Chapter 437: Chapter 435: Make a Wish for Me
"..." Xu Su knew what Sika was thinking. She must still be hung up on Si Xuan.
She was pushing her luggage and had been pulled along a few steps by Sika when someone stopped them.
"I’ll get it."
Si Xuan had gotten out of the car at some point. He picked up Xu Su’s suitcase, put it directly into his trunk, and then put Sika’s luggage in as well.
Beiyue’s car was right behind them. Liu Yun poked her head out from the back seat and waved at them. "Susu, Sika, want to ride in this one? We can chat."
Sika glanced at the gentle and scholarly Yue Sen, who wore half-rimmed glasses, then glanced at the dashing Si Xuan next to him. She decisively shook her head in refusal and, without a second’s hesitation, pulled Xu Su into the Hummer.
’Si Xuan might be a tough nut to crack, but she wasn’t the type to give up easily. She had to at least try.’
Xu Su went along with Sika’s arrangements without any complaint. It was only after she got in the car that she discovered Yang Nan was sitting in Si Xuan’s passenger seat.
She greeted him very naturally, "Master!"
Yang Nan responded with a sound of acknowledgment, grinning from ear to ear at her address, but said insincerely, "You don’t have to call me Master. Just use my name."
Xu Su readily obliged and called him by his name.
Sika also called out to him with a grin, "What took you guys so long? We’ve been waiting forever."
"Sorry," Si Xuan, who had just gotten in, explained. "There was a bit of traffic on the way."
"No worries, no worries, we didn’t wait that long." Sika waved her hand dismissively, her eyes sparkling as she looked at the man in the driver’s seat. "Si Xuan, is this your car? It’s so cool!"
Xu Su nodded unconsciously, fully agreeing.
This modified Hummer looked like a mech or a tank. It was wicked cool, even cooler than a G-Wagon.
The field of view was also wide. It was handsome and imposing.
From the exterior to the interior, it reeked of money.
The modification costs were probably more expensive than the car itself.
Si Xuan’s gaze met the rearview mirror. Seeing Xu Su’s nod, he smiled. "The view is even better from the front. Do you guys have your licenses? If you do, you can try it out. It’s a pretty smooth ride."
"Okay!" Sika responded eagerly. "But I haven’t had my license for long. Let me try it after we’re out of the city and there aren’t many cars."
Xu Su was also eager to try. Her craving to drive hadn’t been satisfied yet; she really loved the feeling of being behind the wheel.
Departing from Beijing with LS as their destination, they decided to take National Road 318.
There were four cars in total. Si Xuan’s led the way. An hour or two after getting on the highway, they left the Beijing area, and the traffic thinned out considerably compared to the city.
Sika couldn’t hold back any longer and started clamoring to drive. Just then, someone in a car behind them said they needed to use the restroom, so Si Xuan pulled over and said they’d take a short break.
When they set off again, Sika was in the driver’s seat. Yang Nan had intended to give the passenger seat to Si Xuan, but he was refused. Si Xuan simply opened the back door and sat down next to Xu Su.
Xu Su was leaning against the window, looking at the scenery outside. Seeing Si Xuan get in, she scooted over a bit and called to the front, "Sika, drive steady. The lives of the three of us are in your hands."
Yang Nan said, "Don’t worry, I’m in the passenger seat. And I’m an old hand with three years of driving experience."
And you know what, after Nanyang said that, Xu Su’s nervous heart instantly calmed a bit. After all, from their year together in the game, she had at least a glimpse of what kind of person her master was.
He wasn’t the type to brag. He was very steady and reliable in his dealings with people, which gave one a sense of security.
Although the road trip was a last-minute decision, they had still made detailed plans.
They would be staying in guesthouses at night. Even though it was summer vacation, it wasn’t peak season for the guesthouses along the route, so rooms were available even for last-minute bookings.
Xu Su and Sika shared a room. During the day, the two of them would also take turns driving for a while, but to ensure they reached their planned destination for the day on time, they could only drive on stretches where the road conditions were good.
The farther west they went, the more spectacular the scenery became: blue skies and white clouds, flowing rivers and lakes, and endless snow-capped plateaus.
For the first two days after they set out, Xu Su’s thoughts were still often on Zhou Mochen. After all, they had been together day and night, even sleeping in each other’s arms, and the sudden separation felt very strange.
But after just two days, with the beautiful landscapes of their homeland spread out before her, she found herself thinking of Zhou Mochen less and less.
Only when she took a landscape photo she particularly liked would she think to send one to him.
Regarding this, Sika—who knew her best in the group and had also met her boyfriend—once commented with a grin that Xu Su was fundamentally aloof. She was the type of person whose feelings, no matter how deep, would gradually fade if the other person didn’t take the initiative.
Xu Su didn’t agree, but she didn’t argue either.
’She had come out on this trip specifically to clear her head. How could she do that if she was thinking about Zhou Mochen all day? When it’s time to relax, you should relax properly.’
On the third day, the convoy reached the first major challenge of their journey: Zeduo Mountain.
It was one of the most famous sights along this route, with an altitude of over 4,000 meters. People who were more sensitive could already feel the slight effects of altitude sickness.
Xu Su was doing okay. Wearing short hiking boots, she was HUFFING and PUFFING her way up the mountain. Although she was panting like she’d just run a 1500-meter race at a track meet, it was due to the exertion, not a lack of oxygen.
There were more than ten people in their group, all young adults in their early twenties. The guys were each more athletic than the last. Among the girls, Sika and Xu Su were the youngest, having just graduated from high school, and they were also the least fit, falling to the back of the group.
Before they even reached the halfway point, Sika suddenly clutched her stomach and cried out in pain. A patch of bright red had stained the back of her apricot-colored A-line skirt.
For the past two days, Xu Su had heard her muttering about why her period hadn’t come yet, looking a little worried. It seemed it had arrived now.
Worried it would be cold at the summit, Xu Su had deliberately worn a jacket for the climb, which now came in handy.
She decisively took it off and handed it to Sika to tie around her waist. "Stop climbing. I’ll go down with you."
"No, you can’t go down with me. We’re almost halfway up. Didn’t you say you wanted to hang a prayer flag at the summit? This is for blessings. You can’t give up halfway."
Sika gazed up at the colorful prayer flags fluttering at the summit, her face full of reluctance. "I’ll go down by myself. Susu, when you hang your prayer flag, remember to hang one for me too, and make a wish for me."
Xu Su nodded. "Okay. Tell me, what’s the wish?"
Sika thought about it seriously and said, "I don’t really have any great desire for money or anything. Just wish for me to become more and more beautiful. It would be great if I could be even one-tenth as pretty as you."
"..." Xu Su was speechless but nodded anyway. "Okay."
’If she could, she really wished she could give some of her beauty to Sika.’
’Being too beautiful wasn’t necessarily a good thing. For instance, even though the surrounding tourists were also panting and exhausted, many of them couldn’t help but stare when their eyes landed on Xu Su. Several had already walked some distance away but still turned back for another look.’
Their group was quite large, and there were many other tourists on the mountain. To avoid having someone get lost without anyone noticing, they had agreed when they got out of the cars to stick together in their respective vehicle groups.
