Chapter 6 Section five

I sat in the passenger seat of the car, leaning my elbows on the open car window, looking at the birch trees passing by one after another in a daze. The wind of the plateau caresses the skin and makes me feel comfortable, and the sunlight flickers through the gaps between the birch leaves, stimulating my eyes. KinKiKids' "Glass Boy" came out from the car stereo.While driving, Tiantong hummed a nasal song in tune with the beat of the music, mixed with the sound of the wind, into my ears. Now, through the gaps between the birch trunks, something like a lake could be glimpsed. "that is?"

I looked at Tendo while asking, and he stuck out his chin to signal me to look ahead.At a glance, the signboard at the three-way intersection reads "Welcome to Hime Kami Lake".Tiantong reduced the speed of the car, turned the steering wheel to the left, and the car changed direction and drove into the side road below.Crossing the side road to a place where there are no trees, the field of vision suddenly becomes very wide.The hood glistened with sunlight reflecting off it.In front of him, Lake Hime Kami reflected the blue sky like a huge mirror. Tendo turned right and drove counterclockwise along the lake road. During this time, I kept looking at the lake.The road along the lake is not close to the shore of the lake. As the car moves forward, the water's edge is sometimes close and sometimes far away.Where the car is away from the lake shore, birch trees grow sparsely on the other side of the barrier, and the shadows of the trees are reflected on the weeds on the ground.

The aquatic flora protruding from the lake and the small trestle bridge passed by one after another.Just as I was staring at the scenery outside the window in a daze like this, Tendo gestured to me again with his chin. "That red roof." On the right side of the road are birch and birch forests, the ground slopes upwards, and there is a small hill in front of it.A number of villas and mountain huts that are very in line with the plateau style are distributed among one side and two over there, as if buried in the green. Tiantong is pointing to one of them, which is slightly inward from Yanhu Road.Because it is far across the tall forest, only the tower with the red pointed roof can be seen.

Slow down, and when you pass under the tower, there is a small road that turns right. On the open iron gate, there is a metal sign saying "this is private territory, no entry into Shihe". "Arrived." Tiantong reminded impatiently, and at the same time turned the steering wheel to the right, the car passed through the iron gate and entered the unpaved up ramp.Under the shelter of the woods, the field of vision quickly dimmed, and the temperature seemed to drop slightly.The tires crushed the gravel, the car swayed from side to side, and at the end of the upward road, I finally saw a building like a mansion with a steeple on the roof.Tendo parked in front of the building and there was only a blue RV besides ours.Is everyone here yet?

After the sound of the engine stopped, I suddenly felt the surrounding silence.Perhaps due to the high altitude here, it is incredible that no cicadas can be heard.The space in front of him was an open space that suddenly appeared surrounded by trees.I got out of the car, looked up naturally, and then turned around in the posture of looking up. All that could be seen was green, green, green, and—towers.