CHAPTER 275: CHAPTER 289: I CAN TEACH YOU

Gong Shaoyu took the water and drank a sip, "Thanks."

Lan Shan smiled and took a tissue from her bag, handing it to him, "Wipe your sweat."

At this moment, small beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. Despite it being winter, he had worked up a sweat.

He took the tissue from her hand, wiped himself, looked up at the rock wall, and asked, "Do you want to try?"

Lan Shan shook her head without thinking, "I better not, I don’t know how to do this."

Hearing this, Gong Shaoyu smiled, "It’s okay, sitting there alone must be pretty boring. I can teach you if you want to try?"

For a while, Lan Shan didn’t answer. She glanced at the height of the rock wall and then nodded in agreement.

"Go put your things away and then come over to get ready. There’s a locker over there where you can leave your stuff," Gong Shaoyu said, pointing to a locker not far away.

Those were specially used for storing personal items. Following his gaze, she indeed saw a row of lockers and nodded, walking over there.

After putting her things away, she returned to Gong Shaoyu.

Gong Shaoyu was talking to a staff member. Seeing her approach, he didn’t say anything, just asked the staff to help her with the harness.

Luckily, Lan Shan wasn’t wearing a skirt today, otherwise, she really couldn’t have tried this.

Once she was ready, Gong Shaoyu handed her something that looked like powder.

"Put this on your hands," Gong Shaoyu explained. He told her the basics of rock climbing and let Lan Shan give it a try.

"Oh, okay." Lan Shan did as he said, but after just two steps, her hands were already losing strength.

She tried several times, but it kept happening and she couldn’t help but pout.

Why did it look so easy when he did it, but it’s so hard for her? Looking up at Gong Shaoyu, she said, "Brother Gong, I can’t learn it, what should I do?"

Gong Shaoyu smiled and comforted her, "It’s okay, it’s like this at the start. Just try a few more times, it’ll get better."

After speaking, he jumped down and stood beside Lan Shan, "This time you go first, and I’ll guide you from the side."

"Okay then."

Seeing him so supportive, Lan Shan couldn’t say much else. She took a deep breath and climbed once more.

"Hmm, remember, synchronize your hand and foot movements, don’t just use your hands."

...

Under Gong Shaoyu’s guidance, Lan Shan quickly grasped the essentials of rock climbing and no longer needed him watching closely.

Standing next to Gong Shaoyu, "Brother Gong, it seems like rock climbing is actually quite fun."

"Want to have a competition?" Gong Shaoyu suggested.

Upon hearing this, Lan Shan quickly shook her head. She’s still a newbie; competing against him would just be asking for trouble, right?

Seeing her reluctance, Gong Shaoyu didn’t insist, smiling he said, "Then let’s just play a bit and go eat afterward."

"Okay, sure."

The two began rock climbing with Gong Shaoyu slightly ahead of Lan Shan.

Halfway up, Lan Shan found she was running out of the powder on her hands, so she reached into her pocket to grab some more.

Unexpectedly, she grasped at air, and the bag of powder fell out, dropping to the ground.

Lan Shan glanced back and saw the small bag of powder lying quietly on the ground.

Looking at the ground, Lan Shan felt dizzy as if she might fall the next second. Fear crept into her heart, and her climbing actions stopped.

Noticing she hadn’t followed him, Gong Shaoyu turned to look back, only to see Lan Shan staring at the ground, her face pale.

"What’s wrong?"