When Xin Chen was able to call again, he had already walked out of the Ninon Grand Canyon and arrived at Yuban.

The Grand Canyon of Ninon is far more magnificent than the famously more famous Tiger Leaping Gorge scenery she has traversed before, and the level of hardship is certainly directly proportional to the view. This section is highly recommended by the "Hiking Chinese Bible" abroad, and it is very famous, and you can see many foreign backpackers along the way, and it is rare for six people like them to travel together.

Lao Zhang rubbed his hands and said that he was ready to follow these foreigners, take the complete ancient tea horse road, and travel alone from Yunnan to Lhasa, this determination made several people admire and admire.

Backed by the Meili Snow Mountain, Yubang used to be a small village with only more than 20 households, isolated from the world, only pilgrims staying in the mountains, but now it has become a gathering place for donkey walkers, and inns are all over the place. I don't know why, the mobile phone signal was not good that day, Xin Chen was about to make a landline call, but Tao Tao said: "The innkeeper told me that if I climb to the pass, my mobile phone will have a signal." ”

The male travelers who were traveling with him had already begun to sit in rocking chairs on the porch and drink beer, and they were reluctant to climb the mountain specifically for this reason, so they had to laugh and say, "A woman in love, what a respectable woman." ”

Tao Tao sneered, "What woman in love would come to this place where birds don't?" ”

She has been quite short-tempered lately, either silent when hiking, occasionally angry when she speaks, and in a daze when she rests with a mobile phone with no signal. Everyone was amusedly silent and did not provoke her. She didn't look at anyone, and walked away.

Lao Zhang sighed at her back, "Hehuan, fortunately, your mood has been stable, otherwise I would never have the confidence to walk with girls on foot in the future." ”

Xin Chen only smiled slightly, knowing that Tao Tao was reluctant to call in a crowded place, she had nothing to do anyway, so she poured a thermos of hot coffee, caught up with Tao Tao, and according to the instructions of the locals, it took more than an hour to climb to the pass, and the mobile phone signal finally rose to full level little by little. She made up the same short message with directions, sent them to her uncle, father, and Lu Fei respectively, and then sat at the pass to watch the scenery, while Tao Tao routinely began to send and receive text messages non-stop.

After a while, the uncle, who has never liked texting, replied to her first, with only four words: "Stay safe." Then Xin Kaiyu called: "Chenzi, come back quickly, I am about to be forced by your uncle to come thousands of miles to find a girl." ”

"Hey, I'm not going back, I'm watching the White Horse Snow Mountain basking in the sun and drinking coffee, I don't know how comfortable it is."

Xin Kaiyu begged for mercy and said: "Good baby, your uncle already suspects that Xiaobai is not enthusiastic enough about you, so you ran out and beat me up." ”

Xin Chen was amused, "How can I have such a glass heart!" Poor Aunt Xiaobai, she is so innocent, and her stepmother is really difficult, in fact, to be honest, I can't stand it because she is too enthusiastic. ”

"I'll remind her to be more natural with you in the future, you should have had enough, it's been half a month, don't you feel tired?"

"Sort of." Xin Chen stopped joking, "Dad, I'll pay attention, if I can't stand it, I'll find a place to rest, or come back." ”

"I want to go back, Hehuan." Tao Tao also put down her mobile phone and said in a soft voice, "The tent is left for you, you can send it to Shanghai after you run out, I'm sorry." ”

Xin Chen is not surprised, there has already been a man who quit because of work. Walking together is not a binding relationship, anyone may end the trip early for a reason or no reason, and Tao Tao has a lot of worries along the way, obviously the love for the landscape has not relieved her.

"It's okay, what you want to be happy on foot is to have fun, don't be burdened by quitting."

"I know that I came to escape, but I found that I couldn't escape, so I had to go back and face it." Tao Tao is like her, wearing sunglasses, and her face is covered with an outdoor headscarf to block ultraviolet rays, and she can't see her expression clearly.

Xin Chen thought that he couldn't comfort other people's feelings, so he could only respond with an understanding of silence.

"I envy you, you have all found the true pleasure on the road, unlike me, who came with this purpose, and failed to live up to the beautiful scenery that you have walked through." Tao Tao stopped and looked at the snow-capped mountains in the distance.

