Push Me Away When I Come, Don't Hold Me Back When I Leave - Chapter 55

Chapter 55: Camping at Yanxia Lake

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For an entire week, Xia Ruoming thought about her injured arm every day.

She still hadn’t understood what that dream from that night was about.

On the weekend, although He Ya managed to convince Chu Suhe to come out, Chu Suhe refused to let Xia Ruoming and He Ya spend money on her to have fun, so Xia Ruoming suggested going camping to relax for two days.

After learning that the tent and everything else was readily available, Chu Suhe hesitantly agreed to this camping trip.

It was a 2-hour drive from Chengdu to Yanxia Lake. After buying the needed ingredients and some supplies at the supermarket,

In Zhong Hui’s car, everyone was chatting about various things, and Xia Ruoming was so tired that she closed her eyes while leaning back.

“Susu, which university do you want to attend?”

“I… I don’t know, Ru… Ruoming said she wants to go to Zhejiang University, may… maybe I want to go too,” Chu Suhe said hesitantly, while glancing at Xia Ruoming who was sleeping against the seat.

After sleeping for an unknown time, the drowsy Xia Ruoming felt something heavy on her shoulder. Opening her eyes, she discovered that Chu Suhe had fallen asleep leaning on her shoulder at some point. After showing a gentle smile, Xia Ruoming carefully took out a tissue and gently wiped the drool from the corner of Chu Suhe’s mouth.

When the car reached the suspension bridge at Yanxia Lake, Chu Suhe was also woken up by Xia Ruoming.

Xia Ruoming rubbed the sleepy Chu Suhe’s little nose and whispered in her ear: “Did you sleep well, silly girl?”

Seeing the dampness on Xia Ruoming’s shoulder, Chu Suhe’s face quickly flushed red.

“I… I didn’t mean to.”

“It’s okay, sleep if you want to sleep, I’m not blaming you, Class Monitor Chu.” Xia Ruoming smiled, “It’s just that cars can only drive up to the suspension bridge here, we’ll have to walk in ourselves.”

“Oh.” Chu Suhe nodded obediently and started helping Xia Ruoming unload things from the car.

“Shall I come pick you up tomorrow afternoon?” Zhong Hui looked at the time on her phone, “Auntie has something to attend to and needs to go back, so I won’t be camping with you. Have fun.”

“Alright, thank you Auntie Zhong.” Xia Ruoming gave a slight bow to thank Zhong Hui.

Then Xia Ruoming gestured for Ji Chuan to take half of the things, and the group walked through the suspension bridge towards the forest area.

“Sis, why didn’t we rent a small cart?” Ji Chuan carried various bags, feeling like his hands were about to break.

Although there were paved cement roads in the forest area, it wasn’t as primitive as imagined, but the expected gravel paths and moss-covered round stones were all present, and the steps were incredibly steep.

“Huff… stop… complaining, who knew the campsite was so far, I’m carrying more than you anyway,” Xia Ruoming said while catching her breath. If it were normal times, she wouldn’t be this tired, but with her injured arm, she couldn’t use much strength.

He Ya also helped carry some things, though not much, but at least it lightened Xia Ruoming’s burden a bit.

With Chu Suhe’s constitution that could faint at any time, Xia Ruoming really didn’t dare let her help carry anything, besides, Xia Ruoming couldn’t bear to let her do it.

Finally reaching the forest area, Ji Chuan immediately dropped the mat and lay down on the ground.

Xia Ruoming was no stranger to camping, because in her past life, she was used to solitude and often went camping alone, after all, the little princess rarely came home.

In her past life, she even went alone to camp at Jasper National Park for half a month during her trip abroad, and catching the specialty trout of Jasper National Park was a piece of cake for her.

So it only took a little time for her to set up the two-room-one-living-room ridge tent. Although it looked simple, the twenty-plus ground stakes and nine guy lines had nearly exhausted Xia Ruoming.

“Look how capable your sister is, while you just lie on the ground sleeping,” He Ya looked at Ji Chuan who was almost asleep on the ground, her tone full of helplessness.

“Xiao Ya, we only brought one tent, would you mind if we pull down the divider to sleep at night? If not, I can go rent one from the campsite,” Xia Ruoming asked He Ya softly.

In this life, she hadn’t bought a tent yet. Speaking of which, this tent belonged to Ji Chuan’s father Ji Mengxian, and she didn’t know why he bought such a luxurious tent with tent plus porch totaling 20m2, and even equipped it with two double air mattresses.

“It’s fine, I don’t mind.”

“Okay, then let’s start preparing dinner, it’s getting late.” Xia Ruoming stretched lazily, then kicked Ji Chuan awake.

“Ouch, what are you doing…” Ji Chuan rubbed his kicked ribs, seeming somewhat dissatisfied.

“Go prepare the onions and garlic, or you won’t get any dinner,” saying this, Xia Ruoming handed the bag full of vegetables to Ji Chuan, then turned to He Ya: “Xiao Ya, sorry, I forgot to buy firewood on the way here, could you trouble you to go buy a bundle from the campsite? You don’t need to carry it back yourself, just ask them to deliver it after you buy it.”

After He Ya went to buy firewood, Xia Ruoming took out the outdoor gas stove and made a dish of onion tomato stewed beef. Since the beef had been pre-prepared, it didn’t take hours of waiting. After finishing the stewed beef, Xia Ruoming also made a cod and sweet shrimp soup with the remaining ingredients.

Night fell.

“Ruoming, can you make food this delicious even outdoors?” He Ya said while eating the dishes Xia Ruoming made.

“Stop flattering me, you haven’t even tasted my cooking at home.” Xia Ruoming ruffled He Ya’s hair, then took a set of disposable bowls and chopsticks for herself.

“Hehe, I’m just praising you.” He Ya continued speaking unclearly, “Come to think of it, this should be our first high school gathering, and probably the last one too.”

“Hmm? So?” Noticing that He Ya seemed to have more to say, Xia Ruoming played along and asked.

“Shouldn’t we say something here? Like in novels, saying some blessings under the stars, don’t you think it’s romantic?”

“May all of you rise with the wind, have bright futures, and smooth sailing in life from here on.” Xia Ruoming raised her beer can.

Then came the sound of tin cans clinking.

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Late at night, Xia Ruoming went to appreciate the scenery at the lakeside on the forest edge. The scenery of Yanxia Lake was really beautiful, although the water was a bit murky and the overall environment couldn’t compare to those national park-level campsites she visited in her past life, but she just liked this quiet atmosphere.

If you’re used to solitude, you’ll also enjoy this feeling.

“Does it still hurt?” A familiar voice sounded behind her as Chu Suhe walked up, looking at her bandage-wrapped arm.

Throughout the journey, Chu Suhe had noticed that Xia Ruoming was always consciously or unconsciously holding her arm.

“Maybe a little, but it doesn’t matter much.” Xia Ruoming shrugged.