World Three
Of course there were no flower shops next to the scenic spot, because the first scenic spot He Xing visited was a mountain.
When Yu Chengwei travels, he usually takes a plane or train, and someone arranges everything for him. He calls it a trip, but in reality, it's more like he's following a route planned by others, with no freedom at all.
After he started dating He Xing, he hadn't traveled much with her because he was busy with company matters. However, he still knew He Xing's travel habits because she would video chat with him whenever she had a signal.
So it's no surprise that Yu Chengwei was acting like a kid who'd never had any serious fun before, excitedly showing off his new purchases to He Xing: "Look! I bought two trekking poles, the retractable kind!"
He Xing, who had bought a large bag of wet wipes and several bottles of sports drinks, looked at him expressionlessly, then looked down at the two trekking poles in Yu Chengwei's hand.
"What's wrong?" Yu Chengwei realized something was wrong, and his excited voice gradually faded. He hid the two hiking poles behind him and asked, "Shouldn't I buy hiking poles?"
"It's okay." He Xing opened the large package of wet wipes in his hand, then opened the suitcase and squatted down. "I hope the trekking pole you bought is of good quality and doesn't break suddenly in the middle of the journey."
"...Isn't that right?" Yu Chengxu said uncertainly. "The person who sold me this told me that this trekking pole is of very good quality."
"He is the one who sells you things. How can he say that the things he sells are of poor quality?" He Xing put a few packs of wet wipes into the suitcase and put the remaining packs into his pocket.
Yu Chengwei also squatted down and looked at He Xing's suitcase.
He Xing's suitcase was very small, and he was always curious about what was inside.
Now that He Xing opened it, Yu Chengxu discovered that it had only been packed with a few pieces of clothing and toiletries.
——No wonder he could walk so fast at that time.
If He Xing had the same problem as him, that is, he would always bring several suitcases when traveling. He would always arrive in time when the other party was still in the rental house and explain everything to He Xing.
Although he was not sure whether He Xing would listen to his explanation at that time.
"I just bought these bottles of sports drinks." He Xing didn't know what Yu Chengxu was thinking. He looked up at him as he put the bottles of drinks in one by one. "If you don't like any of them, you can buy a few bottles yourself. Otherwise, later-"
"No need, I like them all." Yu Chengxu thought the second half of He Xing's words meant 'If you dare to despise what I bought, I will beat you up', and immediately interrupted what He Xing was about to say.
He Xing looked at Yu Chengwei.
Although he knew the other party must have been distracted, he still suppressed the urge to hit him and finished the second half of his sentence: "Otherwise, if we go up the mountain later and you want to buy water, the price will only be higher than here."
"Then I'll go buy a few more bottles." Yu Chengxu quickly withdrew the message. "Is there anything else you want to drink?"
He Xing glanced at the bottles of water in the suitcase, then looked at Yu Chengwei: "No more."
This mountain is probably not very high, and these bottles of water are enough for the two of them.
Yu Chengwei said "Hmm!", stood up and went to buy some water.
...But there's no need to tell Yu Chengwei about this. Just let him keep this magical excitement of being able to play freely for the first time.
"It doesn't seem like there are many people here," the system flew to He Xing's side. "By the way, host, climbing the mountain will definitely be tiring. Don't you want to buy a small fan or something here first? I just saw a manual one!"
"It's better to just wipe your face with wet wipes than to buy that." He Xing closed the suitcase. "There aren't many people because this attraction isn't very famous."
After all, the attraction was introduced to him by a local, so it's normal that there are not many tourists.
The system looked at He Xing, who seemed more at ease than itself and Yu Chengwei, and couldn't help but sigh: "The host really has a lot of travel experience."
He Xing looked at it and laughed: "Yeah, after all, I've stepped on all kinds of pitfalls before."
When he first came out, he was still a complete newbie. It was his first time to go hiking, but he was tricked by the people at the foot of the mountain into buying a trekking pole.
But the weather forecast for that day was not good. It said it would be sunny, but it started to rain heavily when he was halfway up the mountain. His broken trekking pole also broke, and he almost rolled all the way down the mountain.
This incident directly became the top psychological shadow of He Xing, making him not want to buy these things from then on. He always felt like a big sucker for being fooled into buying these things.
