The Healing Sunshine (一厘米的阳光)

Chapter 4.3 - That Person of the Past has Now Returned (3)

That evening, after they arrived in Chengdu, Jì Chengyang began preparing for the next day's departure to head to Daocheng Aden.

Nuannuan truly did as she said she would, exhausting all possible methods until everyone finally, though feeling a headache with the decision, agreed to let Jì Chengyang take her and Jǐ Yi along with him.

"You'll get altitude sickness." Nuannuan's mother tried with all her might to persuade her otherwise.

"No worries." Nuannuan was eating her numbingly-spicy skewers of chuanchuanxiang, all the while sucking air into her mouth. "Grandpa already promised that he'll give me soldiers and a doctor who are especially experienced to go with me."

The last attempt at persuasion was declared a failure.

Jǐ Yi's eyes were also watery from the food. So spicy. And then, she secretly threw an admiring glance at Nuannuan.

... So amazingly dominating. She basically had the fighting strength that took on ten opponents all by herself.

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Early the next morning, at five o'clock, they left Chengdu by car. As the vehicle drove, the two girls slept the entire way and did not wake until lunchtime. After eating some food, Nuannuan began to happily clutch Jì Chengyang's arm and swing it back and forth, pouting cutely to him. Or, she would take her mobile phone and secretly send text messages to Class Prefect Xu Qing.

When Nuannuan played on her mobile phone, Jǐ Yi would keep Jì Chengyang company and chat with him.

Though she said she was keeping him company, in reality, it was more correct to say that he was keeping her company.

Gazing out at the scenery beyond the window, Jǐ Yi softly remarked, "The air outside must be especially fresh."

"It is very clean and fresh." Off to the side, the driver joined in on the conversation. "But it's really cold, too. Also, you two little girls need to save some of your strength. The road we're taking today is going to bring us to higher and higher altitudes. I'm worried that by the time night comes, the two of you won't be able to handle it."

"Altitude sickness?" Nuannuan's mother had mentioned this.

"Yes, altitude sickness." The driver smiled. "But we do have a very experienced doctor along with us, so we're in much better shape than those people who tour around by driving themselves."

She nodded.

She wanted ask whether the place they were going to was fun, but worried that the driver would find her a bother, she did not inquire any further.

It was actually the driver who was very fond of talking. He even spent some time explaining that sometimes, people who are normally physically weak are fine when they get up to the high altitudes, and the normally physically fit people actually fall ill more easily.

She listened for a while. She felt that she tended to fall sick quite easily while Nuannuan's body was very strong and healthy.

Poking her head forward, she patted Jì Chengyang, who was sitting in the front passenger seat. Unexpectedly, she discovered that his eyes were closed. Worried that she would wake him, Jǐ Yi quietly pulled her hand back again, but his hand all of a sudden grasped her wrist. "What's the matter? Hungry? Thirsty?"

Embarrassed, she shook her head. "No."

Jì Chengyang let go of his hold on her. "Or do you need to use a washroom?"

She was even more embarrassed with that, and vehemently, she shook her head. "No."

"Feeling unwell? Dizzy? Short of breath?"