Chapter 154 - Heat Stroke

The owner seemed disappointed at young people. Shaking his head and sighing, he tidied up the dishes and got ready to go down the mountain.

After the meal, everyone stood up and decided to move on. They bade their farewell to Emma and left her and Stony near the spring. Then, they continued to climb up the mountain. There was no road up but steep rocks, which left them no choice but to support each other forward. Although they climbed up slowly, they all remained calm because it was very relaxing.

Janessa walked behind the others and took a lot of photos of them for free. She liked to take pictures of sceneries and seldom took portraits. However, since she had a good impression of Randy because of his politeness, she was nice to him as well as his team members and took some photos of them for their future exhibitions.

As for Vincent and Emily, they kept a low profile. Instead of holding each other's hands or arms, most of the time, they just walked side by side and enjoyed the scenery. Sometimes they showed each other unique scenery. Obviously, they enjoyed this journey more than the others did. And their enjoyment made their glances at each other look more affectionate.

Janessa captured several photos of them. In the photo, Vincent and Emily walked forward side by side. She was only as tall as Vincent's shoulder, but she stepped forward firmly with her back straightened up, as if they were heading for a better future rather than the peak.

Future?

Janessa fell in a trance. Looking at the rocks, she thought, 'If we're heading for the future, where is the man who can do this with me?"

"Janessa?"

Janessa turned around. Armando was walking behind her. He always followed behind her. However, after growing up, he followed behind her not for fun, but to protect her from falling down.

As he spoke, he still opened his arms to prevent Janessa from danger.

Janessa was moved. 'Armando has become very thoughtful. Who will be the lucky girl that he loves and cares?'

At the same time, Jaquan carried many stuffs with a bag on his back. After climbing for an hour alone, he finally reached the top. However, he searched every corner of the mountain peak and couldn't find Arabella.

Jaquan got a little anxious and took out his phone from his backpack to call her. The signal on the mountain was really poor. There was no answer. He wasn't sure if the poor signal to blame or Arabella didn't want to answer the phone.

Then Jaquan called Randy and got through.

"Hey, Randy, I didn't see Arabella. Did you see her on the way?"

Near the top of the mountain, Randy panted, "No. Why? Isn't she on the mountaintop?"

"I can't find her here. I've searched everywhere but didn't see her."

"Why don't you call her?" Randy asked, still panting.

Jaquan scratched his hair and said impatiently, "I called her, but no one answered."

"Well. Maybe she is still mad at you and doesn't want to see you."

Randy's words somewhat relieved Jaquan from his concern that Arabella might be in danger. But then he felt worried again, "What should I do?"

"Go down the mountain and wait for her." Worn out and running out of oxygen while making the call, Randy took a few deep breaths and leaned against his teammate.

Jaquan asked worriedly, "What if she didn't answer the phone because she's been trapped?"

"That's just a guess. Be positive. Maybe she is enjoying the hot springs down the mountain now."

Jaquan didn't say anything. That made sense for him.

"Look, even though she didn't eat last night, she wasn't starved because she got up early in the morning to have breakfast. In my opinion, you should hang her out to dry. Only in this way will she be grateful to you," Randy said confidently.

After hanging up the phone, Randy shook his head. "Love makes one dumb. It's better not to fall in love."

He turned around, only to find that he was leaning against Lord Top who seemed sullen and looked at Randy. Just as Randy thought Lord Top would throw a fit, Lord Top fainted.

...

'Seriously?'

Randy had to support him, because with rocks around, Lord Top would get injured if he fell down.

But Randy was exhausted. It was hard for him to support him Lord Top. So Randy got annoyed. "Come on. I just leaned against you for a while! Are you playing tricks on me so that I would carry you? No way!"

But lying in Randy's arms, Lord Top didn't even move his eyes.

Randy wanted to put him down. But he didn't, because Lord Top was the trump card in his team. Finally, Randy chose to swallow his anger.

Other team members heard Randy and turned around.

"What happened to Lord Top?"

"Heat stroke?"

"It's so hot! Look at him, he hasn't even taken off his coat. He must have suffered from heat stroke!"

"Get him some water to cool him down."

"Captain, put him down. Good. Then put the towel on his forehead."

"And then?"

"Wait for him to wake up."

...

Emily and Vincent walked over. Seeing that Randy was trying to take off Lord Top's jacket, Emily took a step forward and pushed him away. "I got this."

Randy was dumbfounded.

Vincent fell in silence.

Janessa remained silent too.

So did Armando.

Everyone looked at her quietly.

Realizing that she had said something wrong, she added, "I know how to deal with heatstroke."

Randy immediately nodded, "Great! There you go."

The team members also nodded and stood aside. Only Vincent stared at her with his dark eyes, as if she was not trying to help him but flirting with other men.

Janessa looked at Emily in confusion. She couldn't figure out why Emily cared about Lord Top so much. Just then, Randy said, "Although Lord Top has a bad temper, he is an excellent gamer. Emily must have watched the live streaming, right? Rex even asked me for his autograph. I wanted to help him, but Lord Top just wouldn't agree."

Inspired by Randy's words, Emily explained, "Yes, he played very well. I like him."

But Emily was confused that Vincent's face darkened after she explained.

Emily unfastened Lord Top's coat, but didn't take it off. Then she pulled down his collar and placed the water bottle on his forehead.. After that, he took Randy's fan and fanned Lord Top.