Chapter 63.1:
‘Yes!’ Shíjiǔ Zāi and Mu Bai whispered, high-fiving in celebration. ‘Look for tips on the computer.’
However, it is disappointing. When the computer is turned on, it is an ordinary desktop. Even the background is the one that comes with the system.
‘I thought there would be a video or even an opened file. Waste of the excitement.’ Mu Bai sighed.
Yan Ru Yu carefully swept over the icons on the desktop, hoping to find any clues. Shíjiǔ Zāi is also looking at the icons on the desktop, frowning lightly as he thinks: ‘The icons on the desktop are normal. The system time is right…. Look at the files she recently browsed.’
‘This is what I was planning to do.’ When Yan Ru yu said this, he opened the folder with the mouse. One of the files Lan Ning recently browsed was word document. When he opened it, he looked at it. Looks like normal manuscript. There are several pictures under the word, which are also the first drafts of the design of the cover of the novel.
Shíjiǔ Zāi could not help but sighed. ‘Your wife is really dedicated. She is still working on the eve of her wedding.’
Mu Bai said: ‘Would it be related to these manuscripts or covers?’
‘Probably not. These novels and covers are unpublished. It is inappropriate to hide clues.’ Yan Ru Yu minimised the folder and opened the browser to check the history.
The top one was past nine o’clock last night. The ten best places for honeymoon.
Shíjiǔ Zāi smiled and patted the shoulders of Yan Ru Yu. ‘Hurry up, write down these ten places and take her one by one.’
Yan Ru Yu ignored him, just clicked on the website links and looked at it. Almost all the ten places summarised there are abroad. Lan Ning couldn’t be there. He looked and dropped it.
‘There are ten most worthwhile places in City A below. Farm in the desert.’ Mu Bai pointed to the screen. ‘She may be in one of them.’
Shíjiǔ Zāi frowned. ‘This range is a big. Even if we all go out looking for it, it would be too late.’ He blinked and said: ‘or you can call her directly.’
‘Hum…. Her phone is with us.’ Dai Qing held Lan Ning’s phone in her hand and shook it in front of them.
‘Hmmmmm’ Shíjiǔ Zāi turned around with disappointment and pressed twice on the keyboard. ‘Let’s see if there are any other tips. The bridge should not play too much.’
The following are some miscellaneous forums, or else it is Weibo or some TV series.
‘Ah!’ Shíjiǔ Zāi suddenly cried out.
Mu Bai and Yan Ru Yu both turned to look at him, as if waiting for his new discovery. Shíjiǔ Zāi shouted: ‘My wife is also chasing this TV series.’
Yan Ru Yu: ‘…..’
He turned his head again to look at the history and then his eyes moved slightly. ‘I know where she is.’
Shíjiǔ Zāi: ‘What are the ten places listed?’
‘These ten places were deliverately misleading us.’ He turned away without further explanation. ‘I am going to find her now.’
Shíjiǔ Zāi got stunned. ‘Are you going alone? Then, we will go to the hotel to help you entertain your guests.’
‘Ok’
‘Are the parents of the bride with your father?’
‘Yes, with my uncle’s side of the family. I am almost there at the hotel now.’
Shíjiǔ Zāi nodded. ‘Then you drive the car. Remember to pay attention to time. Please contact us if you have any questions.’
‘Um’ Yan Ru Yu took the car key and went downstairs.
Because it is a wedding car, the front cover is also decorated with dried flowers and ribbons. Yan Ru Yu drove the car directly out without removing them.
Lan Ning was sitting on a small hill while admiring the scenery under the mountain. The weather in October is not too cold but her wedding dress is too thin. She still feels the chills sitting on the mountain.
She rubbed her arm with the palm of her hand and whispered, ‘Why isn’t Teacher here yet…. Won’t he really cannot find her….’
She shouldn’t have listen to the bridesmaids who are creating chaos with the games to play. If Yan Ru Yu really cannot find her and delay the wedding banquet time, what can she do?
