Catching Adultery

Visitors are prohibited from entering Mount Lu at 6 PM, but there are no restrictions on when they can leave. The mountaintop not only has hotels, but also various cafes, teahouses, restaurants, and all sorts of other shops. The entire scenic area is not just about climbing down the mountain; it also includes well-known attractions such as Mount Lu Academy and Ai Pavilion.

Twenty-four people signed up, but eighteen actually showed up. The boys and girls quickly became acquainted and no longer formed small cliques based on their dormitories as they had at the beginning. However, although many boys would glance at Zhu Juntang from time to time, none of them actually came up to chat with her. After all, not everyone was as confident as Wei Xuanyi and Sun Shutong.

Unlike his classmates who became enthusiastic after hearing that Zhu Juntang was also participating, Sun Shutong gave up all the opportunities he originally wanted to join. Qin Ziqiang originally wanted to be a man who silently followed behind and watched the beautiful girl who broke through the dimensional barrier, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was more important to grind more maps and save up diamonds for gacha pulls, so he also gave up.

A group of people began climbing Mount Lu as dusk fell. Some of the students had come to Junsha during the summer vacation and had actually been to Mount Lu once before. So they started explaining things to the other students on their own. Only Yan Qingcheng seemed genuinely interested in the revolutionary background stories of Mount Lu. She chatted with Liu Chang'an casually, but she was puzzled by the anecdotes and stories that Liu Chang'an often told her. He said he didn't know where they came from, but they all sounded very real.

Zhu Juntang wasn't very interested in these things. It had nothing to do with whether she was from Taiwan or not. For Miss Zhu, who couldn't tell whether it was Jing Ke or Crown Prince Dan who assassinated the King of Qin after a few rounds of conversation, history was inherently uninteresting. Apart from liking to use obscure historical texts as props for selfies, Zhu Juntang's life and historical knowledge had little to do with each other.

Zhu Juntang chatted enthusiastically with several girls, sharing her skincare secrets and recommending useful beauty apps and filters. In this regard, she successfully won the admiration of the other girls. In her excitement, she even called to have a skincare gift pack sent to every female classmate the next day.

Of course, it was Zhong Qing did this for her. It is said that Third Mistress Zhu is not currently in Junsha, so it is only natural for Zhu Juntang to do whatever she wants. Zhong Qing has no objection. As long as Zhu Juntang does not give away Baolong Center casually, such a small gift is not even worthy of being called a wasteful act.

On the way, they encountered a champagne-colored Bentley sports car. The car slowed down as it passed them, and the car-savvy boy clicked his tongue in admiration. Zhu Juntang chimed in with a few compliments, "What a nice car, so beautiful!"

Yan Qingcheng was at the head of the group. Looking back through the windshield, she vaguely felt that the person driving inside, though she couldn't make out the details, had a face that seemed somewhat familiar. But she couldn't quite place it, and besides, how could she possibly know someone so wealthy? So she didn't think much of it.

Upon reaching the top of Mount Lu, after enjoying the night view of Junsha from the observation platform, Yan Qingcheng announced that everyone was free to explore, but urged them to be careful and to consult a map or call if they got lost.

So everyone scattered like birds and beasts. In fact, many attractions were already closed in the evening. Walking down the various roads from the top of Mount Lu, you can reach the other two universities at the foot of Junsha and see the night view of the development zone on the edge of Junsha. There is an art center that looks like a flying saucer. At night, it really looks like a huge alien object hovering under two tall buildings, mysterious and spectacular.

Many people only visit the trendy shops on the top of Mount Lu. Zhu Juntang had been here many times, so she wasn't interested in the scenery. She slipped away unnoticed and went upstairs to find Qin Yanan... She was actually looking for Qin Yanan today, and she planned to go to the cafeteria, but she only ran into Guan Yuan, who was looking for trouble.

Liu Chang'an didn't eat much for dinner, so he decided to go to Qin Yanan's house for a meal. He walked in through the side door of the hotel and happened to run into Qin Yanan had just parked her car and was walking over.

"Why did it take you so long to get up? We saw your car on the way." Liu Chang'an and Zhu Juntang both saw Qin Yanan's champagne-colored Bentley.

Qin Yanan didn't stop to greet them, obviously because she didn't want her students to see her driving such a luxury car. Although it might be discovered sooner or later, there was no need to be so high-profile at the start of the semester. If they found out later, so be it.

Liu Chang'an and Zhu Juntang both understood Qin Yanan's thoughts at the time, and naturally they couldn't tell the students that it was their counselor's car. Don't be fooled by the fact that their counselor only earns a few thousand yuan a month at school, but drives a sports car worth millions.

This might leave young people still living in their ivory towers feeling bewildered. Their teachers drive multi-million dollar sports cars to work, and some classmates even arrive by helicopter. They realize there are so many wealthy people around them; are they the only poor person in the world?

"I was thinking in the car for a while about whether to call you and ask you to come over for dinner." Qin Yanan was surprised and happy that Liu Chang'an would come to find her on his own, as it felt like it had been a long time since he last came over.

"You don't need to think about it for so long, do you? You've been up here for at least half an hour." Liu Chang'an laughed.

