Huayu: This director specializes in promoting young actresses.

She had just leaned down and whispered something in Lin Feng's ear when she heard a knock on the door, which startled her so much that she froze instantly.

"Who is it?" Lin Feng asked in a low voice.

"Brother Feng, it's me! Xiao Tian!" Tian Xiwei's voice came from outside the door.

Li Yitong's face turned deathly pale, and she frantically tried to hide herself: "What should I do? What should I do? How can I face anyone like this?"

"Don't panic," Lin Feng said, pulling her along and pointing to the bathroom. "Let's hide inside first."

Lin Feng straightened his clothes, took a deep breath, and then opened the door.

"Brother Feng!" Tian Xiwei rushed in like a gust of wind, plopped down on the bed, and said, "I can't sleep, will you play with me for a while?"

"You slept until noon this morning, so of course you can't sleep now," Lin Feng said, leaning against the doorframe.

Tian Xiwei suddenly wrinkled her nose and sniffed hard: "Huh? Brother Feng, why does your room smell like perfume? It smells so familiar..."

Lin Feng's heart skipped a beat, but he remained outwardly calm: "Oh, Yi Tong came by earlier and told me about chartering a car for tomorrow. It might be her perfume."

"I see," Tian Xiwei said without giving it much thought, her eyes scanning the room. "Has Sister Yitong left?"

"She's gone, just a short while ago," Lin Feng said. "She told me about tomorrow's itinerary: we'll leave at eight in the morning to ride horses on the grassland, visit the herders' cattle and sheep in the afternoon, and there'll be a bonfire party in the evening."

"Wow! A bonfire party!" Tian Xiwei instantly forgot about the perfume and clapped her hands excitedly. "Then I need to go to bed early so I'll have the energy to play tomorrow!"

She jumped out of bed, glanced around the room, and then waved, "Goodnight, Feng! See you tomorrow!"

"Goodnight." Lin Feng watched her skip away, and only after the door closed did he let out a long sigh of relief. He then turned around and knocked on the bathroom door. "Come out, I'm leaving."

Li Yitong opened the door, her face still flushed with shock, and punched him lightly: "It's all your fault! Why did you have to pull these tricks! Xiao Tian almost caught us, how am I supposed to face anyone now?"

"Okay, okay, it's my fault," Lin Feng said with a smile, taking her hand. "Who knew she was so energetic, coming over in the middle of the night."

"You're still laughing!" Li Yitong glared at him. "If Xiaotian finds out about our relationship, who knows what kind of trouble she'll cause."

"Alright, stop thinking about it," Lin Feng pinched her chin, a smile in his eyes. "Where were we?"

Li Yitong rolled her eyes at him, but obediently squatted down slowly.

Meanwhile, back in her room, Tian Xiwei was excitedly trying on the clothes she would wear the next day, turning around in front of the mirror and declaring, "I must ride the fastest horse tomorrow!"

She was completely unaware of anything, just hugging her rabbit doll, and soon fell asleep. In her dream, there was an endless grassland and that familiar figure riding a horse.

At 7:30 in the morning, Tian Xiwei rushed into the restaurant with her messy hair, while Liu Haochun was sipping his milk tea. "Haochun! Do you think I look handsome?"

She spun around, her green windbreaker billowing in the wind, looking just like a cabbage pulled from the ground.

"He's handsome," Liu Haochun said, handing over a steamed bun. "Eat first. The driver said we'll leave at eight o'clock sharp."

Li Yitong walked in, holding sunscreen in her hand: "Come over here and apply sunscreen. The ultraviolet rays on the grassland can make your skin peel." She applied sunscreen to the three people one by one.

As the van drove out of the city, Tian Xiwei clung to the window and screamed, "Look! A flock of sheep! So many sheep!"

On the distant grassland, white flocks of sheep are like pearls scattered on a green carpet, with herdsmen riding behind on horseback, their shadows stretched long by the rising sun.

