novelraw Chapter 781 - 764, Reach the Peak of Ling Mountain! (2)
Chapter 781 - 764, Reach the Peak of Ling Mountain! (2)
Chapter 781: 764, Reach the Peak of Ling Mountain! (2)
After a brief ten-minute rest, the group rallied and continued to climb.
This time, the twins’ persistence was even shorter...
After just five minutes, the twins were already gasping for air, too exhausted to be aware of their surroundings...
Then, about ten minutes later, Gu Erhao couldn’t help but wail again, "Let’s take a break... even 2 minutes would be good..."
How unfortunate.
Huo Feng always seemed to be standing right beside them, always able to easily overhear such weak words.
Huo Feng purposely took out his phone to check the time, "Pretty accurate, crying out every ten minutes."
"My backpack is really too heavy... way too heavy..."
Gu Erhao moistened his dry lips, "There are still 6 bottles of water inside, it’s too heavy... let’s rest a bit more..."
Huo Feng cruelly refused, "No way. At most, a rest every half hour."
Gu Erhao: "Bro Feng..."
Huo Feng indicated to his own back, "I have 9 bottles of water in my pack, want to switch?"
Gu Erhao immediately shook his head like a rattle drum, "No, no, no..."
On the side, Gu Yihao also numbly muttered, "The water is really too heavy... we shouldn’t have bought so much..."
"Just dump it..." Gu Erhao said.
After saying this...
The brothers turned their heads and looked at each other, and as their eyes met, they seemed to think the idea was quite workable!
"I’ll dump two bottles," Gu Erhao suggested.
"Me too," Gu Yihao agreed.
After saying that, they both really dug into their bags, unexpectedly, while slowly following the troop, and took out the bottled water...
"What a waste!"
Seeing this, Huo Feng couldn’t stand by and extended his hand, "Give them here, give them here."
The twins looked at Huo Feng with surprised faces, only to hear him say, "There are no trash bins here. Throwing them anywhere would harm the environment. Just give them to me."
Instantly, the twins’ eyes lit up with immense surprise, looking at Huo Feng as if he were a savior!
However...
Huo Feng saw through their thoughts and directly said, "I’m not storing them for you! If you give them to me, they’re mine! I’ll just consider it as finding them on the ground!"
Gu Yihao and Gu Erhao’s faces immediately fell, "Ah..."
They had thought that Brother Feng, moved by unusual kindness, was willing to help them lighten the load!
They really thought too much!
Huo Feng furrowed his brows and added, "Here’s a piece of knowledge for you, especially don’t throw a water bottle in the wild. It’s like leaving a piece of combustible material in nature. The sunlight’s refraction can heat the water, easily causing a forest fire. So! I am indeed helping you dispose of trash, give them to me."
After being lectured by Huo Feng, Gu Yihao and Gu Erhao gave him 2 bottles of water each, albeit in a daze.
As a result, Huo Feng acquired 4 bottles of water, making it 13 bottles in his backpack.
As for the twins, each lightened their load by two bottles, leaving 4 bottles each.
The mountain path stretched on...
...
Half an hour later, at the twins’ request, everyone stopped and took a ten-minute rest again.
By then, the twins were truly exhausted like dogs...
To lighten their load, they frantically drank water and devoured snacks, each downing a bottle of water, leaving each with 3 bottles...
Still!
After setting off again, they didn’t feel their backpacks get any lighter, instead, they felt their bodies growing heavier and colder. They were so cold that only heat remained on their bodies, yet they couldn’t even sweat anymore.
Because the higher they went, the thinner the air on the mountain became, and the lower the temperature.
After walking for an hour and a half, everyone began to feel the burden of their loads due to the decrease in air pressure.
Even Huo Feng, carrying over a dozen bottles of water, began to feel tired and breathless as he walked.
Nevertheless, he still felt it was within his limits and not a big deal.
Mu Mu, because of the severe cold, started to experience menstrual cramps, so Yong Mu quickly hailed a horse mid-way, paid the villager, and had the villager ride Mu Mu up ahead...
At that moment!
The twins hastily prepared to pay for a ride too!
However, as soon as the twins called a villager over, they were stopped by Zheng Dong!
Zheng Dong, full of a sense of justice and passionate zeal, lectured the twins with his deep voice, "To suffer hardship is to be placed above others! Remember what our Tsinghua motto is, you must keep it in mind!"
"I’m totally spent! Brother Dong!" Gu Erhao complained.
"We’ll pay, we can’t walk anymore!" Gu Yihao protested!
But Zheng Dong simply wouldn’t let them, even blocking the villager and the horse with his body, and righteously declared, "As Tsinghua people, we must remember the words ’deeds are superior to words’! Tsinghua people have always considered physical fitness a solemn duty! Thinking back to the revolutionary times, even amidst the smoke and fire of war, Tsinghua people insisted on morning exercises! Faculty and students made physical fitness a basis! Strong in body, then strong in capability! Then healthy! Then able to serve our country!"
