bookrandom Chapter 237 It's just climbing a mountain, isn't it?!
Chapter 237 It's just climbing a mountain, isn't it?!
Chapter 237 It's just climbing a mountain, right?!
After agreeing to take the group on a trip, Jiang Chengcheng took them to a nearby breakfast shop in the film crew's car.
There was no other way, since there were hardly any food stalls on the street early in the morning, so the group had to eat some steamed buns to tide them over.
"Is hiking okay? Won't it be too tiring? I'll take you to the food street at noon." Jiang Chengcheng specifically asked for everyone's opinion during lunch to avoid anyone complaining halfway through.
"Hmph, it's just climbing a mountain, what's there to ask? Are you afraid we can't make it? How high can the mountains here be?" An Zhongguo was angry that Jiang Chengcheng treated him like he didn't exist, so he naturally didn't give her a good look.
But he didn't consider his own attitude; it was simply a matter of "do not do to others what you would not have them do to you."
Jiang Chengcheng pretended not to hear and ignored An Zhongguo, so he could keep up his stubbornness for a while.
"Climbing mountains? I'm fine with that. I used to go mountain climbing all the time when I was in the corn country."
"Me too! I can climb even the highest mountain in the Corn Country without breaking a sweat!"
The group all said they had no problems.
Jiang Chengcheng looked at their confident expressions, smiled faintly, and then replied.
"Really? That's good."
Jiang Chengcheng didn't directly tell them how high the mountains in China were, because seeing is believing, and words are not as reliable as seeing.
The saying "mountain roads have eighteen bends" is always true. The crew's car circled the mountain again and again. They thought the place was almost there, but it still took a full hour to get there.
An Zhongguo, who had been so confident and disdainful before, turned pale as a sheet from motion sickness before even reaching the foot of the mountain. He was probably going to die on the spot after taking a few more steps.
After finally reaching the foot of the mountain, Jiang Chengcheng continued to deliver the final blow, much to everyone's chagrin.
"Why don't you just give up? The mountains in China are very high, mostly over 1500 meters. There's no need to push yourself too hard and ruin your health."
Jiang Chengcheng's words were not meant to be kind and encourage An Zhongguo to rest; she simply wanted to block his escape route. He had previously confidently declared that China's mountains were nothing special, but now that he wanted to back down, it wasn't up to him to decide!
"Huh? No way?! Are the mountains in China really that high?! The highest mountain in our corn country is only a little over 1900 meters!?"
"Oh God! Spare me! I never want to climb mountains again!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's initial enthusiasm and anticipation of reaching the summit instantly cooled, and their faces fell even more.
Even An Zhongguo, who was standing to the side, turned pale upon hearing this, and all he wanted to do was curse.
Damn it! This little brat is definitely doing this on purpose!
Even though An Zhongguo knew the truth, he still couldn't bring himself to say no, so he could only grit his teeth and speak.
"Ha, how high can this mountain be? It doesn't even look as majestic as our mountain."
Jiang Chengcheng didn't say anything when she heard this, she just smiled politely, but in her heart she thought to herself that no one could stand as tall and majestic as the mountains of your Corn Country. After all, the Corn Country is a country that can draw a map that covers most of the earth.
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The group walked for about half an hour more.
By the time they passed the mountain gate and bought tickets, everyone was already panting heavily.
"Are we halfway up the mountain?" Cui Huixian asked breathlessly, clutching her back.
Because Choi Hye-hyun is an actress, she doesn't have the same stamina as the girl group from the "Corn Country" (a popular Taiwanese girl group).
Jiang Chengcheng took the ID cards of the group and bought them tickets for the mountain climbing. When she heard Cui Huixian's words, she chuckled and then said something that made the group collapse.
"This is the foot of the mountain. The place I just went to was the ticket office."
Jiang Cheng didn't even need to finish speaking before the others understood: what was the ticket office? It was where the climb began. Surely no country in the world would be foolish enough to put its ticket office at the summit!
"Oh no! I can't take it anymore! I really can't take it anymore! I'm going to be ruined!"
Upon hearing that this was only the foot of the mountain, Cui Huixian waved her hands repeatedly, indicating that she could not go any further.
"Um... although I'd like to take you all back, unfortunately your work group just gave me a task: to get you all to the mountaintop without missing a single one." And who would have thought that Jiang Chengcheng, a volunteer tour guide, would receive a salary (bribe) from the production team?
Just half an hour earlier, Jiang Chengcheng was stopped by the film crew shortly after getting out of the car. They gave her 8000 yuan as a reward for her help and told her to make sure she took the person to the top of the mountain.
Even though Jiang Chengcheng didn't lack the 8000 yuan, she still understood the principle of doing things for money.
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"what?"
After Jiang Chengcheng said that, most of the people guessed that there was probably a mission at the top of the mountain, otherwise the crew would not have said that it was a must to go there.
"How long will it take us to get to the top of the mountain?" Li Juncan was the most physically fit among them. He had been walking for half an hour without getting red in the face or out of breath, which probably meant he exercised a lot.
"It will take a little over two hours if you go fast, and a little over three hours if you go slow, but there is a cable car down the mountain," Jiang Chengcheng answered truthfully.
It wasn't that she was deliberately making things difficult for them; the only tourist attractions around W city that were crowded in the early morning were in the mountains, and other attractions didn't open until after nine o'clock.
Jiang Chengcheng had also reminded them, but the group insisted on leaving at 6 a.m., saying that since they were there, they should make the most of it, and that this was already the lowest-lying and most easily accessible attraction Jiang Chengcheng could find around W City.
"Hahaha...kill me!" Cui Huixian said with a deathly smile, as if she had nothing to lose.
“There’s no need for that…” Jiang Chengcheng laughed awkwardly, feeling a strange sense of guilt, like someone who had been involved in human trafficking.
However, since they had heard Jiang Chengcheng say that, and since they had been paid by the production crew, they decided to climb up no matter how tired they were.
As they passed by the stalls next to the scenic area, Jiang Chengcheng kindly offered another reminder.
"Do you want to buy a hiking pole?" Whether Jiang Chengcheng said it or not was their business, but whether they listened or not was their business.
"Ha! I'm not so old that I can't walk! Why would I need a cane!" As expected, An Zhongguo was still stubborn and insisted on contradicting Jiang Chengcheng, but Jiang Chengcheng was happy to see him make a fool of himself.
"I want to buy it! I want to buy it!"
"I want to buy it too!"
Having learned from their previous experience, the group dared not disregard Jiang Chengcheng's words again. Apart from An Zhongguo's stubbornness, even Li Juncan, an athletic expert, bought one as well.
"It doesn't matter whether you buy it or not. You seem to be in good physical condition, so it shouldn't be a problem." Jiang Chengcheng saw that he also wanted to buy hiking poles and, considering his impressive physique, offered a word of advice to avoid being accused of misleading him into spending money unnecessarily.
"Better safe than sorry." Li Juncan knew that it didn't matter whether he bought it or not. He was confident in his physical strength. However, the hiking poles were for An Zhongguo, but he didn't want to say it outright, so as not to make An Zhongguo think too much.
"Fine." Jiang Chengcheng saw through it but didn't say anything, after all, it wasn't her money that was being spent.