Yan Xiyue flushed with embarrassment after instinctively catching the slice of bread with her mouth. Her hazy, subconscious action now felt incredibly inappropriate now that she was fully awake.
She suddenly recalled the romance dramas she used to watch with her mother; her current action was exactly like what the female lead did to the male lead.
Seeing Yan Xiyue suddenly cover her face and ponder life, Xing Yuan looked bewildered. Had she done something wrong? Why was her "Jie Jie" acting so strangely?
Xing Yuan had many questions swirling in her mind, but she could clearly sense that Yan Xiyue's current behavior was due to shyness. Although she didn't understand, Xing Yuan remained silent.
When one is shy, it's usually best to calm down for a while!
After eating and resting, the two continued their ascent. By now, Yan Xiyue had regained her usual energy, even having the leisure to analyze when they might reach the summit.
As the sky darkened and evening approached, they finally reached the mountaintop and entered the guesthouse.
The guesthouse was packed. As far as the eye could see, there were many people their age who had just finished their college entrance exams. They likely had the same idea as them: to have a good time and relax during the summer break without homework.
Xing Yuan walked directly to the front desk, obtained her reserved room key, and then headed towards the room.
Yan Xiyue hesitated slightly and asked in a low voice, "Did you only book one room?"
"Yes! It's the holidays, after all. This was the only room left when I booked," Xing Yuan paused slightly, her expression unchanged.
Actually, that wasn't true. There were three rooms left when she booked, and she could still get another room even now. But who could refuse such a wonderful opportunity to be close to her "Jie Jie"?
"So, we're sleeping together? Did you book a double room?" Yan Xiyue felt a little uneasy. Although she had slept with other girls her age before, Xing Yuan was different. They had already confirmed their relationship.
However, Yan Xiyue's heart couldn't quite accept it happening so soon.
"No, a king-sized bed. This was the only option," Xing Yuan showed a hint of helplessness on her face.
Inwardly, she thought: I specifically booked this kind of room! Perhaps many couples climb mountains together. When I booked, there were none left; I had to exchange with someone else with great difficulty.
"Oh, okay." Perhaps due to nervousness, Yan Xiyue's voice trembled.
"What, scared?" Xing Yuan teased.
"How could I be? Don't joke, what is there to be afraid of? If anyone should be scared, it's you." Yan Xiyue feigned composure. Her strong will wouldn't allow her to easily admit defeat.
Upon entering the room, they first checked for any surveillance devices before starting to unpack.
Yan Xiyue sat on the edge of the bed, nervously flipping through a magazine, pretending to be engrossed. Her peripheral vision, however, was fixed on Xing Yuan.
"Since Jie Jie isn't sleepy yet, I'll go take a shower first. I'm exhausted today. We need to wake up early tomorrow to watch the sunrise!" Xing Yuan spoke to Yan Xiyue intimately, as if she were in her own home.
Xing Yuan's hair was thin, so she finished her shower quickly, coming out in about half an hour.
Wearing her pajamas and drying her hair, she asked Yan Xiyue if she wanted to go in. Despite it being a perfectly ordinary scene, Yan Xiyue almost fell over in her excitement. She grabbed her toiletries and entered the bathroom. Only when Xing Yuan was drowsy did she sneakily peek her head out and tiptoe out.
"Why so slow?" Although impatient inwardly, Xing Yuan couldn't muster any anger towards Yan Xiyue, who was shrinking her head.
"I... I was just a bit slow." Yan Xiyue looked down at her shoes, unable to say that she had deliberately delayed to wait for Xing Yuan to fall asleep.
"Come here, let me dry your hair. Don't catch a cold. You walked so much today, aren't your legs sore? Let me massage them for you."
Just as Yan Xiyue sat on the bed, ready to turn on the hairdryer, a hand gently reached out. Xing Yuan very gently lifted her legs onto the bed and slowly massaged her muscles.
"Don't look at me, dry your hair." Seeing Yan Xiyue staring blankly and not moving, Xing Yuan's tone became a little stern.
"Oh, okay." Yan Xiyue understood and obediently started drying her hair.
Twenty minutes later, they were both lying in bed. At such close proximity, Yan Xiyue could clearly smell the faint scent of Xing Yuan's body wash and shampoo.
This scent made her feel incredibly at ease, and she soon fell into a peaceful sleep.
Xing Yuan listened to the even breaths beside her, smiled faintly, and leaned down to kiss the lips of the person beside her, "Goodnight, girlfriend!"
The next day, before dawn, the two were already up. Neither of them had ever witnessed the beauty of the sunrise, so they were both expectant and curious.
When they climbed onto the observation deck, many people were already there, all wanting to see the sunrise, just like them.
They arrived almost perfectly on time. About twenty minutes after they found their spots, a brilliant ray of dawn appeared on the horizon. This light then expanded, gradually enveloping the entire land, and the sun slowly revealed its face.
A purple ray of light appeared along with the sun. It hung in the sky, appearing even more magnificent against the backdrop of the fiery red sun, making one feel as if they were in a fairyland.
Everyone was captivated by the beautiful scene of the sunrise, staring blankly at the sky.
Only the two of them turned their gaze to each other, their eyes filled with only the other person. They kissed passionately under the sun, as if in that instant, the other person was their sun, their entire world.
As the beautiful scenery of the sunrise gradually faded, the crowd dispersed. Yan Xiyue and Xing Yuan stopped kissing at some point and instead chose to embrace each other.
Xing Yuan was taller, and when Yan Xiyue was held in her arms, she appeared very petite and delicate, as if they were no different from the people around them, just an ordinary couple.
They leaned on each other, walking with the crowd in the direction they came from, intimately close. Their occasional glances seemed to carry endless affection.
At noon, they ate a local specialty at the guesthouse and then descended the mountain. They took the cable car down, their arms still tightly linked.
On Zixi Mountain, their relationship seemed to have undergone a subtle transformation. Amidst the beautiful scenery of the purple mist covering the mountain, they had both mutually acknowledged each other in their hearts and their feelings were in sync.