Coach: Coaching the Grizzlies at the beginning, playing the bantam

"You're holding your ID card upside down!" Hannah stood on tiptoe and poked Lu Yong's lower back, and the automatic turnstile issued a shrill alarm.

The middle-aged lady in the queue at the back stretched her head to look and said: "Is the young man eloping with his girlfriend?"

With red ears, Lu Yong stuffed the ticket into Hannah's palm. The words "Handan East - Xingtai East" on the blue ticket were still stained with sweat from his palm.

As soon as the high-speed train started, Hannah dug out her makeup bag to reapply her mascara: "Does Xingtai Baiyun Cave require climbing a lot of steps?"

Lu Yong was pouring red date tea into his thermos cup. Hearing this, he shook his bulging backpack and said, "I brought you a secret weapon."

When a snack cart passed by in the aisle, he took out a roasted sweet potato wrapped in a plastic bag, and the hot air formed a white mist on the car window.

The exit of Xingtai East Station was crowded with touts. Lu Yong protected Hannah from the enthusiastic hug of a middle-aged man.

"The special bus to Baiyun Cave runs every half an hour!" The volunteer wearing a red armband had just finished pointing the way when Hannah suddenly pulled his sleeve and said, "Look at that billboard!" The stalactites in the scenic spot's promotional photos shone brightly on the LED screen, and were reflected in her pupils like a galaxy of broken diamonds.

The locust trees on both sides of the suburban road cast green shadows in the window, and Hannah's sun hat was shaken off three times by the bumps. When she bent down to pick up the hat for the fifth time, Lu Yong suddenly used a sports headband to cover her flying long hair: "Free anti-lost rope service." The child in the back seat pointed at them and giggled. Hannah tied the tail of the headband on his wrist with her backhand, and the metal buckle flashed like a mini handcuff in the sun.

Under the old persimmon tree at the entrance of the scenic area, an old farmer was squatting to sell mountain products. Hannah couldn't take her eyes off the purple wild berries in the bamboo basket. "Twenty yuan is enough!" The old man picked up the enamel pot and was about to put it in. Lu Yong pressed the scale urgently: "Auntie, is this accurate?" Hannah was so amused by the sudden change of Xingtai dialect that she hit him on the back. In the end, she exchanged half a pack of tissues for the right to taste the berries, and the wild berry juice stained three fingers red.

The cool air at the cave entrance lifted Hannah's floral skirt, and she stuffed the ticket into the hand of the ticket inspector. "The QR code should face up," the staff member reminded with a stifled smile, and Lu Yong had already raised his phone to take a picture of her embarrassed profile. The corner of the photo captured the moment when Hannah angrily pulled the corner of his clothes, which was set as an exclusive emoticon package for the two of them - with the caption "Xingtai fugitive confused person".

"Follow my steps." Lu Yong turned on the flashlight on his phone and shone it on the slippery steps, while Hannah jumped to reach the falling stalactites. When her fingertips were three centimeters away from the stalagmite, the security guard's whistle startled her and she threw herself into Lu Yong's arms. The man took advantage of the situation and hugged her waist: "Does this tourist need a manual handrail?" The water droplets seeping from the cave ceiling dripped into her neck at the right time, causing both of them to shrink their necks at the same time.

After passing the "Galactic Waterfall" scenic area, Hannah suddenly stopped Lu Yong and said, "Listen!" The underground river gurgled between the rocks, mixed with intermittent sobbing. Following the sound, they found the little girl hiding in the corner of the "Crystal Palace" and wiping her tears. Hannah used wild berries to coax out the truth - the child was separated from her mother. Lu Yong took out the fluorescent bracelet from his bag and put it on her. The three of them teamed up to start a missing person broadcast.

"Mom!" The little girl suddenly rushed to the "Yaochi Xiantai" viewing platform, and Hannah's canvas shoes slipped on the moss. When Lu Yong hugged her around the waist, the phone flew out of his hand into the dark river, and the splashing water startled the entire group of bats. A fluttering black shadow passed over their heads, and Hannah's scream got stuck in her throat and turned into hiccups: "You...you didn't back up the ugly photos stored in your phone?"

