He felt extremely cold inside. So that's how it was. No wonder Mi Shu suddenly changed her attitude and insisted on asking him to act as her fake boyfriend. It had been a hoax from the very beginning, a trick to lure him in and make fun of him.
It was all in vain to realize it now. It was around 5:45 p.m. By this time, they were originally supposed to be on their way down the mountain. But now, without a guide, Xia Lin, who was here for the first time, couldn't find the right path in a short time.
What should he do? His phone was out of power. Was he going to be trapped on the mountain? This was no joke. Mi Shu had taken all his things. The temperature would drop at night on the mountain, and he would catch a cold from the cold.
Xia Lin was filled with anger and unwilling to give up so easily. He started looking for the way down the mountain. Unfortunately, the path they had taken to climb up was blocked. Otherwise, he would rather spend over an hour walking back.
Once he thought a path was wrong, Xia Lin would turn back. Since it was dark and there were no lights, he bumped into many things.
Finally, Xia Lin was so exhausted that he had no strength to walk anymore. He sat on a rock, dejectedly thinking that he could only wait until dawn and then meet a staff member.
As the night grew deeper, the surroundings looked even scarier. Xia Lin closed his eyes, hoping to sleep until dawn, but he was so cold that he shivered and couldn't fall asleep.
Finally, around midnight (Xia Lin's own estimate), being extremely sleepy, he simply lay down on a rock and fell asleep. (It would be even worse on the ground with bugs.)
Sure enough, the next day, Xia Lin found that he had caught a cold. He kept sneezing and his head ached.
But he woke up early, just after 6 a.m. The mountain staff hadn't started work yet. After waiting for about three more hours, Xia Lin finally met the staff at the place where he had seen them the day before.
They were startled when they saw Xia Lin. "You... Why are you here?" The scenic area had just opened, and they were the ones who had opened the gate. There shouldn't be any guests earlier than them!
Xia Lin hoarsely explained the reason to the staff. After hearing his story, the staff felt both sympathetic and angry.
"That girl is so outrageous. Such a spoiled child is the result of her parents' over - indulgence! Didn't they think that if something happened to you on the mountain, they would all end up in jail!"
Xia Lin smiled weakly. "Brother, let's talk about them later. Do you have any water? I'm so thirsty."
The staff rummaged through his bag. "Oh, there's more than half a bottle of water. I've taken a few sips. Don't mind."
"I won't. It's already great to have water." Xia Lin didn't have the time or mood to mind that the water had been drunk by someone else. He opened the mineral water bottle and gulped down more than half of it in one go.
After drinking the water, Xia Lin felt that his throat was better and he had more strength to speak. "Brother, could you please show me the way? I want to go back."
"This... I can't be absent from work..."
Xia Lin thought for a while and said, "Brother, my family is very rich. Look, my phone is the latest model of Fruit, almost costing 10,000 yuan. If you help me, my home is only about forty - five minutes' drive from here. I'll give you a red envelope of five thousand yuan when I get home. How about that?"
Money is a powerful temptation. The uncle was tempted. "Okay! I'll help you. I can't just watch you, such a poor young man, suffer. Wait for me. I'll call my boss on my phone to ask for leave, and then I'll take you home!"