"My legs are fine. The doctor said I should exercise less!"
Mu Ning was panting even though she climbed three floors, as if she had lung cancer. Not to mention the 999 steps, it would kill her!
Gu Zhiyin didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard her endless reasons, and slowly squatted down in front of her.
"Come up."
Mu Ning looked at his broad back with surprise on his face, "You want to carry me?"
"Well, come up."
"No, although I only weigh more than 80 pounds, you don't want your knees to carry the weight up the steps?"
As Mu Ning spoke, he also woke up and said he didn't want to say anything, "I won't mess around with you anymore. It's just climbing the stairs. I'll just climb it."
Although Gu Zhiyin dotes on her, this is no joke.
She was crazy to torment him like this.
Gu Zhiyin pulled her and lowered his eyes to stare at her feet, "Ning Ning, I was negligent. The doctor will definitely not allow you to climb such a high ladder."
"That's true, but..."
"No but, come up quickly. If you wait any longer, you won't be able to see the sunrise."
Gu Zhiyin squatted on the ground, looked up at her, and coaxed her gently, "I'll let you come down and walk when you're tired, okay?"
Mu Ning thought for a while, "Okay."
Mu Ning lay on his back and wrapped a pair of small hands around his neck.
When Gu Zhiyin stood up, she instantly felt so high. The tourists climbing around her looked very small.
Mu Ning murmured in his heart, speaking of it, this was the first time Gu Zhiyin carried her on his back.
Gu Zhiyin carried her up the stairs, walking up slowly with steady steps.
"Uncle Gu, you must tell me when you are tired."
Gu Zhiyin chuckled, "Okay, Ning Ning can lie down and sleep for a while."
Mu Ning couldn't sleep, "Uncle Gu, when the craftsmen in ancient times were building this heavenly staircase, every stone slab was carried on their backs."
"You are now like a road builder, carrying a big stone slab on your back."
Gu Zhiyin looked down at the road, "I feel..."
"What does it feel like?"
He lowered his eyes and chuckled, "I carried the whole world on my back."
Mu Ning knew that of course he was not talking about her being heavy.
It was because of her that he felt like he held up the whole world.
He has achieved things that ordinary people have never achieved before, standing at the top of power and money, but he has never felt as satisfied as the sense of accomplishment that he felt at this moment.
It is no longer nihilistic happiness, but a kind of fulfillment in life.
It was as if he had returned to his high-spirited age, carrying his beloved girl on his back and facing difficulties step by step.
Love can truly overcome all odds.
Of course they are not the only ones who come to climb the stairs to watch the sunrise, there are also many tourists from all over the world.
"Look! I'm almost exhausted when my boyfriend carries his girlfriend on his back! Why don't you carry me too?"
A girl was complaining to the boy next to her, looking at Mu Ning with envy.
"She is beautiful and petite. Look at you, you are as strong as a cow. Let alone carrying me, I can be crushed to death by you both!"
"Go to hell for riding a horse! Why don't you tell me that your boyfriend is taller and more handsome than you! You're such a thin dog! You can't break up for the New Year!"
The girl walked up angrily, and the boy hurriedly chased her, "Hey, I was joking, don't be angry."
Mu Ning was amused and said, "Uncle Gu, are we too eye-catching?"
Before Gu Zhiyin could speak, two middle-aged couples passed by.
“I’m exhausted even if I climb up there alone, and I’m carrying another person on my back. This young man is so perseverant.”
"Hey, this is simply what a fool does. I did it when I was young and showed off in front of women. Just wait and see. He still has the strength now. He will definitely collapse on the ground before he reaches the halfway point. Tired as a dog."
"Don't say such offensive words. At least the young man is very perseverant and courageous, and it can be seen that he loves his wife very much."
Mu Ning was a little angry at first, but when he heard the word "wife", he suddenly blushed.
She subconsciously explained, "I'm not his wife."
