On the way down the mountain, the three girls kept stopping, taking out their phones now and then to snap endless pictures of the wild spring scenery.</p>
Although most of those photos would sit quietly gathering dust in their albums, perhaps only to be stumbled upon and reminisced over years later, that was still better than having nothing left of the past but a handful of blurry fragments in their memories.</p>
And when that day came, looking at those pictures would probably bring another kind of feeling worth savoring.</p>
After all, flowers could bloom again, but people could never be young again. The mountain scenery returned year after year, while people grew a year older each time.</p>
"Taoist-!"</p>
"Hmm?"</p>
"Look over here-!"</p>
Wen Zhixia and the other two raised their phones. Fat Cat quickly jumped onto Chen Shi'an's shoulder, and man and cat looked at the cameras together as another picture was taken.</p>
Watching them snap away as though determined to drain their phone batteries, Chen Shi'an laughed softly. "The mountain path's steep. Don't get so caught up taking pictures that you miss your footing and land on your bottoms."</p>
"We won't! I feel like these two days of work have improved my stamina again!" Wen Zhixia bent her slender arm into an L, looking very strong.</p>
"Yeah, my back was aching yesterday, but I'm not tired at all today. What about you, Meng Qiu? Are your legs sore?" Li Wanyin asked with a smile.</p>
"No..." Lin Meng Qiu's expression was calm, but she playfully hopped down a step.</p>
Perhaps life in the mountains really was good for people? All three girls were surprised to find that, despite their long climb on the way up and spending most of the previous day bent over picking tea, a single night's sleep