Mist

Chapter 87: Our Reality

Ji Yushi circled the car and got into the front passenger seat. As soon as he closed the door,  he heard Song Qinglan call out his name, “Ji Yushi.”

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He turned his head.
He was kissed on his lips.

Song Qinglan’s lips pressed against his, rubbing gently, “Welcome. Let our first date officially begin.”

*

Drop towers, roller coasters, the big pendulum.
The amusement park on a weekday was still crowded with people. While completing those three thrilling rides, the expressions of the two men didn’t change. When Song Qinglan was on the pendulum, he even calmly took out his phone, took a video and sent it to Li Chun.
The sunlight was just right. Colourful bubbles floated in the sky. Ji Yushi’s side profile briefly appeared in the recording.
Li Chun: [?]
Li Chun: [Cap Song, are you trying to kill single dogs?]

Song Qinglan promptly replied: [No, I mainly wanted to ask how many rounds of the pendulum you have completed this vacation.]
Li Chun: […..Actually, I don’t vomit as much now! I can do it!]
Song Qinglan didn’t pay any heed to his answer and continued: [My second reason is because I want to kill single dogs.]
Li Chun: [Ahhhhh【Suicide.JPG】]
Song Qinglan: [Look at our Advisor Ji, as a civilian worker—–]

As he typed, the pendulum stopped.
Ji Yushi who had already unstrapped himself called out to him, “It’s time to get off.”

Song Qinglan immediately turned off his phone and ignored Li Chun on the other side. He reached the edge and jumped off first before holding his hand out, “Be careful.”
Ji Yushi gave him his hand and also jumped down.

The other people on the ride with them all had pale faces. They looked at them like they were monsters.

Despite all the rides, Ji Yushi’s face wasn’t red nor was he breathless. It was as if he was on a sightseeing tour bus instead.
Song Qinglan wanted to change things up and get him to choose, “What do you want to play next?”

They had spent a lot of time just queuing up for the rides earlier. Ji Yushi turned on his phone and moved the map projection around. Most of the amusement park rides were red and only a few of them were green and not so busy.

“Go to the haunted house?” Ji Yushi suggested, “There are fewer people there.”
“Haunted house?”  Seeing the high-risk warning on the holographic projection, Song Qinglan hesitated, “The experience is too realistic. Are you sure?”

When others receive a scare, they would soon forget about it.
But Ji Yushi wouldn’t. For him, a scary experience would never disappear, and it was because of this that Song Qinglan was hesitant.

“I want to go because it is realistic.” It was Ji Yushi’s turn this time to pull Song Qinglan along, “Also, no matter how realistic it is, can it be as realistic as being surrounded by zombies in a convenience store? I want to try and see if high-tech can scare me.”
“Alright.” Song Qinglan agreed.

The haunted house was a little far from the pendulum.
Instead of taking a tour bus, they chose to walk.

Along the way, Song Qinglan tried out a shooting game and easily obtained a plush toy. Ji Yushi saw it and also wanted to give it a try and similarly acquired another one. The two felt that that it was too troublesome to carry around, so they gave it to the children waiting in line behind them.
After coming out of the shooting place, Song Qinglan bought cotton candy for Ji Yushi, “Since other children have it, our Advisor Ji can’t not have it.”

Ji Yushi graciously accepted it.
He bit into the pink cotton candy and it quickly melted in his mouth, “This place still tastes the same.”

Song Qinglan, “You have been here before?”
Ji Yushi, “Yeah, the first time was when I was eleven. Ji Minyue brought me here. After that, we came here three more times. We would always buy it from this place.”

The haunted house was ahead.
Ji Yushi had already joined the line.

Song Qinglan watched his relaxed back figure and deeply suspected —- Could Ji Minyue’s understanding of Ji Yushi be stuck at the moment when he was a child?
When they left the haunted house, Song Qinglan basically confirmed this.

Amidst the howls and screams from the other visitors, the two of them went through the haunted house together, exploring the map in detail. They even cleared an instance that was expected to take an hour in a little more than ten minutes. This included the time they waited for the female ghost to reappear because Ji Yushi wanted to see it again.

To Ji Yushi, this amusement park wasn’t anything new or fresh.
Song Qinglan could imagine what Ji Yushi could’ve been like when he was a child as he sought out thrilling experiences but unfortunately, he couldn’t go back in time to accompany him.

Perhaps for ordinary couples, as long as they were together, it could be considered a good date.
But their date shouldn’t be like this.

Song Qinglan left for a moment to make a phone call before returning.

Ji Yushi was holding a cup of iced milk tea. Seeing that he was back, he asked, “Want it?”

Song Qinglan held Ji Yushi’s hand and naturally took a sip through the straw.
This action of his was very intimate, making Ji Yushi’s heart to soften. He had asked Song Qinglan earlier if he wanted it thinking that he would buy him one if he did.

When Song Qinglan was done, he saw his look and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Ji Yushi said, “Someone gave it.”

Song Qinglan followed his gaze. Not far away, three girls saw them look over and ran away in embarrassment.
He raised his eyebrow slightly and said unhappily, “I just left for a while and someone bought you milk tea?”
Ji Yushi nodded, “I am very popular.”

Song Qinglan laughed.

He didn’t know what kind of grudges this person has noted down. Song Qinglan took the milk tea from him and asked, “Want to go skydiving?”

Ji Yushi, “Skydiving?”

“My comrade-in-arms retired and opened a skydiving club.” Song Qinglan explained briefly, “It’s not far from Ning City. I gave him a call just now. If we go now, we will be back tomorrow morning.”

*

For the first time in his twenty-five years, Ji Yushi agreed on an impromptu trip.
They directly set off from the amusement park and didn’t even go home. He only gave Ji Minyue a call to ask him to help take care of his three little masters.

Ji Yushi’s car didn’t have an automatic driving mode and couldn’t go onto the highway with an unrestricted speed limit so they could only take the ordinary highway to get to the club about 500 kilometres away. This however didn’t make them change their minds. On the way, they bought some food and water. If they didn’t delay for too long, they would be able to reach there in time for the last skydiving session before the sky darkens.

The ordinary highway passed through the old part of Ning City. A lone car followed the spacious road.
It sped freely down with no obstacles in its way.

From the highway, one could see a building that was waiting to be rebuilt. Against the backdrop of skyscrapers and suspension train tracks in the new part of the city, it gave off a strange beauty of desolateness.

“When I was young, I went to kindergarten in that area.” Song Qinglan pointed ahead, “See that? The green area next to the red building.”

Ji Yushi nodded.
He also saw the green space. His side profile was calm.
Just as Song Qinglan thought he didn’t hear him, he turned and said, “What a coincidence. I also went to kindergarten there.”

Song Qinglan: “You’re joking.”
Ji Yushi: “Really. The kindergarten attached to Ning University.”

Song Qinglan thought he was really joking with him, “That’s a pity then. Why didn’t I pursue you in kindergarten?”