The system looked at the host, who was sneering rather than smiling, and wisely did not remind the host that it could read minds at this critical moment.
Humans like to take secrets to the grave, and it decided that it would also take the secret about the third host to the grave.
Yu Chengwei, who went to buy water, came back a while later with a pink and white woven bag slung over his shoulder.
He Xing looked at the pink and white woven bag slung over Yu Chengxu's shoulder with some confusion.
He hadn't noticed it before, but now that he looked carefully, he realized that there were white floral patterns on the bag.
It’s actually quite nice, and it gives me the feeling of traveling and outing.
But whenever he is put together with Yu Chengxu, there is a sense of beauty that they are obviously not in the same circle but are forced to blend in.
"...I bought this because it can't be torn apart, and it can hold a lot of things." Having just bought the trekking pole and been looked at by He Xing as if he were retarded, Yu Chengxu spoke with extreme caution. "And I even bargained with her for the price."
He was afraid that He Xing would look at him with that disgusted look again.
He Xing didn't ask why Yu Chengxu, the young master, suddenly wanted to bargain with others when buying things. He just asked, "How much did you say?"
"The original price was twenty-five," Yu Chengwei replied, "but I bargained it down to seventeen."
He Xing looked at the pink and white woven bag that he wouldn't buy even for five yuan, let alone seventeen, nodded, and said concisely: "Not bad." He really had too much money and didn't know where to spend it.
Yu Chengwei handed him a trekking pole.
He Xing stared at the trekking pole for a long time, and finally decided to take it.
This mountain is indeed not very famous. He Xing and Yu Chengwei only walked up a short distance and left behind the tour group of only a few people.
He Xing even deliberately slowed down his pace, hoping to catch up with their tour guide. But the guide never showed up, so he had to give up the idea.
Because he had fallen into the trap of trekking poles before, He Xing did not rely entirely on trekking poles to climb up like Yu Chengxu. Instead, he used the trekking poles like a blind stick to explore the road ahead.
The leaves in the mountains seem to be covered in a thick layer, but there are many places where there is nothing underneath, and you may step on empty space if you are not careful.
After using the trekking pole in this way, He Xing found that walking was much smoother.
This was not his first time climbing a mountain, and he often traveled alone before. So even though he was dragging a small suitcase and holding a trekking pole to explore the way ahead, he was much faster than Yu Chengwei behind him.
Yu Chengwei didn't travel often, but he was the type who kept in shape by exercising. Although he didn't walk fast at first, after walking with He Xing for a while, he gradually got the hang of it.
The two of them walked one after the other without talking, and at most stopped to rest from time to time. The system was surprised to find that the transformation degree had risen to 21%.
This was the first time it had seen a transformation where not speaking increased faster than speaking!
However, Yu Chengxu didn't seem to intend to remain silent, because when he followed He Xing across a stream, he suddenly stopped and asked He Xing, who was walking in front of him:
"Can I take a picture?"
He Xing turned to look at Yu Chengxu, thinking he was asking this because he wanted to take pictures of the scenery nearby, so he stopped and said, "Go ahead."
When he first started traveling, he loved taking pictures of trees, grass, and flowers. But as he traveled to more and more places, he became too lazy to take pictures.
He remembers where he went and what the scenery was like in each place, and that's enough.
Then, with permission, Yu Chengwei pointed the phone in his hand at He Xing and made a "click".
He Xing looked at Yu Chengwei without saying anything.
The two of them just stared at each other, neither of them speaking.
The system next to it didn't say anything. It was watching the degree of transformation very carefully, fearing that it would fall again.
Yu Chengxu and He Xing stared at each other for a long moment before he mustered up the courage to ask, "Do you want to see it? I think my photos are pretty good."
"I look at your uncle." He Xing replied.
He turned and left, this time with quick and hurried steps, and it was obvious that he was going to leave Yu Chengwei here.
Yu Chengwei was also aware that his behavior was very wrong. Seeing that He Xing didn't seem to want to argue with him, he didn't say anything stupid, but just quickened his pace to catch up.
I concentrated on watching the system's transformation degree and waited for a while, but there was no change in the transformation degree. Only then did I feel relieved: [Fortunately, there was no change...]
But it can’t happen again, the life of the system is also a life!
The system turned around and was about to express its feelings to the host when it realized it had been left behind by the two of them. It quickly chased after them: [——No, wait for me, host!]
