Leisurely Traveler with Check-in System

"What about this tree?"

"This is called a mountain ash, it’s a highly ornamental plant."

"Li Younan, you know so much, why do you know so much about plants?"

Li Younan didn’t answer Liu Li, because at that moment, he discovered a mushroom on the ground.

Glancing at his watch, it was already past midday, and spending a night in the forest was inevitable.

So, Li Younan decided to find a nice spot to camp in the forest that night, and the wild mushrooms here were growing very well, widely distributed.

Although there were canned luncheon meat in their pack, if they could be stir-fried with the mushrooms, it would be a very delicious treat.

To reach the glacier, the simplest way is to follow the river upstream. At the end of the river, it’s very likely to be the starting point of the glacier. This way, it’s hard to get lost in the forest, and easy to find the direction, only some sections might be flooded by the river, making it difficult to pass.

But with Li Younan’s strong judgment ability, he could easily find a perfect route through the forest.

The camping spot for the night was already in Li Younan’s mind, but he quickly realized his phone had lost signal.

In such a remote forest, losing phone signal is a very dangerous sign, so Li Younan seriously said to Liu Li: "From now on, you must stay within my sight, understand?"

Liu Li has never been a girl who causes trouble for others; she knows her capability limits.

Seeing Li Younan so serious, without any hesitation, she said: "Of course, you’d better keep an eye on me! In this kind of place, if I get lost, my brother would kill you."

Li Younan couldn’t help but recall the hiking experience he had with Zhu Qingyue last time.

How to put it, Liu Li and Zhu Qingyue are completely different styles.

The biggest difference between these two girls is probably: if Liu Li encountered any trouble on the road, like twisting an ankle, she would definitely call out immediately; while Zhu Qingyue would probably bear it silently and keep walking until she couldn’t bear it anymore...

Truth be told, if Li Younan himself were choosing a teammate, he would prefer Liu Li as a teammate.

Many times, what you think doesn’t trouble others might actually be a bigger trouble.

Being with Liu Li means there’s no guessing needed, if she’s in pain, it’s pain, if she’s happy, it’s happiness, which is more reassuring.

After all, this is Liu Li’s first time walking such a long mountain path; after a few hours of traveling through the dense forest, she couldn’t help it any longer: "Li Younan, that tree stump ahead looks just like a chair."

"How does it look like one?"

"Look, you can sit on it."

With that, Liu Li plopped down on the stump.

Li Younan, hands on his hips, chuckled: "Alright, you sit here, I’ll go ahead."

Liu Li jumped up in fright and gave Li Younan a playful punch: "Don’t joke around like that, it scares me!"

"You’re Brother Long, aren’t you?"

"Even Brother Long gets scared."

"Alright, no more jokes." Li Younan got serious, "Let’s go a few hundred more meters, to that spot, see it? On that hillside, we can camp there and rest for the night. It’s better not to sit here, too many bugs around."

"Oh, you should’ve said sooner."

Soon, they reached the spot Li Younan mentioned.

This place was close to a water source and had great visibility, in the high ground of the forest, overlooking a lot of areas, and sheltered from the wind.

Li Younan was very satisfied with his choice of location, although Liu Li mostly couldn’t see the brilliance of this spot.

Then, Li Younan took Liu Li to pick mushrooms nearby, explaining along the way which mushrooms were poisonous and how to distinguish them.

Liu Li couldn’t really remember, but it didn’t matter, they quickly gathered a full bag of mushrooms.

Liu Li asked: "If we accidentally eat poisonous mushrooms, will we see little people as they say in the news?"

"See little people? That would be a good ending, some mushrooms can directly poison people to death."

"Ah, it’s that serious?"

Li Younan said seriously: "Don’t worry, anyway, when the time comes I’ll let you eat first, if you get poisoned, I won’t eat."

Liu Li fell silent, bowed her head deeply, then suddenly looked up with a sincere expression: "Even if you didn’t say it, I’d eat first, I won’t let you get poisoned!"

Li Younan was stunned, his expression shocked.

Seeing this, Liu Li snorted with a laugh, and wandered off.

Watching Liu Li’s tiny silhouette, Li Younan touched his nose: "This little girl, playing such a trick..."

Heh, but... why does it feel oddly touching?

...

On the hillside, in the portable small pot, a piece of purified ghee melted, exuding a rich milky aroma.

This was the ghee given to Li Younan by Tibetan friends back in Ranwu, further purified by him.

The originally crafted ghee, though very high in fat, still had a little moisture.

As is well-known, many vitamins are water-soluble, hence if the moisture is completely extracted, this part of the vitamins will be lost.

However, the further purified ghee had no moisture at all, which allows for longer storage, and after solidifying, it becomes more crystal clear. Thus, the loss of vitamins was within an acceptable range for Li Younan.

Li Younan poured the cut ingredients inside, with some simple cooking, soon a fragrant wild mushroom luncheon meat risotto was ready.

The previous joking, neither of them would take seriously.

How could Liu Li possibly doubt Li Younan’s wilderness survival skills?

While Li Younan wasn’t around, lonely Liu Li watched the clips of Li Younan in "Alone in the Wilderness" multiple times.

Eating their risotto, Liu Li suddenly posed a question out of nowhere: "Li Younan, traveling with you on the 318, this will surely be one of the most unforgettable experiences in my life."

"Who says that?"

Li Younan shook his head, tapping her head disapprovingly, "Life is long..."

Then suddenly putting on a realization face: "Oh, I get it! You mean you don’t plan to travel with me anymore, is that it?"

Liu Li was a bit moved hearing the first part of Li Youran’s sentence, but when Li Younan finished the second part, she was stunned.

Where... where does he get this kind of misinterpretation?

Liu Li, angrily, gave Li Younan a mock Kamehameha.

And after dinner, it was time for the most important part of the day—to rest in the tent.