Chapter Thirty-One: Overnight at Leiling Temple

  As they walked out of the Tiger Wolf Cave, it was already late afternoon. The sun had retracted its dazzling rays and turned into a golden disk. The cloudless sky was blue, like a clear lake. Slowly, the colors became more intense, as if the lake water was deepening. In the distance, the majestic mountains were painted with a layer of golden yellow under the sunset, looking exceptionally beautiful. As they watched the sun's smiling red face gradually lean towards the top of the mountain, it sprayed out a crimson glow onto the earth and sky, creating a breathtaking sunset. Lu Xuan, Hai Ou, and the others cheered and jumped for joy, taking pictures and filming. Even Zi Qing, who had injured her ankle, forgot about the pain and called out to this one and that one, taking photos together to commemorate the moment.

  "The sunset view at Tiger Wolf Cliff is really comparable to the one at Longxian Ping Mountain Village." Liu Yajing stood quietly, thinking and missing everything about her life in Longxian. The faint sunset shone on her face, as if applying a layer of rosy foundation, and she was enchanted by the scenery, with a faint smile on her face. Liu Jiawei looked through the crowd and happened to see this scene. He was infatuated with this beautiful view. Standing next to Liu Jiawei, Xiao Yu took a photo, intending to show it to him, but when he turned around, he met Liu Jiawei's infatuated expression. So, Xiao Yu followed Liu Jiawei's gaze, and oh! The sunset, the beauty, and the scenery were indeed extraordinary! Xiao Yu felt warm in his heart, with a faint smile on his face, and after observing for ten seconds, he habitually raised his camera and snapped a beautiful moment! In fact, they didn't notice that there was another person who had been watching Liu Ya all along - Li Zihao, who was behind Xiao Yu and Liu Jiawei! Liu Jiawei was startled back to reality by the sound of the camera, saw Xiao Yu, and then looked at the photo on his digital camera.

  "Xiao Yu, turn around and take a picture of me." Liu Jiawei looked at the beautiful photo in the camera and was overjoyed. "You're getting better and better! Your technique is becoming more perfect!"

  "Why should I give you my treasured wool? This is my collection!" Xiao Yu glared at Liu Jia Wei, "Collection, do you understand? Don't think that just because you flattered me, I'll give it to you. This is a treasure! Not to be leaked out! Who let you drool all over the place earlier and didn't even know how to take a photo."

  "I... did I drool? Even if I did, it's not embarrassing, she's really beautiful!" Liu Jia Wei seemed to be talking to himself, expressing his heartfelt admiration. Suddenly turning towards Xiao Yu with a sly smile, looking at Xiao Yu who was ignoring him, he put on an air of nonchalance, "Really? Not giving? Alright then, I'll go tell Ya about it, I'll let her know you took sneaky photos of her! See if she won't delete your 'treasures'." Saying so, he pretended to head towards Liu Ya.

  "Alright, alright, alright." Xiao Yu was really afraid that he would go and cause trouble. Liu Ya's personality, he knew it too well! Delete? What a pity! There was no way out, Xiao Yu could only compromise with Liu Jia Wei, "You're sinister! You're cunning! You're despicable! I despise you from head to toe!" Xiao Yu pulled Liu Jia Wei, who had a sly face, and scolded him in one breath.

  "What are you two doing?" Seagull appeared behind them, looking at the two men, one with a sly face and the other with a wronged expression, which completely confused her.

  "No, no, nothing!" Liu Jiawei and Xiao Yu were startled by the seagull's sudden appearance! "Your sister, can you not stand behind people and scare them?"

  "Am I scary? No! It's you guys instead! Really nothing?" Seagull was still a bit puzzled, and Super Xiao Yu glanced at the digital camera in her hand. Earlier, she seemed to have heard something about photos, some kind of treasure. "What good art do you have in your camera? Let me take a look."

  "There's nothing to see, just some mountains, flowers, grass and trees. Nothing special!" Liu Jiawei rushed ahead of Xiao Yu, blocking the seagull's next move, and turned back to ask Xiao Yu, "I'm right, aren't I?"

  "Right, right!" Xiao Yu hastily took over the conversation, "It's just some flowers and grasses, nothing good to look at." In their minds, Haiyan was Liu Ya's mole, what could she see? If Liu Ya knew, could she still be saved?

  "You two, how strange!......" Seagull looked at Xiao Yu and Liu Jiawei, who were exchanging sly glances, with an incredulous expression. "Is it true? Did you secretly take our photos? Is that right, Little Princess?"