When they found the child's mother in the "Underwater Dragon Palace", she forced two packs of Xingtai braised pancakes on them. "It's a specialty of the scenic spot. I'll pour garlic sauce on it when I get home!" Hannah couldn't refuse, so she turned around and stuffed the braised pancakes into the interlayer of Lu Yong's backpack. The man weighed the suddenly bulging backpack and said, "The weight I carry now is comparable to that of a mountaineer. I need some encouragement from Coach Han."

The "slit in the sky" deep in the cave forced the two to pass sideways, with Hannah's back pressed against the cold stone wall. "Don't breathe in." Lu Yong suddenly grinned, "Otherwise you'll get stuck..." Before she finished speaking, her bun-like hair rubbed off the dust accumulated between the cracks in the rocks. In the flying dust, no one knew who laughed first, and the resonance caused dust to fall from the stone ridges above their heads, scaring them so much that they jumped sideways like crabs to escape.

"Look at this!" Hannah pointed at the signboard of the "Jade Tree and White Flower" scenic spot and stamped her feet. "Does it look like the Sophora japonica flowers at the back door of our school?" Lu Yong got closer to take a closer look at the lines of calcium carbonate deposition, and his nose rubbed against her earlobe stained with wild berry juice. The couple in the dark suddenly turned on the fill light to take a selfie. The strong light startled them and they bumped into the stone pillars. The pain turned into laughter muffled in their chests.

While taking a break at the Stone Man Theater, Hannah pulled out her thermos cup to drink water. Lu Yong suddenly pressed the lid of the cup: "You can only drink if you guess the riddle correctly." He pointed at the stalactite opposite that looked like an old man and asked, "What is the age of Baiyun Cave minus the age of Handan Ancient City?" Hannah raised her foot and lightly kicked his calf: "It is equal to your childishness index at this moment!"

The last section of the road before exiting the cave suddenly opened up, and the sunlight leaked in from the cracks, forming a curtain of light. Hannah jumped and chased the moving light spots, and her canvas shoes stepped into the puddle and splashed her trouser legs. When Lu Yong squatted down to roll up her trouser legs, something cold suddenly touched the back of his neck - Hannah pressed the remaining iced mineral water bottle against his skin: "Reward for the best humanoid navigation."

The wishing tree at the exit of the scenic area was hung with red ribbons. Hannah tiptoed to reach the lowest branch. "If you want to write, write high." Lu Yong suddenly lifted her knees up, startling her and hurriedly grabbed the branch. The red ribbon fell and wrapped around their wrists. The administrator, Le Hehe, raised his camera and said, "Print and seal it for 20 yuan, and get an electronic version for free!"

On the return bus, Hannah looked through the photos and suddenly widened her eyes: "This angle..." In one of the snapshots, Lu Yong's backlit face was blurred, while her side profile with her head tilted back and laughing was coated with the blue halo of the cave. The man took the phone and set it to lock screen: "This one is called "Exhibits at large from the Geological Museum."

The sunset glow of Xingtai covered the glass curtain wall, and Hannah counted the steps and stepped on Lu Yong's shadow. "I walked 3,400 steps in Baiyun Cave in total." She shook her sports bracelet to take credit, and the man suddenly took out a molten wild berry from his pocket: "A medal for the champion." The purple-red juice flowed down her fingertips and dripped into intermittent ellipsis on the escalator.

In the car, Hannah leaned on Lu Yong's shoulder and fell asleep. The man gently took away the scenic map she was holding and drew a quick sketch of the cave on the blank space on the back. When the tip of the pen stopped at a certain stone pillar, Hannah suddenly muttered in a dream: "That... below the Milky Way Waterfall... your heartbeat is so loud..."

The night wind lifted the taxi's curtains. Hannah suddenly leaned close to Lu Yong's collar and sniffed: "It smells like limestone." The man tilted his head and bit her dangling strawberry earrings: "A geologist missed the most important stalactite when collecting samples."

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The next morning, the two set out again.

"The sunscreen has been applied to look like a Peking Opera mask!" Hannah turned the rearview mirror and exclaimed, and the Didi driver was coughing while trying to hold back his laughter.

Lu Yong wiped the milky white paste on the tip of her nose with a wet wipe: "The wind in the Xingtai Canyon Group is stronger than that in Baiyun Cave. Don't let it blow you into a plum wind later."

