Early the next morning, Chu Wanchen was woken up by her grandmother.
Elderly people naturally needed less sleep, and Chu Wanchen’s grandmother belonged to that type of extremely diligent old lady who often got up to make breakfast before dawn.
Even though she didn’t need to do any housework now, the old lady still got up on time and woke everyone else up along the way, completely regardless of the fact that they were on vacation and didn’t need to wake up early.
“Erbao, stop sleeping. We still have to go out and play today, if you sleep any longer it’ll be too late.”
Although Chu Wanchen didn’t know what it would be too late for, she still got out of bed with a bitter face.
It had been seven days since she consumed the whitening essence rewarded by the system, and its effects had long manifested.
Originally, Chu Wanchen’s skin tone was that of a typical yellow race, and if she used liquid foundation, she could only use the shade “yellow-two-fair.”
But now, Chu Wanchen’s complexion was fair, translucent, and bright—a cool-toned fair skin that everyone envied. This kind of fairness was not the deathly pale complexion of Caucasians, but a healthy skin tone with a hint of pink showing through the white.
Previously, Chu Wanchen had nearsightedness of over three hundred degrees in both eyes, but after drinking the constitution enhancement potion, her myopia was cured, and her thick wire-rimmed glasses could finally be removed from her eyes.
The current Chu Wanchen possessed fair and smooth skin where not a single pore could be seen, large and bright eyes, and a slender, graceful figure.
Paired with a costly outfit, anyone who saw her would say that she was truly a young lady raised in pampered luxury.
Chu Wanchen’s changes over the past few days could not be considered small, but neither of the two elderly people in the family said anything.
Perhaps in the hearts of her grandmother and grandfather, their granddaughter was simply the most beautiful girl in the world.
By the time Chu Wanchen changed her clothes and came out, the three including Shao Wenxin were already waiting for her on the living room terrace.
From the terrace, one could directly see the stunning view of the golden mountain under the sunshine opposite them; if one woke up late, such a sight would be missed entirely.
Grandmother Chu was passionately fond of taking photos. Usually, when walking on the street, she would take a few photos whenever she saw municipal flower beds, so running into such beautiful scenery now, there was no reason not to take any.
Grandmother Chu pulled Chu Wanchen to take several photos together, then pulled grandfather and mom to take a few, and finally even called over the butler to help take a family photo of everyone.
Just taking photos alone took half an hour.
After finishing the group photos, Grandmother Chu still wanted to shoot more with lingering enthusiasm.
Chu Wanchen quickly held her back and said, “Grandmother, if we don’t go eat the hotel breakfast soon, it’s going to end.”
Hearing this, the old lady stopped taking photos and pulled Chu Wanchen straight toward the restaurant.
The Puyu Hotel’s breakfast had a great variety of items, ranging from Western-style breakfasts to traditional Chinese breakfasts, with everything one could want.
There was even freshly made Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles in the restaurant.
Chu Wanchen took a portion of freshly made soup erkuai silk, while the others also took the breakfast items they wanted to eat.
Grandmother Chu also separately took four boiled eggs and packed them away, planning to eat them later when they got hungry while playing.
Chu Wanchen did not stop her either. In any case, the hotel suite included breakfast, and since they paid the money themselves, packing four boiled eggs was no big deal.
After finishing breakfast, the tour guide came to pick them up to go to the scenic area entrance, where they were to take the cable car up the mountain today.
The group rode the Grand Ropeway, and their destination was the Glacier Park at an altitude of 4,680 meters.
The Qian City where the family usually lived was located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau at an altitude of 2,000 meters, so they experienced no altitude sickness upon arriving at the snow mountain at 4,680 meters.
The bodies of the two elderly people had been enhanced by the potion, making them even healthier than many young people.
The group was seen walking with brisk steps inside the Glacier Park, so much so that the tour guide could barely keep up with their pace.
He could only sigh breathlessly, marveling that they were truly the guests with the best physical stamina he had ever received.
Inside the Glacier Park, one could come into close contact with the snow on the mountain, which was very novel for southerners who rarely saw snowfall.