  "No! How could that be!?!" Xiao Yu firmly denied, and quickly assigned tasks to the seagulls, "Alright, alright, hurry up and get them all in position, we're going to take a group photo, for memory's sake." In his heart, he couldn't help but think: This guy is really ruthless!

  "Seriously..." The seagull flicked its beak and beckoned to the crowd, "Hey, hey, hey, everyone calm down for a bit. Xiao Yu wants to take a group photo, so find a spot to stand." After some adjustments, everyone gathered together.

  "I'll take a photo." Liu Ya walked over slowly, "Just right, you're all in pairs, so I won't be the third wheel for any of you."

  "No need, no need, no need!" Xiao Yu hastily declined, "I'll just set the timer and put it on this rock over here. We all came out together, so let's take a group photo together. It would be a waste otherwise!" He didn't forget to ask Liu Jiawei, "Right, Jiawei?"

  "Right, right!" Liu Jia-wei echoed, pulling Liu Ya towards the crowd, "We need you, this shining 'night pearl'." If you knew, we secretly took pictures of you, you wouldn't delete them? Must not let you touch!

  What's to be photographed is photographed, what's to be cherished is cherished. Looking at the gradually setting sun, Liu Ya suggested preparing to head down the mountain. Although going down the mountain is relatively fast, we have to ensure that there are no problems on the road. Judging from the current situation, it will still be possible to see the road for another hour, and it's estimated that by the time we reach the foot of the mountain, it will be dark.

  When going up the mountain, everyone was holding onto shrubs and slowly crawling up. Now going down, sometimes walking not so well, some directly sat on a slightly steep but not very high stone wall and slid down like a slide. Liu Ya, who was walking at the back of the team, was shocked by this scene! Her mouth twitched irregularly, her eyes wide with surprise, looking at this group of weirdos, thinking to herself: Fortunately! That adventure suit quality is reliable, otherwise, their buttocks would have become popcorn!

  "Princess, what are you standing there for?" Li Jin was the last one to slide down, and when he turned around, he wanted to help Liu Ya, but found her standing still like a statue, staring at them without moving! "Hurry up and come down, this stone wall is too steep, I'll help you."

  "Ah! Come on!" Liu Ya was called by Li Jin, came back to her senses, patted her forehead with her hand, shook her head helplessly and smiled, while carefully grasping the shrubs and slowly moving forward. The team followed the small path and hastily retreated down the mountain, the sky also gradually darkened. Finally, when they were about one kilometer away from the Lei Ling Temple on the mountain road, the sun smiled at them and said goodbye without hesitation! Then, with a "whoosh", it jumped below the horizon. Night fell just like that!

  "This sun god is too ruthless!" Mu Lin Feng said, carrying Zi Qing on his back and moving cautiously, while complaining, "The moon goddess hasn't even started work yet, but he's in such a hurry to return to his lover, isn't he afraid of being caught red-handed?"

  "Pffft, brother, can't you just be a bit more polite?" Lu Xuan jumped down from the tree cluster while teasing Mu Linfeng, "How did you know? The sun god isn't in a hurry to go home and meet the moon goddess?"

  "Can an old couple still have that passion?" Mu Lin Feng sneered, "They must be lovers!"

  "Others are just like Mu Linfeng, that's the voice of experience." Li Jin Yi, who was scouting ahead, didn't forget to turn back and tease Mu Linfeng a bit, "He's been through it all before, he's more familiar with these situations."

  "Jin Yi, you little scoundrel, slandering me!" Mu Lin Feng retorted bluntly. "And who knows who has a 'Lin Meimei' following him every day, calling out 'Gege, Gege'? Some people's bones are softened by it, while others have their hair standing on end!"

  "What! You're not jealous of me, are you? Someone calls me brother, after all!" Li Jin Yi looked at Mu Lin Feng's back and said, "Our family's Zi Qing often calls you that too, right, Zi Qing?"

  "As long as he takes me back and lets me call him 'uncle', I'm fine!" Zi Qing said resolutely.

  "Pffft... I'm dying from blood loss!" Mu Lin Feng made a vomiting motion, then said with great grievance, "You guys are having so much fun 'teasing' me, can't you show some mercy and lend a hand? Lei Zhengzi is really too much!"

  "Hmph! I told you, your life is better than the sun god's!" Liu Ya looked at Mu Linfeng, who was exhausted, and joked, "Other couples take turns working day and night shifts, but can't even spend a few minutes together. And what about you? You get to run around in the mountains with your wife on your back, how romantic is that?" With that, she let Li Jun and Mu Linfeng switch places, then Liu Ya went ahead to scout out the road.

  "Princess, I want to despise you!" Mu Linfeng walked forward, following behind Liu Ya.

