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Chapter 296 - 294, Don’t Think About Abandoning Me (Fifth Update)_1

Chapter 296: 294, Don’t Think About Abandoning Me (Fifth Update)_1

Every two days here, Sherpa people will deliver fresh bread and vegetables, but in this place, all flour-based food cannot be properly boiled; there’s a sticky feeling when you eat it, like chewing on cotton candy, yet it’s impossible to swallow.

Smeier started with some simple training, while Ren He, after the day’s training ended, sat blankly on a boulder in his professional mountaineering jacket, watching the sun slowly set.

An Si sat beside him and laughed, "What’s up, homesick?"

"Not really," Ren He said with a calm smile, "I came here without telling Yang Xi, and now suddenly I feel like giving her a call. Do you think she’d be mad at me for being so reckless?"

"That’s really tossing out dog food without any guard up. I’m here trying to have a decent conversation, and you just have to talk about your pop star girlfriend..." An Si joked, "So, now that you’ve arrived here and see the majestic Mount Everest, do you have any regrets?"

"No," Ren He shook his head, "I won’t regret it. You know, I used to be just a mediocre homebody, and making such a change was beyond my control," he said calmly after a long silence, "It was later that I understood one principle—if you have a dream... you must defend it."

"Give me a break, being the first one is out of helplessness; saying that out loud would probably kill some people with anger," An Si pursed his lips, "I’m feeling a bit hypoxic again, I’ll go back to the tent to rest for a while."

As An Si turned to leave, he suddenly turned back and said, "Actually, you could write a letter to Yang Xi here. The Sherpa people who come up with supplies will diligently help you mail it out. Smeier has envelopes, paper, and pens. Actually, I came over just to tell you this."

Ren He smiled at An Si’s retreating figure in the sunset. Was his longing for Yang Xi already so obvious?

In fact, adventure consulting companies like Smeier’s always prepare these things, only that Ren He didn’t know it; some people write letters to their families, giving a certain amount of US dollars to the Sherpa people to help mail them down the mountain. Simply helping to mail such a letter is quite valuable, and many Sherpa people are willing to offer this help.

Of course, some use them to write their wills.

The next day, Ren He went to Smeier to get paper and pen, and still sat cross-legged on that big rock. It might have been due to his physical condition that even in this bitterly cold wind, Ren He didn’t feel too cold after bundling up tightly in his mountaineering jacket.

In his previous life, he pursued his eSports dream and then gave up halfway, returning to normal life to become an employee in a state-owned enterprise, leading a peaceful life.

He thought that if he’d had such firm willpower back then, maybe he would have insisted on going to see the Seattle TI Finals, even if it meant crawling there on his knees, step by step.

When he returned to his hometown, a little kid on the street suddenly called him "Uncle" with a laugh, and that’s when he finally realized: his youth, memories, and his former teammates Liu Fei, Run God, Little Fatty, and Kang had all disappeared into the wind.

Just like tears in the rain.

In this life, he had the chance to start over, to explore another direction of his dreams. Should he give up again?

Did he regret it? No regrets.

Ren He just hoped that Yang Xi would forgive his sudden departure, and then wait peacefully for him to return so he could embrace her in the alleys of the Capital under the sunset.

He held the paper and pen for a long time before he finally began to write: "Yang Xi, I’m currently at the base camp of Mount Everest at an altitude of 6000 meters. Here, I have several teammates who will conquer Mount Everest with me. According to the team leader, there’s also another team going up on the same day."

It’s really cold here, and Fourth Brother is with me. He asked if I regretted it, and I said I didn’t. This is my dream.

I’m just worried you might be angry...

Even here we play the murder game with everyone, but unconsciously, I feel lonely, then I can’t help thinking of you... How I wish you were here.

As Ren He wrote this, he lifted his head and took a deep breath. But at that moment, he suddenly froze. Was it an illusion?

Yang Xi’s face was covered in dust, just like his own appearance when he first arrived. It was the result of several days without a shower and a long trek. Her jacket was also dirty, and the laces of her boots were undone.

With her lips pursed, she stood in the sunset’s glow at night, looking at Ren He, who was sitting cross-legged on a large rock. Ren He could hardly believe that Yang Xi was suddenly standing right in front of him.

With stubbornness, Yang Xi said, "I don’t care about anything, I pushed Erbao until he told me you were here. Then I went home, grabbed my passport, and rushed over. Without a guide, I could only follow the teams of Sherpa people, but I couldn’t keep up with their pace, so after losing one team, I had to wait in place for the next. I crossed countless rivers, passed through countless gorges, climbed countless slopes, just to tell you, if you ever hide something like this from me again, I will find you no matter if it’s the ends of the earth."

Ren He opened his mouth but took ages to speak. It was like a dream. He had never considered the possibility that Yang Xi would appear in a camp 6,000 meters above sea level like this.

By this time, the sun had slowly begun its descent behind the snow-capped mountains, inch by inch, slipping into the chaotic deep sea and eternal grey. Yet Ren He felt particularly warmed by the sunlight—as if the sun’s rays were piercing through his slender body.

He jumped down from the large rock and walked slowly to Yang Xi. With his fingertip, he touched Yang Xi’s dusty cheek. "Did you really come?"

"Do you think I wouldn’t support you?" Yang Xi asked coldly. "What did you have in your hand just now? Were you writing a love letter to some girl?!"

Ren He slowly started to smile. The jealous one was still jealous. Yang Xi had truly come.

"Look, I was writing to you. You came before I even finished," Ren He said with a smile, handing the letter to Yang Xi. Seeing Yang Xi’s exhausted appearance, he knew that she must have suffered a lot to get here. He couldn’t even imagine how Yang Xi had managed to arrive here all by herself.

Yang Xi glared at Ren He and took the letter, her heart softening halfway through reading. "Halfway? It looks like you only wrote a tenth. Write me 3,000 words before you give it to me!"

Pfft, Ren He laughed out loud, but Yang Xi didn’t. Instead, she locked eyes with Ren He and said, "Don’t think you’re so great, Ren He. Whatever you can do for me, I can do too. If you can go to the Capital to be with me, I can come to Mount Everest to be with you. If you go to heaven, I’ll be with you in heaven. If you go to hell, I’ll accompany you in hell. Don’t think about leaving me behind. I support your dreams, but your dreams must include me."

"Okay."

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