Upstream at the mountain spring, tourists splashed about barefoot in the water, singing and dancing in a scene of pure revelry.
Guo Kunnan's face turned green when he thought of the spring water he had tasted earlier.
Seeing how miserable he was, Yang Sheng did not rub it in.
When Guo Kunnan looked down, he saw Yu Wen still drinking the water.
He returned without a word and urged, "Stop drinking. Let's go."
Yu Wen refused to listen and was unhappy. She still wanted the class monitor to try some.
"Come on, try it. It's really cold, like drinking ice water," she told everyone.
Dong Qingfeng politely declined. "Whenever I'm away from home, I never drink stream water."
They had spent half the night climbing Mount Tai and another half waiting for the sunrise. Having gone without sleep all night, everyone was exhausted.
Shan Kaiquan and Guo Kunnan, who had been so full of themselves before, said nothing and silently agreed to take a bus down the mountain.
After spending thirty yuan, they boarded the bus.
The scenery from Peach Blossom Valley to Red Gate was beautiful, but no one was in the mood to appreciate it. They sat on the bus looking utterly listless.
At the foot of the mountain, Guo Kunnan slapped his forehead. "I just remembered—Cui Yu asked us to bring him some Mount Tai stones!"
He looked regretful. After all, it was something someone had specifically asked for.
Shan Kaiquan walked to the roadside, picked up a few small rocks, and weighed them in his hand. "These will do."
Guo Kunnan froze. "Will that work?"
"It's fine. They won't be able to tell anyway," Shan Kaiquan declared confidently.
After hearing that, Guo Kunnan also ran to the roadside and picked up several stones. He rubbed