  "Huh? What's wrong with you, why are you looking down on me?" Liu Ya chuckled and asked Mu Linfeng in confusion.

  "For wool, your conditions aren't bad, yet you choose to be someone's light bulb? At least, find a partner!" Mu Linfeng said while helping Liu Ya step over a small stone threshold.

  "Why do I need to find a partner for wool? I'm not a lantern, can you guys see the road?! Liu Ya stood in front of Mu Lin Feng, looking at him with disdain, then stretched out her index finger and poked it on his chest, saying firmly, "My old man's decree: no early love!"

  "Your dad is really stubborn, it's this era now, even kindergarten kids are getting married!" Mu Lin Feng chattered on and on, finally curiously asking Liu Ya, "Hey, I'm asking, do you listen more to your dad or your husband?" Liu Ya heard Mu Lin Feng ask this, stopped in her tracks, thought for a moment, didn't speak, and walked forward.

  "How much longer until we reach the Ling Temple?" Liu Fang's voice was laced with fatigue, she was truly exhausted. Since childhood, she hadn't traveled such a long distance, her physical strength had almost been depleted, and now her legs were trembling. "Ah-uh!" With a 'thud', Liu Fang accidentally fell down from a small stone mound. Liu Ya quickly rushed back to help her.

  "Fang Fang, are you okay?" Liu Ya asked anxiously, "Did you get hurt? Where does it hurt?"

  "Waaah, it hurts here!" Liu Fang pointed to her knee, and Liu Ya gently lifted up her pant leg to find that it was okay, just a bit red. It should be fine. But after all, Liu Fang had grown up as the big sister under everyone's care since she was little, so both physically and mentally, she was still young. Seeing her pitiful expression, Liu Ya couldn't help but feel heartache for her.

  "It's okay, just a little red, no skin broken. Can you stand up, Fangfang?" Liu Ya and others helped Liu Fang try to get up while anxiously asking.

  "I can't, it hurts! It really hurts!" Liu Fang was perhaps too exhausted, coupled with the soreness in her knees, and mentally convinced herself that she couldn't get up. Liu Ya was secretly anxious, under the current circumstances, everyone's physical strength was on the verge of exhaustion, Zi Qing was definitely unable to walk by herself, if Fang Fang also needed someone to carry her, then the speed of descending the mountain would probably have to slow down again.

  "I'll carry her." A faint voice floated over, and the crowd turned around to stare at Li Zihao in surprise. This guy, when did he become so kind-hearted? "Zihao!" Jiang Min was somewhat dissatisfied, she herself could hardly walk anymore, yet he didn't even offer to carry her once.

  "Can you guys help Jiang Min out?" Li Zihao squatted down in front of Liu Fang, looked up at Jiang Min and asked Mu Linfeng and the others.

  "Let Jia Wei and them take the blame?" Liu Ya thought about how she had just framed Li Zihao last time, who knows what kind of tricks he was playing.

  "Are you still afraid that I'll frame your sister? " Li Zihao glanced at Liu Ya, and immediately understood her concern. "I saw that you were both exhausted from crawling in the cave. Besides, Liu Jie and I were classmates in junior high school, would I harm her?"

  Liu Ya heard Li Zihao's words and looked at Fang Fang, "Liu Jie? Who is Liu Jie? What does he have to do with us?"

  "Liu Jie is your second brother." Liu Jiawei said with a black line on his face, looking at the still confused Liu Ya, "He's studying in the US, you probably haven't met him yet, right?"

  "My brother will only be back for the winter break, Yaya, she hasn't met them yet." Liu Fang hastily explained. In the end, Liu Ya discovered that Liu Fang was also quite familiar with Li Zihao, "Then you're in charge of carrying Fangfang down the mountain." This princess is really bad, why use the word 'carry'?! Li Zihao's face turned black!

  The team advanced cautiously and slowly. Liu Ya, although also very tired, was still responsible for scouting ahead, closely followed by Xiao Yu on her left side, then Liu Jia-wei on her right side, behind him was Hai-yu pulling Huang Ying, then Li Zi-hao carrying Liu Fang and Li Jin-yi carrying Zi-qing, and finally at the back were Jiang Min, Li Xiao-man and Yin Hai. But as the saying goes: what you fear will come!

