Chapter 64 (1/2)

By the time she’d pa.s.sed the fifth sentry post, Yun Xi was already halfway up the mountain. Her shoulders and back ached from a couple of the punches that she’d received.

A lot of her stamina and energy had been exhausted, and she felt on the verge of collapse.

Realizing how far she’d come, she thought that if she could fend off the remaining sentry posts, she would practically be a superwoman!

Plus, then she would probably have to climb all the rest of the way to reach the top of the mountain.

She couldn’t help but lament to herself about how eccentric Mu Feichi was, that he had to live somewhere so high up and make climbing up the mountain so difficult.

Much later on, after she had moved into the Mu Mansion as the wife of the Mu family heir, she had realized the difference between living on the top of the mountain and living at the foot of the mountain.

Living on the top of a mountain was not only a matter of reaching the horizon, but also a symbol of prestige and status.

Especially since those who had once scorned and rejected her could only stand at the foot of the mountain and look up at her, since they were not qualified to take one step further.

She sat down cross-legged and rested on the side of the road as she stared at the huge modern Chinese-style mansion, which she could see through the trees sitting on the top of the mountain.

The mountain’s terrain was complex, and the Panshan Highway circled around the mountain up to the top.

Along the way, she’d gotten a sense of the terrain. It was indeed a place easy to defend, but difficult to attack.

Moreover, several places she’d pa.s.sed through on the way clearly had sentries, but no one had come out to stop her.

There were definitely more sentry posts on the mountain than she had thought.

No wonder no one dared to venture into these mountains. Once you entered, there would be little to no chance of exiting.

As she sat lost in her thoughts, a dark green off-road vehicle drove down the mountain and came to a stop in front of her.

She looked up at the man stepping out of the driver’s seat. The blinding lights of the vehicle made her squint.

The sun had come out, and the bright sunlight illuminated the entire peaceful mountain.

All the dazzling lights accentuated his sharp features. His striking facial contours exuded a vibe of regal dominance.