believe

Lin Nanyan staggered back.

His gaze slowly focused on Chen Heng's face, and he finally saw those eyes clearly, those eyes that were completely different from his.

The teasing stopped, the red blood vessels spread, and the boy's face became clear, staring at him closely.

Lin Nanyan said: "I don't know."

"Maybe he's left now. He was at the park exit an hour ago."

Chen Heng quickly dialed the number. Amidst the long beeps, no one answered. He hung up, called again, hung up, called again, his tension rising again and again. He caught sight of a silent figure nearby and asked, "Why didn't you tell me before?"

"Why should I tell you?" Lin Nanyan asked back. He really didn't understand. "Why are you blaming others for what happened between you and him?"

"If you want to know Chen Xu's whereabouts in time, you should at least tell me. If he shows up, please let me know immediately."

“I think this is the most basic process,” he said.

"No one has the obligation to constantly guess whether you want to see Chen Xu today or not," the boy said bluntly, almost cruelly. "You and he have a bad relationship, and a normal person's first reaction would be to avoid the two of you meeting, so—"

Lin Nanyan said, "You shouldn't ask others this question."

"Not harmonious..." Chen Heng murmured, "You're right, why should I pay attention to him."

"Hengheng—" A surprised boy's voice suddenly came from the other end of the phone, "Why are you calling me? I'm sorry, I didn't hear the ringtone just now."

"I made a new friend, even though he's much younger than me, you..."

"Where are you?" Chen Heng suddenly interrupted him, "Where are you?!"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone. After a long moment, the boy's cautious voice came from the other end, "I... I'm home. What's wrong, Hengheng? Why are you asking?"

Chen Heng listened to the other party's clumsy words with an expressionless face.

"I was taken away by the bodyguards after leaving your school that day, and now I'm watching a movie at home."

Chen Heng: "Let your aunt answer the phone."

"Auntie, Auntie—" The boy seemed to have been calling for a long time but no one answered. He leaned in to the phone and said, "Hengheng, Auntie at home might be out buying groceries. If you have anything, tell me. I can help."

There was dead silence on the other end of the line. He asked anxiously, "Hengheng, why aren't you talking?"

"Chen Xu," Chen Heng suddenly called out the boy's full name, his fingers gripping the phone so tightly they turned white. He said, "I shouldn't have expected anything from you."

Chen Xu's face suddenly turned pale. He wanted to say something, but found that his fingertips were stiff and cold. The phone screen dimmed, reflecting his pale face. The person on the other end had already hung up.

"What's wrong?" The person next to him handed him a cup of hot water and asked with concern.

"It's okay." He smiled and comforted the other person, indicating that he was fine, but the glass of water spilled into his hand and became half a cup.

Seeing Chen Heng hang up the phone, Lin Nanyan walked back to where he was, looking straight ahead: "Still crawling?"

Although he was far away and didn't hear most of the conversation, he could guess a little from Chen Heng's expression.

The boy didn't say anything, his eyes vaguely cast at his hands, not knowing what he was waiting for.

Lin Nanyan didn't urge him.

A bird landed on a branch and squinted at the silent Two-legged Beast statue below. The incessant ringing of the bells stimulated its feathers to stand up, but it did not leave.

The phone rang twice briefly, a special reminder.

Chen Heng quickly clicked it, zoomed in with his finger, and his expression visibly relaxed a lot.

"Climb, why not? Are you tired?" He turned to look at Lin Nanyue and spoke provocatively.

"Let's go, we are far behind." Lin Nanyue withdrew his gaze and looked towards the end of the mountain path. There was no girl there.

The two of them tacitly changed the subject and quickened their pace. Relying on their physical strength and leg length, they soon reached the turning at the end.

The bird on the branch watched the two-legged beast walk away with its small eyes. It tilted its head and used its sharp beak to clean up the flying feathers, then sat down. The branch suddenly fell heavily, startling it so much that it quickly spread its wings and fled from the danger.

On the other side, the three girls walking in front were staggering here and there, pulling each other and dragging each other down.

"Hip leads thigh, thigh leads calf, heel lands on the ground, rise——"

"Pfft—you're like a turtle climbing a wall, haha..."

"Get out of the way. I'm a professional coach. What do you know?"

"Okay, Coach Song Shuang, please continue, continue..."

Jiang Qing and Jiang Qing looked at each other, holding back their laughter. Although they were tired, they tried their best to keep up with each other.

"Take a deep breath and look into the distance." Song Shuang set an example.

"Ahhh, I think I caught the cloud." Jiang Qing screamed.

"Where is it? Let me see. It's true. It feels so wonderful." Song Shuang was stunned in a second.

Jiang Qing stretched her hand into the thin and misty clouds. The clouds rolled up and lingered on her fingertips, and then dispersed gently with the wind.

Jiang Qing moved his fingers slightly, as if touching the air, but there was a faint trace of moisture.

She turned around and looked at Jiang Qing in surprise.

Song Shuang turned her head and saw this scene. She rolled her eyes, quickly retracted her hand that she had foolishly extended and hid it behind her back, trying to draw a clear line.

