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Chapter 292 - 290, only the sun, moon, stars, and faith are eternal and unchanging in the world (first update)_1

Chapter 292: 290, only the sun, moon, stars, and faith are eternal and unchanging in the world (first update)_1

Yang Xi pursed her lips as she walked back, recalling the words Liu Erbao had said. Ren He had actually gone to Nepal to climb Mount Everest... This was something she didn’t even dare to think about usually!

Had Ren He arrived? Was Nepal cold? Was it cold on the mountain? Was it really dangerous? Yang Xi had no idea.

So, looking back, the thing Ren He had been keeping from her must have been this, right? It must have taken a long time to prepare, Yang Xi remembered that it was about half a month ago when Ren He started using his phone frequently.

Only now did she feel she was utterly failing as a girlfriend, not because she hadn’t discovered his plan in advance. After all, Yang Xi and Ren He’s relationship was based on mutual trust, so she didn’t pry into his affairs, believing that if he felt he could tell her, she would eventually find out.

Yang Xi felt her inadequacy lay in the fact that Ren He didn’t dare to tell her this time. Was he worried she wouldn’t understand him? This was what truly shamed Yang Xi.

Ren He trusted her enough and knew her well enough that she could share all her thoughts with him without reservation, but when it came to Ren He’s turn, he held back.

What Yang Xi wanted most to tell Ren He now was that no matter where he went, she would never stand in the way of his dreams.

Their lives were destined not to be ordinary. Yang Xi knew that Ren He was willing to give everything for her, even his life, and she felt the same way.

She now wanted to say so much to Ren He, but she couldn’t reach him at all.

Yang Xi suddenly stood still, as if she had made up her mind, and directly hailed a taxi to rush to the home she shared with her father, Yang En!

Upon entering the house, she opened her vanity, took out her passport, pulled out the suitcase from under her bed, and packed all her gear: her mountaineering jacket, pants, backpack, and boots!

After some thought, she left a note for Yang En: "Dad, I have something very important to do. Don’t tell Mom, just make up an excuse for me."

With that, she left the house, pulling her suitcase behind her.

Yang Xi knew that acting this way might shock the world. Yang Xi also knew that if the truth came out and Su Ruqin found out, it would provoke great anger. She no longer cared what others thought. Let the schoolmates think what they will; perhaps in their eyes, she had gone mad today.

At this moment, almost all of her schoolmates were caught up in wild speculation. What on earth had happened to Yang Xi?

Now, someone had begun to link Yang Xi’s loss of composure with Ren He’s leave of absence, since the two events coincided too neatly.

Some speculated whether Ren He had contracted some fatal illness and vanished into the crowd, and then Yang Xi went crazy? Just like what’s written in novels... Of course, they all thought this was too melodramatic.

Some tried to probe Yang Lan about where Ren He had gone. Yang Lan recalled his previous conversation with Ren He... then casually said, "Nothing serious, he probably just wanted to skip class..."

It was precisely Yang Lan’s words that shattered everyone’s speculations. Oh, he took leave to go play... How envious! But at least with that explanation, people stopped connecting the simultaneous disappearance of both Ren He and Yang Xi.

Yang Xi had no idea what was happening back at school, but she didn’t care about those things. She just wanted to recklessly, like a moth to a flame, rush to Ren He’s side.

Because Ren He would do the same for her!

When Yang En came home that evening and saw the note, he was stunned. What was going on? She hadn’t said how many days she’d be gone, nor what she was going to do. His precious daughter had just vanished?

Suddenly, he began to feel that this matter was very likely related to Ren He, but when he tried to call Yang Xi again, her phone was already switched off.

Yang Xi used to travel alone abroad, so he wasn’t too worried that something major would happen, but he did worry about what might become of Ren He and Yang Xi. Yang En was a professionally trained individual with strong divergent thinking skills in searching for clues. He slowly walked over and checked Yang Xi’s vanity, only to find her passport gone as well.

He called a friend at the immigration office to help check the entry and exit records for the day to see if there were any records with the names Yang Xi or Ren He. The friend quickly found them; at 7:53 am, Ren He flew to Bangkok, Thailand, and at 6:11 pm, Yang Xi flew to Bangkok, Thailand!

As expected, the two of them went to Thailand to have fun. Yang En sighed; he hadn’t thought that the two still had contact. But there were things he still didn’t understand, like why their departure times were so different.

...

In the morning, Ren He and An Si took a flight to Bangkok, Thailand. There were no direct flights from the Capital to Nepal, so one would have to fly from the Capital to Bangkok and then take a connecting flight to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.

Kathmandu, colloquially known as KTM, is divided into the old city and the new city. Kathmandu is an ancient city with over 1,000 years of history, founded in 723. It has become a symbol of Nepal’s ancient culture with its exquisite architectural art and wood and stone carvings. Over the centuries, Nepal’s dynasties had built countless palaces, temples, pagodas, halls, and monasteries here. In the less than 7 square kilometers of the city center, there are more than 250 stupas and temples, and there are over 2,700 temples of various sizes throughout the city. It is truly a case of "a temple every five steps and a monastery every ten", which is why some have dubbed this city "the City of Temples" and "an open-air museum".

Kathmandu, situated on the southern slopes of the Himalayas, benefits from a natural barrier that shields the city from the cold northern winds, while its southern side enjoys the warm currents from the Indian Ocean. The city’s advantageous geographical position results in a pleasant climate with an average annual temperature around 20°C, abundant sunshine, lush greenery, and blossoming flowers. It is known as "Paradise in the Mountains" and is a world-famous tourist destination.

They were meant to meet the guiding company there before heading to the campsite.

On the plane to Kathmandu, Ren He and An Si had specifically chosen seats next to the window when, all of a sudden, the clouds below the plane started to thin out, revealing the majestic black and white Himalayan range.

The black represented the conical mountain bodies, and the white was the perennial snow that covers the Himalayas.

An Si said from beside him, "Mount Kanchenjunga, at 8,586 meters..."

On their plane journey, they first flew past Mount Kanchenjunga, the fifth-highest peak in the world by altitude, and finally, Mount Everest, the highest in the world.

This was the most worthwhile view on the flight from Bangkok to Kathmandu, with these peaks towering into the skies, from the troposphere piercing directly into the stratosphere!

Ren He leaned greedily against the small window, gazing down at everything beneath the plane. This was his destination, the place he aimed to challenge!

There was a warm electric current stimulating his heart, the very thing he most anticipated and needed to persevere in this life.

The most thrilling and immense thing between life and death, that was his faith.

There are two things in the world that are eternal: the sun, moon, and stars high above our heads, and the noble faith deep within everyone’s heart.

Was Ren He’s faith noble? Yes, everyone’s faith is noble.

An Si quietly watched the expression on Ren He’s face, realizing even more profoundly the gap between them than he had known early on.

He willingly came to assist Ren He because of this; he wanted to gain the strength he lacked from Ren He.

That kind of strength could set the prairie ablaze!