director of the millennium

The next day, after lunch, Wu Yuan packed up lightly, took a small backpack and his wife Liu Yifei, and set off from home to meet up with Xia Yu and Liu Ye who were also driving.

The three families were in sync and did not bring their children, only themselves.

The main reason for Wu Yuan’s family’s failure is that their children are too young and it is not suitable for them to go to the top of the mountain to celebrate the New Year with their parents.

The children of the other two families are just the right age. Xia Yu's daughter Xia Haha is 11 years old, Liu Ye's son is 10 years old, and his daughter is 8 years old. It is actually very suitable for them to take them to the top of the mountain to camp together for New Year's Eve.

But these two families are obviously prosperous families. Rather than a family trip, they seem to hope that this New Year's Eve event can be a couple's trip without bringing any "burdens" along.

After all, as Xia Yu said, they are looking for youth this time. Which good person would take a seven or eight-year-old child with him when he is young?
Reminiscing about campus life and the carefree youth is the purpose of their New Year's Eve event.

Wu Yuan strongly agreed with this.

After all, Xia Yu, Yuan Quan, Liu Ye, and Liu Ye’s wife are all middle-aged people in their forties, and Wu Yuan will be 39 years old next year. They have indeed reached the age of "reminiscing about their youth."

Those who study in art schools are more or less artistic youths in their hearts, and are easily attracted to this kind of activities.

Wu Yuan, who couldn't understand what was going on when he first received the call, started to enjoy it after he came to his senses and was extremely active today.

Following Xia Yu's car, they spent almost two hours and arrived at the foot of a small hill with an altitude of more than 700 meters in the Yanshan Mountains at three o'clock in the afternoon.

A mountain with an altitude of more than 600 meters is certainly not worth mentioning in the south, but in the north, except for the Qi and Lu regions, it is already considered a good altitude.

"The top of this mountain has been contracted by a travel company. It is now well developed commercially and has a very professional camping area that provides one-stop camping services."

"That is to say, even if we don't bring anything, as long as we go up, we can enjoy all the camping activities without worrying about forgetting to bring or forgetting to bring anything. Whether it's a tent, a barbecue grill, or mosquito repellent, sleeping bags, everything is available."

"Of course, the prerequisite is that you have to make an appointment in advance. Only after you make an appointment will they prepare everything in advance according to the number of people."

While Xia Yu led everyone up the mountain, he introduced the camping site to them.

They choose a butler-style or one-stop service, which costs more and requires reservations in advance, but the advantage is that they don’t need to prepare anything.

However, the camping area on the top of the mountain is very large and is not entirely managed by travel agencies. It is completely fine for ordinary tourists to go there to camp, but they need to bring all their own belongings or rent them on site, which is a bit troublesome.

Xia Yu is an actor after all. Although he hasn't filmed many movies in recent years, his investments are booming and he is not short of money. Of course, he chose to spend money to buy the experience.

Wu Yuan agreed with this very much.

Because on the way up the mountain, they saw many tourists climbing up with tents and camping bags on their backs.

Although 600 meters is not really high and cannot be compared with the Five Great Mountains which are over 1,000 meters high, it is not short either. After all, mountain climbing is not only about the altitude, but also about whether the mountain road is winding and steep.

If they were really asked to carry a lot of things to climb the mountain, Wu Yuan would definitely not be willing to do so.

It’s not that he can’t do it, but there’s no need to ask for trouble.

It feels just right to carry a small backpack, some drinking water and snacks and climb up the mountain like I do now.

Starting at 3pm, the three couples chatted about their current situation and anecdotes while walking slowly towards the camping area on the mountain. It was not until 6pm that they finally arrived at the camping area, which was about 20 to 30 acres square. Because it took a long time and there were many rest times in the middle, the three couples were not tired. Even Yuan Quan, who had the worst physical condition, was just panting a little, but not exhausted at all.

But Xia Yu felt sorry for his wife, so as soon as he arrived at the camping area, he immediately called the person in charge, who then took them to the "VIP" area, where three relatively luxurious tents had already been set up, each with two very warm sleeping bags.

Barbecue grills, skewers, hot pot, beef, mutton and other food were also placed on several open-air tables.

"Come on, come on, make your own food and clothing. I've prepared barbecue and hot pot."

"It's a pity that the light pollution in Beijing is too serious now. Even in the mountains, it's hard to see the brilliant starry sky at night."

"Otherwise, eating barbecue and singing songs while looking up at the starry sky would be incredibly beautiful!"

"Yezi, Yuaner, I remember when we were in college, there was one time when we ran out to look at the stars at night. There were still many stars in the sky at that time."

While Xia Yu was opening a beer to share with Wu Yuan and Liu Ye, he talked about the past with emotion on his face.

I don't know what happened, but today he really liked reminiscing about the past. When they were climbing the mountain before, he kept talking to the two of them about the past. He also shared with Liu Yifei and Liu Ye's wife many interesting things and scandals from their college days, which made them laugh.

"What's going on, Brother Yu? Why do I feel like you're in a bad mood?" Liu Ye asked with a puzzled look on his face. His main approach was to be direct.

Wu Yuan also looked at Xia Yu with a pursuing look.

"Nothing, it just feels like things have changed a lot." Xia Yu took a sip of beer, and while watching Yuan Quan and Liu Yifei busy with the barbecue, he said cryptically, "Everyone has been busy in the past few years, and I don't think it's a big deal. I always feel that there will be more time in the future, and there will be plenty of opportunities to get together again. We are all still young."

"But now think about it, we are not young anymore, and the world is unpredictable. Who knows what the future will be like? Sometimes it is more important to seize the present moment."

"This has nothing to do with your reminiscing about your youth, right?" Wu Yuan became even more confused.

Xia Yu was silent for a few seconds, looked up at the sky with only a few sparse stars shining, and sighed, "Several of my high school classmates passed away this year."

"I just found out that the causes of death vary. Some are due to illness, and some are accidents."

"I used to think that death was very far away from us, but now that some of my peers have passed away, I realize that death is not that far away from me."

"So while everything is still going on, it would be good for us to get together more often, see each other more often, and talk about the past."

After hearing his thoughts, Wu Yuan and Liu Ye looked at each other and were both in a bad mood. Death is always a heavy topic.

The conversation began to fall silent.

A few minutes later, a bottle of beer was finished silently.

Wu Yuan let out a long sigh.

"There's nothing much to say. I hope we can all be safe and sound for years to come."

"Yes, as long as we can live in peace every year, we will be happy enough." (End of this chapter)