CHAPTER 92: CHAPTER 92: NOT FATE, JUST A NARROW ROAD FOR ENEMIES

"Lu Yuan? What are you doing here?"

Seeing Lu Yuan, Meng Wencheng was a bit surprised.

Lu Yuan said, "Oh, I brought my niece to go hiking today."

Lu Yaya, looking completely listless, was pulled out from behind by Lu Yuan.

Lu Yaya: Who knows what craziness my uncle is up to. She’s just a kid, getting yanked out of bed early in the morning is one thing,

but then being dragged to go hiking.

"Yaya?"

Sang Yu knew Lu Yuan was Lu Yao’s younger brother but didn’t expect to see Lu Yaya here too.

Hearing the voice, Lu Yaya looked up and saw Sang Yu.

"Pretty sister."

Xu Ru’an was also surprised, looking at Lu Yaya standing before her.

"Yaya?"

"Another pretty sister, you’re here too?"

Lu Yuan: "??? How do you all know each other?"

Then, Sang Yu explained how they got to know each other.

Lu Yuan couldn’t help but be sarcastic: "I didn’t expect you’re actually Yaya’s lifesaver."

Xu Ru’an: "I also didn’t expect such a cute child like Yaya would have an uncle like you."

"Alright, alright, stop bickering, you two really are a match made in heaven, one spark and boom, you ignite."

Xu Ru’an and Lu Yuan spoke simultaneously, "Who says we’re a match made in heaven."

Sang Yu teased, "It seems like you two have a real connection."

Xu Ru’an looked at Sang Yu, "Sang Yu, why are you joining in?"

Sang Yu quickly said, "Alright, alright, let’s not talk about it. Let’s hurry up and climb the mountain before it gets too late."

Xu Ru’an decided not to argue with Lu Yuan for now.

Lu Yuan told Sang Yu, "Since Yaya knows you guys, I’ll join you on the hike."

Xu Ru’an was about to refuse, but Sang Yu pressed her hand and said, "Alright."

She whispered to Xu Ru’an, "Yaya is just a kid. Considering the child, do you think Lu Yuan can take care of Yaya on his own?"

Lu Yuan can barely take care of himself, let alone Yaya.

Xu Ru’an looked at Lu Yuan: "For Yaya’s sake, you’re allowed to come with us."

Lu Yuan scoffed but didn’t say anything in the end.

Actually, Yaya, being a kid, couldn’t hike at all, so in the end, Lu Yuan had to carry her up.

By the time they reached halfway up, Lu Yuan was already gasping for breath.

"Are you alright?" Xu Ru’an couldn’t help but comment when seeing Lu Yuan huffing and puffing.

Lu Yuan straightened up immediately: "What do you mean by that? I’m just worried Yaya is tired, so I stopped to take a break."

Xu Ru’an cast a glance at Lu Yuan with an expression full of disbelief.

Sang Yu looked at the two and said helplessly, "Why don’t we take a break? We still have plenty of time and everyone must be tired, right?"

Others agreed, "I agree, let’s rest for a while. This mountain doesn’t look high but climbing it is quite exhausting."

Everyone thought it would be good to take a break.

Xu Ru’an finally agreed.

Lu Yuan let out a sigh of relief.

He whispered to Lu Yaya, "You don’t look heavy, but carrying you is no piece of cake!"

Lu Yaya retorted, "Well, you insisted on bringing me to hike, didn’t you, Uncle?"

Lu Yuan had no choice but to swallow his words.

Xu Ru’an was getting restless, "Sang Yu, I’m going to take a look over there."

Sang Yu nodded, "Be careful."

Xu Ru’an: "Don’t worry, I’ll just be nearby."

Xu Ru’an walked around the middle of the mountain, wanting to see the view from different angles.

As she walked, there were fewer and fewer people around.

However, Xu Ru’an remembered the path well, so she wasn’t worried, actually preferring fewer people around.

Xu Ru’an reached a group of rocks, and seeing the large boulders on top, she couldn’t resist climbing them.

Having the thought, she acted on it, carefully climbing up the rocks.

The incline of these rocks was steep, so climbing up was easy, but coming down became dangerous.

When Xu Ru’an reached the topmost boulder, she wanted to come down.

But she found she couldn’t get down.

The rock she was standing on was about a meter or more away from the next one.

And there was a gap in between.

The saying goes: going up the mountain is easy, coming down is hard.

Xu Ru’an was getting scared. If she fell into one of those gaps, she’d be stuck.

Suddenly, she regretted it. Had she known, she wouldn’t have climbed up.

She tentatively tried to step down, but her foot couldn’t reach the next rock, she was too scared to attempt it.

Her nerves suddenly got the better of her.

"Is anyone there?" With no other choice, all Xu Ru’an hoped was that someone could come and help her.

She didn’t know how far she was from where Sang Yu and the others were resting.

If Sang Yu didn’t see her coming back for a long time, would she come looking for her?

Xu Ru’an crouched on the rock, looking at all those big rocks, the fear in her heart growing.

Fear gripped her body, and tears couldn’t help but start rolling down her cheeks.

"Xu Ru’an!"

It was Lu Yuan’s voice.

Xu Ru’an looked up at Lu Yuan below, her nose suddenly tingled: "Lu Yuan, I can’t get down."

Lu Yuan’s heart skipped a beat, soothing her with a soft voice: "Xu Ru’an, don’t be afraid, I’m coming up right now."

Xu Ru’an’s tears streamed down: "Lu Yuan, if I had known, I wouldn’t have come up. Now I can’t get down."

Lu Yuan climbed up while saying, "It’s okay, I’ll be up there in no time."

Watching Lu Yuan getting closer, Xu Ru’an’s fear gradually faded.

"Xu Ru’an, I’m almost there, don’t be afraid." Lu Yuan climbed a lot faster now.

One wrong step almost made him slip, but luckily he steadied himself with his hands.

"Lu Yuan, be careful!"

Seeing Lu Yuan nearly miss a step frightened Xu Ru’an.

Lu Yuan: "I’m fine."

In no time, Lu Yuan reached the rock below Xu Ru’an.

"Xu Ru’an, step on my shoulder and come down."

Lu Yuan lay on the rock, covering the gap between the two stones.

Xu Ru’an cautiously extended her foot, stepping onto Lu Yuan’s shoulder.

Using Lu Yuan’s shoulder, she slowly descended onto the rock.

Only then did Xu Ru’an let out a sigh of relief.

Lu Yuan said to Xu Ru’an, "I’ll go down first, then you can step on my shoulder."

Xu Ru’an nodded.

Repeatedly, Xu Ru’an used Lu Yuan’s shoulder to climb down.

When she finally reached the ground, Xu Ru’an finally relaxed.

At the same time, she felt that crying earlier was really embarrassing.

She was brave enough to climb up, how come she couldn’t get down?

Lu Yuan: "Xu Ru’an, you really dare to do anything, climbing so high alone. What if no one came by? Would you have stayed up there all alone?"

Lu Yuan’s tone carried some reproach.

Xu Ru’an wanted to retort as before, but thinking about how Lu Yuan saved her, she felt embarrassed to say anything.

Xu Ru’an lowered her head, her gaze falling on Lu Yuan’s palm.