From humble beginnings to the pinnacle of life

"Yesterday?!" I exclaimed in surprise. "So, you've been waiting here since yesterday?"

She gently shook her head: "I received your call the day before yesterday, and knowing that you were about to come out, I immediately bought a plane ticket to Lhasa, rented a car, and headed straight for this exit. I went to the checkpoint to inquire, and they said they hadn't seen you yet, so I'm waiting here today."

I was so shocked I couldn't speak. After a long pause, I finally said, "How can you be sure we'll come out from this exit?"

Su Qing raised her chin, a hint of smugness in her eyes, and said:

"Don't underestimate me. I contacted Brother Wang in advance to ask about the route, and he told me that you can only come out from here. It's not too far from Lhasa. I drove here yesterday, and it only took me ten hours."

This place is indeed not far from Lhasa. This time we are crossing the uninhabited area in reverse. Originally, this was the entrance to the uninhabited area, but now it has become our exit.

She made it sound so easy, but ten hours is far from enough to drive here from Lhasa.

The thought of her immediately setting off after receiving the call, flying to Lhasa, and then driving a long distance to the wilderness to wait for me filled me with warmth.

At that moment, I didn't know what to say, all I could do was hold her tighter.

Perhaps I was too tight, because Su Qing coughed lightly twice: "Be gentle, the air is already thin here, and you're squeezing me so tightly, don't you want a girlfriend anymore?"

In my excitement, I lost my composure and quickly let go of his hand.

To my utter surprise, the first person I met after leaving the no-man's land was her.

In an instant, two streams of hot tears involuntarily slid down her cheeks.

Su Qing raised her hand and gently wiped away my tears, smiling warmly like sunshine as she comforted me, "These past twenty-odd days have been tough. It's alright now, it's all over."

"I've been keeping track of the news every day, worrying day and night, hoping you'd safely walk out of the no-man's-land. Now, you're really standing in front of me."

As she laughed, her eyes reddened, and her voice became slightly hoarse.

Looking at her reddened eyes, I felt both warm and sad.

Separated by thousands of miles of wilderness, more than twenty days of agonizing loss of contact.

Instead of staying in the city to wait for news, she rushed towards the exit of the wasteland.

Holding flowers, she waited for my return.

After chatting with her for a long time, Luo Peng, who was in the distance, finally smiled, waved, and shouted to us:

"Sister Qing! It really is you! What a surprise!"

Su Qing raised her hand and smiled in response, then took half a step back and handed the sunflower she was holding to me:

"You've worked hard, Lin Ye. Welcome back!"

I gazed at the bright sunflower in her hand, and at the person I had longed for day and night. All the hardships I had endured, the near-death experiences along the way, had finally found their home at this moment.

I took the flowers, quickly calmed myself, and said, "The altitude here is still very high. Let's not stay here any longer and leave first."

She nodded: "Okay, you guys go ahead, I'll follow behind the convoy."

I glanced at her Prado, which she had rented from Lhasa, and couldn't help but sigh, "Why bother renting a car and coming all the way here? Wouldn't it have been better to wait for me in Lhasa?"

She pouted, looking haughty, and said, "No way. I want to be the first person you see when you walk out of the no-man's-land, so you'll never forget me."

She's right, I'll never forget that scene for the rest of my life.

Before I could reply, she continued, "I'm not that delicate. Get in the car, I'll go with you."

I nodded emphatically to her, then reminded her, "Drive slowly. You don't have a walkie-talkie in your car, just honk the horn if anything happens."

"Okay."

Su Qing smiled sweetly, tiptoed, and unexpectedly gave me a light kiss on the cheek before turning around and running quickly back to her car.

I stood there, stunned, my heart pounding, unable to come to my senses for a long time.

It wasn't until Su Qing started the car and gently honked the horn that I snapped out of my daze and quickly returned to the driver's seat.

Luo Peng and Su Wan returned to their respective cars. I picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Su Qing doesn't have a walkie-talkie in her car. Let her follow behind mine. Luo Peng, you stay behind."

"No problem, Brother Lin," Luo Peng paused, then joked, "But Brother Lin, this is so romantic! Who would have thought Sister Qing would come all the way here to wait for you!"

Looking at the sunflowers next to me, I felt a sweet warmth in my heart.

Luo Peng sighed, "Ah, how enviable. If a girl were willing to travel thousands of miles to wait for me, I'd give her the whole world!"

I was amused by him and immediately retorted, "You're unwilling to suffer even the slightest loss!"

Laughter and cheers filled the walkie-talkie; the convoy, originally consisting of three cars, had grown to four with Su Qing joining.

The four vehicles continued driving along National Highway 109.

That's the way home!

……

As the convoy drove forward, I felt indescribably happy.

They escaped death and broke out of the dangerous no-man's land.

The first thing I saw after leaving the wilderness was the person I had been thinking about day and night.

Even now, thinking back to that scene still makes my heart flutter.

Especially the moment when Su Qing completely disregarded my dust and sweat and threw herself into my arms without any hesitation, the emotion almost overwhelmed me.

The moment she hugged me, my mind went completely wild, and I even thought of names for our future children.

In all my years, apart from my own mother, no one has ever cared for me so unconditionally.

What's more, this person is the second young lady of the Su family, Su Qing, whose net worth is over 100 million.

In the end, I, Lin Ye, am just a penniless young man with nothing, no background, and no family wealth.

Sometimes I feel a little dazed that she was willing to be interested in me, and I wonder if I must have saved the galaxy in my past life to have such a connection with her.

Whenever I think of her holding a large bouquet of sunflowers, standing in the barren wasteland waiting for me, I can't help but smile.

I glanced at the rearview mirror every now and then; Su Qing's white Prado was closely following behind the convoy.

This little girl is incredibly bold.

Based on just a brief phone call from me, they traveled thousands of miles to wait for me at the exit of the no-man's-land.

I had so much to say, and I couldn't wait to have a good talk with her.

But when we took out our phones and turned on the screen, we found that even though we had left the heart of the no-man's-land, there was still no signal on the edge of this wasteland.

During the two days I was on the road, I was completely numb, mechanically controlling the steering wheel, and had no mind to appreciate the scenery along the way.

But now my mindset is different. Looking around, those barren, rolling hills actually look more pleasing to the eye.

Indeed, when people are in a different mood, the world they see changes accordingly.

After driving for two hours, I picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "The view is great here, let's pull over and rest for a bit, and maybe film some footage of our time travel."