A Night on Purple Mountain

The afternoon sun slanted low, and a cool autumn breeze swept through the mountains, stirring the heart.

The afternoon activity was still hiking, but unlike in the morning, the hikers were divided into six groups this time, each with only five or six people.

Wang Peng naturally stayed glued to Lu Zhou's side. Luo Wenxuan had returned to Jinling less than half a year ago and was not very familiar with the other faculty members. Besides, he had not been in the mood to hit on other girls lately, so he joined Lu Zhou's group as well.

Then there was his little apprentice Han Mengqi, Assistant Lin, and two young women from the School of Foreign Languages. One had long, beautiful black hair and majored in Spanish. She had become a counselor last year and had a lively, outgoing personality. Although she was the only one from the School of Foreign Languages here, she did not seem out of place at all.

"Come to think of it, Professor Lu, is this your first time on Purple Mountain?"

Lu Zhou thought for a moment before answering simply, "Not really."

After all, his villa was practically at the foot of Purple Mountain. Even going out for a walk counted as climbing the mountain.

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"We locals don't come here very often."

"You're from Jinling?"

"Mm-hmm. What about you?"

"I'm from Jiangling."

The female counselor from the School of Foreign Languages smiled happily. "Jiangling? We're only one character apart. Hehe, it seems we're quite fated."

Lu Zhou: "...?"

Did that count as fate?

With someone chattering beside him the whole way, the journey was not too boring. After walking and stopping along the way for more than an hour, they passed a