Romantic two people

Chapter 29: Among all versions of the "three treasures of the middle class", there must be an Arc'teryx



It was sunny in Beijing in midsummer, and the sky began to shine with azure light before 5 o'clock.

We went to bed too early last night, and both of us were exhausted when we finished. We quickly showered, dried ourselves, and slept in the quilt like a puddle of mud. Fortunately, Chen Zhuan remembered the picnic in a daze, and set an alarm for 5 o'clock on his mobile phone.

Sheng Yiqing got up very early. According to Qiu Zining's instructions, she curled her hair, applied sunscreen and light makeup, put on the French retro top and workwear straight pants she saw on Xiaohongshu last night, and carried a rattan beach shopping bag. She hesitated for half a second between a pair of flat shoes and small high heels, and finally thought - as a wife, she still has to wear small high heels.

Chen Zhuan was still dressed casually, with wide-leg jeans and a white silhouette top, brown sunglasses and a blue cap, and a bag on one shoulder, which blocked most of his facial features and made his jawline look more superior.

There were a lot of messages in the newlyweds' mutual aid group, and everyone was talking about strategies. The two were too lazy to read them. They only glanced at the group announcement, which said that they would gather at the Drum Tower at 7:30 in the morning, and then take a bus to the suburbs of Beijing.

So when Sheng Yiqing, whose makeup was exquisite as if she had walked out of Xiaohongshu, got off the taxi at the Drum Tower and found the bus mentioned in the group announcement, the modern couple was completely dumbfounded when they saw a bus full of friends in tight clothes.

"What the hell?!"

Both parties were shocked by each other's outfits.

"Are you here for a picnic?!" Chi Wei's eyes widened. His eyes fell on Sheng Yiqing's high heels.

"Isn't it a picnic?!" Sheng Yiqing repeated in shock. "It's hiking! Hiking! We have to climb the mountain for an hour to get there, and we can have a picnic only when we get there." Chi Wei emphasized, took off his sunglasses and covered his forehead, "Did you two not see the discussion in the group?"

At this moment, Chi Wei was like an ambassador of Arc'teryx, with a jacket and waterproof pants, a pair of waterproof and non-slip hiking shoes, a telescope hanging around his neck, and a half-person-high mountaineering bag at his feet. Chi Wei also put a sun hat with a mask on the back of his head to provide full sun protection. The jacket is functional, with sunglasses, sunscreen, and a headlamp in the pockets of various sizes.

Sheng Yiqing stared at Chi Wei in amazement: "Are you going to live in the wild for three days and three nights with this outfit?"

"Just in case, fully armed."

Looking at the couples except her and Chen Zhuan, they were all wearing hardcore mountaineering equipment. Seeing that they were about to leave, it would be too late to go back and change clothes. Sheng Yiqing had no choice but to find a seat and sit down, feeling heartbroken:

"I thought it was a picnic like the one in Xiaohongshu!"

"This is also the kind of picnic in Xiaohongshu." Qu Fanyi turned from the front row and continued: "It's just that we understand it differently."

Middle-class life is indeed inseparable from outdoor and sports, and therefore inseparable from Arc'teryx, Salomon and Lululemon. If you want to see what the middle class in Beijing looks like, just take a look at the dragon-like queue in front of the Arc'teryx flagship store in Wangfujing.

The bus slowly started and drove towards the suburbs of Beijing, and Sheng Yiqing and Chen Zhuan's mood also became heavy.

Sheng Yiqing unconsciously clenched her fist tightly, and frantically thought of solutions in her mind. After a while, her clenched fist was held by a big hand.

She raised her eyes and looked at the people around her. A complex thought surged up. At this moment, facing Chen Zhuan, she didn't know whether she should be angry or sweet.

Men are best at avoiding problems, but women often expect to solve problems. But at this moment, the old problem was still suppressed by Sheng Yiqing, and a more urgent problem came up——

Rather than worrying about whether this man wanted to divorce her, she was more worried about how she could survive a car full of Arc'teryx with her high heels and overalls during today's journey.

"Don't worry." Chen Zhuan stretched out his hand, spread her palm a little bit, and interlocked his fingers with hers. His voice was very low.

"... Yeah."

Sheng Yiqing glanced at him and broke free from his hand, "I'm not worried, there will be a way."

Seeing this, Chen Zhuan was not angry, but continued to hold her hand stubbornly, suggesting: "Or I can walk slower, and we will be at the end, take it slow. Anyway, don't worry, I will definitely help you get to the top of the mountain."

"No."

Sheng Yiqing broke free for the second time, shook her head firmly, and looked around the car full of familiar and unfamiliar people. All of them were dressed hardcore, and they were determined to win the mountain they were about to climb, especially Chi Wei, who was extremely equipped with professional equipment and breathed steadily. He must be a veteran. She took a deep breath, took out a rubber band from her pocket, and tied up her hair that was originally loose.

"What are you doing?" Chen Zhuan was surprised.

"Fighting." Sheng Yiqing stretched her muscles and looked at Chen Zhuan with a calm murderous look, "You know? Chinese women will never admit defeat."

The car stopped at the foot of Mentougou Mountain, and the mountaineering guide gave everyone a route map. This was a group activity, and Chi Wei and a dozen other people were equivalent to joining an amateur mountaineering group. Everyone was ready to go at the foot of the mountain, and Chi Wei took out two trekking poles and a compass from his bulging mountaineering bag.

