Chapter 62 Climbing the Mountain

  It's only half an hour's drive from H to the 'Qingquan Temple'. At nearly ten o'clock in the morning, Zhao Yang and his party arrived at the foot of 'Qingniu Mountain' where the 'Qingquan Temple' is located.

  "Let's go, by the time we climb up the mountain, it should be around lunchtime. We can have some vegetarian dishes at the temple on the mountain. Then take a stroll around the temple and enjoy the scenery." Zhao Yang looked up at the not-so-high 'Qingniu Mountain' with a smile, saying to Mu Qinglan and others beside him.

  "Alright then, let's go!" Guo Qianqian and Wang Mengyan were already impatiently jumping ahead on the mountain path.

  "Zhao Yang, I'll go first! Wow!" Qian Hao shouted strangely and chased after Guo Qianqian with a flutter.

  Zhang Dongcheng looked at Mu Qinglan, who was standing shoulder to shoulder with Zhao Yang, and couldn't help but say: "Mu Qinglan, let's go up too."

  He wanted to invite Mu Qinglan to walk with him, but unfortunately, Mu Qinglan was not interested and just smiled politely, saying: "You go ahead first, I'll follow up slowly with Zhao Yang later."

  "Alright then. Be careful yourself later, this mountain road is quite steep." Although Zhang Dongcheng was reluctant, since Mu Qinglan had already said so, he could only walk ahead himself.

  Everyone has started climbing, Zhao Yang also turned around and smiled at Mu Qinglan: "Qinglan, let's go up too."

  "Hmm!"

  Mo Qinglan nodded and followed Zhao Yang, climbing up the steep mountain path behind them.

  Although the mountain is only a few hundred meters high, it's still quite tiring to climb up. Before even reaching the middle of the mountain, Guo Qianqian and Wang Mengyan, the two girls walking in front, were already exhausted and sat down on rocks by the side of the road, panting heavily to catch their breath.

  At first, Mu Qinglan was still chatting and laughing with Zhao Yang, but now she had a red face, panting straight, and her forehead and nose were covered in fine sweat.

  "Qing Lan, are you okay? Do you want me to carry you on my back, haha..." Zhao Yang couldn't help but turn his head and tease Mu Qing Lan.

  Mu Qinglan rolled her eyes, just about to speak, when suddenly her eyes sparkled with mischief and she giggled: "Great, Zhao Yang, I'm paralyzed, carry me!"

  Mu Qinglan immediately opened her arms, with a coquettish expression on her face, she raised her head to look at Zhao Yang, the corners of her mouth curled up, with a smile.

  "Alright! I'll carry you. Just pretend I'm carrying a small pig to sell, haha!" Zhao Yang directly squatted down in front of Mu Qinglan.

  Mo Qinglan heard this and, without a hint of shyness, punched Zhao Yang's back and scrunched up her nose in annoyance, saying: "Nonsense! I'm not Little Piggy at all, humph!"

  After finishing speaking, Mu Qinglan patted Zhao Yang and said: "Alright, let's go. I was just kidding you, why are you taking it seriously? This steep mountain road is also not afraid of falling."

  "Don't worry, I definitely won't drop you! Come on, come up!" Zhao Yang said with a pat on his own shoulder, gesturing for Mu Qinglan to climb up.

  "It's okay, I know you're good to me. But this steep mountain road, what if I accidentally fall off? Besides, even if I don't fall off, carrying me up such a high mountain won't exhaust you?"

  Mo Qinglan felt sweet in her heart. Although she was just joking, Zhao Yang's response made her feel very happy.

  "It's nothing, come on up. This little distance can't tire me out, do I look like I'm even a bit tired now?"

  Zhao Yang pointed at his own face.

  No wonder, having climbed almost halfway up the mountain, Zhao Yang still didn't have a red face or rapid breathing, and he didn't even look like he was sweating.

  "Alright, I'm really getting on now!" Mu Qinglan thought for a moment with her head tilted to one side. She still quite wanted to enjoy the feeling of having Zhao Yang carry her, thinking that at worst she could just get down after he carried her for a bit and it wouldn't be too tiring for him.

  She twisted and turned, then Mu Qinglan opened her arms to wrap around Zhao Yang's neck, pressing her entire body against his back. Zhao Yang's hands grasped and hooked under Mu Qinglan's knees, and with a flick of his wrist, he had her piggybacked on his shoulders. Then, with a loud "whoosh", he took off like a shot, carrying Mu Qinglan up the mountain path's stone steps...

  "Ah... Zhao Yang, slow down, don't run so fast!"

  Zhao Yang ran too fast and scared Mu Qinglan half to death, her hands tightly wrapped around Zhao Yang's waist, her entire body pressed against his.

  Zhao Yang burst out laughing and continued to sprint forward.

  On a hot summer day, both of them were wearing minimal clothing. Mu Qinglan's slender body was pressed tightly against him, and Zhao Yang immediately felt the two soft mounds on his back, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

  "Guilty, guilty!" Zhao Yang silently cursed twice in his heart and quickly threw away the chaotic thoughts in his mind.

  Qian Hao and others in front heard Mu Qinglan's cry and couldn't help but look back, when they saw Zhao Yang carrying Mu Qinglan rushing up the mountain path, they were all startled.

  "My god, what is Zhao Yang up to now?" Qian Hao was stunned.

  Carrying a personal burden and still being able to run like this on this mountain path is really not something an ordinary person can hold onto.

  Guo Qianqian and Wang Mengyan were also shocked, their mouths wide open. Only Zhang Dongcheng looked displeased, his gaze at Zhao Yang filled with deep jealousy, resenting the person who had been with Mu Qinglan behind his back for not being him.

  Before long, Zhao Yang caught up with Mu Qinglan, carrying her on his back.

  "Zhao Yang, put me down quickly." Seeing Qian Hao and the others staring at her, Mu Qinglan felt embarrassed and whispered to Zhao Yang's ear.

  Just now Mu Qinglan was also rare and lightly arrogant, crazy for a while, caught up with Qian Hao and others, Zhao Yang also put down Mu Qinglan.

  As she got down from Zhao Yang's back, Mu Qinglan's face was red and she didn't dare to look at others, afraid of being teased.

  "I'm asking you, Zhao Yang, when did you and Mu Qinglan become close?" Guo Qianqian looked at Zhao Yang and Mu Qinglan with a strange gaze. Previously, she hadn't thought about it in this way, but now seeing Zhao Yang carrying Mu Qinglan on his back, even an idiot would know that their relationship was not ordinary.

  "That's right! No wonder I ran into you two at the school gate earlier, it turns out you were on a date!" Wang Mengyan finally realized.

  "Otherwise, you think that when they first started military training, they were already eyeing each other, right? Otherwise, why did Zhao Yang go and provoke 'Black Face God' back then, and even taught him a lesson, making him become a nobody from then on. It was all for Qing Lan." Qian Hao said with a roll of his eyes.

  "This is right, almost forgot about this. But at that time everyone was wearing military uniforms and wasn't very familiar, looking like they were all similar, who could recognize who was who." Wang Mengyan said.

  "What's with the flirting, you're making a fool of yourself here." Seeing Mu Qinglan's embarrassed face, Zhao Yang couldn't help but scold her with a smile, then immediately said: "Everyone should hurry up and climb the mountain, this sun is getting more and more poisonous later."

  "Alright, beauties, let's move on!" Qian Hao shouted loudly as he led the way up the mountain.