The oolong tea that Hannah wanted to buy was stuck in the vending machine. Lu Yong kicked the machine and two bottles popped out instead.

"A top student in the Department of Physics." She bit the bottle and gave a thumbs-up. The man suddenly took out a warm egg-filled pancake from his pocket and said, "Assistant in the Department of Chemistry, refuel the precision instruments."

The scenic area shuttle bus was tailing on the winding mountain road, and Hannah's sun hat was blown away by the wind. When Lu Yong leaned out of the car window to grab the brim of his hat, the camera of the uncle in the back seat just happened to frame his ferocious expression. "Twenty yuan to buy out the image rights!" Hannah waved the payment code to negotiate, and finally the deal was made with two scenic area maps, and the brim of her hat was still stained with broken petals of the roadside locust flowers.

When the red rock split the clouds, Hannah was tying the anti-slip buckles on her sneakers. "Did this plank road get cut out with an axe?" She poked at the iron nail steps embedded in the cliff, and Lu Yong suddenly squatted down and patted her shoelaces: "If your legs get weak later, I can carry you on my back. I support Huabei installment payment."

Just after passing the "Heavenly Gate Opens" scenic spot, a whole flock of silver-throated tits flew over the valley floor. When Hannah was holding the gimbal to follow the camera, a couple hanging upside down on a cliff taking wedding photos suddenly appeared in the camera. "The groom's belt is going to break!" Lu Yong just shouted, and the photographer's assistant heard the crisp sound of fabric tearing through the intercom. The bouquet thrown by the bride was intercepted by Hannah in mid-air, and there was a spare belt buckle pinned in the starry sky.

"Follow my footprints." Lu Yong stepped on the mossy stone steps that were leaking water, and Hannah jumped in the opposite direction. As soon as her canvas shoes slipped, she was caught by the man. The two of them lost balance and hit the rock wall. The hiking pole scraped a crooked heart on the stone surface. When the cleaning man flashed with the ticket, Hannah quickly applied sunscreen to cover the stone surface. The white mark looked like a melting ice cream in the sun. While eating corn at the "One Line Sky" supply station, Hannah suddenly pointed at a small tree on the cliff and exclaimed: "Wild apricot!" Lu Yong was stared at by the administrator as soon as he touched the Swiss Army knife. He turned around and took out the hotel clothesline from his trouser pocket. The two cooperated to swing the rope to catch the fruit, but instead of picking the green apricot, they hooked a group of old kite debris. "2018 Xingtai No. Middle School" was vaguely written on the rag. Hannah suddenly took out a marker and added the initials of their names.

"The rocks at Longyin Beach can sing!" The stall owner wearing a straw hat desperately shook the red rocks like a sand hammer. Just as Lu Yong scanned the code to pay, Hannah put the rock to her ear and said, "It's obviously your stomach growling." The way to verify the authenticity is to smash it hard on the beach, and the splashing gravel will alarm the fish in the shallow pool. When the administrator chased them, the two pretended to study the stone rings, and secretly crushed the evidence into the sand with their feet.

The midday sun shone into the "Golden Sword Gorge". Hannah adjusted her selfie stick towards the reflective quartzite. Lu Yong suddenly pulled her ice silk sunscreen sleeve to cover the camera: "This angle makes your face look smaller." The two people's outlines blurred and overlapped in the backlit silhouette, and the fine hair on the back of her neck glowed golden in the ultraviolet light. A passing aunt forced herself into the photo and made a "V" sign, and the photo eventually became a "Canyon Family of Three" meme in the family group.

"Do you dare to walk on the suspension bridge?" Lu Yong challenged, shaking the rope bridge connecting the two gorges. Hannah grabbed the iron chain and moved forward: "If you fall, remember to use the fluid mechanics in your thesis to calculate the landing point." A sudden gust of wind from the center of the bridge lifted up her skirt. The man's action of tying a sun-proof jacket around her waist was booed by the uncles in the tour group on the other side as "a live version of the love of the boat trackers."