The middle-aged woman did not expect Mu Ning to answer the call and said in surprise: "Ah, aren't you? Not married yet? I thought you were newlyweds and came here to ask for Buddha's blessing."
Mu Ning shook his head, but unexpectedly Gu Zhiyin said: "It will be soon."
Mu Ning stared at the back of his head in surprise, "What nonsense are you talking about."
The woman was amused by them, "Girl, if I were twenty years younger and there was such a person willing to carry me to this level of heaven, I would marry him without hesitation."
Mu Ning was stunned. The woman smiled and followed her husband up.
Gu Zhiyin didn't hear what she said. His heart suddenly tightened and he stopped, "What's wrong, Ning Ning?"
Mu Ning was thoughtful, she was thinking about what the woman just said.
"No, Uncle Gu, please let me down. I can walk by myself."
Gu Zhiyin pursed her thin lips and said, "Why did you suddenly think about it?"
"ah?"
He could carry her on his back, so why did she suddenly come down? Did she not want to marry him?
His tone was a little cold, "Ning Ning also thinks I can't climb up?"
Mu Ning knew he had misunderstood, "No, Uncle Gu, I'm afraid your body won't be able to bear it."
Gu Zhiyin tilted his head slightly, "Ning Ning doesn't believe me?"
"It's not that I don't believe it..." Mu Ning didn't know what to say.
He got up at half past three. What was the worth of the dry bread in the morning?
Gu Zhiyin refused to let her down, and she couldn't resist him, so she could only work on his back.
"Ning Ning, if you ask me to give up halfway, I will feel like a waste."
Gu Zhiyin lowered his head and continued to climb the steps with her on his back.
"Why do men have such a strong desire to win? Did the old man's words just now stimulate you and make you competitive?"
"It's not about being competitive, it's about my belief."
As a man, his commitment to the woman he loves is also a belief.
"I'm not that fragile, Ning Ning. I've heard too many sarcastic words. His words won't irritate me."
Mu Ning knew that she could not shake his determination, "Okay, then what can I do? You have to let me do something, otherwise I will feel very panicked and sad."
"As long as Ning Ning doesn't move or talk nonsense, she's helping me."
Mu Ning's eyes were red, "Yeah."
Gu Zhiyin's body was not an iron wall. Halfway through, his knees were already hurting.
That night when he knelt in the ancestral hall, his knees caught a cold, and they would feel a little sore on rainy days. Especially in this kind of mountain forest, the cold at five o'clock in the morning was very cold, which made the seams of his knee bones painful.
As we got to the back, the steps got higher and trembling. Some of the stone slabs couldn't even fit a foot on. In addition, the heavy moisture at night made the slabs very slippery. Gu Zhiyin almost fell while carrying her on her back, but luckily she held on to the railing next to her.
"Are you scared?"
"No." Mu Ning had a lump in his throat and joked dryly, "If we had rolled down just now, would others have thought that we were committing suicide for our love?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Get out of here and I will protect you."
His forehead was wet and sweat dripped into his eyes. Mu Ning pulled his sleeve to wipe it for him.
"Uncle Gu, would you like to stop and rest for a while."
He shook his head, "It's almost dawn. If it's later, Ning Ning won't be able to see the sunrise."
Mu Ning almost cried, "I don't want to watch anymore. I don't want to watch anymore." Why are you watching the sunrise?
Gu Zhiyin heard her crying, "Fool, don't cry. This is what I promised you."
Mu Ning choked silently, but he could feel it, "Don't cry, little one, I can't spare my hands to wipe your tears now."
Mu Ning's face was pressed against his neck, and his sweat rubbed the tip of her nose, but she didn't care at all.
"Ningning." Gu Zhiyin gasped and spoke.
"Um?"
"If I take you up there, please grant me one request."
"What?"
Mu Ning raised his head and looked at the white breath he exhaled when he spoke.
"I'll tell you when I get up there."
"Then what if you can't climb up?"
"I'm going to climb up even if I'm kneeling."