Even an adult like Shao Wenxin could not help but start playing with the snow.
Chu Wanchen suggested, “Mom, let’s go back to Ji City this winter. It just so happens that Grandmother hasn’t been back to her hometown in many years either.”
Shao Wenxin naturally agreed with alacrity, and grandmother and grandfather had no objections either.
The itinerary for this year’s winter vacation was settled just like that.
The group had come out early, so they could visit another scenic spot after leaving Glacier Park.
They chose to go to the nearby Blue Moon Valley Scenic Area.
Blue Moon Valley was not only a beautiful scenic spot, but it was also the prototype for the Blue Moon Valley in the novel Lost Horizon.
The author of this novel, James Hilton, had once found creative inspiration here, engraving its beauty deeply into his heart.
It was precisely for this reason that Blue Moon Valley became a place rich in cultural connotation, attracting countless travelers seeking beauty and inspiration to come on a pilgrimage one after another.
The predecessor of Blue Moon Valley was called the Baishui River, because when the sunlight spilled onto the lake water, the color of the water became deep blue, growing increasingly dazzling and beautiful, just like a blue moon embedded at the foot of the Dian City Snow Mountain.
Therefore, this place was given the beautiful name of Blue Moon Valley. Within Blue Moon Valley, there were also attractions such as the Hongxian Inn, Yuye Lake, Jingtan Lake, Lanyue Lake, and Tingtao Lake, looking so beautiful as if it had stepped right out of a fairy tale world.
Chu Wanchen and her party naturally did not finish touring all the attractions, but some scenery required only a distant gaze to be already overwhelmingly beautiful.
The entire canyon resembled a winding jade belt, connecting the snow mountain, canyon, and river together. The three reflected each other and complemented one another harmoniously, like a magnificent chapter composed by nature.
The group left behind countless images here.
The little old lady held her phone, flipping through the newly taken photos one by one, grinning from ear to ear, “When I get back, I’m going to develop all these photos so my little sisters can see how beautiful the place my dear granddaughter took me to is.”
Once Grandmother Chu finally satisfied her craving for taking photos, the group prepared to go to a local restaurant recommended by the tour guide for a meal.
The restaurant recommended by the tour guide was one frequently visited by locals; foreign tourists rarely came, and even if they did, they were mostly brought there by locals.
The restaurant mainly specialized in wild mushroom stewed meat patty chicken, and July happened to be the time when wild mushrooms hit the market in large quantities.
When serving the dishes to the group, the waiter repeatedly instructed them that it must be boiled for a full half hour before eating.
The owner did not even give Chu Wanchen and the others their bowls and chopsticks, for fear that they might eat ahead of time.
The waiter then served them the local specialty grilled rushan and fried insects.
The grilled rushan had a rich milky aroma, which Chu Wanchen loved eating.
As for the fried insects, she politely declined to try them. In the house, only Grandmother Chu dared to eat insects—after all, she was a person from Ji City.
When Chu Wanchen was young, Grandmother Chu had specially gone to buy silkworm pupae to stir-fry and eat, which had even scared Chu Wanchen to tears.
Since then, Grandmother Chu had never eaten silkworm pupae again.
Seeing a plate of fried insects now, she was delighted in her heart, eating them one by one very happily.
The meat patty chicken was finally thoroughly cooked. To be safe, the waiter specifically used a small disposable container to ladle out a bit of chicken soup, labeling it with the time and table number; if the group really got food poisoning, with this sample, the doctor could prescribe the right medicine more quickly.
With one mouthful of chicken soup down her throat, Chu Wanchen finally understood why so many people still ate wild mushrooms even when knowing they could get food poisoning—the taste was simply too extraordinarily delicious.
The deliciousness of wild mushrooms was something cultivated mushrooms lacked, and each different mushroom tasted completely unique, yet they were all equally delectable.
The group ate the meal with utter satisfaction. Chu Wanchen even added the owner’s contact information so that when she returned to Qian City in the future, she could have the owner express-deliver the ingredients over for her to cook herself.