Falling in love with you through the clouds

30 pre-departure preparations

On Monday morning, just as Xiaowen was dragged upstairs by his father to clean up the water tower, Xiaopei went out alone to find a quiet place to practice singing, while I grabbed a small backpack to organize my clean clothes, confirmed the travel expenses, and changed into a pair of light and The sneakers he was used to, as well as water and sports drinks, and then he was ready to wait for Sister Tao's call.

Finally, near noon, a phone call came.I didn't have time to pick it up, but rushed directly to the door of my house; a black sedan parked in front of my house, and I almost mistakenly thought I would be blinded when I saw her bathed in golden sunlight.

She was wearing a bohemian-style knitted wool dress, which rarely showed her feminine side, but she matched it with her usual jeans—and those boots didn’t look like she was going to climb a mountain at all!However, her radiance more or less diluted the sense of incongruity in her clothes.

Suppressing the ecstasy of finally seeing her, I poked my head, "Are you driving?" I grabbed the hem of the clothes with both hands, and had to consciously restrain the impulse to not shake her hand.

She flicked the side part of her hair - cut it short. "No, where did I get the car? I hired an 'exclusive driver'."

Her family can indeed find a driver who is willing to drive for her eldest lady without any effort; I poked my head again curiously to make sure the "driver" got out of the car, but Mom had already come out of the kitchen to greet the guests, and she was very upset when she saw Sister Tao. Surprised.

I was also surprised, because she gave another ginseng gift box! "Happy New Year, Mama Yu! I'm sorry, I have to kidnap Xiaoning for a few days!" It was like a "son-in-law" meeting his mother-in-law!

"Miss Tao is really good, it's good if someone comes..." But I have to say that with her grand and decent coping skills, warm and simple southerners like my parents are completely helpless, and she agreed with her to take me with me in a few moments. Let's go, I just missed tying me up and presenting her in front of her and saying "please take it"!

It wasn't until I got into the car with her that I really felt the anticipation of getting ready to go.

"Brother Lin, let's go directly to our destination."

"No problem! In fact, I'm also in a hurry; I finally have a vacation, and I have to sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman!" He turned to me and said the last two sentences in a funny and helpless manner.It wasn't until I met his eyes that I realized that she had hired an editor in charge of her work as a driver!

Wouldn't this be too "evil"?

"He...you..." What is the relationship between them?It can be dispatched to such a point.

She seemed to see my doubts, and raised her eyebrows slightly to explain: "As I said before, Brother Lin is my responsible editor; but he is also my friend, the former editor-in-chief of our family's former magazine department... and then went out to set up his own , I returned to Taiwan this time, and signed a contract with them without even thinking about it."

"You didn't tell me what your family used to do!" I couldn't help complaining; even though I knew from Tao Yi'an that their family had a publishing business, I was still upset because of her reserved language!

"Sorry, Xiaoning, forgive me for keeping a lot of private matters about myself and my family." She said apologetically, "You know, I don't want you to have too many extra impressions when you look at me... I I just want you to know the purest version of me, the one who likes to travel and take pictures."

"I know, but... when I was facing someone so close, I turned around and found out that she still hides so many secrets; that would make me depressed... and scared." I smiled wryly, and she came to hold her my hand. "I want to know more about you, not just Chu, but Tao Siqi."

"I promise I'll let you know; I will."

As the car headed straight north on the highway, I finally pulled away from the unpleasant thoughts. "Where are we going?"

She announced the answer in a funny and mysterious tone. "I'll take you to climb Dashan, the tallest and tallest mountain in Taiwan."

The highest, the highest... "It can't be... Yushan, right?"

She nods and smiles. "It's Yushan."

"Hey! Really?" I groaned strangely, and she covered her mouth with a chuckle and nodded. "The tallest? I've never climbed a mountain before, and you took me to challenge the tallest all at once?"

"It's the highest! But it's the easiest." I began to suspect that she was abducting me. "Really! The route to the main peak of Yushan Mountain is very clear, and it's not easy to get lost. To be honest, the more difficult section is probably the gravel slope before the summit. Didn't I tell you to wear gloves? Should I?" She Pointing to my backpack.