Hmmmm….. wait another ten minutes. If Teacher still haven’t’ come over yet, she will need to find a passerby to lend her cell phone to call him.
As soon as Lan Ning thought about it, she heard someone calling behind her: ‘Lan Ning’
Lan Ning’s eyes lightened slight. She couldn’t hear it wrongly. It is Yan Ru Yu.
She turned around and see the man in a suit, finally relieved. ‘You are finally here. I don’t know how it will end if you don’t come.’
Yan Ru Yu couldn’t help but chuckled and went to her. He sat down: ‘Why did you allow them to play this game?’
Lan Ning flattened her mouth and said: ‘Everyone said that we are getting married too fast! They said, they cannot let you marry your wife so easily, so I have to make it difficult for you!’
Yan Ru Yu frowned slightly: ‘Are we getting married too quickly? Have they considered my feelings when they say this?’
‘Well.’ Lan Ning grinned and then suddenly sneezed.
With a frown, Yan Ru Yu took off his suit jacket and put it on her. ‘It is not good to be here in the mountain. What should I do if you catch a cold?’
Lan Ning rubbed her nose and looked at him with a slight curved eye: ‘How did you managed to find me here?’
Yan Ru Yu gently raised his eyebrows and looked at the shoes on her feet. ‘I saw that you bought a pair of sneakers online. Which is the pair that you are wearing now. When we went to the gym last time, you mentioned that your shoes are new. I don’t think you will buy another pair so soon. So, this should be the clue that you left for me.’
Lan Ning blinked: ‘Even if I buy a pair of sneakers, it does not mean that I would be here.’
‘Buy sneakers, indicated that the place you are going is not suitable for wearing high heels. Then, it is most likely that it will be used to climb mountain. And there is one more point…..’ Yan Ru Yu bent over and picked up the ‘Countdown’ in her hand. ‘In this book, the male and female protagonists here have known each other on the mountain.’
hapter 63.2:
Lan Ning rubbed her nose and looked at him with a slight curved eye: ‘How did you managed to find me here?’
Yan Ru Yu gently raised his eyebrows and looked at the shoes on her feet. ‘I saw that you bought a pair of sneakers online. Which is the pair that you are wearing now. When we went to the gym last time, you mentioned that your shoes are new. I don’t think you will buy another pair so soon. So, this should be the clue that you left for me.’
Lan Ning blinked: ‘Even if I buy a pair of sneakers, it does not mean that I would be here.’
‘Buy sneakers, indicated that the place you are going is not suitable for wearing high heels. Then, it is most likely that it will be used to climb mountain. And there is one more point…..’ Yan Ru Yu bent over and picked up the ‘Countdown’ in her hand. ‘In this book, the male and female protagonists here have known each other on the mountain.’
Lan Ning applauded him. ‘It is indeed Teacher Xing Xin. This is good.’ She took back the ‘Countdown’ and open the book. There is a bookmark with dried flowers in it. This is the flower that she picked for Yan Ru Yu. ‘I was reading this book before I decided to go mountain climbing in Japan.’
‘That’s a coincidence.’ Yan Ru Yu whispered. ‘I also went to Japan to climb the mountain because I wrote this book.’
‘Countdown’ is his third single novel, arranged in chronological order, just before the ‘Death Message’ which is also the last book his previous editor completed for him.
‘Why did you choose this novel?’ He sat beside Lan Ning and looked at her sideways.
‘Um….’ Lan Ning thought for a while and said: ‘One, is because we also met on the mountain. And the other is, I think this book is different from your usual style.’
‘Countdown’ is not one of Yan Ru Yu’s many books bestseller. Most readers think that this story looks slightly blander than his other novels. Although the plot setting is still very clever, the pattern is too small, which limits the development of the story.
Yan Ru Yu smiled and said: ‘When a book is completed, this is no longer your own story. Many people put emotions into it. And sometimes readers even influence the ending. But for the author, it is not the story he originally wanted to write. If Enron detective series is written for readers, then ‘Countdown’ is written for me. It is written completely accordingly to my own preference without considering sales or the readers.’