"Hey, two idiots, look carefully, is that a cloud?"

The two fools looked back and realized that they had already stepped into the clouds. From a distance, the fog was hazy and the three of them seemed to be covered with a veil.

They followed the sound of falling water, and around a bend, they saw a massive torrent of water rushing down, creating white waves that crashed against the rocks. The water droplets washed over the rocks, then instantly evaporated into a cloud of mist in the summer heat.

The girls were stunned for a moment.

The water gurgles, the water sparkles, and the stars are reflected under the sky, and the grandeur and magnificence of nature are overwhelming.

Jiang Qing exclaimed: "How beautiful!"

She ran over and stood on the stone platform, opening her arms and exhaling deeply, her entire body filled with fresh, natural oxygen. Suddenly, she saw something, her eyes lit up, and she smiled and waved to everyone, "Come and see."

"What?" Song Shuang leaned over.

“Purple, so beautiful!”

There is a natural pond of medium size under the stone platform, with lavender fish swimming in it, and the scales on their bodies reflect colorful spots of light.

Suddenly, a group of fish rushed upstream against the current, passed by the rocks, and jumped high. The vertical lines on their bodies crisscrossed, and the flowing red and purple light patterns formed the most beautiful ribbon on the body of the Dunhuang dancer when she was flying.

This scene is so beautiful that no still photo can reproduce even one ten-thousandth of its magnificence.

"Wow--"

Jiang Qing's eyes sparkled with amazement, and she danced excitedly, "Did you see that? They're glowing!"

Everyone stopped and held their heads high, as if stunned by the beauty and speechless. The brilliant colors were deeply engraved in their eyes, leaving an indelible mark.

After a while, the school of fish completed the leap. Jiang Qing was so excited that she calmed down for a while. When she turned around, she found that all her friends were there.

"Mei Yan, I finally see you." Seeing the person she hadn't seen for a long time, she rushed over and hugged him, "You don't know how hard it was for us to walk this way, wuwu."

The girl rushed past Lin Nanyan and Chen Heng without even glancing at them, not noticing that they had fallen behind and had quietly caught up with the group.

Jiang Qing looked at the familiar scene in front of him and silently turned to look at Song Shuang.

Song Shuang looked at the sky and the earth. The rocks and the sky were so beautiful.

Ye Meiyan touched Jiang Qing's head and tried to comfort her: "We have reached the top of the mountain."

"Ah?" Jiang Qing looked up suddenly, and Song Shuang looked over at her.

"Really, it's over there." Looking in the direction of Ye Meiyan's finger, about a hundred meters away, at the end of the road was a built platform. Looking further ahead, there should be a cliff.

"But I see the top of the mountain is still up there." Jiang Qing looked up. The top of the mountain stood there, not far away. There was a small path passing through. This should not be the highest point.

Ye Meiyan: "It's too dangerous up there, the staff have closed the road."

She had explored the path further up. A wire fence had been erected along the path, and a red sign on one side of the road read, "Danger Ahead, No Passing."

Hearing this, Jiang Qing turned around and exchanged glances with Song Shuang. The two clapped their hands in understanding and laughed arrogantly, "We're up here, hahahaha."

The mountain road is long and there are many people climbing the mountain, but only a few people reach the top of the mountain. At this time, there are few people and only a few staff members patrolling. The most conspicuous ones are this group of noisy people.

After confirming that they had arrived at the final destination, Lin Nanyan walked down a thousand meters to the vendor gathering place to buy ingredients and rented a barbecue grill. The boys went downstairs to carry the ingredients to prepare dinner.

Jiang Qing and the others wanted to go and help but were chased away, so they had to sit there and look at the sea of ​​clouds.

"I haven't felt this relaxed in a long time."

"Me too."

Several people supported their hands behind their backs, dangling their legs in the air, their minds clear, and talking slowly and intermittently.

In the silence, Jiang Qing turned his head and saw a girl with her eyes closed. She had a cool temperament even when she was not smiling. At this moment, her expression was relaxed and her whole body exuded tranquility.

She closed her eyes and tilted her head back naturally.

The occasional conversations with the boys, the slight itch of hair brushing against the ears, the tired and sore legs, the warmth of the sun on the eyelids, everything slowed down and mixed into a wonderful feeling, as if starting a spiritual healing process.

The world is so beautiful, she is listening to the whispers of the wind.

"I'm here!" The girl's joyful voice rang out. Jiang Qing opened his eyes and saw the girl beside him, already fully revived, rushing towards the boy. "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Without waiting for a reply, Jiang Qing quickly opened the packaging of the ingredients and said happily, "I'm an expert at this. Just stand still and let me grill."

Song Shuang, who followed over, curled his lips and resisted the urge to expose someone's poor cooking skills.

Lin Nanyan put down the fire he had just installed, handed the tongs to Jiang Qing, stuffed a large bag of fruit boxes into her arms, and turned away.

He had only taken a few steps when he stopped in his tracks. He looked back and saw a familiar hand grabbing the hem of his clothes, holding on tightly. He looked over and met Jiang Qing's resentful face.