"This is just the beginning," the driver said with a smile. "When we get to the Morigele River, that's when it really gets interesting."

After two hours of bumpy travel through the heart of the grassland, the car finally stopped on a high ground. As soon as I opened the car door, the wind instantly filled my clothes.

In the distance, the Morigele River, like a blue ribbon, meanders across the grassland, its surface shimmering in the sunlight. "Is this the 'Number One Meandering River Under Heaven'?"

Liu Haochun raised her phone, her fingers trembling. The scenery in her textbook had suddenly become reality, and she didn't know where to take a picture.

"Come ride!" Tian Xiwei had already dragged the horse trainer towards the herd. As she mounted her horse, she didn't forget to turn back and shout, "Brother Feng, dare to race me?"

Lin Feng smiled and led over a brown horse, then sat up straight: "Don't cry if you lose."

The two horses had only run a few steps when Tian Xiwei screamed in fright, "Slow down! Slow down! It's running so fast!"

She gripped the reins tightly, but the horse wouldn't obey, jolting her backside until it ached. Lin Feng slowed down beside her and reached out to adjust the reins for her: "Relax a bit, move with the horse's rhythm."

Tian Xi gritted her teeth and did as instructed, and her horse was indeed much more stable. She secretly glanced at Lin Feng beside her. He looked exceptionally tall and straight on horseback, the wind lifting the hem of his clothes, and even the sunlight seemed to favor him.

"Brother Feng," she suddenly said, "how about we ride side by side? I want to talk to you."

Raymond Lam raised an eyebrow: "Scared?"

"No way!" Tian Xiwei retorted stubbornly, but secretly moved her horse closer to him. The two horses walked side by side, their hooves clattering on the grass. Tian Xiwei's chatter mingled with the sound of the wind, like a chaotic song.

When we arrived at Ergun Wetland in the afternoon, Liu Haochun exclaimed, pointing to the reeds in the distance, "This is so beautiful!" He added, "They say the sunset here can turn the clouds gold, and it's true."

Lin Feng raised his camera. In the lens, Liu Haochun stood by the observation deck, the wind ruffling her long hair. The distant wetlands resembled a green velvet carpet, and her figure appeared slender and gentle. "Don't move," he whispered, "this angle is beautiful."

Tian Xiwei snatched the camera and looked at the photos: "Wow! Haochun, you look like a fairy in this picture! Feng-ge, take one of me too, it has to be even prettier than Haochun's!"

In the birch forest, Tian Xiwei hugged the tree trunks and struck various poses, sometimes hanging on the tree like a sloth, and sometimes standing on tiptoe pretending to pick leaves.

Lin Feng chased after her, camera in hand, while Li Yitong laughed and called out, "Xiao Tian, ​​slow down! Don't fall!"

Sunlight filtered through the branches of the birch trees, casting dappled shadows on the ground. Tian Xiwei suddenly stopped, turned around, and smiled at them, a fallen leaf clinging to her face. Lin Feng pressed the shutter.

When they checked into the log cabin in Enhe that evening, Tian Xiwei exclaimed in amazement at the Russian-style fireplace: "This house is made of wood? Won't it be drafty?"

"Don't worry about staying here," the landlady said, bringing over some borscht. "Our house is very resistant to the cold; it stays warm even when it's minus thirty degrees Celsius in winter."

When the roasted lamb chops were served, oil splattered and sizzled, instantly filling the small room with their aroma. Tian Xiwei grabbed a piece and started biting into it, sauce smearing her face: "Boss lady, your cooking is amazing! It's even better than the lamb soup we had yesterday!"

Liu Haochun ate his bread in small bites, accompanied by borscht, and suddenly said, "I wish my parents were here too. They would definitely love it here."

"Bring your uncle and aunt next time," Lin Feng said, placing a lamb chop on her plate.

