A Young Woman's Heart

By the way, the pink sofa was indeed delivered to the store within half an hour.

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Chapter 117 North Peak

(One)

snow.

Like pear blossoms fluttering in the air.

They formed patches, like a curtain of snow, but when they encountered branches, awnings, cars, or anything else, they would scatter like fragile puzzle pieces, spilling everywhere.

The bus swayed as it moved forward through the thick snow.

The train was jolted and bumpy, affecting everyone in the carriage.

Although the windshield wipers were moving so fast they were leaving blurry trails, they still couldn't stop the snow that kept blowing in from the front.

The car was moving at an unprecedented slow speed.

The students, however, did not feel tired.

This is because it is a rare heavy snowfall in Hangzhou.

The meaning of a journey often lies not in reaching the destination, but in lingering over the beauty of the scenery along the way.

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(two)

It's rare for Hangzhou to have such heavy snow. The city was covered in snow, and many low-rise buildings along the way looked as if they were made of snow. Even the simplest square bungalows had a touch of understated beauty at this time.

"Wow wow wow—!!!" Hua Yinyin seemed to have seen something incredible. Even though she was sitting behind Mo Xueyao, she leaned on the back of her chair and patted her shoulder hard. "Little Yaoyao, look!! West Lake is frozen!"

From a distance, West Lake looks like a semi-transparent mirror, reflecting the gray sky.

However, if no one is walking on the ice on the shore, it is generally not noticeable that the lake has been frozen over unless you look closely.

Children who grow up in the south rarely see a lake frozen solid; at most, they see a thin layer of ice covering it.

Moreover, the entire West Lake was frozen over at that time.

So the students rushed over here and peered out the window at the frozen West Lake.

It's a bit worrying; will the bus's center of gravity become unstable as a result?

"Someone's riding a bicycle on the shore?" This scene excited Mo Xueyao greatly. Her face was pressed against the windowpane, but she didn't feel cold at all. "Are you frozen solid?"

"what?"

"Exactly, aren't they afraid of falling?"

"That's why everyone's on the shore. Maybe if we wait a few more days for the snow to fall, we'll be able to get to the middle of the lake, or even ride a bicycle across the entire lake without any problem!"

Li Wanyan tilted her head slightly, gazing out the window, then hesitated, "Tomorrow..."

"Let's come over tomorrow! Let's play on the lake!! It's a special day, let's not worry about the entrance fee!" Mo Xueyao turned her head quickly, almost bumping her head with Li Wanyan's, "Wanyan, what do you think!"

"Okay." Li Wanyan stopped herself from saying what she was about to say and gave Mo Xueyao a brief reply.

"I want to come too! I want to come too!"

"Yinyin, you should just give up..."

"Hey, what do you mean? You seem to dislike me that much?!"

"Your arrival is most likely to bring bad news..."

"Damn it, I was thinking of bringing some old-fashioned yogurt for Yaoyao, the kind that comes in blocks, you can't buy it anywhere else, it's a specialty of the North..."

“Come on, you must come tomorrow!” Mo Xueyao immediately hugged Hua Yinyin’s neck, looking like best buddies.

Hmm...yes, it's not that kind of best friend feeling, it's definitely more like a brother feeling.

"Hmph, I'm not going!" But Hua Yinyin tilted her little face up instead.

"Come on, come on, I'll take you ice skating!"

Do you have ice skates?

"No, I don't know how to ice skate like that. I mean, uh... you sit on the ice and then someone behind you pushes you hard, and you can skate really far. I used to do that back in my hometown."

—Mo Xueyao said her hometown is Jilin in the north.

"...What a dangerous game."

"It's not dangerous at all, it's super fun!"

"Then...then I'll try it tomorrow...?" Hua Yinyin seemed a little hesitant.

This was indeed rare, but Mo Xueyao found her exceptionally adorable.

Rather, if Hua Yinyin continues like this, she must be the kind of girl who is very popular and well taken care of by others.

However, she is mostly quite independent and domineering, and... her overly cheerful personality is really both funny and exasperating.

I wouldn't say I hate them, but I certainly wouldn't want to get close to them.