Xin Chen's mobile phone rang again, and it was Lu Fei calling: "Yesterday I had dinner with Xiaodi, and she asked me to ask you, how long are you going to go?" ”

"Do you want me to stop?" She had already overcome the initial bit of altitude sickness, but the relatively thin air at high altitude made people feel a little unconscious, and as soon as the words came out, she felt almost provocative.

Sure enough, Lu Fei was stunned, and then whispered, "I want you to stop by my side." ”

The wind at the pass was very strong, whistling by, and his voice came directly into her ears from the earpiece, but it also seemed to be blown and dragged by the wind, itching into the bottom of her heart, "What you want is just the former me, if I am really by your side, you will feel that this person is unrecognizable, and the scenery you imagined is two different things." ”

"Are we going to argue about what time I love you?" Lu Fei's voice was low and gentle.

"Because I know that I love you from the past, Lu Fei." Xin Chen rushed out of his mouth, and then smiled, "You see I'm so naïve, obviously I have changed a long time ago, and I accept my current situation, but I can't accept the changes of others." I was afraid that a stranger would come to me and destroy the memories I kept; I was afraid that I would not only be disillusioned, but also lose my memories. ”

"Your memory is also part of my memory, if we are not together, we will only become strangers more and more, one day, even if I appear in front of you, I am just a passerby, what I am most afraid of is that kind of scene."

Xin Chen was silent, she didn't know what she was talking about. Would she have whispered so much to a stranger? Every phone call on the arduous trek was like an invisible bond that connected him to her, and she had deviated from her original intention.

"Will you go to Dali and Lijiang next?" Lu Fei was no less familiar with their itinerary than she was.

"No, I've been to both places, I want to go directly from Deqin to Lugu Lake to stay for a few days, wait for them to come and meet, and then walk to Aden together."

A group of six of them hiked from Yubeng to Feilai Temple, and then took a car to Deqin County. Everyone decided to break up here, the four men took a day off and then went to Dali, Tao Tao got on the train to Kunming, and then took a plane back to Shanghai, Xin Chen got on the long-distance bus and ran to Lugu Lake.

Xin Chen took a nap all the way, even though the car was routinely parked at a place where she could see the eighteen bends of the mountain road, which was convenient for tourists to take pictures, she didn't go down. After arriving at Lugu Lake, she walked into the pre-booked Luoshui Linhu Inn, and reported her name to the front desk waiter, but the waiter spread her hands, "You came five days earlier than the reservation, Miss, I'm sorry, it's full today, there is no empty room, and someone will check out tomorrow." ”

Xin Chen didn't expect that the eleventh long holiday had already ended, and the tourists hadn't dispersed yet, so she had to put away her ID card and prepare to try her luck at another house.

A hand reached over and pressed her hand on the counter, it was a man's palm, the nails were neatly trimmed, the fingers were slender, the palm was warm and dry, she looked sideways, Lu Feizheng was looking at her with a smile.

He wears a white shirt and a black cotton suit, and although it is a casual style, it is very different from the usual tourists who wear sportswear or outdoor attire here, and the whole person is warm and jade, and exudes brilliance in the setting sun.

Xin Chen didn't expect to see him here at all, he was stunned for a while, and after a while, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Hello." ”

Lu Fei leaned over and picked up Xin Chen's 70-pound heavy backpack with tents and trekking poles, took her hand to the second floor of the inn, and hugged her tightly.

Xin Chen laughed sullenly in his arms, "I can warn you, I haven't taken a bath for many days, don't mention that it smells bad, and there are fleas on my body." ”

He didn't let go of her, pressed her head against his chest, chin pressed against her tangled hair, stood motionless, she lay quietly in his arms, and after a while asked softly, "Why are you here?" ”

"I took a plane to Lijiang the day before yesterday, and then transferred to a car, and I have been living here for two days."

"Don't you have to go to work?"

"It's Saturday."

"It's just that I'm going to rush back tomorrow, it's crazy."

Lu Fei was silent, he was still on a business trip in Shanghai the day before yesterday, and after finishing his errands, he didn't go back to work, but he calculated her itinerary and came here directly.

He stayed in the inn that their group had booked online, and he had no feeling at all for the lake and mountains, only took a book, sat in front of the window of his room and watched, and watched intently every time the tour bus stopped in front of the door. The next day was Saturday, and a large number of tourists came, but she was nowhere to be seen. He knew that if she didn't show up tomorrow morning, he would have to return to Lijiang, and then take a plane to Kunming to go back and continue to deal with the tedious work.