I froze for a moment, and quickly took out the pair of furry gloves from the backpack. "I'm bringing these pair! They're cute, right? They're cute and keep you warm. It must be very... what's wrong on the mountain now?" Her expression was as if a black line appeared out of nowhere on her forehead.

"Are you sure you want to use this," she touched the bear ears on the back of her hand, "to catch the iron chain climbing up the gravel slope?"

I suddenly retracted my hand to my chest, "How is that possible!" That would be dirty!

"That's right!" She said dumbfoundedly: "Fortunately, I prepared it for you... What else did you prepare for me to show?"

"Just, warm clothes, coats and raincoats, it's not easy to buy the two-piece raincoat you mentioned..." I flipped the things to her, "Ah! I think mountain climbing will be very cold, so Bring some snacks!" When I dug out sea salt chocolate and Pocky, the virtual black lines on her face seemed to increase again. "Why? It's normal to eat this! You didn't say you can't take it!" Fortunately, I prepared two packs of various flavors!

"I...well, at least it can be used as a backup food!" Her expression of helpless smile was still beautiful, but I somehow felt uncomfortable.

"Hmph, you don't care!" I angrily put the snacks back into my backpack. When I found the water, I only found a normal-sized bottle of sports drink and mineral water.

"This is not enough to drink. We will spend at least two nights there."

"It's only two nights? I prepared five sets of clothes! Seriously... You didn't even explain clearly, and you laughed at me for preparing something!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" She came to pull my sleeve, and I pushed it away several times, but in the end I was defeated by her perseverance. "It doesn't matter, this is enough, and I have prepared for the rest; after all, it is your first time climbing a mountain, so it's better to bring more things to make the journey more comfortable."

"Your schedule is so loose, it's no problem!" Brother Lin who was driving suddenly interrupted, "And we will pass some places on the way, if we don't have enough things, we can buy more."

"The itinerary is very loose?"

"Well, I don't dare to get too full, I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it physically; we will camp tonight, then climb to Paiyun Mountain Villa, and get up in the early morning to climb to the top to watch the sunrise."

"Camping!" I have long wanted to try the feeling of living in a tent!

"Yes, look at you excited like a child; no, you are a child!"

"What! Are you the only grown-up?"

"I mean your excited expression looks like a child, why are you over-explaining?"

"Hey! You're the one digging a hole for me to jump in!"

As soon as I said this, not only her, but even Brother Lin who was driving the car laughed!

hateful!I was so pissed off... I decided to lie on the sidelines and pretend to be autistic; in the end... because the drive was too long, I actually fell asleep while nestling.

During the process, I felt that she shook off her coat to cover me, and then talked with Brother Lin about some works and publications; yes, her book has been quietly released, just in the week of our final exam.

On the fan page I saw yesterday, many readers expressed that they have already purchased this new book. Many of them were impressed by the photo on the cover, or the state of Negeri Sembilan with its beautiful "blue tears"...everywhere she walked Everywhere, she must be able to record the amazing beauty with her camera.

Will we have it this time too?

It suddenly occurred to me that I had just taken a photography course for the next semester; and during this trip, I didn't have any other cameras except my mobile phone.

In this way, I was half asleep and half awake, stopped at a rest stop, had a light meal and continued on my way.It was close to noon when she came to pick me up, and it was already past three in the afternoon when we left the highway and the scenery began to be gradually dominated by mountain scenery.

The wind blowing in from the car window is obviously cold, and it feels very different from the wind on the flat ground; her knitted wool dress seems to be thinner; she is sleeping on the back of the chair with her eyes closed, in an uncomfortable position .

"Why don't you lie down on the chair if you want to sleep?" I muttered, and she woke up as soon as I shook off my coat.

"Did you sleep well?" Her voice didn't sound like she just woke up.

"It's time for a break, how about you?"

"We'll have a lot of rest after the first stop, so I'm not worried."

"By the way, our first night camping, what do we want to eat?"

"I have prepared extra instant noodles. If I see a convenience store later, I can buy any bread or rice balls I want, and it's not impossible to even eat there."