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(three)

The destination was within Hangzhou city, not too far, so before we had even had a chance to fully appreciate the scenery along the way, the bus had already slowly come to a stop beside the terminal.

Located near Lingyin Temple, this is one of the highest peaks near Hangzhou.

It is also the most well-known of them.

—North Peak.

In fact, Beigaofeng is not high at all, with an altitude of only 300 meters.

However, Hangzhou's terrain is relatively flat, especially around Yinhu Lake, making this mountain appear towering in comparison.

Beigaofeng itself is nothing special; what's special is the temple on the summit.

That place is a temple dedicated to the God of Wealth, and it has an exceptionally prestigious name: "The Number One Temple of the God of Wealth in the World."

As for whether it is truly the best in the world, that remains to be seen.

But one thing is certain: it does have a history of over 1,600 years and is the oldest temple in Hangzhou.

The mountain gate in front is simple and heavy, covered with snow, as if it has been given a new coat.

However, the heavy mountain gate did not bear the three large characters "Bei Gaofeng" but rather the characters "Lao He Yun Qi".

"Everyone line up and follow the line. Don't wander off. Our hiking route starts from Laohe Yunqi, then goes to General Mountain, Lingfeng Mountain, and finally reaches Beigaofeng, which is the highest peak in the vicinity." Ye Wen shouted through a megaphone. There were quite a few female teachers like her who used megaphones to make announcements.

However, there were also some with particularly loud voices. For example, in Yu Shu's class, there was a middle-aged woman who was twice as fat as Ye Wen. Her voice was like that of someone who had practiced lion's roar kung fu, and it could be heard far away even without a loudspeaker.

—She just sounds like she has a bad temper, making people even afraid to meet her gaze.

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(four)

The senior high school students are now wailing in despair.

Who knew that this rare winter trip would turn into a mountain hike?

Moreover, it is the most famous mountain in Hangzhou.

"Damn, this is worse than sleeping at home, or even just attending classes in the classroom!"

"Yeah, that's right, damn it..."

"Ah Wen, how much longer until we get there!"

"We've only just started climbing! There's snow on the steps, so be careful!"

With so many classes climbing the mountain together, the speed of climbing up the mountain is definitely not much faster, and there may even be times when they climb for a while and then stop.

Wang Jiale took out bag after bag of snacks from his schoolbag and ate them like a hamster.

Gao Yuan started to share the burden. To make things easier for himself, he quickly gave away all the snacks in his bag. His classmates were all smiles, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Little Yao Yao! I swiped some jelly from Gao Yuan! Do you want some?"

"I don't want to eat..." In the dead of winter, Mo Xueyao didn't want to eat anything so cold.

Just then, Li Wanyan, who had fallen behind, quickly walked over through the crowd and handed her a package of dried tofu and bamboo skewers that had already been opened.

Mo Xueyao took the bamboo skewer without hesitation and tasted a piece.

It's spicy. After eating it, I felt my stomach start to burn, and my whole body warmed up.

Of course, the price to pay is panting like a dog with its tongue sticking out.

"Hiss, ha—Wanyan, where did you get this? It's so spicy!"

“Lele’s.” Li Wanyan turned to look at Wang Jiale, who seemed to have just eaten a few pieces, her lips were so spicy they looked like she had applied lipstick.

"Wanyan, have you eaten? Oh my god, it's so spicy... This is way too spicy..."

"Yes, I ate it." Li Wanyan said, skewering a piece with a bamboo stick and stuffing it into her mouth, her face showing absolutely no emotion.

"Little Yaoyao, jelly!"

"Ah, right, jelly..." Mo Xueyao quickly picked up a jelly, tore it open, and eagerly stuffed it into her mouth.

Only after holding the jelly in my mouth did the stinging sensation finally subside.

She clearly didn't want to eat such cold snacks just now, but now she's eaten three in a row.

Climbing the mountain with so many people didn't seem as tiring as I had imagined.

The spacious, stepped mountain path is easy to walk on.

All the senior high school students gathered here, winding upwards like a long snake.

The steam rising from the students' heads seemed to melt the snowflakes prematurely.

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