From Boastful Ambition to Speechless Silence

Early in the morning, Hua Xin and Xia Yan got up and went out, packing some necessary mountaineering equipment and specially bought windproof jackets.

The original plan was just to take some photos from afar to commemorate the scenery of Mount Fuji. After all, with Hua Xin's small stature and the fact that she would be exhausted after jumping rope and running, climbing the mountain would indeed be quite difficult.

The plan was to spend two days in Tokyo visiting many tourist attractions.

However, due to the sudden rainy season forecast, the two of them had to change their plans, and the difference in time has now been added to the present.

In this way, although we missed a day in Tokyo, the experience of climbing Mount Fuji was still quite novel.

After all, Mount Fuji is only open for climbing during the Xia Ji months, and if you miss it, you may have to wait another whole year to have the opportunity to climb Mount Fuji.

So Hua Xin and Xia Yan made a last-minute decision.

I plan to use today to briefly climb Mount Fuji.

They had already chosen the shortest and easiest route, but after checking the guide, they learned that even so, it would still take about seven or eight hours to reach the summit.

The journey up and down the mountain takes about ten hours in total.

This is clearly not a level of exercise that Hua Xin can handle.

If we accidentally cause rhabdomyolysis again...

Xia Yan can just end his life on the mountain.

Therefore, although Hua Xin was very confident in herself, Xia Yan did not believe at all that Hua Xin could be as energetic as someone who had climbed many mountains and had rich experience and could resist altitude sickness.

Ultimately, they decided to treat it as a mere "experience" of mountain climbing, rather than aiming to reach the summit.

If you descend the mountain when you're about halfway down, you can get back before dark and even have some time to soak in one of Japan's most unique hot springs to relieve the fatigue of the whole day.

Under Xia Yan's strong persuasion, the strong mountaineer Hua Xin finally reluctantly agreed to the decision, intending to just experience it and not try to climb to the summit.

This was because Hua Xin was worried that Xia Yan's stamina wouldn't be up to par.

After all, wasn't he injured while going up the stairs?

The weather is still quite nice today.

Hua Xin gripped a hiking stick tightly with both hands, using it to prop herself up on the ground, and slowly moved forward, the wind gradually picking up, making her hair flutter wildly.

But his expression seemed a little off.

At the very beginning, they were full of enthusiasm, as if they were on a school field trip instead of hiking, and they seemed completely unafraid.

But now he looks as if he has entrusted his entire life to the trekking pole in his hand, his face full of fatigue, and his rapid breathing makes him look like a college student who has just run a thousand meters.

"I can't take it anymore..."

Hua Xin raised her head with some difficulty, reached out and grabbed Xia Yan's clothes beside her, and said in a very low voice.

The sweat on her face clearly showed that she was exhausted and had no strength left to walk any further.

"I told you not to start running around like that right away, and it's only been less than two hours."

Xia Yan adjusted his breathing. Although there was some helplessness in his tone, he still stopped and affectionately put his hand on the girl's arm and helped her to sit down on some flat ground nearby.

"Behave yourself now?"

Xia Yan took the water out of his backpack and fed it to Hua Xin, who was leaning against his shoulder, in small sips.

After a brief respite, a glimmer of clarity returned to Hua Xin's eyes, and her exhausted body finally got a short rest, regaining much of its strength.

Although I really want to keep being stubborn, things are already like this. If I continue to be stubborn, all that will be left is stubbornness, not cuteness.

"Behave yourself now."

Hua Xin whimpered and then nestled straight into Xia Yan's arms. Having a place to lie down instead of having to stand and travel was something that made her happier than anything else.

"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" Xia Yan took off his gloves and, after hearing the girl's soft surrender instead of being stubborn, patted Hua Xin's head with some satisfaction.

The technique looks like a move that has been tested on the Chun Qiu Period.

Although there's still some distance to a more scenic spot for taking photos, nothing is more important than Hua Xin's health and well-being.

I came here just to experience it, so there's no question of whether it's a downer or not.

Because he knew his wife's physical condition all too well. If she could walk this far without any major reaction and was still full of energy, then he would be the one to realize something was wrong.

Xia Yan had ample reason to suspect that Hua Xin had been switched at birth.

"No..."

"My feet hurt so much, my legs are so sore, I'm so hungry, and I'm so tired," Hua Xin complained in a string of complaints. Her voice was muffled as she buried herself in Xia Yan's arms, but that didn't stop her from venting her frustrations as she recovered.

If Xia Yan hadn't made Hua Xin exercise for a short period of time every day, she might already be walking on the mountain, but her soul would be stuck at the bottom.

The initial ease is a world apart from the current pain.

After all, she had never participated in any particularly strenuous physical activities since she was a child, not even a single sports meet, let alone mountain climbing.

Uh, I think I participated in a sports meet once, but it was during my freshman year when I was a spectator cheering for Xia Yan.

"Shall we go down the mountain now? There's still time. If we walk slowly, we might even make it for lunch." Xia Yan's tone was slightly teasing, and his face was full of suppressed laughter.

Among the people who went up the mountain with them were foreigners and Japanese, and they even encountered two groups of fellow villagers, but by this time those people had already slipped away far away, and only the two of them were resting in this place.

Time is the same length, but it moves very slowly.

Taking Hua Xin out for some exercise occasionally is a good option.

After thinking for a moment, Hua Xin sat up, looked up at Xia Yan with some determination, and said, "Let's walk a little further. We haven't reached our destination yet, have we?"

Are you kidding me...?

How could she possibly give up so easily?!

"Great! As expected of my wife!"

Xia Yan stood up with a sense of relief, straightened his backpack and clothes, and then calmly took out his phone to take a picture of the now disheveled girl.

"Will I put this in my bedroom and laugh at you from now on?"

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