Chen Youhan agreed to Ye Kai's request to go camping.

Ye Kai wanted to walk the MacLehose Trail in Hong Kong. It took most of the day to get from Ning City to Hong Kong, so it was a bit rushed on a weekend. Fortunately, the Qingming Festival was just around the corner. The two of them made an appointment, and two days later, Ye Kai sent over a shopping list with nearly 30 items. Chen Youhan took a look and held his forehead.

The inside line flashed, and Gu Xiu responded in a second, pushed open the CEO's office and asked, "What do you want?"

It may be that the meeting time of the marketing department needs to be changed, or there may be a problem with the investment plan, or the preliminary survey report submitted by the strategic department needs to be discussed in detail.

Chen Youhan: "Do you have any recommendations for mountaineering bags?"

Gu Xiu: “……?”

On the first day of the holiday, at 8am, Chen Youhan was yawning while drinking iced milk tea at a window seat in a tea restaurant. Ye Kai was cutting pineapple buns and found his sleepy look funny: "Where did you fool around last night?"

Chen Youhan sighed: "Can't you just think of me a little better?" The first quarter ended, and he immersed himself in various financial report data all day long. All he saw were the year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter revenue and profit targets for the next quarter. He hadn't had a good night's sleep for five consecutive days, so how could he have the energy to fool around?

Ye Kai handed him half a slice of pineapple bun and said, "You look so weak, you won't die of exhaustion on the way, will you?"

Chen Youhan choked. "Empty?" It was the first time in his life that he heard this word associated with himself. He sneered, "Are you looking for death?" He stretched out his long arm and stuffed Ye Kai's mouth with pineapple buns. "What do you know, kid?"

He rarely wears T-shirts and sweatpants. Today he wore a black suit from Arc'teryx, which only showed his height and long legs. His chest muscles were faintly visible under the semi-tight top. His arms were lean and strong, and his biceps were slightly undulating. As expected of a man who spends more than 300,000 yuan in the gym every year, he wore a simple black T-shirt with a high-end aura, looking gentlemanly and sharp.

The starting point of the MacLehose Trail is in Sai Kung. It takes about an hour to take a taxi from the customs to Sai Kung. The bulging backpack was thrown into the trunk, and the two sat in the back seat. Chen Youhan leaned against the window to catch up on his sleep, and Ye Kai chatted with the driver in Cantonese, asking about the recent weather. Although the weather forecast showed sunny, the seaside in this season is very unpredictable. His plan was to hike from the end of the first section, High Island Reservoir, to Sai Wan, camp in Sai Wan tonight, and leave the mountain via Ham Tin Bay the next day. The difficulty and intensity are very suitable for beginners.

Chen Youhan slept soundly, and when he arrived at the destination, he found that he was actually resting his head on Ye Kai's shoulder, with his whole head nestled in the crook of his neck. His eyes slowly opened and he heard Ye Kai talking to the driver, handing over an Octopus card. The slight vibration of his chest was transmitted through his bones to the depths of Chen Youhan's right ear, which was a little numb.

After getting off the car, you will see the long East Dam stone embankment of the High Island Reservoir, with vast expanses of blue water on both sides. The exposed yellow rocks on the mountain have formed unique ripples under the scouring of water waves year after year. In the harbor in the distance, several white yachts are dragging long white tails on the water, and some people are being towed to surf.

Ye Kai raised his phone: "Chen Youhan, take a photo!"

Chen Youhan hit him on the head: "You have no respect for your elders."

Didn't he just bend over and get close to the camera? It was too silly to take a photo with a smile. He wore sunglasses to look cool. Ye Kai made a scissors gesture, but before he pressed the shutter, Chen Youhan grabbed his hand.

The picture shook and successfully lost focus.

There are many wild buffaloes all along the way from here to Langqie Bay. Although they are wild, they have been pacified by the government. Each buffalo has its own number. The nearby villagers and tourists always feed them, so they are all fat and strong and extremely arrogant, and they don't even bother to lose their temper. Chen Youhan ran away after doing his tricks, and said to the buffalo eating grass on the stone embankment: "Ye Kai, stop eating. If you eat more, you will be overweight."

Ye Kai: “…”

The mountain road is undulating, but relatively gentle, and the difficulty is indeed not great. It took only more than half an hour to reach Langqie Bay. The water here is clear and the sand is fine, and there are few people here. However, there are herds of wild buffaloes, so few people camp here.

Chen Youhan picked up a dry branch and wrote and drew on the white sand. In the end, two matchstick figures appeared, one tall and one short, obviously them. Ye Kai used his finger as a pen to draw a five-petal flower on the taller one's head. Chen Youhan reciprocated and added a candy next to his head. Unfortunately, both of them were not good at painting, and the picture looked distorted no matter how you looked at it. In the end, they gave up and started to attack each other in the abstract school. You drew a dog's tail and he added a turtle shell, forcing the friendly relationship between brothers into cannibalism.

From Long Ke Wan to Sai Wan, the difficulty level increased significantly, with various long and steep dirt slopes, and the scenery that followed became magnificent and beautiful, with a panoramic view of the coastal scenery of the western suburbs of Hong Kong. On the road, Chen Youhan saw someone climbing in slippers and carrying a plastic bag, and he looked incredulous: "Ye Xiaokai, are you kidding me?" Compared with Huoyun Evil God, the two of them were as serious as the film under the overpass. Especially when he was so carefree and leisurely, Chen Youhan's heart was about to gasp.

There was only one downhill section left to Xiwan. I thought I could reach there in one go, but I walked until dark. When I arrived at Xiwan Village, Chen Youhan felt like his calves were not his own. They were so stiff that he couldn't bend them. He gritted his teeth and rushed into the store to buy an iced Coke. After drinking the cool carbonated drink, he took a long breath and said, "Weighted hiking, from getting started to giving up."