When he saw Xin Chen, who was wearing a thin jacket and quick-drying pants, get out of the car, he immediately rushed down.

Luoshui here routinely holds a bonfire party in the nature of folk performances at night, and the gimmick of walking marriage is very eye-catching, and all the tourists go there, Xin Chen and Lu Fei are not interested in it, and they go back to the room after eating.

The second floor of the Linhu Inn is facing the Lugu Lake, and the night is blurry, only to see the dark blue lake with slight fluctuations. It's just that Xin Chen didn't look at the scenery, she threw herself on the big bed covered with blue and green sheets, and sighed comfortably.

Lao Zhang, the leader of her trip, has a well-paid job in Beijing, but he pursues masochistic asceticism, and loves to study online fare evasion strategies and accommodation books, striving to save every penny, and basically has never stayed in an inn with better conditions along the way. She hadn't taken such a decent hot bath in more than twenty days, let alone slept in such a soft bed.

Last moment, she was still saying: "The people in the restaurant just now said that the scenery in Rig is better and quieter, and there is no commercialization here, and I plan to move there tomorrow." ”

The next moment she had fallen into an unconscious deep sleep.

The wooden structure of the inn looks beautiful and romantic, but it is not soundproof. In the middle of the night, the bonfire party ended, and the tourists who returned with drunkenness and excitement walked in in groups, snorted up the stairs, opened the door with laughter, and put water in the bath...... When this series of voices came, Lu Fei had not fallen asleep at all, and Xin Chen was awakened.

For days, she slept mostly in her sleeping bag, either in a tent or on the floor of a simple house. Occasionally, I entered the inn to stay a few times, and slept on a hardboard bed with the most basic conditions, surrounded by a snoring companion, and I could hear the straw on the mattress when I turned over. At this time, the softness of the bed under him almost felt like a kind of collapse, bringing a sense of ethereal.

Suddenly she woke up to find her fingers firmly gripping the hand of a person beside her, and the gesture of dependence was far more horrifying to her than the sight of herself lying beside him, and she suddenly retracted her hand. And Lu Fei didn't wait for her to say anything, and reached out to hug her.

He wrapped his arms around her and patted her back lightly with the other, his slender palm rhythmically caressing her back with a gentle, calm, reassuring force.

When she was 14 years old, he held her for the first time, and in this way he comforted her and brought her out of her nightmare.

You're not 14 years old, and a voice in her heart reminds her that you can't let yourself find comfort in such a weak posture. If you continue like this, you are misleading him and making his perception of you stay forever.

However, the night outside the window was so long, and the frightened little girl was locked up by her for too long, and once she floated up and fell into such a warm embrace, she couldn't help but be greedy, and refused to go back easily. She buried her head in his arms, losing the strength to break free.

The sounds outside faded away, and the surrounding area returned to a thick darkness. She listened to his heartbeat, and it was almost in sync with the rhythm of the tap on his back. The silence unnerved her sanity, and she tilted her head and touched his jaw, where there was a bit of stubble, a little roughness rubbing against her skin. His lips fell on her hair and then on her forehead, light and burning.

She breathed a sudden sigh of relief as his lips went down and fell onto hers. Of course, Lu Fei would not kiss 14-year-old Xin Chen like this, she is no longer the little girl who is insecure and just wants to grab the warmth that suddenly appears in her life.

His kiss deepened, her response grew warmer, and memories swirled through the night. In a trance, she didn't know if this kiss came from the passing time, or the entanglement in front of her; Is it because of this overly comfortable bed, or is it this arms, this embrace, this person?

When all the fetters were lifted, sweat dripped down his forehead onto her, every kiss, every touch was as deep as a brand, she could not bear it, but she could not escape it. Wherever his lips went, a small flame burned within her, and the flame swept through him and her in an instant. He called her name repeatedly and lingeringly in her ear, his rhythm moving her. Her fingers clasped tightly around his back, clinging desperately, spasming from too much force. Her whimpering was muffled by him, his gasp heavy in the night.

It's like the end has come, in the vast wilderness, the whole world is far away at that moment, the heaven and the earth are in the yellow universe, but only two people are left tightly together, and the surging ones can no longer tell whether it is pleasure or pure pain.