Lan Ning still has a deep understanding of his words, at least more than one author, because the pressure of the reader, will modified the ending of the story. She held her knees for a moment and said to Yan Ru Yu. ‘So, Wu Yang will die in the end? If you write him to death, readers will certainly riot.’
Yan Ru Yu laughed helplessly. ‘So sometimes, author do get really tired.’ He stoof up from the ground and patted his pants. ‘But the priority now is to get to the wedding venue. It is almost time for the ceremony.’
‘Well.’ Lan Ning said with a smile. She returned him the suit jacket on her body and then stood up. ‘Is my dress dirty?’
Yan Ru Yu looked around her: ‘It is ok.’
‘Really?’ Lan Ning moved. ‘Fortunately, when I was choosing the wedding dress, I choose one that it a little big. Otherwise, I would be embarrassed when climbing the mountain today.’
‘So, don’t mess around.’
Lan Ning: ‘…..’
She picked up the skirt of the wedding dress, picked up the high heels set aside and rolled her eyes at Yan Ru Yu. ‘Let’s go.’
Yan Ru Yu helped her and walked down the mountain.
Lan Ning was still thinking about the story of ‘Countdown.’ The main character of the book sounded like Yan Ru Yu whom had parents that were divorced, and he never saw his mother again. She hesitated but still couldn’t help asking: ‘Doesn’t you feel sorry that your mother is not attending the wedding today?’
Yan Ru Yu was stunned and then replied calmly: ‘Some people, once left, it is good to let it remain gone for a lifetime.;
Lan Ning’s eyes moved slightly but she remained quiet.
Both of them walked around the mountain for more than ten or twenty minutes and then finally found that something is wrong. ‘How is the way down the mountain is not the same as when we were coming up!’
Lan Ning looked at Yan Ru Yu and frowned: ‘Don’t tell me that we got lost again!’
Its all because they were absent-minded just now that she could not have asked the question.
Yan Ru Yu looked at her sideways, with serious expression: ‘I never lost my way.’
Lan Ning: ‘…..’
Do you still want to argue currently?
‘Well, Mr Yan, who has never been lost, please take me down the mountain. We will missed our own wedding banquet soon!’ Lan Ning is truly regretting now.
When the wedding banquet is about to begin, the bride and groom were no where in sight…. Don’t even think about it anymore…. What a great picture!
Yan Ru Yu’s phone rang. It is a call from Shíjiǔ Zāi.
‘Where are both of you? The wedding reception is about to begin in half an hour! Are you two really getting ready to escape?’
Yan Ru Yu pursed his lips and calmly said: ‘We may not be able to come back. Can the wedding be remotely done?’
Shíjiǔ Zāi: ‘…..’
Lan Ning: ‘…..’
‘Oh, I’ll ask the emcee.’ Shíjiǔ Zāi snapped and hung up the phone.
Lan Ning was really anxious and asked in a panic: ‘What to do…. I will relly kill them! I will pit them like this when they get married!’
Yan Ru Yu said: ‘You think too much. I think they will definitely have no chance to get married.’
Lan Ning: ‘…..’
Too vicious ?
After that, Yan Ru Yu received another phone call from his father. Both reluctantly shared that they went up the mountain. Do not know if they went up too far unknowingly or there was no one on the mountain as it is nearing lunch time. They did not even meet anyone who they could ask for direction.
Lan Ning gave up hope. ‘If I know, I would have held the wedding in the chuch down the mountain.’ Then maybe we could get there in time.
As she was speaking, the church bell rang.
Lan Ning: ‘….’
Gone… her wedding was completely ruined.
Borned without love.
Yan Ru Yu frowned, and then pulled Lan Ning over and smiled at her: ‘Since it is that way, we can only be self-sufficient.’
‘What….?’
Before Lan Ning could respond, Yan Ru Yu took her hand and put it on his heart. ‘Ms Lan Ning, would you marry me and be my wife?’
‘Very willing.’ Yan Ru Yu bowed her head and kiss fell on her curved eyebrows.
Please enlighten me for the rest of my life.
