Chapter 7: Peach Blossom Luck

  "Oh dear, sorry about that! We thought we were the only ones climbing the mountain! Conditioned reflex, conditioned reflex..."

  Su You ran quickly and when she saw Jing Sheng's face, she heard a sentence floating from behind him, immediately knowing it was a false alarm.

  "It's nothing, just be clear. Jing Sheng faced Su You, his facial expression was obviously forcing himself not to twitch, 'However, a friendly suggestion, you two should hurry up.'"

  As a close friend, Su You very keenly read out what the rarely seen darkened face of Jing Sheng meant.

  Firstly, you're naked under broad daylight, which is really against social norms; Secondly, you're bathing in the water that we still need to drink!

  And Su also firmly believed that, let alone Jing Sheng who had mysophobia, even he himself couldn't accept the latter one!

  At this time, Jiang Sizhi also arrived, and the three retreated together until they reached the forest on the riverbank.

  "What's going on?" Su You glanced quickly towards the direction of the riverbank.

  Jing Sheng had always been a refined and elegant type, no mistake; but it was also the first time he'd been taken for a hoodlum, so naturally he wasn't in a good mood. "Just like you saw, I came down to fetch water," he swung the folding bucket in his hand, "I picked it up and just thought of leaving when two women suddenly appeared from behind. Then it was just as you heard - who knew they were playing hide-and-seek!"

  Su You thought that Jing Sheng must have selectively filtered out some key parts, such as the fact that those two women were probably not wearing anything. He was curious, but asking about it would definitely make Jing Sheng lose face, so he pretended he hadn't thought of it: "Forget it, just a misunderstanding, clearing things up is fine."

  "Indeed, Teacher Jing is calm and composed," Jiang Siqi glanced into the water bucket with a hint of schadenfreude, "such a thing happened, yet there's still more than half left!"

  Jing Sheng's face turned completely black. "Don't mention this to me again!" He splashed the water out with a whoosh, "I'm going to go find a higher place to drill. By the way," he said ominously, "think about the water in your canteen - it might be someone else's bathwater!"

  Jiang Siqi's face turned greener than Jin Sheng's in an instant.

  Looking at his best friend's back and his younger brother's expression that seemed to be on the verge of vomiting, Su You felt helpless again. He should be grateful that he had packed enough water in his backpack before heading up the mountain?

  But this matter was far from over. Shortly after Su You and Jiang Siqi returned to the campsite, just as they had barely set up their tent, they saw the culprits who had forced them to turn back earlier - two young girls carrying huge backpacks.

  "Hello. I'm really sorry about what just happened..."

  "Yes, we haven't seen anyone since we entered the mountain, and suddenly seeing someone in that situation... Actually, my sister and I are not usually so startled, sorry!"

  Seeing two faces that were almost identical, Su You finally understood what the other person meant by "conditioned reflex" - such beautiful twin sisters would indeed attract attention wherever they went!

  Jiang Siqi stood beside him, initially also stunned by the beauty of the twin girls. But when he reacted to Su You's daze, he couldn't help but use force to poke Su You's lower back - he was standing slightly behind, half his body blocked by Su You in front, not easily noticeable.

  "Hum, seeing a beauty can make one's soul flee! He thought indignantly."

  Su You regained her composure, thinking to herself that Xiao Tu'zi was ruthless and would be dealt with later. With an embarrassed expression, she said: "Miss, you should apologize to the right person, Jing Sheng hasn't returned yet!"

  "I know you're not him, but you must be friends, right?" The younger sister seemed more outgoing and quickly picked up the conversation, "We made a mistake, of course we can't let his friend get the wrong impression!"

  Su Yu looked at the other's bright smile and wet ponytail, and could only nod. Men are usually more willing to forgive women's mistakes, especially beautiful ones. So he thought that although the two sisters shouldn't have been bathing in the river, they had a sincere attitude in admitting their mistake.

  Jing Sheng this time not only walked the peach blossom luck, but also walked two flowers at once!

  "My name is Mulin, and this is my sister, Muhuo." The first girl to speak looked at the relaxed atmosphere and made a self-introduction, "And you?"

  As the saying goes, "no fight no acquaintance", now that they've met, Su You's usual chauvinistic attitude wouldn't allow two weak women to just walk away in the wilderness. However, after he invited them, the two girls giggled and the younger one glanced at Jiang Siqi before agreeing.

  Even if Su Yu's nerves were thick, Mu He couldn't possibly not see such an obvious glance. So when the two sisters took off their backpacks, he pulled Jiang Siqi behind his own tent and asked: "What do they think of you?"

  Jiang Siqi felt that the other party had probably seen through his deliberate use of great force to poke Su You, but did he dare say it? "How would I know?" He was a bit huffy. Little brother hadn't even taken into account his staring at the beauty with that gaze!