Fed up with Zheng Dong’s self-righteous rambling, the villager couldn’t wait any longer and galloped down the mountain on the horse...
Gu Erhao just watched the villager ride away, his hopes disappearing before his eyes...
He really couldn’t hate Zheng Dong enough!
"Ah! There was finally a horse in sight! You owe me one!"
Gu Erhao grabbed Zheng Dong’s clothes and shook them in frustration.
In fact, as time went on, it was becoming less likely for villagers to ride up the mountain.
Now, encountering any villagers on horseback on the road, they are mostly villagers who have already descended after ferrying people up the mountain.
So, it’s really a chance encounter that you can’t really ask for...
Gu Yihao and Gu Erhao felt like crying!
"Classmate! Classmate! Classmate!"
Zheng Dong grabbed Gu Erhao’s hand with a firm grip, called out three times, his voice deep and full of vigor, "It’s probably just an hour’s journey left, I believe you can definitely persevere! You have to cheer up! Cheer up! Cheer up!"
Gu Yihao and Gu Erhao: "..."
On the side, Huo Feng thought to himself: That’s so damn... chuuni! Zheng Dong must be from the Anime Club!
Then, with tears and cries for their parents, Gu Yihao and Gu Erhao persisted through the pain and were forced to complete the full journey with the main group...
...
Following the principle of resting for ten minutes every half an hour, on the way, Gu Yihao and Gu Erhao numbly finished off 2 bottles of water and visited the wild restroom twice...
By the time they reached the top of the mountain, the twins were only left with half a bottle of water!
But!
Having spent 3 hours climbing the mountain, when they finally reached the summit, they were no longer worried about the issue of water!
Instead, it was finally here!
Standing at the top of Ling Mountain, looking towards the city, the view was majestic and spectacular! It was refreshing and delightful! It was as if they had reached the clouds, floating in a celestial realm!
The temperature at the top of the mountain was very low, but fortunately, everyone promptly put on thick clothes, so nobody was freezing; instead, their hearts were warmed!
A group of people stood in front of the Ling Mountain stone tablet, taking photos to commemorate their first event!
Reaching the peak is a challenge for oneself and for life.
The hardships and exhaustion along the way seemed utterly insignificant at the moment of reaching the pinnacle!
At this time, everyone’s hearts were joyful.
"Alright, buddies!"
Zheng Dong, who had remained enthusiastic throughout the journey, spread out a picnic blanket on the ground, "Ladies can sit here and rest! Guys, come on and help me pitch tents!"
Now...
Huo Feng realized.
The reason Zheng Dong is so suntanned must be because he’s always out in the wilderness!
Just look at that blood-pumping, energetic demeanor of his, as if his energy could never be exhausted!
Truth be told...
Coming up this way, Huo Feng felt totally exhausted!
On one side, the weary girls took their bags and sat down on the picnic blanket to rest...
On another side, Zheng Dong was setting up four tents by himself.
Elsewhere, Yong Mu was negotiating a price with a villager on horseback.
He was willing to offer three times the price for the villager to wait for them for 30 minutes, so he and Mu Mu could have a picnic with the rest and then ride down the mountain with them.
Money is tempting.
And the triple price is quite substantial!
The villager agreed!
After Yong Mu had negotiated a good price with the villager, he prepared to go help Zheng Dong with pitching tents...
However, on the way to find Zheng Dong, Huo Feng hooked his arm and whisked him away...
"Come on, come with me to sprinkle some fairy water..."
So, while saying this, Huo Feng took Yong Mu to a secluded corner far from the main group, and the two of them unbuttoned and unzipped to begin using the wild restroom...
"Hey, what do you plan to do tonight?"
Taking advantage of the lack of people around and the distance from the main group, Huo Feng stealthily asked Yong Mu.
"Huh?"
Yong Mu was taken aback.
After Huo Feng was done sprinkling fairy water and pulling up his zipper, he elbowed Yong Mu, "Stop pretending, aren’t you planning to stay at a bed and breakfast with Little Qingmei?"
"I..."
Yong Mu looked at Huo Feng awkwardly and cautiously, "Of course, there will be two rooms... "
"Nonsense!"
Huo Feng raised his voice, "Even if I lent you 100 guts, you wouldn’t dare to book just one room, okay?"
Yong Mu: "..." Was he really going to ruthlessly expose him like that...
Huo Feng then asked, "Let me ask you something seriously, answer me honestly."
Yong Mu: "Huh?"
Huo Feng stared at him seriously and asked, "You like your Little Qingmei in a romantic way, right? You want to date her, to sleep with her, don’t you?"
Yong Mu: "Ah..."
Just then, two sneaky figures gradually approached Huo Feng and Yong Mu...
Of course, they were also eavesdropping on their conversation...
Huo Feng tugged Yong Mu’s pants, "Pull up your pants, answer me seriously."
Yong Mu quickly pulled up his zipper, swallowing hard, his throat tight with nervousness as he opened his lips to speak...