Chapter 406: Classmates Again After Midsummer

On the morning of July 7, Mu Zhengguang and Xu arrived at Siyun City Railway Station.

The two went from the train station to the bus station, and then from the bus station to Laojun Mountain. They took a first-level cable car to go up the mountain, and then climbed the mountain, walked along the Ten-Li Painting Screen, and reached the Golden Summit.

On the way, the two would stop to rest for a while at each rest stop, which could be as short as a few minutes or as long as more than ten minutes.

When going down the mountain, they tried the cable car and the slide.

In the evening, Mu Zhengguang and Xu found a beef soup restaurant on the roadside and bought some shredded pancakes and beef soup. At night, the two came to the hotel.

After taking a shower, Mu Zhengguang lay on the bed and didn't want to move. When climbing the mountain today, at first, the tablet was in Xu's schoolbag, and later, the computer was in his schoolbag, and his physical strength was consumed faster. Fortunately, after reaching the Golden Summit, the two sat down and ate the food in the schoolbag, which relieved some of the burden.

Mu Zhengguang hadn't been lying down for too long before he received a message from Xu, who invited him to the room to look at photos.

The two of them lay on the bed, with the tablet in the middle, slowly sliding the screen to flip through the photos from front to back. Before they knew it, an hour had passed, and they reviewed what happened today and exchanged their experiences of climbing the mountain.

Mu Zhengguang felt that it was meaningful for him to carry his computer up and down the mountain. If Xu hadn't brought his computer, there wouldn't have been an hour of excitement and laughter. Climbing the mountain was tiring, but flipping through the photos, looking at the scenery in the mountains again, and looking at the people who accompanied him when climbing the mountain was relaxing.

That night, both of them went to bed early.

Before going to bed, Xu planned tomorrow's route again, visiting Jiguana Cave in the morning and Chongdu Valley in the afternoon.

On July 7, Mu Zhengguang and Xu saw the expected scenery. Xu took nearly a hundred photos that day. After looking at the photos at night, they both went to sleep.

July 7th, according to the plan, today we will go hiking again, climbing Baiyun Mountain.

After waking up in the morning, Mu Zhengguang took a shower, changed into his pajamas from the day before, and washed his pajamas from yesterday.

The day before yesterday, I went to Laojun Mountain and took the cable car. Yesterday, I went to Chongdu Valley and took the cable car. Today, I went to Baiyun Mountain and took the cable car again. The cable car ticket price is comparable to the ticket price of the scenic spot. Fortunately, I didn’t spend much money on food these days. In addition, the hotel is located in the county town, which is close to the scenic spot, saving some car fees. Although it is about to exceed the budget, the excess is very limited.

On this day, Mu Zhengguang once again experienced climbing a mountain with a computer on his back.

In the evening, the two came to the city and visited some free attractions, such as the night market and the ancient city.

That night, Mu Zhengguang walked into Xu's room wearing his pajamas and pants from the day before and carrying a USB flash drive.

Xu stared at Mu Zhengguang's blue and white gradient pajamas for a while. He only brought two sets of pajamas, black and white gradient and blue and white gradient. He wore blue and white pajamas on the first night, and black and white pajamas on the second night, which was last night. If there is no special situation, he should also wear black and white pajamas today.

"Why aren't you wearing the pajamas you wore yesterday? Are they dirty?"

Mu Zhengguang answered naturally: "Yes."

In the past few days, he didn't wear his pajamas outside, nor did he eat anything in his pajamas. Even if they got dirty, at most the clothes fell on the ground and got some dust on them, or he accidentally wet his clothes when drinking water. If it was because of these reasons, he didn't need to wear the clothes from the day before yesterday.

"May I know how it got dirty?"

"Ah?" Mu Zhengguang was startled by the question. In his hasty and panic, his response was not "yes" or "no", but a rhetorical question.

"Okay, okay, I get it. I can't know the reason. Let's continue looking at the photos. Where's your USB drive? I'll help you copy the photos."

There are many reasons why clothes are soiled, but there are few reasons why they cannot be explained. He changed his clothes, which means there is something on his clothes that he doesn't want me to see. Such things are not grease, dust, or blood. If he doesn't want me to know, then I won't ask anymore. There are differences between men and women, and he understands it better than me. Mu Zhengguang handed the USB flash drive to Xu, and his heart and hands were shaking at that time.

Xu connected the USB drive to the computer with a data cable: "Don't be so nervous, I'm just asking casually, you can deal with your clothes yourself."

"Ah."

As Xu flipped through the photos, the scene in the photos changed from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Mu Zhengguang's heart gradually calmed down: This was originally a trivial matter, but due to its special nature, I couldn't speak. Maybe many years later, our relationship will change again, and I will be able to calmly tell what happened today? However, how long will it take for that day to come?
It seems too early to think about this question now. Whether that day will come or whether it exists is still unknown. If that day does not exist...

Xu reached out and gently patted Mu Zhengguang on the back: "Xiao Mu, what are you thinking about?"

"I'm wondering when we will get married..." At this point, Mu Zhengguang paused for a moment, feeling embarrassed and reluctant: What I'm thinking about is not limited to this. If I say all this, maybe it can be regarded as a beautiful lie, right? But I don't need to lie to Xu.

"If we don't get married..."

Xu pressed her palm down slightly, so that the other person could feel her warmth more clearly: "Whether you can do it or not, there will be an answer in six years. I have seen your growth in the three years of junior high school, and your efforts in the three years of high school. After another two or three years, I can give you a clear answer."

These words cost Xu too much courage: Mu Zhengguang told me his thoughts truthfully, and I couldn't respond to his sincere and serious questions with flowery words or jokes. I couldn't say "no ifs" because the future is unknown and no one can decide.

Mu Zhengguang tilted his head to the left, resting his head on the quilt, looking at Xu's face. The more he looked, the happier he felt.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

On the fourth day of the trip, Mu Zhengguang and Xu saw the Longmen Grottoes. The statues they had seen in their junior high school history textbooks were not far from their sight.

The moment he boarded the train back to Qichuan City, Mu Zhengguang sent a message to his parents, telling them that the trip was over and he would be returning home soon.

In the first three days, he also sent messages to his parents. The messages were very simple, such as "I am climbing the mountain" and "There are so many people here"... The longest one was no more than ten words. These short messages represented peace, which was enough.

Xu leaned his head on Mu Zhengguang's shoulder: "Xiao Mu, we will be classmates again after school starts. The next time we take a train together, we will go to Baisong Province."

"Yes, let's go to Baisong Province together. Will uncle and aunt go too?"

"Congratulations, you guessed it right. Are you afraid of meeting them?"

"a little bit."

"You're mainly afraid of my dad, right? You don't see him often enough. You see my mom more often. In fact, there's no need to be afraid. They respect me and the people I like. It's a long journey to White Pine University. They have you by my side, and they have to thank you."

"Hmm. Do uncle and aunt know about our relationship? Do we need to keep our distance?"

"Yes. They know that the person I like is you, and they also know that it's you who went out traveling with me. It's not wrong to keep a distance, it will make them feel more at ease."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)