We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

Unlike yesterday's scorching heat, Saturday morning's sun was exceptionally gentle, and even the mountain breeze carried a refreshing coolness.

"Li Mubai, let's see who gets to the top of the mountain first!"

Chen Qiuhe nimbly overtook him, then stopped, turned around, and wore a provocative smile.

"This mountain is quite high." Li Mubai looked up at the winding stone steps in front of him. The stone steps were built along the mountain, layer upon layer, and seemed to have no end in sight.

"Hehe, the more you practice, the better." Chen Qiuhe proudly raised her chin and skipped along the stone steps, her steps as light as a deer's. "Look at me, I can fly."

"Be careful not to twist your ankle," Li Mubai reminded him.

"How could that be?"

Chen Qiuhe waved her hand dismissively, but as soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly cried out "Ouch!" and sat down on the stone steps, her brows furrowed in pain.

"See? I told you to walk carefully, and now you've twisted your ankle."

"Haha, just kidding! Let's hurry up and go, we've all separated from the group." Chen Qiuhe suddenly burst out laughing.

Li Mubai shook his head helplessly and looked ahead. Sure enough, they were far behind Class 3. He sped up and caught up with Chen Qiuhe.

"Li Mubai, can you take some photos for me?"

"Wait, let me strike a pose."

Looking at Chen Qiuhe's bright and cheerful smile in the camera, Li Mubai's memory seemed to be pulled back to that early autumn of last year's sports meet.

"What are you thinking about? Let me check how your photos turned out!" Chen Qiuhe snatched her phone and looked through the photos.

"I'm wondering if I should charge you for taking my picture," Li Mubai said, resting his chin on his hand in thought.

"Money? No way! It's your honor to have my picture taken." Chen Qiuhe put her phone away and commented, "Not bad, an improvement from yesterday. Keep up the good work, Little Li."

"The sun isn't very strong in the morning," Li Mubai thought to himself. He walked to the railing and looked into the distance. The trees had turned green again in spring, and patches of clouds tore the sunlight into pieces.

Chen Qiuhe pressed the shutter.

"If we lower the color tone a bit, you'll become a melancholy boy."

"Be melancholy, be melancholy."

"Class 3 students, let's continue forward and prepare to cross the bridge," the tour guide's voice came.

The bridge wasn't actually across the water, but rather between two peaks. The strong wind made the red flags on the bridge flutter loudly, and the two connecting iron chains swayed.

"Li Mubai, do you think the bridge will break when we get to the middle?" Chen Qiuhe asked.

"Can't you hope for something better?"

"This is a reasonable speculation based on reality. Look at all these people walking on the bridge. If the bridge couldn't bear the weight, it would break with a bang."

"..."

Fortunately, we crossed the bridge safely.

"At the fork in the road ahead, students, please turn left." The tour guide, accompanied by a small bee, called out to the last student.

"Chen Qiuhe, you've gone the wrong way. The road is on the left," Li Mubai reminded him.

"You go first. I drank too much water this morning. I'll go to the restroom and follow you right away."

The road sign indicates that the restroom is on the right.

After a moment's thought, Li Mubai chose to follow Chen Qiuhe.

"What are you doing? Trying to peek at me when I go to the bathroom?" Chen Qiuhe turned her head away, looking disgusted.

"I'm afraid you'll fall behind."

Of course, he also wanted to go to the restroom.

I walked for about 100 meters before I finally saw the toilet. It was really far away.

Li Mubai walked out of the bathroom and found that Chen Qiuhe had not come out yet, so he waited around her.

"Hey." He felt a tap on his left shoulder and instinctively looked back, but saw no one. They were playing this trick again.

"You didn't dry your hands properly, did you?" Li Mubai glanced at his shoulder with disdain.

"Don't frame me!" Chen Qiuhe said angrily.

"Hurry up and let's go, or we'll fall behind and get scolded by Teacher Wu," Li Mubai urged.

"Our class monitor is really diligent and follows the rules."

Li Mubai ignored her teasing, turned around and strode forward. Chen Qiuhe quickly followed, still muttering complaints.

"Ha, your mouth is really blessed. Where do you think you're going now?" Chen Qiuhe teased.

There's another fork in the road ahead.

"Actually, we can wait here for the next class and follow them," Li Mubai suggested after a moment's thought.

"You wait here, I'm going this way." Chen Qiuhe casually picked a path.

Seeing this, Li Mubai had no choice but to follow.

The two walked up the path on the right. Along the way, they occasionally encountered a few hikers. When the hikers saw the two students in school uniforms, they all looked surprised.

The higher you go, the fewer pedestrians there are.

We finally reached a platform, but we didn't see any of the students from Class 3. It seems this wasn't the route chosen by the school. This is bad.

"There's another tower up there. Let's keep climbing and go up to the top. We're sure to see an even more beautiful view," Chen Qiuhe urged.

"Hurry up, or we'll be finished if Wu Changguo finds out we're not here."

Li Mubai and Chen Qiuhe continued walking uphill. He glanced at the signpost—Guiyan Pagoda.

The Guiyan Pagoda stands on a small platform. Entry into the pagoda is not allowed, and there is no one here.

Standing on the edge, gazing into the distance, one can even see the corners of Pingyang City.

"It looks so beautiful!" Chen Qiuhe opened her arms, letting the wind on the mountaintop blow her hair.

"I need to put on my glasses to see," she said, taking a small pair of binoculars from her pocket, putting them on her glasses, and looking in the direction of Pingyang City.

"There's an airplane!" Chen Qiuhe exclaimed excitedly.

"Where?" Li Mubai squinted, not seeing anything.

"It took off from Pingyang City."

"I can't see clearly, you're wearing binoculars, right?"

"Your eyesight is really bad, it's over there."

Li Mubai looked in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, there was a faint white trail in the sky, which stood out against the azure sky.

"Li Mubai." Chen Qiuhe suddenly spoke, the joking tone gone, her expression becoming extremely serious, and her eyes becoming much more earnest.

"Hmm?" Li Mubai turned his head to look at her, feeling a little puzzled, wondering what she was about to say.

Xie Shu told me he would take care of you.

"...When did this happen?" Li Mubai's body stiffened slightly, his eyes filled with surprise, and he asked subconsciously.

Last weekend.

"I'm not a child, what do I need to take care of?" Li Mubai chuckled dryly.

"That's what I said too." Chen Qiuhe paused for a moment. "We're friends, right?"

"certainly."

"Friends should support each other, right?"

"Yes."

"So, Li Mu Bai, let's study hard together!"

Li Mubai smiled. Aren't they studying together right now?

"I hope that eight years from now, you will be even better and together with the person you love," Chen Qiuhe added softly, gazing at the distant sky.

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