Chapter 63.1:
‘Yes!’ Shíjiǔ Zāi and Mu Bai whispered, high-fiving in celebration. ‘Look for tips on the computer.’
However, it is disappointing. When the computer is turned on, it is an ordinary desktop. Even the background is the one that comes with the system.
‘I thought there would be a video or even an opened file. Waste of the excitement.’ Mu Bai sighed.
Yan Ru Yu carefully swept over the icons on the desktop, hoping to find any clues. Shíjiǔ Zāi is also looking at the icons on the desktop, frowning lightly as he thinks: ‘The icons on the desktop are normal. The system time is right…. Look at the files she recently browsed.’
‘This is what I was planning to do.’ When Yan Ru yu said this, he opened the folder with the mouse. One of the files Lan Ning recently browsed was word document. When he opened it, he looked at it. Looks like normal manuscript. There are several pictures under the word, which are also the first drafts of the design of the cover of the novel.
Shíjiǔ Zāi could not help but sighed. ‘Your wife is really dedicated. She is still working on the eve of her wedding.’
Mu Bai said: ‘Would it be related to these manuscripts or covers?’
‘Probably not. These novels and covers are unpublished. It is inappropriate to hide clues.’ Yan Ru Yu minimised the folder and opened the browser to check the history.
The top one was past nine o’clock last night. The ten best places for honeymoon.
Shíjiǔ Zāi smiled and patted the shoulders of Yan Ru Yu. ‘Hurry up, write down these ten places and take her one by one.’
Yan Ru Yu ignored him, just clicked on the website links and looked at it. Almost all the ten places summarised there are abroad. Lan Ning couldn’t be there. He looked and dropped it.
‘There are ten most worthwhile places in City A below. Farm in the desert.’ Mu Bai pointed to the screen. ‘She may be in one of them.’
Shíjiǔ Zāi frowned. ‘This range is a big. Even if we all go out looking for it, it would be too late.’ He blinked and said: ‘or you can call her directly.’
‘Hum…. Her phone is with us.’ Dai Qing held Lan Ning’s phone in her hand and shook it in front of them.
‘Hmmmmm’ Shíjiǔ Zāi turned around with disappointment and pressed twice on the keyboard. ‘Let’s see if there are any other tips. The bridge should not play too much.’
The following are some miscellaneous forums, or else it is Weibo or some TV series.
‘Ah!’ Shíjiǔ Zāi suddenly cried out.
Mu Bai and Yan Ru Yu both turned to look at him, as if waiting for his new discovery. Shíjiǔ Zāi shouted: ‘My wife is also chasing this TV series.’
Yan Ru Yu: ‘…..’
He turned his head again to look at the history and then his eyes moved slightly. ‘I know where she is.’
Shíjiǔ Zāi: ‘What are the ten places listed?’
‘These ten places were deliverately misleading us.’ He turned away without further explanation. ‘I am going to find her now.’
Shíjiǔ Zāi got stunned. ‘Are you going alone? Then, we will go to the hotel to help you entertain your guests.’
‘Ok’
‘Are the parents of the bride with your father?’
‘Yes, with my uncle’s side of the family. I am almost there at the hotel now.’
Shíjiǔ Zāi nodded. ‘Then you drive the car. Remember to pay attention to time. Please contact us if you have any questions.’
‘Um’ Yan Ru Yu took the car key and went downstairs.
Because it is a wedding car, the front cover is also decorated with dried flowers and ribbons. Yan Ru Yu drove the car directly out without removing them.
Lan Ning was sitting on a small hill while admiring the scenery under the mountain. The weather in October is not too cold but her wedding dress is too thin. She still feels the chills sitting on the mountain.
She rubbed her arm with the palm of her hand and whispered, ‘Why isn’t Teacher here yet…. Won’t he really cannot find her….’
She shouldn’t have listen to the bridesmaids who are creating chaos with the games to play. If Yan Ru Yu really cannot find her and delay the wedding banquet time, what can she do?