The extremely professional equipment greatly established his prestige among the group. He began to analyze today's wind direction to everyone, "The southeast wind blew in the morning, and our route happened to be with the wind, so the pace in the morning can be slower to save some energy, and the northwest wind blew in the afternoon. At that time, we were relatively against the wind, which would consume a lot of physical strength, so we walked slowly in the morning, and after lunch, we will go all out, how about it?"

As soon as the words fell, before everyone agreed, a gorgeous figure rushed out quickly. It was Sheng Yiqing, who was full of solemnity. Her steps were fast, and she walked out like an arrow in a French casual dress. She only said: "My equipment is backward, so I will go ahead in order not to cause trouble for everyone!"

After a few words, the little high heels had already rushed out a few steps.

Everyone was confused, and then a handsome man followed, saying, "I'll watch her, don't worry."

Soon, the rest of the people made an OK gesture to Chi Wei and followed him one after another.

It was already past 9:30 in the morning, and the sun was shining on half of the mountain. The forests in the suburbs of Beijing were gradually dyed, and the green, red, and yellow leaves were scattered. This mountain was not too wild, and there were still solid and flat steps, one step at a time. In addition to them, there were some tourists on weekends, men, women, young and old, and pedestrians were everywhere.

And Sheng Yiqing, who was holding a small umbrella, wearing a French tea break suit, and carrying a rattan bag, undoubtedly became a beautiful scenery. She lowered her head and gritted her teeth and walked quickly from the beginning, adhering to the breathing frequency of inhaling every three steps and exhaling every two steps, climbing steadily, and Chen Zhuan followed her all the time. The two climbed in silence until the map showed that they were halfway up the mountain. Sheng Yiqing breathed a sigh of relief, put her hands on her hips, looked up and asked Chen Zhuan: "Are you not too far behind?"

Then she noticed that Chen Zhuan looked at her like a monster: "Are you tired?"

"... A little." She was a little embarrassed.

Chen Zhuan stopped and said coldly: "Take a break if you are tired."

Sheng Yiqing wiped the sweat off her face and shook her head decisively: "You can't take a break. I tell you, you have to climb up today even if your legs are broken."

Chen Zhuan said helplessly: "Do you fucking know where you are?"

"Someone else has reached the top?!" She widened her eyes and immediately pulled Chen Zhuan to chase up.

"Fuck, down there! Down there! All down there!! You're a monkey, aren't you?! You're way ahead of everyone else! Don't you never work out? Where do you get the energy?"

"Huh?"

Sheng Yiqing didn't seem to react, and stared blankly in the direction Chen Zhuan pointed. Sure enough, a few dozen meters down the mountain, the first familiar face appeared, a man who had been sitting behind them in the car.

After a few minutes, several more acquaintances came up one after another.

"What about Chi Wei?" Sheng Yiqing widened her eyes, somewhat happy.

"I guess he'll be there soon. His professional equipment shows that he's an old hand." As he said this, Chen Zhuan used his hand to make a tent in front of his eyebrows and looked into the distance.

The pressure subsided, and they felt tired. The two simply waited in the pavilion halfway up the mountain, counting the familiar heads one by one in the crowd walking up.

Soon, the first couple joined them. The man was Chi Wei's college roommate, a civil litigation lawyer, and the woman was a middle-level manager in a state-owned enterprise. Ten minutes later, the second couple joined them. This couple was an acquaintance of Chen Zhuan. They were playmates when they played football together in college. The man was the second in command of a small startup company, and the woman was a full-time housewife. Then, the third couple came. They were colleagues of Chi Wei. The man was a dentist, and the woman was a pharmaceutical representative...

One after another, the Arc'teryx stopped, and the small pavilion was soon filled with people.

However, familiar faces soon disappeared at the bottom of the mountain.

This group was organized by Chi Wei and Qu Fanyi. Everyone was Chi Wei's friend at different times. In addition, they were in different fields, so the only connection point was Chi Wei. Without the central figure, it was difficult for everyone to start the next step. After polite greetings, they began to stare at each other, or simply lowered their heads to play with their phones to cover up their social anxiety.

After a while, someone finally couldn't help but speak:

"Only Chi Wei and his friends are left?" The litigation lawyer couldn't believe it.

"...Indeed, they set out with us. His wife walked a little faster, but she was waiting for him." The full-time housewife said.

"Hey, as a doctor, you usually do surgeries, so you should have good physical strength, right?" The second-in-command of the startup company looked at the dentist.

The dentist nodded quickly, "Of course, they take several hours to perform an operation."

"Nothing will happen, right?" Sheng Yiqing was worried.

"Maybe... it's a strategy... He said that we have to be slow in the morning... His equipment is there, and he looks like a veteran..." Chen Zhuan speculated.

"Maybe something happened. If it's slow, it can't be so slow! We were the last ones to come up, and we have been waiting for half an hour..." the medical representative said.

"Yes, yes, yes, don't let anything happen! Maybe someone fell down, and he wasted time saving people?" The full-time wife began to use her imagination.

Chen Zhuan couldn't let it go, so he took out his mobile phone and called Chi Wei.

A beeping sound came from his ears, and after a long while, a weak voice finally answered with a gasp: "Hello..."

"Are you okay?!" Chen Zhuan was anxious. However, he didn't need the other party to answer. At the bend at the bottom of the mountain, a familiar figure finally appeared: Qu Fanyi was walking in front with one end of the trekking pole in her hand, and behind her, the other end of the trekking pole was followed by a set of professional equipment, fully armed, taking a step, stopping, holding a mobile phone in the other hand and speaking with difficulty -

Chi·Theoretical Mountaineering King·Wei.


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