse, shouting”Go”.
Before I responded, he whipped it again, and my horse ran at once.
I quickly tried to tighten the rein and the horse, which was easy to handle slowed down immediately after knowing my intention. But that bastard whipped it again very soon.
I tried to tighten the rein while he constantly whipped my horse, which made it more and more irritable. Suddenly Nan lost control and galloped forward, it didn’t listen to my orders anymore.
I was so afraid that I forgot to control the rein, and I just leant forward on the back of the horse, had no choice but let it run further and further.
But I didn’t know if the horse really gone wild or had held itself for too long, it could not stop running even after it ran through the flat grass, and it started to gallop to the nearby canyon.
Now even the black horse could not catch up with us, and I heard the mixed blood shouted behind me,” Slow down! It’s too dangerous! The horse went mad!”
But how could I slow down at this moment?