Chapter 318 Danger in Lingshan Mountain (1)
Soon it’s Sunday. Han Siqi drives Fu Zhengzheng to Lingshan Nunnery in the north of the city. On the way, Fu Zhengzheng pats her forehead suddenly and shouts, “Gosh!”
Han Siqi slams on the breaks, “What’s up?”
Fu Zhengzheng holds the handle in the car tightly, but she still leans forward. After her body is stabilized, she opens her mouth.
“I forgot my mobile phone.”
“Just because you forgot to bring your mobile phone?”
Fu Zhengzheng nods.
Han Siqi reaches out to rub her hair, “You make a fuss.”
Then Fu Zhengzheng realizes her speech and action are overdone. She sticks out her tongue, “The mobile phone is very important. Without it, Yao Tao and others can’t contact or locate me.”
“I’m here. That’s enough.” Han Siqi starts the car and continues to drive it.
The car runs out of the downtown soon. Fu Zhengzheng leans against the window and looks at the green outside. She can’t help taking a few deep breaths.
“It’s so good that spring has come back to the earth.”
Han Siqi laughs, “It’s good to be with me alone.”
Fu Zhengzheng rolls her eyes at him with a smile, “Bumptious.”
Soon they get to Lingshan Nunnery on the hillside of the Lingshan Mountain in the north of the city. As soon as they stop the car, Han Siqi’s phone rings.
It’s from Lu Song. He connects it.
Lu Song’s worried voice comes to his ears, “Mr. Han, do you go up the mountain?”
“Yeah.”
“We’re still at the foot of the mountain. The way up the mountain is blocked. We can’t go up for the moment.”
Han Siqi frowns, “What’s the matter?”
“A truck went down the mountain with stones. It crashed into a car when it took a turning. No one was hurt, but the stones fell and blocked the way. Both parties are waiting for the traffic police to deal with it. I got out of the car to ask about it carefully. It doesn’t seem to be intentional. But Mr. Han, you must be cautious. We’ll look for other ways to go up the mountain.”
“Got it.” Han Siqi hangs up the phone.
Fu Zhengzheng asks, “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.” Han Siqi smiles and then enters Lingshan Nunnery hand in hand with her.
Perhaps because they come early or the way up the mountain is blocked, there are not many pilgrims in the nunnery. With the guidance of the senior nun, Han Siqi donates some money to the nunnery. Then he prays for a talisman for Fu Zhengzheng and puts it into the pocket of her underclothes.
Looking at Han Siqi’s devout look, Fu Zhengzheng can’t help laughing.
Han Siqi looks around and asks, “Madam, are there usually many pilgrims here?”
The senior nun with a benevolent and kind countenance puts her palms together devoutly and says slowly, “Thanks to you. There are usually many pilgrims here. The azaleas on the east are in bloom. If you want, you can go to enjoy them.”
“Are the azaleas in bloom?” Fu Zhengzheng shows great interest.
Han Siqi smiles and walks out hand in hand with her.
Under the direction of the senior nun, they come to the east of Lingshan Nunnery. Looking at the clusters of azaleas in full bloom, Fu Zhengzheng can’t help sighing.
“How time flies. It’s already in April. The summer is coming soon.”
Han Siqi smiles, “Anyway, you can’t stand the cold and don’t like winter.”
Fu Zhengzheng smiles at him, “So long as you can give me warmth, I can stand the cold and will like winter all the same.”
“Of course, I can.” Han Siqi puts Fu Zhengzheng’s hands in his.
“Come on. Smile. Great.”
“Did you shoot the cluster of azaleas in the fullest bloom?”
“Yes.”
“Did you take a beautiful photo of me?”
“Sure.”
A male and a female talk behind them. Fu Zhengzheng looks back and sees two young people taking photos nearby.
Finding that Fu Zhengzheng is looking at them, the girl smiles at her, and the boy takes the chance to click the shutter.
Looking at the happy smiles of the boy and the girl, Fu Zhengzheng can’t help gasping in admiration, “Youngsters in love are really happy.”
Han Siqi holds her should and smiles, “We’re happier.”
Suddenly the boy walks to them, points to the girl on a stone and asks politely, “Could you please take a couple photo for us?”
“Yes!” Fu Zhengzheng responds smilingly while taking the camera from the boy.
“Thank you.” The boy teaches Fu Zhengzheng how to shoot. Then he walks to the girl quickly and stands on the stone too.
Fu Zhengzheng takes a photo and then gives the camera back to them.
The girl and the boy look at the photo just shot and feel satisfied. The girl raises the camera to Fu Zhengzheng, “Sister, do you want to take a couple photo? I can shoot for you.”
Fu Zhengzheng waves smilingly, “No, thanks.”
The girl points immediately to the stone on which they just stood and says seriously, “Sister, the stone is called Happy Reunion Stone. It’s said that so long as a pair of lovers stand on the stone and take a couple photo, they can live in harmony and love. Now that you have come to the Happy Reunion Stone, how can you not take a couple photo? It’s ominous.”
“Is that true?”
The girl nods, “Yes. Many lovers come here to take photos specially. Moreover, there are azaleas in full bloom as the background. You have no reason to refuse to take a photo here.”
“Right. We come here to take photos specially.” The boy echoes.
Fu Zhengzheng shrugs, “It’s a pity that we don’t have the camera.”
The girl responds immediately, “You can use the mobile phone. Don’t you take it?”