When the faint morning light appeared outside the window, Xin Chen fell back asleep.

After extreme fatigue, she seemed to be back on foot, walking on dirt roads with heavy bags on her back. The white mist floated in the valley, each tree had a different posture, and each glance saw a different scene, the intense colors were so beautiful that they were distorted, but the chirping of the birds could not be heard, only the sound of her own footsteps, which repeated monotonously. I don't know how long I walked, but this strange silence was finally mixed with other sounds, and her footsteps no longer sounded strangely at once.

She was confused to tell where those voices came from, a warm towel gently rested on her forehead, she opened her eyes, only to see that the sky had already brightened, Lu Fei was wiping the sweat on her head, and those voices came in clearly, it was the tourists coming in and out, talking and laughing.

She took the towel and said in a dumb voice, "I'm going to take a shower." But she hesitated, she was not used to seeing him naked in such bright light.

Lu Fei handed her a T-shirt, "I'll go down first and see if there's anything to eat." ”

The inn provides a simple western breakfast, which is not cheap, but the taste is ok. Xin Chen ate very well, while Lu Fei kept answering the phone, he could hear that the conversation was all about business, his voice was as calm as his expression, with an unquestionable sense of authority, which made Xin Chen feel strange and confused, is this the man who fought with her last night? When he finally finished the call, he said apologetically, "I'm sorry, these calls are too unsightly." ”

"It's okay, when are you going to leave?"

"I'm going to stay one more day and accompany you to the Rig you talked about yesterday."

Xin Chen shook his head, "You leave today, just in time to go to work tomorrow." ”

"Xiaochen, I just took over a new job, I really can't get out of it, otherwise I ......"

"No, let's do what we have to do."

Lu Fei held her hand, "Since you woke up in the morning, you refused to look at me because you were unhappy about what happened last night?" ”

"I don't need to be so awkward, after all, you were willing to do it last night, and," Xin Chen paused, his expression slightly confused, "I should be quite happy." ”

The sun shone on her face through the glass window, and the hike had tanned her all these days, and her thin face was clearly outlined, and her expression was calm, not unhappy, but not happy.

"Come back with me, okay? Xiaochen, I studied the information on the Internet, it takes at least eight days to hike from Lugu Lake to Aden, most of the road is on the plateau, and the most suitable season for hiking is May to June, the temperature is suitable, you can see the sea of flowers, go now, there is no special scenery, but at any time there will be heavy snowstorms, both difficult and dangerous. ”

"I said I wouldn't change my plans for you, even after last night."

This straightforward refusal made Lu Fei silent, he looked down at her hand in his palm, this palm was slender, the palm of the palm against the tiger's mouth had been ground out of a thin callus by a trekking pole, his fingertips gently stroked there, she shrank slightly, but he held it firmer, "Xiao Chen, I don't think that after last night, I have some kind of right to you, and I can make demands on you." But don't you think I'm here to get a physical satisfaction? ”

"How could I think of you so lewdly? As long as you are not picky, the satisfaction of the body is easy to find, and you don't have to travel thousands of miles at all. I guess you're going to surprise me, and I'll admit it's funny, and I'm sure I've reciprocated the surprise. ”

"You still think of me very ridiculously, always think that I use the tricks of ordinary love chasing girls to deal with you, a phone call every day, appearing in front of you at the most unexpected time and place, making you smile, and touching you." Lu Fei's hand wrapped her hand tightly, looking directly at her, his eyes were sharp and different from usual, as if he wanted to see the bottom of her heart, "It's not like that, Xiao Chen, I just miss you, worry about you, and can't help but want to see you." ”

"That's what you're asking of me, Lu Fei. You want me to accompany you back to the past and enter the state of love. We have been in love, it is beautiful and simple, it is worth remembering, but it can't be replicated. Xin Chen said lightly, not looking at the pain of the injury in Lu Fei's eyes, "You are not a 20-year-old virgin, and I am not a 16-year-old ignorant girl." You know what to do to keep me from getting pregnant, and I know my cycle. In short, I have nothing to complain about, but all I can give you is just the body, and it can't be more. ”

After packing up and checking out, the two stood at the door of the inn, and saw the car back to Lijiang coming from a distance, Lu Fei looked back at Xin Chen, "Xiaochen, I know that the more I try to convince you, the more determined you will be on the road." However, I don't think the purpose of your hike is to pursue extreme survival challenges, even for your father and uncle, consider my advice and don't take this stretch of the road again. ”

His expression was calm, but the Sichuan character pattern appeared between his eyebrows again, with a little tiredness, his eyes were deep, Xin Chen avoided his gaze, and nodded, "Thank you, I won't gamble on my safety, don't worry." ”

Watching him get on the bus and sit in the back seat, looking through the stained window, Xin Chen raised his hand and shook it, and then boarded the minibus to Rig.

