Chapter 433 - 432: Climbing the Mountain to See the Sunrise

Lu Yunque respected Yun Zijin’s choice. "Then let’s spend the night here and get up tomorrow morning. We’ll climb to the summit to watch the sunrise. What do you think?"

Though the mountain wasn’t very high, the sunrises and sunsets here were still quite beautiful.

Yun Zijin glanced at Lu Yunque. "How many rooms are there here?"

Yun Zijin’s question stumped Lu Yunque.

"When I had it built, I never thought I’d bring anyone else here, so..."

Yun Zijin understood what he meant before he even finished.

"Let’s go see the room."

Lu Yunque immediately led Yun Zijin to the only room in the entire little cottage.

"The bed is very big. We can put a comforter down the middle."

"The sofa in the living room looks pretty wide, too."

Yun Zijin took one look inside the room, then glanced over at the living room sofa.

Lu Yunque was baffled. ’How can a mouth at a normal human temperature utter words so icy?’

"There are no extra blankets, and it gets very cold in the mountains at night. Would you really have the heart to make me sleep on the sofa all night without a blanket?"

Lu Yunque took Yun Zijin’s hand and swayed it gently, his voice tinged with a pleading, wheedling charm.

This was the first time Yun Zijin had seen Lu Yunque act like this. Honestly, she found it a little hard to resist.

"Fine, you can sleep in the bed. But you have to promise to stay on your side and I’ll stay on mine."

With that, Yun Zijin grabbed a throw pillow from the sofa and placed it in the middle of the large bed.

Luckily, the bed was large enough that even with the pillow dividing it, there was still plenty of room on either side. It was more than enough for Yun Zijin.

"I promise!"

Lu Yunque made his vow with great conviction, but who knew what might happen once they were both asleep?

At that moment, Yun Zijin was still oblivious to his sly intentions.

"Alright, it’s settled then. I’m going to call Aunt Wang."

As for where Zero One and the others would stay, the "Randomly Spend" luxury van would solve that problem for them.

Lu Yunque wasn’t like Yun Zijin. Even if he didn’t return to the Lu Family’s Old Mansion for a week, nobody would worry about him.

But if Yun Zijin stayed out all night without telling anyone, Wang Minli would definitely worry. If she couldn’t get in touch with her, she might even call the police.

Lu Yunque didn’t stop her. A phone call was necessary to avoid worrying people for no reason.

By the time Yun Zijin finished her call, the sky was gradually darkening. Unlike in the city, you could see the stars just by looking up.

This came as a pleasant surprise to Yun Zijin, though it was a shame she could only see the stars and not the Milky Way.

Lu Yunque produced a lounge chair from somewhere, along with a small table.

He took a bottle of red wine he kept here from the wine cabinet, found two glasses, washed them clean, and poured a small amount for both himself and Yun Zijin.

"There’s only one lounge chair..."

Lu Yunque chuckled teasingly. "Didn’t we spend a whole night together on a lounge chair last time?"

"You have the nerve to bring that up? I seem to recall *someone* waking up the next morning completely stiff and numb, and it took them ages to feel normal again."

At the mention of this, Lu Yunque rubbed his nose. ’Bad move...’

In the end, however, Yun Zijin gave in to Lu Yunque’s request and lay down with him.

In Lu Yunque’s words, they were going to get married sooner or later anyway. This was just helping her get used to the married life of sleeping in the same bed with him every night.

However, the awkward situation of them spending the entire night on the lounge chair didn’t repeat itself this time.

As they had agreed, after her shower, Yun Zijin naturally chose one side of the bed and lay down. When Lu Yunque came in, he dutifully lay down on the other.

"Go to sleep. Don’t you have work tomorrow?"

Lu Yunque nodded, showing no signs of anything unusual for the moment.

ZZZ...

Late that night, once Yun Zijin’s breathing was deep and even, Lu Yunque opened his eyes.

He turned his head and went to work on the pillows between them, grabbing them and tossing them toward the foot of the bed. One fell to the floor, but he paid it no mind.

With the barrier of pillows gone, Yun Zijin began to shift toward the middle of the bed in her sleep.

Seeing his chance, Lu Yunque scooted closer to her. He succeeded when Yun Zijin, still asleep, hugged him as if he were a pillow.

At that moment, a triumphant smile spread across Lu Yunque’s face.

’You’re the one who came to me,’ he thought. ’I just didn’t refuse.’

It had to be said, Lu Yunque was a little bit of a schemer.

ZZZ...

At 4:30 a.m., the alarm Lu Yunque had set went off.

Yun Zijin, held in Lu Yunque’s arms, furrowed her brow the moment the alarm rang.

Lu Yunque, on the other hand, slowly opened his eyes as the alarm sounded.

He had set the alarm this early because they had agreed to watch the sunrise.

But from the looks of it, Yun Zijin probably wasn’t getting up.

But Lu Yunque knew that Yun Zijin wouldn’t want to miss something like the sunrise, so he tiptoed out of bed, washed up, and made a simple breakfast of sandwiches and fried eggs.

Even though Lu Yunque was as quiet as possible, Yun Zijin was eventually woken up by the sounds.

She struggled to open her eyes, pulled out her phone, and saw that it was 5:00 a.m.

"So early?"

Yun Zijin’s voice was faint and listless.

"You’re up. I made breakfast, want some? We can go watch the sunrise after we eat."

Hearing the word "sunrise," Yun Zijin instantly became wide awake.

"Okay, I’m getting up to wash now."

No matter how many times she’d seen it, Yun Zijin never wanted to miss a sight like the sunrise.

After washing up and eating breakfast, Yun Zijin brought along a camera she had found in the room.

She had tested it and found the photos it took had a wonderful sense of atmosphere, so she happily brought it along.

Seeing the camera in Yun Zijin’s hands, Lu Yunque remembered that it was the one he used to use for taking pictures of nightscapes, sunrises, and sunsets.

He hadn’t come here for a long time afterward, so he had just left it here, forgotten.

"I can’t believe you dug that out. If you hadn’t found it, I would’ve completely forgotten I even had a camera here."

That’s just how rich people are—leaving good things lying around everywhere and forgetting about them after a while.

For an ordinary person, owning a camera like that would be a huge deal; they would probably take it out to polish it morning, noon, and night.

"I just checked, and it still works. Let’s use it to take pictures in a bit."

The quality of photos from a real camera is completely different from those taken with a phone.

Lu Yunque had no objection. "Alright. If you’re ready, let’s go."

Yun Zijin didn’t want to carry too much; otherwise, it would be no different from hiking with a weighted pack. So, aside from a flask of water, she only brought the camera and her phone.

Lu Yunque, on the other hand, carried a small travel pack that looked like it had quite a few things inside.

After grabbing their things, the two of them left the little bamboo cottage and started their climb up the mountain.

There was a path leading from the cottage to the summit, which Lu Yunque had commissioned after buying the mountain.

It was mainly for his own safety, to make ascending and descending the mountain more convenient.

The mountain wasn’t very high, so even for someone like Yun Zijin, who didn’t exercise regularly, the climb from the cottage to the summit only left her slightly out of breath.

"The mountain air really is the best."

Yun Zijin stood on the summit, spreading her arms wide and greedily breathing in the fresh air.

"The sun’s about to come out."

Lu Yunque said suddenly, standing right behind her.