Hmmmm….. wait another ten minutes. If Teacher still haven’t’ come over yet, she will need to find a passerby to lend her cell phone to call him.
As soon as Lan Ning thought about it, she heard someone calling behind her: ‘Lan Ning’
Lan Ning’s eyes lightened slight. She couldn’t hear it wrongly. It is Yan Ru Yu.
She turned around and see the man in a suit, finally relieved. ‘You are finally here. I don’t know how it will end if you don’t come.’
Yan Ru Yu couldn’t help but chuckled and went to her. He sat down: ‘Why did you allow them to play this game?’
Lan Ning flattened her mouth and said: ‘Everyone said that we are getting married too fast! They said, they cannot let you marry your wife so easily, so I have to make it difficult for you!’
Yan Ru Yu frowned slightly: ‘Are we getting married too quickly? Have they considered my feelings when they say this?’
‘Well.’ Lan Ning grinned and then suddenly sneezed.
With a frown, Yan Ru Yu took off his suit jacket and put it on her. ‘It is not good to be here in the mountain. What should I do if you catch a cold?’
Lan Ning rubbed her nose and looked at him with a slight curved eye: ‘How did you managed to find me here?’
Yan Ru Yu gently raised his eyebrows and looked at the shoes on her feet. ‘I saw that you bought a pair of sneakers online. Which is the pair that you are wearing now. When we went to the gym last time, you mentioned that your shoes are new. I don’t think you will buy another pair so soon. So, this should be the clue that you left for me.’
Lan Ning blinked: ‘Even if I buy a pair of sneakers, it does not mean that I would be here.’
‘Buy sneakers, indicated that the place you are going is not suitable for wearing high heels. Then, it is most likely that it will be used to climb mountain. And there is one more point…..’ Yan Ru Yu bent over and picked up the ‘Countdown’ in her hand. ‘In this book, the male and female protagonists here have known each other on the mountain.’
hapter 63.2:
Lan Ning rubbed her nose and looked at him with a slight curved eye: ‘How did you managed to find me here?’
Yan Ru Yu gently raised his eyebrows and looked at the shoes on her feet. ‘I saw that you bought a pair of sneakers online. Which is the pair that you are wearing now. When we went to the gym last time, you mentioned that your shoes are new. I don’t think you will buy another pair so soon. So, this should be the clue that you left for me.’
Lan Ning blinked: ‘Even if I buy a pair of sneakers, it does not mean that I would be here.’
‘Buy sneakers, indicated that the place you are going is not suitable for wearing high heels. Then, it is most likely that it will be used to climb mountain. And there is one more point…..’ Yan Ru Yu bent over and picked up the ‘Countdown’ in her hand. ‘In this book, the male and female protagonists here have known each other on the mountain.’
Lan Ning applauded him. ‘It is indeed Teacher Xing Xin. This is good.’ She took back the ‘Countdown’ and open the book. There is a bookmark with dried flowers in it. This is the flower that she picked for Yan Ru Yu. ‘I was reading this book before I decided to go mountain climbing in Japan.’
‘That’s a coincidence.’ Yan Ru Yu whispered. ‘I also went to Japan to climb the mountain because I wrote this book.’
‘Countdown’ is his third single novel, arranged in chronological order, just before the ‘Death Message’ which is also the last book his previous editor completed for him.
‘Why did you choose this novel?’ He sat beside Lan Ning and looked at her sideways.
‘Um….’ Lan Ning thought for a while and said: ‘One, is because we also met on the mountain. And the other is, I think this book is different from your usual style.’
‘Countdown’ is not one of Yan Ru Yu’s many books bestseller. Most readers think that this story looks slightly blander than his other novels. Although the plot setting is still very clever, the pattern is too small, which limits the development of the story.
Yan Ru Yu smiled and said: ‘When a book is completed, this is no longer your own story. Many people put emotions into it. And sometimes readers even influence the ending. But for the author, it is not the story he originally wanted to write. If Enron detective series is written for readers, then ‘Countdown’ is written for me. It is written completely accordingly to my own preference without considering sales or the readers.’
