[After exiting the subway station, you took a bus and arrived at Xiaodoushan a quarter of an hour later.]
[It was almost noon, and Nakajima Reina was worried whether the nurse who delivered the meal would notice her disappearance, but after entering the forest, her worries were quickly wiped away by the rustling of the green trees.]
[After the rainstorm, the smell of soil and trees mixed in the wind, fresh and a little pungent, this is a smell that can only be smelled in the mountains and forests. Water droplets stuck to the leaves and gathered in low-lying areas, flashing a little light in the soft sunlight. ]
[You are walking on the trail. On the tree trunk behind you, a woodpecker is pecking. In the treetops in front of you, two large gray-white birds are fighting with each other.]
[Nakajima Reina was fascinated by this new world. She said nothing for forty minutes. Her eyes moved from the treetops to the tree trunks, and then to the land covered with fallen leaves. She was very curious about the dust on the trail, the fallen leaves floating in the puddles, and the stones on the roadside.]
[The fairly flat trail only leads to two-thirds of the mountain, and further up is a long staircase.]
[You put the wheelchair next to the unmanned store at the bottom of the stairs, holding Nakajima Reina's hand and continue walking forward. ]
[After walking out of the 30th step, the girl's breathing quickened. ]
Memory scenes emerge.
Mt. Adoko is not a popular tourist attraction. It is only somewhat famous in the mountaineering circle of Misaki City. Climbers all walk on the forest roads instead of ordinary stairs. Therefore, the stairs that few people take are narrow and only wide enough for two people to walk side by side.
As the sun rose higher, the effect of the rainstorm began to wane and the sunlight became hotter and hotter.
Minami Yuxi held Nakajima Reina's hand tightly. The girl's palms were sweating and he heard her slight gasp.
"Are you tired?" he asked.
"No." Nakajima Reina shook her head.
She looked up and saw narrow steps looming among the trees on both sides, stretching endlessly and seeming to lead all the way to the blue sky.
"Your breathless appearance is not convincing at all."
"I can go a little further."
"You're sure you can't get up there?"
Nakajima Reina was silent. In her slight sadness, the boy let go of her hand and squatted in front of her.
"Come on." said the boy.
"Need not… "
"It's okay. I also want to carry Reina-sama on my back."
Reina Nakajima lay on the boy's back. The touch of the boy's broad and strong back muscles on her chest made her cheeks slightly red. Her chin rested on the boy's shoulders, her arms were around the boy's neck, and the boy's hands were on the outside of her thighs.
The surrounding scenery suddenly lost its charm. She turned her head and looked at the trees beside her. The boy's body temperature, smell and breathing still enveloped her tightly.
Her heart beat faster.
Nan Youxi's heartbeat was also accelerating.
The girl's hair fell on his shoulders, and a faint fragrance flowed into his nostrils. As he walked, the ends of her hair swayed back and forth, gently brushing his cheek. The girl's two white and slender hands were clasped together and placed in front of his chin. The white lotus-like crisp palms made him want to take a light bite, leaving his own shallow teeth marks.
Although Reina Nakajima's figure is not top-notch, it does not lag behind the median. She is only wearing a thin white dress that cannot cover the softness of her body.
Minami Youxi couldn't see the girl's face, so she looked down at the shadows of the two people on the steps. Nakajima Reina didn't dare to look at the boy's face, so she also looked down at the deformed shadow on the steps.
After an unknown amount of time, the stairs came to an abrupt end, and the clear sky hidden behind the trees appeared. Nan Youxi quickened her pace and stepped over the last step.
He put Nakajima Reina down on his back. His back was soaked with sweat, and there was also a wet spot on the girl's dress.
Reina Nakajima didn't feel uncomfortable with the wet and sticky spot. She turned around shyly, with her back to the boy, pretending to look down the mountain, but actually she was avoiding the boy's sight. She felt the touch and heat of the skirt sticking to her body, like the boy's slender hand.
The sun and wind quickly dried up the moisture, and she was attracted by the tiny city. She looked up at the sky again, and the blue sky was closer to her than ever before.
"How is it? The scenery is pretty good, right?" Nan Youxi said to her.
"Yeah." Nakajima Reina walked to the stairs and looked down. The length of the stairs shocked her. She couldn't imagine that she had walked through such a long staircase.
"Put on your coat, it's cool on the top of the mountain." Nan Youxi handed over the jacket in her hand.
Reina Nakajima was about to reach out to take it, but suddenly a willful idea came to her mind. She raised her arms and looked at the boy.
Nan Youxi quickly understood what she meant and said jokingly, "You actually need help to put on your clothes. Princess Reina really hasn't grown up yet!"
The girl was a little embarrassed. She wanted to put down her arm, but Nan Youxi had already grabbed her wrist.
The boy helped her put on her jacket, his strong arms wrapped around her waist, pulled up the hem of the jacket, and slowly zipped it up.
The rough jacket was wrapped tightly around her upper body.
The sun was just above the top of the mountain, the temperature had not risen yet, but the sun was particularly scorching. There was no one else on the top platform, tourists would not come at noon in summer, and climbers were reluctant to climb through the wet forest because of yesterday's heavy rain.
On the mountain, there were only Minami Yuki and Nakajima Reina.
The two of them had lunch in the pavilion next to them - a bunch of various snacks. They walked around the platform again, and then sat quietly in the pavilion.
The sun slowly moved, and Nakajima Reina first looked at the shrinking city, and then looked at the orange sunset that was getting closer and closer to the horizon.
The two stood on the edge of the platform, their hands resting on the iron railings, their shoulders leaning against each other, looking at the setting sun in the sky together.
The sun completely set below the horizon, the blue sky turned ink-black, the bright moon cast a hazy light, the lights in the city lit up, and the sparks in the shadows of the vast buildings gathered into a shining galaxy.
The boy's face was half hidden and half visible in the moonlight. His eyes were like stars, slowly approaching her. Her eyes fell on the boy's thin red lips. The half-chopped chocolate cookie suddenly appeared in her mind.
She took a half step back, avoiding the boy's approaching lips. She turned her face to the side, and her mind recalled the boy in spring whom she had not thought of for a long time, using it to resist the invasion of love from the boy in summer in front of her.
"Come to think of it, I haven't introduced myself to Reina-san yet, right?"
The young man's cheerful voice spread among the forest: "My name is Nan Youxi."
Nakajima Reina was shocked by the familiar name. The boy in spring who accompanied her in spring overlapped with the boy in summer in front of her. She no longer had the strength to resist.
Nan Youxi kissed her on the lips.
(End of this chapter)