Li Yitong looked at them, then suddenly raised her glass: "To the grasslands, and to us, cheers!"

The four cups clinked together, making a crisp sound.

The next day at the Shiwei border crossing, Tian Xiwei held up her binoculars to look at the Russian village across the border: "Wow! Their houses are colorful! Like building blocks!"

"I heard that if you shout from the riverbank, the other side can hear you," Liu Haochun whispered.

On the banks of the Ergun River in Linjiang Village, Li Yitong took off her shoes and stepped into the water. The river water was cool and refreshing, carrying the scent of aquatic plants.

On the third day, the car was driving on the highway. On the left was a golden sea of ​​rapeseed flowers, and on the right was a blue border river. Occasionally, cattle and sheep would cross the road, and the driver would have to stop and wait, muttering, "These little guys are even more unruly than the tourists."

The horseback riding experience in Heishantou was the most exciting for Tian Xiwei. With a professional horseman leading the horse, she actually dared to try running. The wind whistled in her ears, and the grassland undulated beneath her. She couldn't help but shout at the top of her lungs, "I am the king of the grassland—!"

Liu Haochun, on the other hand, liked to play with the lambs at the herders' homes. She squatted by the sheepfold, holding a milk bottle in her hand, and the lambs rubbed against her palm, making it tickle. "They're so well-behaved," she said, looking up at Lin Feng with a smile, "much more obedient than Xiao Tian."

"Who are you calling disobedient!" Tian Xiwei rode over on her horse, almost crashing into the sheep pen, startling the horse trainer who quickly pulled on the reins.

The bonfire party that evening was incredibly lively. Herdsmen played the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle), and everyone danced around the fire. Tian Xiwei danced her own improvised "Gulu Gulu Dance," waving her arms and legs wildly, yet she was unexpectedly adorable.

Liu Haochun and Li Yitong danced a folk dance, their skirts swirling like blooming flowers as they spun, drawing cheers from the crowd.

Lin Feng looked at Li Yitong in the firelight; her cheeks were flushed red. He walked over and whispered in her ear, "Go back to the yurt and wait for me."

As soon as Li Yitong sat down, Lin Feng hugged her from behind and kissed the crook of her neck. "Stop it," she laughed and dodged away, "There are still people outside."

"What are you afraid of?" Lin Feng's hand slipped inside her clothes. "It's just the two of us here."

On a whim, he suddenly pulled back the yurt's curtain and dragged her towards the door. Li Yitong was terrified, grabbing his arm tightly: "What are you doing! They can see us from outside!"

"You won't see it," Lin Feng said, biting her earlobe. "Just for a little while."

He pulled Li Yitong to the doorway, and the night wind instantly rushed into her collar. The campfire in the distance was still flickering, and Tian Xiwei's laughter could be faintly heard.

She was so frightened that her legs went weak, and she knelt down on the spot. After getting up, she reached out and hit him, saying, "Lin Feng! If you keep doing this, I really won't talk to you anymore!"

"Alright, alright, stop fooling around," Lin Feng carried her back to the yurt, drew the curtain, and said, "It's my fault, don't be angry."

He lowered his head and kissed her. Li Yitong's anger gradually subsided, and she reached out to wrap her arms around his neck.

The singing outside continued; the morin khuur's melody was long and drawn out, mixed with the sound of the wind and laughter, like a gentle lullaby.

The breathing inside the yurt gradually quickened, blending with the night outside the window, becoming the most secretive feature of the grassland.

In another yurt, Tian Xiwei and Liu Haochun were still discussing tomorrow's itinerary. "I heard the sunrise at Heishantou is incredibly beautiful," Tian Xiwei said, munching on beef jerky. "How about we get up at four o'clock tomorrow to see it?"

"Four o'clock is too early," Liu Haochun yawned. "I'm so tired from riding horses today."

"No, no," Tian Xiwei shook her arm, "If we miss this chance, we'll never have another one!"