Chapter 591: The Start of the Hike
We went out to group up with everyone once Eunuch Cao and I left the unnecessary items behind in our room.
Since we were all young, we couldn’t sit still for long.
Cla.s.s 2-3 couldn’t move out without the cla.s.s leader leading us. So everyone went to the cla.s.s leader and Gong CaiCai’s room to look for her, only to find her quickly scoffing a piece of a date cake.
The cla.s.s leader was the only one who didn’t eat in the car. By noon, her blood sugar was too low, so she’s going to faint on the hike if she didn’t replenish her energy.
In order to not delay the trip, the cla.s.s leader ate quickly and almost choked several times. Gong CaiCai stood next to her with a bottle of water like an emergency room nurse on standby.
“Cla.s.s leader, slow down, we won’t rush you…”
The cla.s.s leader finished off the cake with quick bites, then wiped her mouth and stood up. She spoke to everyone who was waiting outside her room:
“We will leave right now if everyone is prepared. But there’s a certain amount of danger, so you can’t fool around too much. Make sure to follow me and teacher Yu closely when we’re going up the mountain…”
Teacher Yu waved his hand from behind the crowd: “I walk slowly, so I’ll be at the end. It’s fine if everyone just follows you.”
The cla.s.s leader sighed like she was abandoned: “Then everyone should follow me.”
A total of 42 people from cla.s.s 2-3 began a grandiose journey to the top of the mountain following the path the princ.i.p.al of the special education school pointed out.
The 400-meter high Cui Song Mountain was covered with green trees and complicated terrain. Coupled with the fact that tourists were rare, it gave the illusion of entering a primitive forest.
Little Smart murmured, “It seems like it’s an easy place to get murdered…”
Loud Mouth her: “Impossible, if you disappear, I’ll look for you immediately.”
The cla.s.s leader instructed everyone again: “Please make sure to conserve power on your phone. If you separate from the group, then you can just call me or another cla.s.smate. Winnie, stop playing games on your phone.”
Winnie raised her head, “Because my PSP is out of batteries.”
Gong CaiCai took out the iPhone 4 she got out as a hand down from her aunt. Her face looked as if it was the end of the world when she saw she only had one bar for a signal.
“What should I do, cla.s.s leader… if I get separated and can’t reach anyone by phone…”
I looked at my phone. Usually, it had a full five bars of signal, but now it only had three.
“It looks like the coverage isn’t great here, it’s the outskirts after all.”
I don’t know when Xiao Qin came right behind me.
“Ye Lin cla.s.smate. We’re in the mountains, there’s also no signal, it looks like the prelude to a string of serial killings…”
Everyone came out to play, but you go and reference ‘serial homicide’.
“Everyone was killed starting from the person with the biggest b.r.e.a.s.t.s…”
If they are killing based on breast size, then you should be safe. He will have to kill pretty much all the girls in the cla.s.s before he gets to you. I think you watched way too much Conan.
“I don’t like watching stuff like Conan.”
Xiao Qin protested.
“If I was going to watch something, I would watch Kindaichi. In Kindaichi, all the criminals are serial killers with great methodologies.”
Why do you have a look of admiration? Is it because you actually worship the criminals from these shows? Is there something wrong with you? Do you want to imitate those criminals and kill of all the girls who are a threat to your love life?
“My cell phone only has two bars.” After checking his cell phone, the cla.s.s leader said, “It doesn’t matter, it’s a scenic area after all, there’s a relatively small number of tourists. It’s best to move together with your roommates and keep an eye on them in case they fall behind.”
“Also, when climbing the mountain, make sure to keep a consistent speed. Don’t rush and no one is allowed to rush ahead of me, especially you, Winnie, do you hear me?”
“Yeah.” Xiong YaoYue answered while playing some game on her phone.
“But you can’t walk too slow either, you will fall behind… so, Niu ShiLi and Ye Lin will be the tail of the group. If anyone is too tired, you can ask them for a.s.sistance, okay?”
Since Niu ShiLi and I were Spartans, we were responsible for carrying the equipment (such as barbecue grills) up the mountain. So it was expected to be slower and it was reasonable for the cla.s.s leader to make this arrangement.
However, Niu ShiLi, as the chief of the cla.s.s leader’s loyal dogs, felt it was better to be closer to the cla.s.s leader. So he volunteered to take the heavier equipment himself and then go to the front, together with the other loyal dogs, to help the cla.s.s leader overcome difficulties.