  Looking ahead at a lush 1-meter stone step, Xiao Yu, walking on Liu Ya's left side, stretched out his hand to help Liu Ya down first. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yu's left foot suddenly stepped into thin air, and the instinct of survival reacted in an instant, grabbing Liu Ya's left arm. Liu Ya was startled and let out a sharp cry as she fell with Xiao Yu. Liu Jia Wei, walking behind Xiao Yu, reacted quickly, stretching out his hand to grab Liu Ya's right arm, but unfortunately, they were too heavy and it was too sudden, he lost his balance and followed them down into the grass thicket below the stone step. Unexpectedly, the lush grass thicket was just a cover, and beneath it was a pit about 2 meters deep.

  Ah－－! Eh－! En－－! Ehn ￣￣￣￣！Three consecutive mournful cries came out of the cave, followed by a fourth sound that was a harmony of the three. The first cry was Xiao Yu's, which sounded like it was made after being hit by something; the second was Liu Ya's, which seemed to be a short and sharp scream at seeing some terrifying scene; the third was Liu Jia Wei's, which sounded like he was choked with rage and couldn't make a sound. The fourth... you understand, they were humming a harmony after separating. Originally, when Xiao Yu pulled Liu Ya down, he quickly used force to pull her to his side in mid-air, so Liu Ya ended up with her back against Xiao Yu's chest. If it was like that, Liu Ya should have been lying on top of Xiao Yu, facing the sky. But what Xiao Yu didn't expect was that Liu Jia Wei quickly stretched out his hand to grab Liu Ya, but ended up being pulled down together with them. This way, Liu Ya ended up facing upwards, and Liu Jia Wei faced downwards. If it were just Liu Ya, Xiao Yu wouldn't have been crushed to death, and he would have even enjoyed it. But when he saw the hundred or so jin of Liu Jia Wei's weight, he was shocked: being pressed down by this guy would not only be painful but also crippling! When the three discovered the problem, they were already unable to avoid it.

  With a loud "thud"! Xiao Yu landed on the ground! Before Xiao Yu could react, Liu Ya rushed forward just as he had expected and slammed into his chest. He let out a loud cry: Ahhh... But before Xiao Yu could finish, Liu Ya saw Liu Jia Wei falling down from above, scaring her so much that she instinctively opened her mouth to scream, but it was quickly covered by Liu Jia Wei's mouth as he fell, and of course, he let out a muffled cry.

  When Liu Jia-wei found himself covering Liu Ya's mouth, he hadn't planned on leaving. Instead, he couldn't help but lightly kiss Liu Ya's lips, and a pure and sweet girl's breath entered his nostrils, deeply into his bones, making him extremely infatuated. At this time, Liu Ya was caught off guard by Liu Jia-wei's sudden attack, her mind went blank, she didn't dare move, she only knew that her heartbeat was not normal, it was very fast, and she felt a little suffocated!

  In the darkness, time seemed to have stopped moving, and the air also seemed to have stopped flowing. It was quiet, so quiet. Half a second later, the three people's heartbeats accelerated, their breathing becoming urgent and disordered. Under Liu Ya, Xiao Yu didn't know what had happened between the two of them on top, he just felt that he was being pressed by the two above him to the point where he could hardly breathe.

  "Jia Wei, Ya Er, are you two alright?" Xiao Yu was almost suffocating with anxiety, stretching out his hand to pat Liu Ya's left shoulder and pushing Liu Jia Wei with his right hand, saying: "If you don't come down, I'll hang you up for all to see!"

  Liu Jia-wei finally reluctantly left Liu Ya's small mouth, and Liu Ya, who had reacted, pushed Liu Jia-wei away fiercely. Xiao Yu felt more comfortable breathing after Liu Jia-wei was pushed away. However, he didn't expect that Liu Ya would suddenly sit up on his crotch with a cold expression, in a certain posture, you know what I mean.

  "Hmm! Xiao Yu let out a muffled hum from his nostrils, and quickly grabbed onto Liu Ya's waist to save him. However, both of them felt an electric shock-like sensation, a strange feeling. It was only then that Liu Ya seemed to realize he had sat on someone's crotch, and with a flip, he stood up. Oh no! Today I ran into two hoodlums! My first kiss! My first electric shock! Waaah, they stole it from me!"

  Later, the crowd rushed over and pulled down a rope to pull them up one by one. Seeing the three red-faced people, the crowd was puzzled. Then, Xiao Yu and Liu Jia Wei asked them to jump down again and hit them with a hundred-pound stone to see if they would turn red. The crowd understood and continued on their way. After not too long, they finally returned to Lei Ling Temple. It seems that tonight can only be spent here.

  Digression

  Finally arrived safely, what a joyous and celebratory occasion!

  Xiao Yu, does this count as a love letter I wrote for you and Liu Ya? Hehe, continue to explore! If you think it's great, then please share the website URL with your friends to check it out together!