  But Su You's thinking direction is clearly different from Jiang Siqi. "These two sisters are really beautiful, at least they are both school flower level. What was that saying, clear water produces lotus flowers, heaven..."

  F**k you! If the timing wasn't so bad, Jiang Siqi would definitely have cursed like this. But thinking about it, he can only pretend to be deaf and keep a straight face now.

  "Talking to you!" Su You saw that he didn't react, so she poked his arm, "Aren't you particular about your love interests? I think your sister is quite good! She also has a crush on you?"

  What? That gaze is meaningful, it's watching a good show! Jiang Siqi glared at Su You, almost falling to the ground. According to his brother's reflex arc, in which lifetime could he catch up with such a wooden brain?

  Su You looked at Jiang Si and saw his unbelievable expression, automatically understanding that his little brother was embarrassed. He didn't care about anything else, directly pulling the person out.

  Jiang Siqi has been in love with him since he was a child, and he would rather go east than west. But as an older brother, he can't ruin his younger brother's happiness!

  At this, Jiang Siqi could only think of crying silently for a while.

  The greatest distance in the world is not that I'm standing next to you and you don't love me, it's that I'm standing next to you and you only treat me as a younger brother!

  But soon, Jiang Siqi didn't have time to think about these things. The reason was none other than the Mu sisters. Both of them had delicate faces and were tall and slender, with a goddess-like aura that could easily arouse a man's protective instincts. However...

  Their tent is not even set up yet, and they've already got a fire going, what's wrong with that?!

  Su Yu was stunned. Mu Lian had set up the tent and he had seen it all, that was a swift and agile movement; Mu He then took out a climbing rope with claws from his bag, hooked it onto the branches of the big tree, and climbed up in a flash, saying he wanted to pick some fruit.

  Looks like a professional!

  No wonder he invited others to accompany him for safety earlier and the other party just smiled without saying a word... In comparison, he is indeed a coward!

  Jiang Siqi's glass heart was shattered into dust. He shouldn't have been arrogant and accepted Jin Sheng's provocative challenge to experience wilderness survival in the first place! People are suffocated by others' comparisons!

  "What's wrong?" Mu Lian raised the fire and saw two faces that had been deeply shocked. She immediately got up and walked closer, "Do you need help? He Hua will be back soon."

  Now, Mulin says that Mulian can use a small knife to shoot the flying birds in the sky for their dinner, and Suyou also believes it. However, just as he was about to refuse to save his last bit of miserable face, a savior descended from the sky---

  Du Ying and Jin Sheng have returned.

  Du Ying went to the other side of the forest to pick up firewood, and the riverbank was in two directions, so he didn't notice anything. So now seeing that there were two more tents in the campsite, not to mention an extra person, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Who is this?"

  Su You explained the whole thing in a dry tone. During this time, Jiang Siqi and Jing Sheng both remained silent, their faces not looking too good either.

  "Ah," Du Ying nodded, putting down a large bundle of firewood from his shoulder and taking another look at Mu Lian, "that's good, lively on the road."

  Shut up!

  Jing Sheng's mind was racing. He wasn't targeting Du Ying, but he attached great importance to his own reputation. Especially since this embarrassing matter had been witnessed by that Jiang Siqi... As he thought about it, he glanced at Jiang Siqi and only then noticed that the other person didn't look too happy either, his eyes darting back and forth before finally coming to rest on Su You.

  No wonder, all the sisters in Mu's family are great beauties...

  Jiang's family young master is jealous!

  At this moment, Muhe also came out of the forest, carrying a big bag of fresh lychees and green mangoes.

  There was water, Su You had a few more mushrooms left in her bag, Du Ying used sharpened branches as a fishing spear and brought back a few fish, plus the fruit, dinner was actually not bad.

  Although the process of getting to know each other was a bit awkward, having food opened up the conversation and the group of young men and women quickly became familiar with each other. The four of them were all very happy, probably only Jiang Siqi felt uncomfortable. However, they still had to continue walking in the mountains tomorrow, so he forced himself to control his emotions and didn't let others discover - except for Jing Sheng who deliberately made things difficult for him!

  At night, everyone discussed and decided to take turns keeping watch. Since there were no dangerous animals in the mountains, as long as they kept the bonfire burning, it would be fine. Each person took a one-and-a-half-hour shift, with the two girls responsible for the first half of the night and the four men responsible from midnight until dawn.

  Half an hour after Su You and others got into their sleeping bags, a shadow crept quietly past the outside of their tent without making any sound.

  "They're all asleep." Muhe turned around and sat back beside the bonfire, telling her sister.

  "Mm." Mulan replied. "But it's not time yet." She didn't move, the flickering firelight casting an increasingly calm and inscrutable expression on her face.