Chapter 655 - 654: Heading to Cloud-Piercing Peak
"Hehe, Yufan, why do I feel confused? Isn’t it only about ten kilometers from here to Grandma’s house, but earlier you said Cloud-Piercing Peak is about a hundred kilometers away. By logic, there should still be ninety kilometers left." Chen Tianlong asked with some confusion.
"Hmm, you’re right, but that’s if you start from Grandma’s house and have to go around a big lake and several mountains, so the distance is very far. But the mountains we’ve climbed before are some of those mountains, and now that we’ve ascended Qilin Mountain, we just need to continue to the top, and from the other side, it’s less than thirty kilometers to Cloud-Piercing Peak." Jiang Yufan explained.
"Gah? That’s so amazing?" Chen Tianlong was shocked. He thought Cloud-Piercing Peak was much farther away after hearing Wan Qi talk about it earlier.
"Hmm, but we probably can’t make it today. It will take about two hours to get down the mountain later, and it will be almost dark by then. We should find a hotel to stay for the night and go the next day."
Jiang Yufan smiled wryly, "Besides, Cloud-Piercing Peak is four thousand meters high, and we’ve exhausted so much energy now. I’m afraid we don’t have the strength to climb it."
"Okay, then." Chen Tianlong also smiled wryly for a while. The two of them started climbing up, and after about twenty minutes, they reached the top of the mountain. After resting for a while, they began to descend.
Going down the mountain was much easier than going up. Although they also needed to pave the way, now that they had what they needed, Chen Tianlong and Jiang Yufan’s spirits were more relaxed, and they paved the way with more enthusiasm. It took less than two hours to reach the foot of the mountain.
Even so, they were both as tired as dogs, desperately needing a bed to lay down and sleep.
However, they suddenly found that here at the foot of the mountain, they were neither near a village nor a shop, not even a shadow of a person, just desolation all around, making them very depressed.
"Chen Tianlong, what should we do? It seems like there’s no one around. Doesn’t that mean we have to walk for a long time?" Jiang Yufan panted heavily. Initially, she thought there would be a few households as soon as they came down from the mountain to beg for food or something. But now, it turned out to be a desolate land.
"Yeah." Chen Tianlong felt dejected.
At this time, a familiar sound was suddenly heard from the corner of the path, familiar to Chen Tianlong, to be exact. Soon, a Liberation tractor was seen slowly coming over, the diesel engine rhythmically.
Seeing this tractor, Chen Tianlong was momentarily lost in thought, unable to believe how fast time had passed.
In a flash, he had been back from Ice City for over three months, and what he had experienced during this time was unforgettable, reminding him of Wu Mengting, whom he had painstakingly saved but hadn’t had time to cherish before running around.
So, Chen Tianlong couldn’t help taking out his phone, wanting to call Mengting, only to find out that it was dead.
"Sweat!" Chen Tianlong sighed, then led Jiang Yufan to the middle of the road, waving his hand to signal the driver to stop.
"Uncle, can we hitch a ride?" Jiang Yufan called out gently.
The uncle had been leisurely driving while humming a song, only to suddenly see two young people standing in the middle of the road, and hastily braked. Just as he was about to scold them, he saw that one of them was a girl as pretty as a fairy speaking to him.
The uncle’s eyes flickered, immediately brightening up, and he smiled, "Hehe, of course you can, hop on, beauty."
"Hehe, thank you, uncle." Jiang Yufan happily smiled and directly got into the passenger seat. But then she realized that with her sitting there, Chen Tianlong could only sit in the back. She planned to get off and accompany Chen Tianlong in the back, but the driver uncle stopped her.
"Little lady, just sit there. The back is too bumpy, I’m afraid you won’t handle it."
"Yufan, you stay there. I’ll be in the back." Chen Tianlong also suggested this since the mountain road was bumpy, and if a girl sat in the back, her lungs might get shaken out.
"Oh, okay then."
Although Jiang Yufan wanted to be with Chen Tianlong, since he said so, she couldn’t insist, so she agreed.
Shortly after, the car started.
Indeed, it was a bit bumpy, but Jiang Yufan was also a bit tired and, with the shaking of the car, soon felt sleepy, leaning against the rear seat and closing her eyes. With Chen Tianlong not around to chat with, she felt particularly sleepy.
After about twenty minutes of driving, the driver sneered mischievously, glanced at Chen Tianlong in the back who was also resting with his eyes closed, and his left hand started misbehaving.
Taking advantage of Jiang Yufan sleeping, he stealthily stretched his hand to Jiang Yufan’s thigh, trying to take advantage.
But this uncle didn’t know Chen Tianlong wasn’t sleeping but rather in a meditative state. From the start, with the driver’s somewhat obscene smile, Chen Tianlong felt this man was lecherous. Just now, he deliberately kept Jiang Yufan in the passenger seat, definitely intending to take some liberties or something, so he decided to keep an eye on him.
Unexpectedly, this driver uncle was indeed so shameless, daring to touch Jiang Yufan. Thus, Chen Tianlong stood up, glanced out the window, and took out a silver needle, flicking it lightly. The silver needle landed precisely on the uncle’s left shoulder.
At this moment, the uncle realized something was wrong because as soon as his left hand reached into Jiang Yufan’s skirt, it couldn’t move.
Soon, the arm sagged directly and fell out of the range of Jiang Yufan’s skirt, hanging limply, unable to move.
Fortunately, the uncle was driving. If it were normal times, Chen Tianlong would have put the whole person to sleep. But out here, where there were no villages or shops on the outskirts, they wouldn’t know how to go if no one drove.
So, in a state of surprise, the uncle drove for another ten minutes or so, finally seeing a small town not far ahead.
Chen Tianlong breathed a sigh of relief, and at this moment, Jiang Yufan also woke up. She looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and asked, "Uncle, where is this?"
"Hehe, girl, this is Gao Ling Town. I don’t know where you want to go, but there’s food and accommodation here. Should be the place you’re looking for."
Although the uncle was lecherous, he wasn’t a criminal, just momentarily seized by lust, trying to take advantage of the opportunity.
"Hmm, then we’ll get off here. Thank you, uncle."
Jiang Yufan wanted to give some money to the uncle as a tip, but she hadn’t brought her bag up the mountain today, and she was wearing a light pink dress without pockets, improbable to carry money.
"You’re welcome, just a lift."
The uncle felt a little regretful for not getting any advantage, but since his left hand finally recovered, he was quite satisfied. Earlier, he had been remorseful, wondering if it was divine punishment for doing bad things and disabling his left hand, so he had been on edge all the way.
Chen Tianlong jumped off the car, came to the front of the passenger seat, and directly hugged Jiang Yufan down from the car. At this moment, the uncle looked at Chen Tianlong with envious eyes, shook his head, and drove away in his tractor.
Jiang Yufan was deeply moved by Chen Tianlong’s attentive actions. This tractor was a bit high, making it difficult for a girl to get down, especially wearing a dress, which was inconvenient. So Chen Tianlong directly carried her down from the car.