Leisurely Traveler with Check-in System

Li Younan was silent for a moment, then nodded.

They both stood at the door, Li Younan looked at Liu Li’s tense expression and smiled, "Are you ready?"

Liu Li glanced at Li Younan, gently nodded, and suddenly reached out her hand.

Li Younan blinked, learning from past experiences, he cautiously asked, "Do you want a high-five again?"

"Can you hold my hand?"

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Li Younan hadn’t yet responded, Liu Li quickly withdrew her hand and said, "I... I didn’t mean it like that, don’t misunderstand me, it’s just I just..."

Her voice grew softer and her face turned red with heat, she didn’t dare look in Li Younan’s direction.

Just then, her hand was suddenly held by a warm, large hand.

Her heart tightened, her hand trembled lightly, and then she slowly looked up at Li Younan.

Li Younan had a relaxed and carefree expression, shrugged his shoulders, "I know... just want me to be like a ’big brother’ to give you some sense of security."

After speaking, Li Younan opened the car door, and the cold wind rushed in.

The door opened not towards the convoy, but facing the pitch-black wilderness, where a few stars could be seen flickering in the sky.

Liu Li followed Li Younan out of the car, and as her foot touched the ground, the familiar sense of weightlessness returned, her mind went blank for a moment, and her breathing tightened.

Her heart sank, overwhelmed with frustration—so she still couldn’t overcome it?

However, just as this thought arose, her attention was suddenly captured by the warm sensation coming from her hand.

It dawned on her that Li Younan was beside her, she looked at him, and her gaze was filled solely with Li Younan.

At that moment, her nervousness vanished, and her breathing became calm.

Li Younan was looking into the distance, glancing around, noticing Liu Li’s gaze, he turned to her, "Hmm, how is it?"

Liu Li blushed, "Let’s... let’s go back, I feel a little cold."

...

The next day, when Li Younan got up, he glanced at Liu Li’s bed, her privacy curtain was still drawn, she hadn’t gotten up.

Li Younan stretched lazily, quickly and quietly tidied up his bedding, folded the mat and quilt into the storage cabinet, and restored the sofa bed to its original state.

After finishing, he sighed with a bit of regret.

It had to be said, last night Liu Li held his hand as they got out of the car, then quickly returned to the car without letting go, maintaining that position for several seconds.

At the time, Li Younan was contemplating how to keep it going.

Frankly, Liu Li’s hand was soft and tender, felt very nice to the touch.

Just such a harmless thought made his thumb gently rub the back of Liu Li’s hand.

And in that instant, Liu Li seemed to be struck by lightning, her hand jerked away, then she lightly brushed her hair by her ear, "I... I’ll go freshen up."

Li Younan nodded, and once Liu Li turned around, angrily slapped his disobedient thumb.

Stupid hand, stupid hand.

Thinking back to that scene, he still felt a little regretful.

True, sometimes impatience can ruin great plans.

Nonetheless, Li Younan was quite happy, after all, it was only the second night since they left Chengdu.

After a restful night’s sleep, Li Younan felt great.

He put on a jacket, ready to cook outside like yesterday.

This morning, Li Younan planned to make two bowls of sweet rice wine dumplings, with two poached eggs.

Stepping outside with ingredients from the fridge, the convoy was nowhere to be seen.

He clicked his tongue in surprise, those people started early, isn’t it uncomfortable to wake up so early on a trip?

However, Li Younan thought it’s better this way, so he could avoid awkward greetings.

But Li Younan frowned... those people left quite a bit of trash on the ground.

Like yesterday, after making breakfast, he returned to the car to find Liu Li had woken up.

She casually tied her hair into a ponytail, took the poached egg sweet rice wine dumplings Li Younan made, sipped the hot soup, then stuck her tongue out at him, "So good."

Li Younan instinctively patted her head, realizing it inappropriate, quickly withdrew his hand, "Today’s goal is Zeduo Mountain, once there, you can see how Gongga Mountain, the one I climbed, looks."

Liu Li nodded, her big eyes full of joy and anticipation, "Looking forward to it..."

...

The following journey was an uphill path all the way.

Li Younan drove the Unimog out of Kangding City’s outskirts, at first the paved road was smooth, wheels rolled without much noise.

Ten minutes later, loose rocks mixed into the road, the steering wheel gently vibrated, pressing the accelerator felt the tires rolling over small bumps.

Worth mentioning, this was felt in the driver’s cabin, whereas in the rear living area, thanks to electromagnetic secondary suspension, these vibrations were fully filtered out.

Compared to yesterday, Liu Li seemed more nervous today, her eyes fixed on the road, as many cars passed by, and occasionally large trucks rolled by.

It was Liu Li’s first time traveling on such a road.

As they moved on, roadside houses became sparse, replaced by low shrubs.