He Xing always gets angry quickly, but once he lets it out, nothing will happen, and this time is no different.
So as he walked, he slowed down his pace, allowing Cheng Wei to catch up.
The two men walked along the deserted forest path for a while, and then found a dilapidated temple at the end of the path. Outside the temple was an equally dilapidated pavilion, with a large patch of paint peeling off on the pillars.
The two of them sat down in the broken pavilion.
He Xing handed Yu Chengwei a pack of wet wipes: "Wipe the sweat."
Yu Chengxu handed He Xing a bottle of drink: "Have some water."
The two people made the gesture of handing something over almost at the same time they sat down in the pavilion, and paused after the other person handed over the thing.
"Thank you!" Yu Chengxu smiled and took the pack of wet wipes. "I'm feeling hot right now."
"I have some water in my suitcase," He Xing said, but he still took the lemon soda that Yu Chengxu handed over. "...Thank you."
"I see you put all the water in the suitcase." Yu Chengxu looked at the small suitcase at He Xing's feet. "You have to open it whenever you want to drink. How tiring."
"That's to prevent us from drinking it all at once," He Xing unscrewed the lid, "and there probably aren't many toilets on the mountain."
"Like this." Yu Chengxu smiled and said nothing. He tore off the thin layer of wet tissue and wiped the sweat off his face.
He Xing took a sip of water and pulled out a plastic bag from his pocket: "Don't throw garbage around, throw it in here."
"Okay." Yu Chengwei tore off several more wet tissues to wipe his face.
When Yu Chengwei was young, he was a restless person. After sitting for a while, he would want to stand up and move his hands and feet, or play with his mobile phone - in short, he couldn't stay in one posture all the time.
Even if someone was watching, he couldn't control himself.
The family even consulted a doctor about this, and finally found out that he didn't have ADHD, he just couldn't sit still.
But now, sitting in this shabby pavilion with He Xing, he desperately hoped that the two of them could sit there for a while longer. There was no need to say anything, just sit quietly would be enough.
...He didn't need to worry about He Xing leaving, he just needed to sit here with him.
There were only him and He Xing.
He Xing suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder. He turned around and found that Yu Chengwei had fallen asleep leaning on his shoulder.
It seemed like Yu Chengwei was always like this when he was in college. He said he came to read with him, but fell asleep after a while.
He Xing once suspected that Yu Chengwei was just showing off to him his excellent sleeping quality, which allowed him to fall asleep anywhere. Later, when Yu Chengwei took the initiative to mention to him that he "couldn't sit still", his first reaction was that he was making fun of him.
[He fell asleep.] Even though the system knew Yu Chengwei couldn't hear it, it still whispered to the host, [Are you tired from walking?]
"He's not that physically weak," He Xing replied while looking at Yu Chengxu's pink and white shoulder bag. "He just wants to rest for a while."
He saw a lot of things in Yu Chengwei's bag: a small fan, a folding fan, a baseball cap, and a few bottles of drinks.
However, we can see these things because they are piled on top, and I don’t know what is underneath.
[Oh...] The system's tone of voice suddenly became a little strange.
Before He Xing could even think about what Yu Chengxu was planning to do with all this stuff, he heard the system beside him ask him in an indescribable tone: [Host, how do you know his physical strength isn't that bad?]
He Xing didn't answer. He patted Yu Chengwei on the back of the head without any hesitation.
Yu Chengwei jerked his head up like a golden retriever whose tail had been stepped on, his eyes revealing a clear sense of stupidity: "—Huh? What happened?!"
"Don't sleep." He Xing lied with his eyes open, "There are mosquitoes here."
"Oh...oh!" Yu Chengwei blinked slowly, then took out a bottle of toilet water from his bag. "...Did it bite you? Let me spray some toilet water on you."
He Xing shook his head: "Just spray some on yourself, don't worry about me."
"It's okay," Yu Chengwei sprayed some on He Xing's arm. Just as he was about to wipe it off, he seemed to remember something and took out a battery-powered fan from his bag. He blew it at the spot where He Xing had just been sprayed. "I bought several bottles."
His hands moved so fast that He Xing didn't react.
When he finally reacted, He Xing felt that the smell of toilet water on his body was so strong that it could be used as a portable mosquito repellent.
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