"Ruola! Hurry up! You're so slow!"
Bi Shuang was climbing ahead. She turned her head to look at Ding Ruola behind and couldn't help laughing.
"Why don't we just take the sightseeing elevator up on this hot summer day! Why do we have to climb the stairs?"
Ding Ruola mumbled with full of complaints. A fine layer of sweat appeared on her forehead again.
She was wearing a light-yellow T-shirt and a pair of white tapered sweatpants. There was a white baseball cap on her head.
She tentatively looked to both sides. After seeing the deep canyon, she immediately shivered and shrank her head back.
"It's so high... I'll probably be smashed to pieces." She tightly squinted her eyes and murmured to herself in a trembling voice. It took her quite a while to open her eyes.
"Hahaha. When you come to the mountains, you must climb the mountains! The more difficult the climbing process is, the happier you'll be when you reach the top! The scenery on the top of the mountain is really wonderful!"
Bi Shuang's voice came from above. Ding Ruola's body still trembled.
"You're not Grandma Bi. You're not disabled. Otherwise, I'd let you go play in the canyon with the old people. Hahaha." Seeing Ding Ruola like this, Li Yan, who was following behind, curled the corner of his mouth.
He was wearing a big yellow-and-white T-shirt and a pair of loose olive-green tapered casual pants.
Well, at first glance, it seemed that his clothes matched Ding Ruola's like couple outfits?
These days, being with Ding Ruola and Bi Shuang, Li Yan seemed to have paid more attention to his dressing.
He didn't look so out of place and hooliganish. Instead, he had more of the flavor of a sunny young boy.
It was just that the wild and bad smile on his lips could immediately make people think of that bad boy with a big metal chain around his neck.
This was a thousand-step ladder.
The precipices here were extremely magnificent, dangerous and secluded. The mountain path was also very winding.
The thousand-step ladder wound up and down among several mountain peaks and valleys. There were only two ropes to rely on on both sides.
At a turning, there was an ancient-style small pavilion.
Bi Shuang took out a fan from her bag. She was sitting there, fanning herself and gasping for breath.
She was wearing a summer camouflage suit, short-sleeved top and long pants, and a black baseball cap. She looked extremely handsome and a bit wild.
Ding Ruola frowned slightly and slowly stepped onto the last step.
"Ah! Finally, I can take a rest." She took off her hat. Her face was covered with sweat. She sat in the pavilion.
Bi Shuang beside her couldn't help teasing, "Your physical strength is not good! It's not very harmonious with your old Fang, right?"
"Huh? What did you say? There's still no signal in the mountains! Why can't I hear you?"
Ding Ruola held up her phone and looked up and down, pretending that she couldn't hear Bi Shuang's words. But it was true that there was no signal on her phone.
She hadn't contacted Professor Fang for three or four days! And she hadn't interacted with He Caiying, Senior Sister Ning Qing and others on the Moments!
Ding Ruola felt a bit depressed.
Bi Shuang raised her eyebrows, "…Are you in a hurry? Hurry to send a message to your old Fang? It's been three or four days, right? Haha."
"Xiaoshuang! When shall we go back to the village? I think I've finished my self-cultivation!"
"Now I feel that I've changed a lot not only physically but also spiritually! I've been deeply cleansed by this beautiful and fertile land!" Ding Ruola took out a wet wipe and wiped her face again. Only then did she feel that her face was a bit cleaner.
"Ask Li Yan! Brother Yan brought you here. See where else he wants to take you? This should be almost over, right! These days, we've watched the clouds, played in the water, climbed the mountains, and eaten the farm food in the summer resort."
As Bi Shuang was talking, she was flipping through the photo album with the camera in her hand. A loving smile appeared on her face.
"After we go down the mountain later, we'll go back to the resort to pack our things and go home!"
Li Yan, who had just climbed up, happened to hear this. He screwed on the bottle cap and replied.
"Okay then. Let's climb up quickly!"
Hearing that she could go back to the small village soon and contact Fang Siyan, Ding Ruola was extremely excited.
Suddenly, she seemed to have endless energy. She didn't rest anymore. She just rolled up her sleeves and rushed up.
Bi Shuang and Li Yan: "…?"
Who just said that her legs were about to break? That she had no energy at all? And that she wanted to call a helicopter to drag her out?
The small villa was on the halfway up the mountain. It was a wooden house with a small yard in front.
After walking along the winding mountain road for a while, the group finally got home.
"Grandma! We're back! We're going home." Bi Shuang opened the door and took off her shoes as she said.
As soon as Ding Ruola entered the house, she collapsed on the sofa.
She was really too tired!
"Oh, so soon!"
"You pack your things first. Wait for me for a while." The old lady was sitting on the balcony at the back door. It was not clear what she was doing.
When Ding Ruola walked over, she found that Grandma Bi was actually painting an oil painting!
What she painted was exactly the canyon in front of them, with green mountains and clear waters, presenting a lively and vibrant scene.
The colors were evenly applied and the hues were bright.
She first used black paint to lay the base. After it dried, she dotted and painted with other colors on it. This was the oldest transparent painting method!
"Grandma, your painting is so wonderful!" Ding Ruola looked at the painting in front of her in disbelief.
"I'm old and useless. My painting skills have regressed a lot. If my teacher were here, he would definitely criticize me..." The old lady adjusted her glasses and squinted at the painting.
Ding Ruola: "…"
Li Yan took Bi Shuang and Ding Ruola out to play. The old lady insisted on coming with them. She said she was bored at home alone, so Bi Shuang agreed.
During these days in the resort, while the young people went climbing and playing in the water, the old lady knitted sweaters, cooked meals and occasionally painted in the resort...
"Xiaola, go take a shower quickly! It's your turn..."
"Okay."
After the group packed their things, they went down the mountain.
As soon as Li Yan drove out of the resort, Ding Ruola couldn't wait to turn on her phone.
First, she saw dozens of missed calls and a Moments full of messages. Ding Ruola was a bit confused.
Then she saw the pushed news. All of them were about the major earthquake in Qingze County.
Her heart skipped a beat. She quickly looked at Bi Shuang.
Their eyes met involuntarily. Both of them were filled with shock and couldn't say a word for a long time.
There was a faint trace of blood in Bi Shuang's eyes, glistening with tears.
There were also several missed calls on her phone. Some were from her family, and some were from strange numbers.
Just when Bi Shuang was a bit confused, a strange number called again.
"Hello? May I ask if this is Miss Bi Shuang from Liushan Town, Qingze County?"
"I am..." Bi Shuang's voice was a bit hoarse and she was in a low mood.
"What's wrong? Who is it?" Li Yan heard Bi Shuang's strange tone and asked.
"May I ask what you want?" Without answering Li Yan, Bi Shuang continued to ask.
This time, the person on the phone was a man. His voice seemed a bit familiar, but Bi Shuang couldn't remember who it was for a moment.