She reached out and knocked on the hole.

The fluffy ball inside was instantly startled awake and immediately rolled over.

Yuan Mengge immediately hid to the side and then looked into the cave.

A slight noise came from inside, then it fell silent again.

After the cave quieted down for a moment, Yuan Mengge went closer and knocked again before hiding away.

The people under the tree looked at her with bewildered expressions: "???"

What is she doing?

"Aping, what are you doing?"

Yuan Mengge turned her head and made a shushing gesture to them.

The group: "???"

Then another noise came from inside the tree hole, followed by a fluffy tail that swung out and then retracted.

Then half of the rat's face peeked out, its nose sniffed around, and then it withdrew back in.

Yuan Mengge reached out and knocked on the edge of the hole again.

"Squeak!" The owner inside the cave seemed to be angry, let out a cry, and poked his head out to look left and right.

The people below seemed to have figured out what she was doing...

Was she teasing it?

"I think it's like... if I were that squirrel, I'd be angry..."

"Haha~ Who is it? Why are you knocking on my door? What do you want?!" Wei Jingting scolded, mimicking the squirrel's expression.

Hehe~

Yuan Mengge was having a great time teasing the squirrel up there, which made the squirrel so angry that it puffed up its fur and squeaked at the entrance of its hole.

"Squeak squeak squeak—"

"Okay, come down now, we're leaving."

"If you want to play so much, then just grab it."

Yuan Mengge jumped down from the tree, clapped her hands and said, "No, let's play like this for a bit. It won't be fun if we catch each other."

“She doesn’t like catching animals, she likes catching people,” Su Yue said with a smile.

"That makes sense. No one can catch her as fast as she does. When we play games in PE class, she's so fast... no one can escape her," Guo Ju agreed.

During PE class, the teacher would occasionally organize sports games, such as chasing and escaping in a circle, or catching someone on one leg.

When Yuan Mengge was catching people in the girls' group, it was like a wolf among sheep. She caught everyone in no time, and no one could escape her clutches.

When someone tries to catch her, she can exhaust them and still not catch her.

Later, the PE teacher simply threw her into the boys' group to play, and as a result, few boys could escape her, and in the end, they were all wiped out.

And then... nobody wanted to play with her anymore; they simply couldn't beat her.

However, when it comes to robbing people, they will still try to take her away.

After walking a few hundred meters more, we finally arrived at a place where we could rest.

There is a rock lying on its side; you can sit or lie down on it.

There were wooden boards nearby that had developed a patina from sitting on them, and a small stream with drinkable water not far away.

Wei Jingting took a small water bottle out of the bag and then went to the stream to fill it with water to drink.

After replenishing their fluids, they continued walking.

It's still early, so it won't be too hot. The later it gets, the hotter it will be, and you'll sweat more while hiking, and your energy will be depleted faster.

The further they went, the steeper and more difficult the mountain path became, and the group had to rest more frequently.

Finally, before 10 o'clock, we reached the top of the mountain.

"Ah—we've finally arrived!" By the time they reached the top of the mountain, they were exhausted and lay down on clean rocks without moving.

Even the second brother was so tired that he sat on the ground and didn't want to get up.

The group turned to look at Yuan Mengge and saw that although she was covered in sweat, her face was not red and she was not out of breath.

Even when she reached the top of the mountain, she kept walking around, looking here and there, seemingly unable to stop.

Compared to the others, everyone else looked like a dead fish lying on a rock.

"Yuan Pingping...you...aren't you tired...huff...ho~~" Su Yue asked Yuan Mengge with some envy as she lay on the rock.

Yuan Mengge stood to the side, looking at the scenery below the mountain, and replied, "Yeah, it's alright. This place is really nice, the scenery is beautiful. It was worth the trip."

They were on the top of a cliff, at the summit.

There is a spring at the edge of the cliff, which looks like a well. Water keeps gushing out of the spring and flowing down the cliff.

The cliff is quite high, about seven or eight meters high, dropping vertically.

But because of the wind, the water that flows down will be blown away by the wind.

But the water blown away by the wind will turn into mist, refracting a halo of light under the sunlight.

There is a big tree nearby, but since the sun is not very high yet, the shade is all on the west side.

This means there are fewer places to avoid the sun.

Below the cliff is a wide-open view, with distant mountains, forests, and villages all within sight.

The vast scenery instantly relieved much of my fatigue.

She was the only one in a good mood enjoying the scenery; the others had lost that interest.

Wei Jingting then pointed to a spot and said to Yuan Mengge, "Stand over here and look over there. You'll see the Rainbow Waterfall not far away."

Following her directions, Yuan Mengge stood there and looked down the mountain. She saw a white chain hanging down from the mountainside on another mountain, and in the sunlight, a rainbow drew a half circle around the white chain.

It really looks great.

"Once the sun rises a little higher, we won't be able to see the rainbow anymore," the second brother said at that moment.

The others then struggled to their feet and walked to where Yuan Mengge was.

It would be a shame to miss such a beautiful view after all the effort we've made to get here.

After resting for more than ten minutes, the group slowly recovered.

They finally started moving around.

The second brother went to the spring and filled a kettle with water for them to drink.

The place is full of rocks, and it's quite strange that there's a spring on the mountaintop. There's also a small well here.

It really does feel a bit magical.

"Luckily, the weather is nice today, it didn't rain, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to see the rainbow waterfall over there." Wei Jingting stood up, clapped her hands, and then laid out the contents of her bag.

It was all food: stewed pig's feet in a lunchbox, fried ribs in a bag, a small iron pot, and a few flatbreads.

The group gathered some dry firewood from the surrounding bushes and then started a fire on a small stove that someone had built with stones.

Put water in a small pot, bring it to a boil, then put the flatbread in to cook. Finally, add the stewed pig's trotters. No seasoning is needed.

Then each person takes a small dish about the size of their palm and eats the noodles with chopsticks.

Everyone seemed quite happy while eating.

Looking at the distant scenery below the mountain, feeling the wind, and eating fried pork ribs and braised pork knuckle noodles, it's a unique experience.

After we finished eating and drinking and cleaned up, it was almost noon.

As the sun rises higher, the weather gets hotter.

The group came down from the mountaintop and entered the woods again.