"No, I was just saying it," Jiang Qing was puzzled. "You're not really going to throw it all to me, are you?"

Chen Heng, enjoying the fun, patted Jiang Qing on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, even mine counts. Keep going!"

"!! How come even you have changed?" Jiang Qing couldn't believe it.

Lin Nanyan lowered his eyes and said, "Let go."

Jiang Qing held on tighter: "I won't! Don't even think about running away."

The boy sighed helplessly and stretched out his hands, which were dirty from carrying things. "I'm going to the bathroom. Do you want to go too?"

"Wash, wash your hands..." Jiang Qing let go awkwardly, "Why were you so vague earlier?"

Lin Nanyan: "Okay, my bad, I'm leaving."

Jiang Qing: "Yeah. Go ahead."

The few people behind them cast vague glances at the two of them. When they saw Jiang Qing turn around, they immediately lowered their heads and got busy.

"Jiang Qing...Qing, do you eat beef?" Song Shuang almost changed the subject and called the wrong person.

Jiang Qing blinked: "I'm not picky about food."

Song Shuang: "Then you are much easier to raise than Jiang Jiang. You don't know her. She only likes tomatoes when she makes scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and only wants the egg whites, not the egg whites..."

Jiang Qing listened carefully and said, "It's okay."

"Not bad?" Song Shuang was shocked. "You don't know, she likes sour and spicy food but not salty food, and she won't eat leeks or duck eggs. But if you cook them differently, she'll fall in love with them again. She's really hard to please."

Ye Meiyan: "It's normal."

? ?

Is that what people say? Song Shuang was choked and speechless. She doubted that there was a single normal person left in this world. Destruction is enough.

While complaining, she accidentally saw Wang Huaqing arranging the dishes. Her hands were about to move, but her eyes suddenly turned away as if they were burned.

Wang Huaqiang looked at the beef and mutton skewers and waited for five minutes. There was still no response, so he reached out and slowly unpacked the skewers.

When Jiang Qing came back, she saw her friends working hard. She walked over and took Jiang Qing's hand, "Go sketch. Wouldn't it be a shame not to paint such a beautiful scenery?"

Jiang Qing turned to look at the others who were busy, "But——"

"It's okay. We all want a painting as a souvenir. How can you bear to refuse? Please, please." Jiang Qing blinked and used her tried and tested method of acting coquettishly.

Song Shuang chimed in: "Go ahead, go ahead. Just a few of us are enough here."

Jiang Qing had no way of resisting Jiang Qing's temptation, so she promised, "Okay, I'll do my best."

"Don't be stressed. Even though I don't know how to draw, I like everything you draw," Jiang Qing winked playfully, signaling her to relax. "Of course, I'd love it even more if it was beautiful."

"Yeah." Jiang Qing couldn't help but smile.

Seeing the people being coaxed away, Jiang Qing hummed happily. Ye Meiyan put on disposable gloves and asked, "What's your battle plan?"

"Relax first, then—" Jiang Qing stared at the sauce, afraid that her hands would shake and spill it, "Ask directly."

Ye Meiyan: “???”

She turned around with both hands raised, "Are you serious?"

Jiang Qing straightened up and stirred the sauce. "I'm serious. Don't you think asking directly is the best option?"

Ye Meiyan and Song Shuang shook their heads at the same time, "I don't think so."

"Why are you asking?" Song Shuang pinched her throat and imitated Jiang Qing's speech. "Ahem, Senior Jiang Qing, have you felt anything wrong recently, such as being dazed, dizzy, forgetful, etc."

"She'll just think you're sick." She made the final decision.

Jiang Qing asked back, "I told you about time travel before. Do you think I'm crazy?"

Song Shuang was silent, then said: "...a little bit."

"???" Jiang Qing's eyes suddenly widened. "What do you mean——"

"But later I believed it." Song Shuang saw that things were not going well and stroked the wrong thing in time.

Jiang Qing was instantly comforted: "Then why did you believe me later?"

"It's mainly because you're serious, and—" Song Shuang turned her back to her. Although she was reluctant to say it out loud and make her proud, she pursed her lips and continued, "You are my best friend."

Hearing this, Jiang Qing's eyes almost disappeared with laughter, "So, she will believe me too."

"That's different." Song Shuang retorted unconvincedly.

"What's the difference?"

"I believe you because we've been together for such a long time, and I know you. But it's different with senior sister. You've only known her for a few days, and you trust her so much," Song Shuang said angrily, "She'll think you're crazy."

"She won't." Jiang Qing didn't know why she always had a feeling that as long as she said it, the senior sister would definitely believe it.

"Besides, Meiyan and I have only been together for a short time, and she trusts me, right, Meiyan?"

Ye Meiyan: "I don't believe it."

Meiyan will definitely stand by her... huh? Wait a minute, she seemed to hear something profound slipping through her cerebral cortex without the slightest bit of defense.

"Hahahahahaha," Song Shuang burst into laughter, holding his stomach and laughing until tears were about to flow, "Jiang Jiang...you...you should..."