We actually had dinner at the convenience store afterwards, and we ate it before four o'clock, and it was less than three hours before lunch. This meal time was really weird.

Along the way, she was chatting with Brother Lin. They seemed to have known each other for a long time, and the topics they talked about were not the same as mine; The content of her chat with others made me more sure about this matter.

And unexpectedly know more about Brother Lin.When I heard her talk before, I wanted to say that he was a little old and should be married, but he was still single!Being busy with work, he seems to have a fixed relationship partner, but he has no plans to settle down for a long time.

Apart from the fact that his hair is a little gray, his appearance is really well maintained. When the two of them stand together, they look super stylish... It's because of this that I wonder if the two of them are boyfriend and girlfriend.

Even after knowing Sister Tao's sexual orientation, I still think they are a good match.

I drank a cup of hot soy milk, brother Lin bought coffee to refresh himself, and she was the only one carrying a large can of sports drink, clearly preparing for tomorrow's mountaineering.

"...Are you sure you want to stay at the husband and wife tree?"

What couple tree?

"That's right! I didn't make it last time. I hope this time the weather will be better, the clouds will be less, and it won't rain." She didn't know when she grabbed the camera in her hand. A few photos were taken by the clouds in the distance.

Brother Lin had a helpless expression, "You don't have a car, and you have to start from the mountain trail tomorrow, so you have to walk a long way! I don't doubt you, but..." He didn't say anything, even He didn't even look in my direction.

I know that he is worried about me. What can hinder Sister Tao's footsteps is not the actual distance of the few kilometers they talk about, but the fact that they have no mountaineering experience at all. I can run [-] meters.

"She's fine!"

Sister Tao didn't look at me either, but from the smile on her face and her confident tone, I felt that her confidence in me was real; even if it was groundless, and I was pampered since I was a child and never suffered anything.

Where does she have confidence in me?

"Hmm." Brother Lin smiled and didn't ask her any more questions; probably because of my face?

After we were full, brother Liu Lin took a rest in the car alone.I asked him to drive all the way, and I was indeed tired. After we reached the "husband and wife tree" she called, he would turn back home.

He drove from Taipei to Kaohsiung first, and then took the Xinzhongheng Highway to Yushan National Park after driving to me. He was driving all day, and it was just because of sister Tao's request!Thinking about it, this favor is really big enough.

"Then what shall we do when we go home?"

She shrugged, "At most I'll call him over again!" Hey!Do you take it for granted?She glanced at me, and I couldn't help shivering, "I just need to use your mobile phone, so please use your mobile phone with a little restraint these two days."

"Why don't you use yours?" She obviously had one.

"I didn't let him know!" She touched her lips with her index finger. From this angle, I could clearly see the mole on the right side of the bridge of her nose. She smiled and then raised my hand. "At present, only you can make my phone call. Do you have the heart to break this privilege that is exclusive to you?"

It's clearly a bad taste... I pursed my lips and smiled, and moved closer to her. "What did you just shoot?" I also noticed that she lacked the usual perfume smell.

"It's just a few random shots." She said "several photos", but she actually clicked it several times. "The photos you usually see are all selected by me after spending a lot of time; I hardly retouch the photos, so you can see how you take them."

"I know you will pick for a long time."

"Because I will take several pictures of the same scene, and then choose the one that is the most pleasing to the eye." She retracted the camera, "This time I said that I will camp in the couple tree to fulfill a wish; I want to take pictures of stars there. track and do a long exposure.”

"Star track?"

"Hmm! It's the picture where you see the stars drawing arcs in the night sky; the light of the stars is very weak, and the normal shutter exposure usually only takes a black picture, so we will find a good place to shoot against the sky, And the earth will rotate, and the stars will slowly change their positions in the photo, and finally form an arc on the photo." She used her open palm as the shutter in the camera, and then explained the long exposure in detail.

"I probably understand." I pouted, and had to re-examine the camera I was used to.

She smiled, let go of our holding hands, and found an angle she was satisfied with casually, and a series of shutter sounds sounded.