Push Me Away When I Come, Don't Hold Me Back When I Leave - Chapter 165

Chapter 165: Cloud Sea at Bamboo Mountain, Old Matters Revisited

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When they arrived at the Glamping site in Yuhejiang Mountain’s wilderness camping ground, Xia Ruoming was completely dumbfounded, Xu Fengwu had chosen a camping site without any fishing spots.

Damn it, what’s the point of camping if you can’t fish? Isn’t the joy of life all about getting skunked and landing monster catches?

“This is the camping site you chose?” Xia Ruoming’s eyebrows trembled as she asked Xu Fengwu irritably.

“Ah… yes, is there something wrong with this camping site?” Xu Fengwu suddenly became flustered, not understanding why Xia Ruoming was suddenly angry.

“…”

Seeing Xu Fengwu’s reaction, Xia Ruoming fell silent again. How could someone who had never been camping and knew nothing about it suddenly decide to go camping?

“It’s fine, it’s not a big deal.” Xia Ruoming shook her head. It wasn’t bad to occasionally try this kind of luxury camping. If they couldn’t fish, then so be it, it wasn’t that important.

After choosing a 4-person tent package, Xia Ruoming led Chu Suhe and Xu Fengwu to the camping spot.

Since it was a Glamping site, the tents and various tools, even ingredients were all prepared, and the firewood was bundled high-quality wood. Xia Ruoming didn’t need to bring anything, and the things she brought couldn’t be put to use at all.

“Want to visit the mountain temple?” After putting down some luggage, Xia Ruoming asked the two. Since she had never been here before, it would be nice to walk the ancient mountain path and pay respects at the temple.

“Ah… let’s not, that ancient path is said to be 3 kilometers long. I’m not a fitness fanatic like you, Ruoming. My legs would break if we went… And Suhe doesn’t have the stamina to walk that far with you either. I’ll just stay here and chat with Suhe while waiting for you to return.”

“Alright then, both of you be careful, don’t go too far from the campsite, and don’t start any fires randomly,” Xia Ruoming cautioned.

“Okay, okay, Ruoming always worries too much. We’ll just sit in the camping chairs next to the tent and won’t go anywhere. You can relax!” Xu Fengwu puffed up her cheeks, seemingly annoyed that Xia Ruoming was still treating her like a child.

“Ruo-Ruoming, be careful too, come back early,” Chu Suhe also said softly from the side.

After nodding slightly, Xia Ruoming waved to the two and disappeared at the campsite exit.

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The ancient mountain path, once used by pilgrims to climb the mountain and worship Buddha, truly helped calm one’s mind. In the fresh air, Xia Ruoming felt all her recent mental stress swept away, and her mood became increasingly relaxed and peaceful.

Streams flowed through the bamboo grove’s cloud sea, with the fragrance of green bamboo permeating the air.

When she reached the stream’s edge, Xia Ruoming was also somewhat tired. She found a spot, laid down a napkin, and sat down.

“Excuse me, may I sit beside you?” A clear female voice rang out.

“Ah, please do.” Xia Ruoming didn’t pay attention to who was speaking, but rather closed her eyes to rest and recover her energy while softly responding.

It wasn’t until she felt something like light gauze brush across her face that she opened her eyes to see who had come.

That blue veil and the eyes behind it were incredibly familiar to her.

“An Jinrou?” Xia Ruoming raised an eyebrow. “Why are you here?”

“It seems you were right. We indeed met at some point in time. That day we had only met once, and I hadn’t told you my name, yet you spoke it just now,” An Jinrou stared into Xia Ruoming’s eyes, speaking word by word.

“I told you that day already, but unfortunately, you didn’t believe me,” Xia Ruoming smiled bitterly and shook her head. Although reincarnation was something nobody in the world would believe, An Jinrou was the only person she could tell.

“Jinrou? Such an intimate way of addressing me, were we very close before?” An Jinrou asked curiously.

“Close enough to share a bed, as best friends,” Xia Ruoming explained as if needing to take a big breath while speaking, earning a dissatisfied glare from An Jinrou. “So… why are you here, Jinrou? I don’t remember you being fond of traveling. Could it be you came looking for me?”

“Pinch your cheek.”

“Why should I pinch my cheek?” Faced with An Jinrou’s strange request, Xia Ruoming asked, completely confused.

“Don’t ask, just do it,” An Jinrou looked at Xia Ruoming with an amused expression.

Although Xia Ruoming was particularly confused, she still followed An Jinrou’s words and pinched her cheek. She quickly discovered something, although she hadn’t used much force, it didn’t hurt at all.

“Now you’ve discovered it, right? This isn’t the real world,” An Jinrou removed her veil. “It’s not that I found you, but that you found me.”

“What do you mean…?”

“Xia Ruoming, you’re the one who used The World card, right? It seems what you said was indeed true, in the future, you and I were very close friends, otherwise I wouldn’t have chosen to do that. But that World card wasn’t a complete world card. It had been used once before, and the card face was already damaged, so using it would cause some small problems, like you retaining your memories,” An Jinrou spoke slowly.

When she handed the star to Xu Fengwu, An Jinrou remembered the person who had once visited her fortune-telling shop. That young woman had told her they had met before. At that time, An Jinrou didn’t believe it because she had a photographic memory and was convinced she had never seen the young woman before, so she thought it was just a pickup line.

But when she saw the world turn to ashes, An Jinrou suddenly remembered that young woman who had claimed to have met her.

If anyone had used the World, it could only have been her. The damaged world had left her with memories, which was why she recognized An Jinrou, while An Jinrou didn’t recognize her.

“…Although I don’t know what you’re talking about, that Moon card was from you, right?”

Xia Ruoming spoke with confusion on her face, and after seeing An Jinrou nod in confirmation, she continued: “As you said, I did retain memories from my previous life, and somehow reincarnated here. I retained complete memories, so I’m certain this is the first time you’ve given me a tarot card, nothing like this ever happened before.”

After hearing Xia Ruoming’s words, An Jinrou slightly narrowed her eyes. Since the previous life’s Xia Ruoming had been particularly close to her and told her about reincarnation without any hesitation, Xia Ruoming had no reason to fabricate a lie about the World.

If Xia Ruoming was telling the truth, could there be someone else who was worth her using The World?