Ten diligent days: the fields are still

Yuan Lai gently placed the bag full of snacks on the antique wooden table, then reached out to untie the rope at the bag's opening. With a smile on his face, he said, "I don't know what kind of snacks you like, so I picked some at random. Come and see if there's anything that suits your taste."

At this moment, Zhao Li, who had been jumping around, suddenly stopped. She stared at Yuan Lai with her bright eyes, tilted her head slightly, and asked with a look of confusion and bewilderment, "Excuse me... who are you?"

Hearing this, Yuan Lai's hand, which was about to take snacks out of the bag, froze in mid-air. The whole person stopped in a half-squatting position, neither standing nor sitting. The smile on his face became a little stiff, and an indescribable feeling of embarrassment surged in his heart.

However, Yuan Lai quickly recovered, took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down, then explained softly, "I'm Qi Rong's friend. He's been away on a business trip recently, and before he left, he specifically asked me to come and see you."

After saying this, Yuan Lai muttered to himself: "There shouldn't be anything wrong with saying this, right? Is the logic reasonable? Isn't it embarrassing?"

Zhao Li came jogging towards Yuan Lai, quickly approaching him with a serious and earnest look on his face. "Isn't that right? I remember it clearly. He clearly told me that she was his girlfriend!"

He also deliberately emphasized the word "girlfriend", as if he was very sure about this matter.

This kid!

When did you become so naughty?!

Yuan Lai blushed and took out a bag of potato chips from the bag, then gently stuffed it into Zhao Li's hand and said softly: "You must have heard it wrong."

Zhao Li blinked and replied with some confusion: "Oh, really?"

Then, she eagerly ripped open the bag, reached out her fingers, picked up a potato chip, and put it in her mouth to chew. She sighed contentedly, "Hmm... So it's cucumber flavored. But is there a dew flavor? I still prefer dew."

“Maybe it’s still under development.”

At this moment, Yuan Lai's eyes fell on Zhao Li's messy hair. She couldn't help but feel very surprised, so she asked curiously: "Auntie doesn't comb your hair? Why is it so messy?"

Zhao Li shook her head like a rattle, pouting and mumbling, "No, it's just me who doesn't want to comb my hair! It's so uncomfortable to have my hair tied up all the time!"

Hearing this, Yuan Lai couldn't help laughing out loud, but still kindly advised: "Even if you don't tie it up, you still have to comb your hair, right? Otherwise it will look like a chicken coop on your head." As she said that, she stood up and looked around for a comb.

Not long after, Yuan Lai returned to the sofa with a comb in hand. She motioned Zhao Li to come closer, and then began to slowly comb Zhao Li's messy hair.

As the comb slides gently, the originally tangled hair gradually becomes smooth.

Zhao Li squatted quietly beside Yuan Lai, crunching the delicious potato chips in his mouth, making crisp "crunch crunch" sounds.

She blinked her bright eyes and whispered, "I really want to go back to Cangkong Mountain. But I have been searching for it in this world for a long time and haven't found any trace of Cangkong Mountain." There was a hint of loss in her words.

Yuan Lai gently put down the comb in his hand and said gently, "The world has changed a lot, and it's a different world. The changes are indeed huge."

At this moment, Zhao Li subconsciously wanted to scratch his hair with the hand that had just touched the potato chips, but was stopped by Yuan Lai who was quick-eyed and quick-handed.

Yuan Lai quickly pulled out a wet tissue from the side and carefully wiped Zhao Li's hands, which were covered with potato chip crumbs, clean.

Zhao Li pouted and muttered, "How can it be the same! Even if the mountains turn into the deep sea, the location of Cangkong Mountain will never change. You know, that's where the source of all the spiritual energy in the world is gathered, and it's my only home!" When Zhao Li thought of his longed-for home, his eyes became more determined.

Yuan Lai nodded thoughtfully, thinking to himself that if the concept of Zhaoli longitude and latitude existed, then finding Cangkong Mountain might be much easier. Unfortunately, this was just an unattainable wish.

"Zhao Zhao, what are the distinctive features of Cangkong Mountain? I can also help you pay attention to them."

"Cangkong Mountain, beneath the clouds, rises over a hundred feet high, with twelve peaks connected. There's a marvelous sight of the Rehe Glacier converging into one place. Within the mountain lies a valley, with two rocks standing upright. The valley contains the Great Ocean, the source of spiritual energy, stretching endlessly. If you want to see it, you can't see it. If you don't see it, it will appear."

Zhao Li recited a long passage of obscure classical Chinese incessantly. The ups and downs of his tone and complex sentence structure made Yuan Lai feel like he was back in high school, doing reading comprehension questions and having a headache.

She fumbled in her pocket and took out the "Book of Zongheng" that Qi Rong had given her. Such an important place might be recorded in this book!

So, she couldn't wait to open the book and search carefully from beginning to end. However, as time passed, Yuan Lai flipped through the entire book, but still couldn't find any words related to Cangkong Mountain.

At this moment, Zhao Li, who had been staring at the book in Yuan Lai's hand, suddenly turned around and said, "Don't waste your energy. The book you are holding is just a fragment of a transcribed copy. No one knows where the complete "Zongheng Shu" is hidden."

Hearing this, Yuan Lai couldn't help but frown, and speculated thoughtfully, "So, according to what you said, could this mysterious Cangkong Mountain actually be the legendary Kunlun Mountain? You know, here we have always regarded Kunlun Mountain as the most sacred mountain in the world, and most of the popular myths and legends revolve around Kunlun."

Zhao Li shook his head without hesitation after hearing this and denied it, "It's definitely not Kunlun Mountain. I've been to that place myself a long time ago and I can be absolutely sure that it is definitely not the Cangkong Mountain I'm looking for."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Lai stood up suddenly and said decisively: "In that case, let's go to the library! Maybe we can find some clues about Cangkong Mountain in those vast books." As she said that, she took Zhao Li's hand and took a taxi back to school.

After returning to school, Yuan Laixian took Zhao Li to visit the school scenery and took a few photos and sent them to Qi Rong.

For a long time, Qi Rong did not reply.

Zhao Li looked at Yuan Lai's wandering eyes and laughed out loud, "Cheng Xuan is right, you two are really clingy. It's only been a few days since we last met, and you're already like this. I haven't seen you for hundreds of years, but you're still not like this."

"But our lifespan is only a hundred years. How can we compare with you?" Yuan Lai was a little depressed.