“I forgot to take it because I came out in haste.”
The girl is a little surprised. Soon she raises her own camera, “That’s all right. I can take photos of you with my camera. Please leave us an email address. I can send the photo to you after we go back.”
Obviously, Han Siqi isn’t interested in the saying. He drags Fu Zhengzheng and says, “It’s getting late. Let’s go.”
But Fu Zhengzheng holds him back with great interest, “We seem to have no couple photos. It’s great to take a couple photo on the Happy Reunion Stone. Anyway, we come out for fun.”
Now that Fu Zhengzheng says that, Han Siqi doesn’t object. They walk to the Happy Reunion Stone.
The girl holds the camera and directs it at them, “Brother, step back a little. Sister, step to the left and move closer to him. OK, right. Both step back more.”
Han Siqi and Fu Zhengzheng move to the right or left slightly under the girl’s direction.
“OK. Brother, move to the right a little.”
“Mr. Han! Don’t move!”
When Han Siqi is about to move to the right, Fu Wenhai’s voice comes to his ears. He can’t help stopping and looks around. Then he sees Fu Wenhai running over.
“Mr. Fu? Why is he here?” Fu Zhengzheng is puzzled. Han Siqi has jumped off the stone.
The girl just poses and is ready to click the shutter. Unexpectedly, the hero in the picture has disappeared. She can’t help shouting anxiously, “Brother, I haven’t taken a couple photo of you and sister.”
“No shooting.” Then Han Siqi walks to Fu Wenhai.
The girl holds back Fu Zhengzheng who wants to jump off the Happy Reunion Stone too, “Sister, I can take photos of you alone. I will take a beautiful one.”
Before Fu Zhengzheng responds, Fu Wenhai has run over to stop her out of breath, “Miss Fu, you can’t take photos here.”
The girl asks confusedly, “Why not? I just took a photo with my boyfriend.”
Fu Wenhai explains patiently, “Because debris flow happened recently, the stone has become loose. People can’t stand on it. Perhaps you stood near the front. If people stand near the back, they might fall to the bottom. It will be dangerous”
The boy standing aside is shocked, “Really?”
“Don’t you believe?” Then Fu Wenhai walks onto the Happy Reunion Stone and stamps heavily. Sure enough, the stone quivers.
Looking down at the bottom of dozens of meters in depth, Fu Zhengzheng can’t help gasping. She turns around and looks at Han Siqi with a lucky expression.
Han Siqi stares at the boy and asks, “Didn’t you know?”
The boy says at once, “No. Otherwise, how could we stand on it? We will die if we fall. Aren’t we afraid of death?”
The girl pats her chest and says with lingering fear, “My God. It’s too dangerous. Sister, luckily, we are all right, or the consequence will be unimaginable! Well, I will pray in the nunnery to thank for Bodhisattva’s blessing.”
Then the girl turns around and goes to the nunnery along the path. The boy walks after her immediately.
Fu Zhengzheng is suspicious too. But she holds back Han Siqi, who wants to block the way of the boy and the girl, and says in a low voice, “Even if they are intentional, we can’t get the answer.”
Then Fu Wenhai speaks behind them, “Mr. Han, Miss Fu, look, the sign is there!”
Fu Zhengzheng twists her body and looks in the direction of Fu Wenhai’s finger. Sure enough, a wooden sign is lying in the valley. It vaguely reads “Dangerous stone. Keep off.”
Fu Wenhai says, “The wind is strong on the mountain. It might be blown down. I saw it when I came here to enjoy azaleas the other day.”
Han Siqi sees the sign clearly and says to Fu Wenhai, “Thanks to you today.”
Fu Zhengzheng echoes, “Yes, or the consequence will be unimaginable.”
Fu Wenhai keeps waving, “Don’t mention it. Actually, I come here to apologize to Mr. Han.”
“Apologize?” Han Siqi asks confusedly.
Fu Wenhai looks ashamed, “When I drove to the parking lot before Lingshan Nunnery, I saw your car. I never thought you would be here, so I felt excited. I wanted to take out my phone to call you before I stopped the car. As a result, I didn’t hold the steering wheel tightly and crashed into your trunk.”
Fu Zhengzheng asks in surprise, “Are you all right?”
Fu Wenhai smiles embarrassedly, “I’m all right, but the car is not.”
Han Siqi doesn’t feel sorry for the car apparently, “So long as you are all right, that’s enough.”
Fu Wenhai says, “I guess you can’t drive it back, because there is a wall before your car and the car is out of shape on both ends. I’ve called the insurance company and the 4S dealership. They will arrange for someone here soon.”
Fu Zhengzheng asks confusedly, “Isn’t the way at the foot of the mountain blocked? How did you come up?”
Fu Wenhai smiles, “Generally, pilgrims to Lingshan Nunnery don’t take the road back, so there are two ways to Lingshan Nunnery. I saw the accident scene, so I came up from the road by which I used to go down the mountain.”
“Oh, I see.” Fu Zhengzheng turns around and looks at Han Siqi. She wants to say something. But he is talking on the phone, so she bites her lip.
After Han Siqi hangs up the phone, Fu Wenhai says, “Mr. Han, please go to see your car.”
Han Siqi nods and then goes to the parking lot with Fu Zhengzheng. When passing by the main hall, Fu Zhengzheng glances at the main hall unintentionally, and finds someone flash at the door…