Every two days here, Sherpa people will deliver fresh bread and vegetables, but in this place, all flour-based food cannot be properly boiled; there's a sticky feeling when you eat it, like chewing on cotton candy, yet it's impossible to swallow.
Smeier started with some simple training, while Ren He, after the day's training ended, sat blankly on a boulder in his professional mountaineering jacket, watching the sun slowly set.
An Si sat beside him and laughed, "What's up, homesick?"
"Not really," Ren He said with a calm smile, "I came here without telling Yang Xi, and now suddenly I feel like giving her a call. Do you think she'd be mad at me for being so reckless?"
"That's really tossing out dog food without any guard up. I'm here trying to have a decent conversation, and you just have to talk about your pop star girlfriend..." An Si joked, "So, now that you've arrived here and see the majestic Mount Everest, do you have any regrets?"