When Xin Di called Xin Chen, she had just checked into the inn on Lige Island in the middle of Lugu Lake. Surrounded by lakes on all sides, this small island is incredibly small and incredibly quiet. Her room has two large glass windows facing the lake, and when she opens the fuchsia curtains, she can see the clear water of the lake, the green aquatic plants that grow under the leaves, swaying with the slight waves, and the Lion Rock in the distance, which she thinks is worth the price she paid.

"Tatsuko, which way are you playing with your life at this time?"

She smiled, "I'm basking in the sun and surfing the Internet by Lugu Lake." She was indeed sitting in a rocking chair on the porch, borrowing the innkeeper's laptop to surf the Internet, and although the speed was very slow, it was bearable to watch the web page open at a turtle speed on such a sunny and lazy afternoon.

"What a coincidence, I'm also basking in the sun by the West Lake in Hangzhou."

"Traveling?"

"No, I'm here to attend a classmate's wedding and take a vacation to relax."

Xin Chen knew that Xin Di had always been more interested in shopping malls than traveling, and snickered: "You're not alone, are you?" ”

Xin Di also smiled, and glanced at Dai Weifan, who was sitting not far away tearing bread and feeding the fish, he volunteered to accompany her, and the reason was very grandiose, "Your classmate is also my junior sister, and he also sent me an invitation." What made her even more frightened was that her mother was very supportive of having him with her.

"It's full of tourists, it's not interesting."

"If you want to be quiet, you should come here, the inn where I live is surrounded by water, the lake and the sky meet, and as far as the eye can see, you can only see a few bird shadows."

Xin Di shivered, "Forget it, I'm still more comfortable in the crowd." I said, when are you going to play until you get home? ”

"Why are you asking me that? When I checked in, a guy said he was going to stay here until winter, when the red-headed gulls came. ”

"Hey, I'm really going to be instigated, won't I get tired? Unless you have a boyfriend who is married to you. ”

Xin Chen was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and trembled, "Dizi, your thoughts are very impure now." ”

"Hey, if you don't rush to get married, who wants to go to the place where the bird doesn't lay eggs."

"After obeying you, the lewd man came here with this idea. It is said that the bonfire party is full of foreign girls who talk to tourists and get married, and the price is clearly marked at 200 yuan a night, which is what you imagine. ”

Xin Di was defeated, "Then what are you doing there?" ”

"Look at the scenery, the scenery is invincible."

"Tatsuko, tell me honestly, will you be lonely?"

"It's a little bit." Xin Chen admitted that in the face of the empty silence of the lake and mountains, she did not enjoy the silence as much as she imagined. Is it because of the man who came and went? But he had left under your cold and mean words, and his expression of wounded but immediately withholding it appeared clearly in front of her, and she shook her head in confusion to shake off the thought.

"Hey, why don't you speak, what are you thinking?"

"How's the wedding going?" Xin Chen changed the subject.

"Well, it's simple and grand, it's both happy and moving, and I don't think I'm so afraid of getting married." Xin Di said frankly, "Is this thought a precursor to a woman's psychological crisis in old age?" ”

"Dizi, you won't be in crisis, I think you have the ability to enjoy any happiness."

"What is this called, do you need the ability to enjoy happiness?"

"Of course, only mentally sound people have this ability."

Xin Di remembered that her mother relayed Feng Yi'an's mother's words, and felt a little sad for no reason, "You're talking stupidly again, you also have the ability." ”

Xin Chen laughed softly, the afternoon sun shone warmly on his body, and the breeze was warm like a gentle hand caressing, "I'm sitting here now, the sun is shining very comfortably, a little melting, if you can think about nothing, just melt like this, it's also a happy thing." ”

Davifan threw the last loaf of bread into the water, causing the koi to swarm for it, and he walked over to wrap his arms around Xin Di, who admitted that she also had a feeling of melting.