Lan Ning still has a deep understanding of his words, at least more than one author, because the pressure of the reader, will modified the ending of the story. She held her knees for a moment and said to Yan Ru Yu. ‘So, Wu Yang will die in the end? If you write him to death, readers will certainly riot.’
Yan Ru Yu laughed helplessly. ‘So sometimes, author do get really tired.’ He stoof up from the ground and patted his pants. ‘But the priority now is to get to the wedding venue. It is almost time for the ceremony.’
‘Well.’ Lan Ning said with a smile. She returned him the suit jacket on her body and then stood up. ‘Is my dress dirty?’
Yan Ru Yu looked around her: ‘It is ok.’
‘Really?’ Lan Ning moved. ‘Fortunately, when I was choosing the wedding dress, I choose one that it a little big. Otherwise, I would be embarrassed when climbing the mountain today.’
‘So, don’t mess around.’
Lan Ning: ‘…..’
She picked up the skirt of the wedding dress, picked up the high heels set aside and rolled her eyes at Yan Ru Yu. ‘Let’s go.’
Yan Ru Yu helped her and walked down the mountain.
Lan Ning was still thinking about the story of ‘Countdown.’ The main character of the book sounded like Yan Ru Yu whom had parents that were divorced, and he never saw his mother again. She hesitated but still couldn’t help asking: ‘Doesn’t you feel sorry that your mother is not attending the wedding today?’
Yan Ru Yu was stunned and then replied calmly: ‘Some people, once left, it is good to let it remain gone for a lifetime.;
Lan Ning’s eyes moved slightly but she remained quiet.
Both of them walked around the mountain for more than ten or twenty minutes and then finally found that something is wrong. ‘How is the way down the mountain is not the same as when we were coming up!’
Lan Ning looked at Yan Ru Yu and frowned: ‘Don’t tell me that we got lost again!’
Its all because they were absent-minded just now that she could not have asked the question.
Yan Ru Yu looked at her sideways, with serious expression: ‘I never lost my way.’
Lan Ning: ‘…..’
Do you still want to argue currently?
‘Well, Mr Yan, who has never been lost, please take me down the mountain. We will missed our own wedding banquet soon!’ Lan Ning is truly regretting now.
When the wedding banquet is about to begin, the bride and groom were no where in sight…. Don’t even think about it anymore…. What a great picture!
Yan Ru Yu’s phone rang. It is a call from Shíjiǔ Zāi.
‘Where are both of you? The wedding reception is about to begin in half an hour! Are you two really getting ready to escape?’
Yan Ru Yu pursed his lips and calmly said: ‘We may not be able to come back. Can the wedding be remotely done?’
Shíjiǔ Zāi: ‘…..’
Lan Ning: ‘…..’
‘Oh, I’ll ask the emcee.’ Shíjiǔ Zāi snapped and hung up the phone.
Lan Ning was really anxious and asked in a panic: ‘What to do…. I will relly kill them! I will pit them like this when they get married!’
Yan Ru Yu said: ‘You think too much. I think they will definitely have no chance to get married.’
Lan Ning: ‘…..’
Too vicious ?
After that, Yan Ru Yu received another phone call from his father. Both reluctantly shared that they went up the mountain. Do not know if they went up too far unknowingly or there was no one on the mountain as it is nearing lunch time. They did not even meet anyone who they could ask for direction.
Lan Ning gave up hope. ‘If I know, I would have held the wedding in the chuch down the mountain.’ Then maybe we could get there in time.
As she was speaking, the church bell rang.
Lan Ning: ‘….’
Gone… her wedding was completely ruined.
Borned without love.
Yan Ru Yu frowned, and then pulled Lan Ning over and smiled at her: ‘Since it is that way, we can only be self-sufficient.’
‘What….?’
Before Lan Ning could respond, Yan Ru Yu took her hand and put it on his heart. ‘Ms Lan Ning, would you marry me and be my wife?’
‘Very willing.’ Yan Ru Yu bowed her head and kiss fell on her curved eyebrows.
Please enlighten me for the rest of my life.