The equipment left to me were all lightweight like a stainless steel pipe which can also be used as a climbing pole. I was also happy to get to relax, anyway, on raw strength alone, Niu ShiLi was stronger than me.
Other than me, Niu ShiLi, and the loyal dogs, Xiong YaoYue was also used as a mule.
The cla.s.s leader ordered her to carry a box of frozen food. Even if that was the case, she still rushed to the front of the group constantly and had to be reprimanded by the cla.s.s leader to slow down.
“Hmph, don’t get complacent. Once we’re near the top, I’ll suddenly pick up speed and be the first one to the top.”
I was supposed to move with my roommate, but when Eunuch Cao saw Xiao Qin near me, he retreated and went to follow Zhuang Ni.
Zhuang Ni coughed as she walked, so Loud Mouth had to offer her a shoulder to a.s.sist her, but this wasn’t why Eunuch Cao followed Zhuang Ni.
The reason why was because out of all the girls in cla.s.s 2-3, Zhuang Ni was the only one with a skirt, so it was a feast for Eunuch Cao’s eyes.
He took out his mini-camera from his pocket while drooling.
Loud Mouth turned around and roared: “Eunuch Cao, you better get lost. If you don’t get lost, I’ll give you a good kick.”
Eunuch Cao was scared and scrambled away, but he was still following them from a distance. He was hoping Zhuang Ni would trip or G.o.d would give him a good breeze of wind.
I don’t think there’s a G.o.d as perverted as you. But after you get beaten to death by the girls when you get caught filming them, I’ll make sure to bury you at the top of the mountain… once you become the G.o.d of the mountain, you can blow as much breezes as you want.
But that would mean waiting for someone to climb a mountain in their skirt like Zhuang Ni.
This place doesn’t have many tourists. Even in the summer, there are only two entomologists who come here to catch b.u.t.terflies, so you can blow your breeze at them.
I heard those two entomologists left early in the morning to catch b.u.t.terflies, but they weren’t back yet.
Maybe we might even run into them on the way to the top of the mountain.
Why are these two entomologists so dedicated and come every summer? Maybe my dad wasn’t lying and there was a rare species like blue morphos here?
“He-, help!”
Xiao Qin suddenly hurled herself at me.
“There’s a bug, a big and black bug! Ah~~~~ it’s flying over here, hurry and hit it.”
I raised the steel pipe in my left hand and batted the black beetle 15m away.
It looks like it didn’t die and still could fly, what a hard beetle.
“Sob sob, I’m scared… there are a ton of scary stuff in the forest.”
Xiao Qin wiped her tears as she clung onto the corners of my clothes, it didn’t seem like she was faking.
Her body was still shaking uncontrollably.
Xiao Qin wasn’t afraid of bugs at all when she was a kid. She was an expert of stuffing ladybugs in my nose when I was taking a nap.
But after she realized she was a girl and began reading more shoujo manga, the fact that girls are afraid of bugs had an impact on her and she actually hypnotized herself to be afraid of bugs.
That really fits into the Happy Science’s teachings of the Law of Attraction, of turning imagination into reality.
After embracing my waist a while and realizing the bug was gone, she breathed out in relief:
“It’s fortunate Ye Lin cla.s.smate was here, or your childhood friend who’s afraid of bugs would have died.”
“Why does the world have to have bugs. It’s fine if it just had seafood and Ye Lin cla.s.smate…”
Maybe it’s so you could stuff ladybugs in my nose. Also, don’t put me on the same level as seafood! I know seafood holds a big place in your heart, but it doesn’t make me feel good when I think about how I am put on the same level as a nameless clam.
Since there are no more bugs, please stop wrapping your arms around my waist and sticking to my back like a koala.
Can you walk by yourself, you’re already practically being dragged by me up to the top of the mountain.
Under strong protest, Xiao Qin finally let go, walking side by side with me.
The Metal-Blooded Lone Wolf and the ex-Little Tyrant, of course, we won’t get tired from walking up a mountain. The two of us were leisurely marching forward from the end of the line.
Xiao Qin plucked up a dandelion from the side of the road and twirled it in her hands like it was Doraemon’s bamboo copter.
After that, she blew on it and sent the dandelion seeds flying like miniature parachutes. Seeing this scene, she giggled and with great joy.
However, in the gra.s.s beneath us, there was suddenly a rope-like item laid on the ground in an S shape and gave off an eerie chill.