Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 643: Six hundred thirty-eight, an apple costs fifteen yuan!

Chapter 643: Six hundred thirty-eight, an apple costs fifteen yuan!

Tangtang tried to look tough after hearing that.

"Not at all, it’s just climbing a mountain."

"What’s there to be scared of? I can make it to the top!"

Seeing her like this, Gu Chen couldn’t help but smile helplessly.

He really hadn’t expected Tangtang to have such a competitive streak.

However, Gu Chen greatly appreciated Tangtang’s character.

At this moment, Gu Chen said to her, "Tangtang, you have to remember, the final result isn’t what matters. What’s truly important is our perseverance all along the way, got it? Many things don’t have outcomes, but perseverance makes the process more meaningful."

Gu Chen spoke to Tangtang quite formally.

Tangtang seemed to have understood something after hearing this.

"I got it, Dad, I’ll try hard!" she said to Gu Chen.

Next to them, lying down with her eyes closed but not yet asleep, was Ji Pianran.

On hearing Gu Chen’s words, she too felt as if she had an epiphany.

Even after hearing Gu Chen’s words, she felt very inspired.

At that moment, Ji Pianran moved closer to Gu Chen and naturally wrapped her arms around him.

And Tangtang came over as well and hugged Gu Chen.

Now, with one on his left and one on his right, Gu Chen suddenly found himself with two extra "attachments."

Gu Chen actually felt rather happy inside at first.

But then he thought, what if they both clung to him like this when they were climbing the mountain at night?

Initially, Gu Chen thought climbing a mountain would be a piece of cake.

But if they really clung on to him, it might become problematic.

After all, even with his good physical condition, he couldn’t possibly carry two people on a mountain trek.

His mouth twitched, and there was a flicker of fear in his heart.

However, all he could hope for now was that nothing would slow them down when climbing the mountain later that night.

Lying in bed, he soon fell asleep.

When night arrived, they heard the voice of the guesthouse owner in the corridor outside.

"Attention, those climbing the mountain at night to see the sunrise, hurry up and wash your faces to get ready!"

"Attention, mountain climbers, it’s time to get up now, if you don’t rise soon, it will be too late!"

The moment Gu Chen heard that voice, he instantly woke up.

After waking up, he checked on Ji Pianran and Tangtang.

Could it be that the one-hour morning trail had actually exhausted them both so much that they didn’t want to get up now?

Gu Chen gently woke the two of them up.

"Wife, Tangtang, it’s time to climb, let’s get up."

As he said this, Gu Chen got up first to freshen up.

It took the two of them almost ten minutes to finally drag themselves out of bed.

By the time the family of three got outside the guesthouse, they saw that many people were already prepared with their backpacks and everything.

The guesthouse owner, seeing Gu Chen’s family, said directly, "Young man, are you taking your family hiking?"

"Yes, going to see the sunrise," Gu Chen replied directly.

The guesthouse owner looked at Gu Chen and then said, "Young man, you’re a smart one. Let me tell you, I’ve been running this guesthouse for several years, and there have been many hikers, but basically they’re all novices. You can tell you’re experienced just by looking.

The biggest mistake when climbing a mountain is taking too much with you. You’ll be so exhausted hauling stuff up the mountain, you’d wish you could just throw away even a bottle of water."

Seeing that Gu Chen’s family was traveling light, he spoke to Gu Chen like this.

Gu Chen smiled after hearing this, "Probably the others are worried there won’t be anything to eat up there."

"There’s food and drink on the mountain, but you’d better eat now. The stuff up there is ridiculously expensive; you’ll understand once you get there."

After saying this, the guesthouse owner left, without saying much else to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen actually didn’t take it too seriously and took the two of them outside.

His preparations were indeed quite thorough.

For instance, he had brought along things like flashlights.

Once outside, they headed towards the mountain.

Seeing that there were quite a few people on the road, Tangtang and Ji Pianran seemed much more relaxed.

Gu Chen watched the people coming and going, everyone with a confident demeanor.

However, after two hours had passed,

it could be said that the night was dark and the wind was high.

At that point, Tangtang and Ji Pianran were red-faced, following behind Gu Chen.

After two hours, their legs were almost sore from walking.

This stretch of road wasn’t necessarily difficult, but it was definitely torture to traverse.

"Daddy, I’m so tired," Tangtang said to Gu Chen at that moment.

"Hang in there. If you really can’t walk anymore, we’ll sit down and rest."

No sooner had he finished speaking than he saw Tangtang and Ji Pianran, in perfect sync, sit down without a second’s hesitation.

Not a second! Without even a moment of hesitation.

Seeing them like this, Gu Chen was truly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Are you two really unable to go on?" Gu Chen asked them.

"We can keep going, just after resting a bit longer," Ji Pianran said.

Hearing this, Gu Chen simply didn’t say anything else and sat down alongside them.

After resting for almost half an hour,

they stood up again and continued on towards the mountain.

Another two hours went by like this.

After these two hours, they suddenly saw many hikers gathered up ahead.

They hadn’t seen any stalls along the way, but they finally saw one here.

When Gu Chen and his family approached, they heard a quarrel erupting from that direction.

"Boss, that’s just outrageous!"

"Yeah, your stuff is way too expensive. Do you have no conscience selling it at this price?"

"I’m going to report you, this is ripping people off as clear as day."

Hearing the arguing, Gu Chen didn’t know what was going on.

Once the family of three got closer, they saw they were surrounding a stall.

The stall owner was an old man.

The items on the old man’s stall were simple.

Just some bread, bottled water, and a few apples.

"Daddy, I want an apple!" Tangtang immediately said upon seeing the apples.

The stall owner promptly replied, "Apples are fifteen yuan each."

The hikers around were all livid, looking at Gu Chen as if they were waiting for him to join in scolding the old man.

But soon, they saw Gu Chen pull out a one-hundred yuan note.

"Give me three apples and three bottles of water."

The old man took Gu Chen’s money.

"One bottle of water is also fifteen yuan. That comes to ninety yuan in total. Here’s your change of ten yuan, please keep it."

The people around looked at Gu Chen, their faces full of disbelief.