Chapter 689: Chapter 32: The Cannon Fodder Actress Opposing the Slacker Female Lead

Jiang Qu leaned against the tree, breathing heavily while gazing up at the sky.

Jiang Lai handed him the bottle.

There was still a mouthful of water inside.

"Drink it, and for the next stretch, just follow my pace. Don’t think about anything else, just keep your eyes on my feet."

"Sis... aren’t you tired?"

"I am, but as long as I haven’t fallen, I can keep going."

Jiang Lai looked at him, without saying much.

"If you were someone easily satisfied with a little, I wouldn’t push you to persevere for so long.

But I know you have ambition and aspirations, so I don’t want your future capabilities to fall behind your ambitions."

Having said that, Jiang Lai patted Jiang Qu on the shoulder.

"The summit is beautiful, won’t you go up and see for yourself?"

Jiang Qu looked at her, a glow in his eyes.

He was still breathing heavily.

The fatigue seemed to truly leave him unable to take another step, but when he tried to forget everything and follow Jiang Lai’s pace forward, each additional step seemed less difficult.

The photographer and other staff beside them had already resorted to climbing gear, specifically mountain bikes.

Watching this silently advancing pair of siblings, some of the more emotional staff couldn’t help but wipe their tears.

[I don’t know why, but as I watched, the tears just started to fall]

[Same here, my mom asked why I was crying, and I said I didn’t know]

[Everyone has been infected by the perseverance and courage of this brother-sister duo, it’s really rare to have such a fearless spirit, its infectious power is too strong]

[This is what true mutual support between siblings looks like, the brother helps carry the sister’s bag, and the sister walks ahead leading by example]

[Why is it so easy to make me cry, what am I even crying about, but looking at their backs, I couldn’t help but burst into tears]

[All the other contestants have given up, only they keep going, not for victory, but simply to conquer their inner fears]

[Jiang Lai is really strong, she actually managed to persevere!! If it were me, I would have given up halfway up the mountain]

[Why must there always be perseverance, haven’t they already won?]

[To the person above, that’s why you’ll never see the most beautiful view from the summit]

The last stretch felt endlessly long to Jiang Qu, he dared not look up, nor look around, all his remaining strength was focused in his legs.

His view was filled only with Jiang Lai’s feet, she took a step, he took a step, the feeling was like hiding under a blanket crying alone when he was a child, then someone hugged him, silently comforting him.

Inexplicable reassurance made him unable to tell if this was a dream or reality.

Finally, Jiang Lai’s footsteps suddenly stopped.

A voice came from above.

"Look, the sunset."

Jiang Qu mustered all his strength to look up, when his features were blurred with sweat, he could only see a blazing brilliant orange filling the entire sky.

He couldn’t see clearly, but he could feel it vividly.

"So, so beautiful."

An unprecedented beauty, the creator’s greatest creation.

Jiang Lai reached out her hand toward Jiang Qu under the sunset.

"Come, take your time."

That’s when Jiang Qu realized there was still one step to climb under his feet.

Trying to lift his foot again, both feet were completely uncontrollable.

As his body wobbled to the side, Jiang Lai grabbed his hand and pulled him up with force.

"I won’t let you get hurt."

He could finally lie down.

Jiang Qu breathed deeply, letting go of everything, forgetting his limbs, leaving his mind blank.

After extreme exhaustion, he surprisingly forgot all his worries.

His body felt unprecedented lightness and ease.

He looked at Jiang Lai and suddenly laughed aloud.

"Awesome!!!"

The boy’s cheerful laughter echoed across the entire mountaintop, captured in the camera, needing no embellishment, naturally extraordinary.

This moment, the heavens and earth belonged to this young boy, unrestrained youthfulness, constantly striking everyone’s hearts.

[How long has it been since I pushed myself like this?]

[Honestly, giving up makes people anxious, one doesn’t have the privilege to give up, not just because of a lack of money or background, but because of a deep-rooted desire for success]

[Jiang Qu is such an amazing young man, he will go far, far away, all the way to the horizon, fulfilling the promise he made at fifteen]

[Fell in love with a pair of siblings because of a video, isn’t it too inspiring]

[Jiang Qu was completely exhausted, his face practically planted on the ground, but he’s still grinning like a fool]

The scene remained silent for a long time.

Jiang Lai sat beside Jiang Qu, supporting herself with her hands on the ground, slowly adjusting her breathing rhythm.

She was also exhausted, her physique far inferior to Jiang Qu’s.

But from the beginning, Jiang Lai didn’t consider the mountain too high, never thought of quitting halfway, so she set each segment as a goal, adjusted her breathing, and maintained the right mindset.

Then she made it to the top.

"Sis, you’re incredible."

"Many difficulties in this world aren’t as challenging as you imagine."

"Hmm... but I still feel, if I climbed alone, I wouldn’t make it even though I’ve done it once."

"Then I’ll climb with you a second time, what is there to fear, I’m not mom or dad, we have plenty of time together."

Jiang Qu glanced sideways at Jiang Lai.

"Really? Will you always be with me?"

"Yes."

Her task was him, she wouldn’t give up on her task, so she wouldn’t give up on him either.

"That’s great."

Jiang Qu murmured to himself.

"Being firmly chosen by someone, it feels wonderful."

Jiang Lai looked at him.

"Wouldn’t mom and dad resolutely choose you?"

"If they would, they wouldn’t have sent me into this circle."

In front of the live broadcast camera, Jiang Qu slowly narrated his childhood fears.

"When I was little, I was afraid of the dark, but then, mom took me to film a movie, where we had to stay in the mountains for a long time.

She left me on the mountain and went away, because she still had to take care of you."

At that time, Jiang Lai was also an artist, debuting in her teens.

Jiang Qu continued.

"I don’t remember what we filmed those days, I only remember living alone, the sky outside the window was so dark, later it rained, thundered, it was like there were monsters outside the blanket, the door banged loudly as if hit by them.

Monsters were coming to get me.

I was really scared."

The boy’s voice was very soft, with an almost imperceptible tremor.

He grew tall and robust, a rebellious and unrestrained image, no longer afraid of imaginary monsters outside the blanket.

But he still feared the dark, thunder, and being abandoned.

So when faced with difficulties, his first thought is to hide.

If he can’t hide, he would disguise himself as strong enough, so no one could bully him.

Because mom had to take care of his sister, he was a boy, he needed to learn to grow independently.

Thus, he was repeatedly left on film sets.