When eating self-heating hot pot under the "Reclining Buddha Cliff", Hannah's hot and sour soup splashed on the outline of the Buddha's ears. Lu Yong used wet wipes to save cultural relics, but instead wiped out an old graffiti - "Li Ergou loves Zhou Cuihua". The two of them tried to hold back their laughter until the self-heating bag went out, and finally added a line of "Lu Yong was here" with ketchup next to it. Hannah's lip print happened to cover the end of the word "游".

"The map shows there is a shortcut." Lu Yong pulled aside the weeping vines to reveal a faded sign. When Hannah bent down to drill a hole, her hairband got stuck in the brambles.

At the moment when the man rescued her in the dark, the light leaking through the cracks in the rocks formed a star pattern on her collarbone.

An unknown beetle fell into the depths from the collar, and Hannah's jumping insect removal method shook off a century of dust. Coughs and laughter exploded into a duet in the cave.

The "Sunset Corridor" was crowded with photographers in the evening, and the ledge that Hannah had occupied suddenly slipped.

Lu Yong grabbed her wrist and used the force to jump up, and the two of them actually climbed into the ruins of an ancient plank road that was off-limits to traffic.

The rusty rivets left white marks on her jeans. She suddenly pointed at the chisel marks on the stone wall and whispered, "Look! It looks like the heart we just drew."

A certain excavation mark made three hundred years ago glows with gentle red rust in the twilight.

On the return shuttle bus, Hannah counted the Polaroids and said, "I got three degrees tan today."

Lu Yong suddenly took out a blue-patterned ice pack from the compartment of his backpack and put it on the back of her red neck.

The melted water droplets slid down the ridge into the collar. Hannah wiped the water marks on his T-shirt with her backhand: "The price of physical cooling method."

A sudden rain came at night, and Lu Yong unfolded the map of the scenic area and covered the two men's heads.

Hannah pointed at the route stained by rain and said, "Qinglong Gorge has turned into Molong." He suddenly flicked her earlobe and said, "A certain painter missed the most important work in the body painting area."

The mist in the back seat of the taxi blurred the car window. Hannah suddenly bit Lu Yong's mouth and said, "Let's do an experiment. You are not allowed to wash your hands until the bite marks disappear."

The man turned his wrist to check the tooth marks. The light from the street lamp cast a warm yellow hue on the scar, like a specimen of sunset embedded in the skin.

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The next morning.

"Are you spraying sunscreen as perfume?" Lu Yong rubbed the tip of his nose, which was red from choking, and watched Hannah checking her bangs in the mirror of the homestay.

The Tianhe Mountain outside the window was looming in the morning mist, and the water marks on the glass cut the peaks into varying shades of emerald green.

The shuttle driver chewed betel nuts and pointed out the scenery: "Young couple, go to Yuelao Peak to hang locks first!" Hannah had just taken out a comb to tidy up her hair that was messed up by the mountain wind, and the wheels of the car rolled over the gravel and jolted violently, and the teeth of the comb pressed neat red marks on her forehead. Lu Yong held back his smile and took out the cooling oil: "The latest cinnabar mole makeup effect."

The stone steps of the mountain gate were washed shiny by the night rain, and Hannah's canvas shoes danced waltz on the moss. Lu Yong held her wrist as a human guardrail, and the sweat on his palm left a blurry fingerprint on her sports bracelet. "This is called biological encryption." He shook their overlapping wrists, and the metal dials collided with a crisp sound.

"The pupils of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl statues can change color!" The tour guide holding a loudspeaker was promoting it. Hannah stood on tiptoe to take a closer look and found that it was the reflection of the glass.

Lu Yong suddenly turned her shoulders and said, "Comrade Zhinu, your hair rope has fallen into the Milky Way."

The fluorescent green hairband in the stream drifted with the current, and when it was fished out, it got entangled with three maple leaves, swinging on Hannah's ponytail like a mini wind chime.

The iron net of the suspended plank road hurt the soles of her feet through her shoes. Hannah counted the abysses between the cracks in the wooden boards and said, "These iron nails are even more perfunctory than when my grandfather mended a pot."

Lu Yong suddenly stopped her and aimed his mobile phone camera at the blue-tailed butterfly struggling in the crevice.

The two of them waited for five minutes to capture the moment of the butterfly emerging from its cocoon, but the butterfly flew straight into the hood of Hannah's sun protection jacket, and its wing powder shook off star spots on the light gray fabric. (End of this chapter)