"I still need to think about what ingredients I have at home and what dishes I can make!" Qin Yanan didn't think there was anything wrong with her taking so long to make a phone call. Women are always more meticulous and thoughtful than men.

"Zhu Juntang went up first."

"Let's go, I haven't decided what to cook yet, you can take a look later."

There looks like there's a leaf in your hair.

Qin Yanan reached back and touched it, but couldn't find it. Her hair was thick and black, cascading down her back, making it inconvenient to touch all of it with her hand behind her back, especially since she was carrying a bag in one hand.

Liu Chang'an brushed her hair aside, and the leaf fell down, sliding down her back. Qin Yanan's pants were low-waisted today, revealing a bit of her lower back as she walked, and the leaf got stuck halfway inside her pants. Liu Chang'an reacted quickly, pinching the tip of the leaf and pulling it out.

"What are you doing? It's so itchy..." Qin Yanan's cheeks flushed, and her body trembled. She didn't turn her head to look behind her, but she felt her lower back being touched, and it felt itchy and strange. She wondered if Liu Chang'an was doing it.

"A leaf has fallen. Your pants are a bit loose, have you lost weight recently?" Liu Chang'an held the leaf, flicked his finger, and the leaf, still carrying the fragrance of Qin Yanan's skin, drifted away among the fallen maple trees in the autumn.

"It seems so." Qin Yanan was delighted to hear such good news from Liu Chang'an. This was even happier than when she found out she had lost weight, because she felt she had gained some weight during the summer vacation, but now it seemed she had returned to normal... She hadn't dared to ask him last time if he felt she was heavier than the average girl when he hugged her.

"Then let's eat more today. Look how rare Zhou Dongdong looks!" Liu Chang'an suggested.

Qin Yanan was stunned and speechless. Was his aesthetic sense a remnant of the High Tang? Wasn't his little girl, An Nuan, skin and bones?

An Nuan was certainly not skin and bones, but when women look at each other, if there's even a little bit of emotion, it's normal to amplify it ten or a hundred times.

Qin Yanan opened the elevator, and the two of them went inside together.

Standing far away, Wei Xuanyi and Yan Qingcheng, who were hiding in the pavilion, looked at each other in bewilderment as they witnessed this scene.

"That car belongs to Teacher Qin!" Wei Xuanyi was shocked. Although he could tell from Qin Yanan's words, actions, and clothing that she came from an extremely privileged background, he never expected that a woman who could afford a luxury car worth millions would actually work as an ordinary counselor at a university.

"She... she met us when she came up, but she slowed down and left without saying hello to her classmates," Yan Qingcheng said thoughtfully.

"She probably wants to keep a low profile and doesn't want her classmates to know. We can't tell anyone about this," Wei Xuanyi nodded and suggested calmly.

Yan Qingcheng didn't say anything, she just looked at the hotel in front of her.

Wei Xuanyi also realized what was happening, his expression gradually turning incredulous, because he had also seen it: Liu Chang'an and Qin Yanan's actions were intimate and ambiguous, and this scene had taken place in... a hotel.

If this scene had happened elsewhere, it might not have seemed like a big deal; it was just Liu Chang'an's fingers brushing Qin Yanan's hair aside, then his fingers fell down and probably touched Qin Yanan, Qin Yanan made a shy and reproachful gesture.

Seeing Wei Xuanyi's expression, Yan Qingcheng knew that Wei Xuanyi had also thought of something, and hurriedly turned around and walked down the mountain.

"They went to the hotel!" Wei Xuanyi caught up with Yan Qingcheng, and while he was dumbfounded, a certain fire began to burn Bear Bear in his heart. Why? Why? Liu Chang'an is so lucky with women!

"What's it to you? Mind your own business." Yan Qingcheng inexplicably recalled Liu Chang'an's words to her that day, "It's none of your business."

"No wonder Teacher Qin didn't want us to see her when she went up the mountain, no wonder Liu Chang'an was so eager to go up today, it turns out they already had an appointment, oh my god... Teacher Qin even said that he and Liu Chang'an are cousins, I knew it, where do you find a cousin who acts like a subservient wife serving her husband? She prepared books, sheets and duvet covers for Liu Chang'an..."

"Shut up! You'd better not say a word about what happened today. Liu Chang'an beat up two people on the first day of school and nothing happened to him. If he finds out and starts gossiping behind your back, you'll definitely be the third person he beats up!" Yan Qingcheng warned solemnly. It wasn't that she cared about Wei Xuanyi; she just didn't want Wei Xuanyi to drag her down with him.

"Besides, these are all your imaginations. They are cousins, and if they appear together at a hotel, maybe something is going on. I didn't say anything..." Yan Qingcheng saw Wei Xuanyi's uneasy expression and once again distanced herself from the situation.

Wei Xuanyi, with a complicated expression, followed behind Yan Qingcheng without saying a word, glancing back at the hotel sign on the mountaintop.

I recommend a refreshing new historical novel: Kaihai. The author has a solid grasp of history, paying attention to even the smallest details for plausibility. Most importantly, the protagonist's background is that of a former garrison soldier, and the dialogue style perfectly reflects this. I think all the books I recommend are excellent, and of course, their recommendations are also very good.