Ye Kai was laughing so hard that he wanted Chen Youhan to increase the weight of the backpack. Chen Youhan helped him untie the backpack and put it on his back, making him look like a sandwich. Fortunately, he was slender and neat, and he was still calm even in such a mess, which made passers-by frequently peek at him.

The young couple whispered in Cantonese while the night was still dark: "Look, my boyfriend is so handsome and caring, but you are not even willing to help me carry an extra pot of water."

Ye Kai's face was hot and he didn't know how to respond, so he simply pretended not to hear it, lowered his head and quickened his pace. Chen Youhan said lazily: "Boyfriend? Mention your valuables."

Ye Kai turned around and stretched out a hand in front of him, with distinct finger bones and long knuckles.

Chen Youhan held a cigarette between his legs and smiled frivolously: "You don't want it anymore?"

Ye Kai patted his palm casually with an expressionless face and took it.

The palms were clasped together, and it was unknown whose palm was damp. Chen Youhan's palm was large and powerful, and it was hot, not delicate but not rough either. Ye Kai's heart trembled, and he felt that before he held this hand, he already knew what it would feel like. But the imaginary feeling and the real feeling of palms touching and fingers intertwined were clearly two different feelings. Ye Kai's palm was smaller than his, and it almost felt like it was wrapped. With the sound of the rising tide in the distance, his heart also rose and fell, and he thought, so this is what it feels like to hold his hand.

Chen Youhan held his hand, and the two of them slowed down their pace, staggering through the village, bypassing the puddles, and walking across the stone bridge leading to the beach. The bay was right in front of them, and the waves hit the shore, making a gentle splash. There was a small bar near the beach, with warm yellow lights on, and a few foreigners were drinking in the dark.

There were already many tents on the beach, with different shades of light, which looked very dreamy. They found a clean place and started to work. Ye Kai had no experience in hiking, and although Chen Youhan was also a novice, he was surprisingly reliable. After studying the instructions, they finally found accommodation for tonight before the wind started.

The two of them went to the village to eat, it was only a few steps away, Ye Kai wanted to hold his hand, but he couldn't find a reason. He was not as easy as Chen Youhan, everything seemed like a joke.

The restaurant was simple, and we had the simplest macaroni and curry beef brisket rice, accompanied by two cans of Coke. After dinner, it was completely dark, the waves were getting bigger, and the stars were getting brighter. The crickets were chirping wildly, and the voices of people were far away. Passing by a small bar, the bright yellow light framed the laughter mixed with various languages, and the sea breeze blew a chandelier with electric wires. Chen Youhan put his hands in his trouser pockets, stopped and tilted his head: "Have a drink?"

They walked into the bar one after another. Chen Youhan ordered whiskey, while Ye Kai was very self-aware and only ordered a mojito with a small amount of alcohol. The two sat at the bar facing the waves. There was no light in front of them, only the dark sea and the reflective buoys. Tourists passed by in twos and threes. Ye Kai sipped with a straw, occasionally tilting his head to look at Chen Youhan. The lights were doubled in front of his eyes. He was drunk.

It turned out that he had indeed overestimated himself. On the way back, the wind blew and he felt dizzy, stumbling on the uneven beach with one step deep and one step shallow.

Chen Youhan stopped and half turned sideways to wait for him. When he came closer, he took his hand out of his trouser pocket.

The palm is flat, like an invitation.

Ye Kai looked at him, his eyes were hazy and blurred. He held her hand, and their palms interlocked.

This time, Chen Youhan's hands were dry and warm, soothing him from his palms to his heart.

He was held by him, and his eyes were hot.

The cigarette butt between the fingertips flickers like a lonely star in the dark night.

It was too difficult to walk with shoes on, so Ye Kai simply took off his shoes and held them in his hands. He rolled up his trouser legs to his calves, walked restlessly, let go of his hands and ran towards the wet shore.

Chen Youhan felt his palms become empty, and his heart receded like the tide.

The beach, repeatedly washed by the waves, was smooth and firm, and stepping on it barefoot gave people a reassuring touch. Ye Kai stepped lightly into the water, feeling the tide hitting his ankles, washing up mud, fragments of shells, and perhaps some household garbage. Chen Youhan watched him playing in the water from a distance, leaving him a free, carefree silhouette of a teenager in the dark night.

Ye Kai squatted down and wrote a line of words on the beach.

The tide came and went, and the line of words disappeared.

"Brother Youhan!" he shouted at Chen Youhan.

Chen Youhan walked over slowly: "What's going on?"

Ye Kai raised the corners of his lips and smiled: "I just wrote a secret."

Chen Youhan raised his eyebrows: "And then?"

“Then it was swept away by the waves.”

Ye Kai smiled with his white teeth showing, but his eyes were blurry. Chen Youhan knew that he was drunk, so he smiled helplessly and walked towards him: "Come here, let's go back."

Ye Kai held up his shoes and said "hmm", his eyes sparkling, the vast sea of ​​stars became his background. He stared at Chen Youhan for two seconds, then ran towards him vigorously. The wind blew up his T-shirt, as if it had grown wings.

Chen Youhan opened his arms, ready to catch him. But Ye Kai ran so fast that he ran straight into his arms like a little beast, carrying the breath of a young man, the cool night breeze, and the moisture of the ocean. He groaned when he was hit, and opened his eyes slightly wide when he was caught off guard.

Ye Kai put his arms around his neck and sighed jokingly, "Brother Youhan——"

“It’s so hard to like someone.”