Mountain Hot Spring Homestay with Private Onsen

Accompanied by melodious songs and beautiful scenery, the group arrived at the "Red City" of Luding three hours later.

Since they were already there, visiting Luding Bridge for a check-in was a must.

Soon, the group parked their cars within the scenic area and followed the endless stream of tourists walking to the ticket entrance.

Liu Bo, who was at the front, took out his phone to scan the code to buy tickets; they were five yuan apiece.

The main attraction was simply walking back and forth across this iron chain bridge built over the Dadu River.

"So this is Luding Bridge? It's spectacular!" exclaimed Meng Qianyu. As a child who had grown up abroad, she had never seen such a historic iron chain bridge.

"This bridge is hundreds of years old. We'll go up and get a feel for it in a moment."

"Okay!"

Soon, the group queued up at the bridge's edge. After the previous wave of people crossed, Meng Qianyu grabbed the iron chain and slowly stepped onto it, with the others following quickly behind.

Luding Bridge was constructed from iron chains and wooden planks. It was 103.67 meters long and 3 meters wide, consisting of 13 iron chains: nine formed the base, and four served as handrails on the sides.

It had a history of over three hundred years. This was the very site of the "Forced Crossing of the Luding Bridge" learned in elementary school textbooks.

By this time, the previous group on the bridge had mostly reached the opposite bank. For this type of suspension bridge, people weren't allowed to swarm on all at once; they had to cross in waves.

Walking on the swaying bridge, the movements of some of the girls became noticeably sluggish.

The main issue was the turbulent Dadu River rushing below. The girls were a bit timid; aside from Pan Ning and Zhong Qing, who didn't seem to mind, the others walked quite slowly.

"It's shaking so much! Will the bridge break?"

"How could it break? Just walk boldly, don't worry."

"Brother Su Yang, give me a hand," Meng Qianyu said, holding the chain with one hand and reaching out to Su Yang with the other.

Su Yang stepped forward, took her hand, and smiled. "It's fine, bridges like this always sway."

"The water below is rushing too fast; looking at it makes me dizzy."

"Then don't look down. Look ahead."

"Oh, oh, okay."

When they reached the middle of the bridge, the swaying intensified. The other girls following beside Meng Qianyu also reached out to grab onto Su Yang.

This scene made Liu Bo and the other guys grimace in envy once again.

Soon, everyone reached the opposite bank. Once across, there wasn't much else to do, so they queued up and walked back.

Standing by the river, they asked a tourist to take a group photo, then returned to the parking lot to continue their journey.

They were now over fifty kilometers from Kangding.

The road was surrounded by layered mountain peaks. Below the slope on the right was the surging Dadu River; one slip of attention meant it was "Game Over."

At 3:30 PM, everyone safely arrived in Kangding, the "City of Love Songs."

This is the capital of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, a county-level city with a long history and rich culture.

Known as the "throat of Sichuan and Tibet," it is also a key node on the Tea Horse Road.

Kangding sits at an altitude of 2,560 meters, while Ya'an is at 600 meters. Over a distance of just over a hundred kilometers, the elevation difference reaches nearly two thousand meters.

The entire city is built along the Zheduo River, nestled against the mountains. As the population is predominantly Tibetan, many buildings feature Tibetan architectural styles.

Su Yang and the others drove slowly along the side of the Zheduo River.

In the WeChat group:

Ji Bo asked: Where are we parking? I don't see any parking spots.

Chu Qiunan: Haven't you heard that Kangding is a city where you can drive around three times and still not find a parking space? Hahaha.

Zhang Ziming: You're still laughing? Hurry up and find a place to park so we can book our accommodation first.

Meng Qianyu: I'll book it! I'll book it!

Zhang Ziming: Oh? Qianyu, why are you stepping up? Leave booking rooms to us guys.

Meng Qianyu: Let me contribute a little too. We should take turns.

Zhang Ziming: Alright then, you check out hotels or homestays first. But keep in mind, there are no five-star hotels here.

Chu Qiunan: Exactly, our accommodation conditions won't be like before. We can't be too picky.

Meng Qianyu: That's nothing. I'm very adaptable. I can sleep in the car or a tent, no problem.

Ji Bo: [Thumbs Up]

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A few minutes later, driving along the narrow city strip, they finally found a relatively spacious spot by the roadside.

Su Yang pulled over first, and the two cars behind quickly followed.

By this time, Meng Qianyu had chosen a place to stay.

"I just checked. We have to drive a bit further forward. There's a place called Mountain Hot Spring Homestay. It seems to be halfway up the mountain, and the pictures look pretty good."

Su Qingci nodded. "Then let's book that one."

"Okay."

The guys from the rear two cars got out. Liu Bo and Ji Bo walked quickly to Su Yang's car and looked at Meng Qianyu in the back seat. "How about it? Have you chosen?"

"Done. I'm not like you guys, discussing for half a day just to book a hotel."

"Hehe, where did you book?"

"It's not far. It's a hot spring homestay, so we can soak in the hot springs."

"Really? That works. We can wash away the dust of the journey tonight."

"But a lot of room types are fully booked. They had a villa suite, but someone else snagged it. So annoying!"

"Should we check other places? There should be many similar homestays," Liu Bo said, leaning on the window with a smile.

"Alright, let me look again."

A few minutes later, Meng Qianyu found another hot spring homestay of a similar type, also located halfway up the mountain.

However, this one didn't have many rooms left either—only three in total.

Meng Qianyu frowned slightly. "Why is everything so popular? I checked several places, and they're all full. This one only has three rooms left too."

"Three rooms? That's not enough."

"I checked what's left: one standard single room, one wilderness tent twin room, and one wilderness tent triple room."

Hearing this, Liu Bo counted on his fingers.

He looked up at the people in the car. "Two people in the single room, four in the twin room, six in the triple room. One, two, three, four... Huh? It seems exactly enough."

"Is it?"

"Exactly right."

For a moment, everyone couldn't quite figure out how the people would be distributed. Meng Qianyu scratched her head and said, "Then I'll just book it for now. We can figure it out later."

"Book it first. Who cares? Otherwise, it'll be gone soon."

"Okay."

Soon, Meng Qianyu booked the rooms and sent the homestay's address to the group chat.

Everyone returned to their cars and drove toward the homestay.

Continuing along the main road, they soon turned right onto a road stretching up the mountain.

The road was surrounded by large clusters of houses. Cities built against mountains are like this; flat land is scarce, so houses have to be built along the mountain slopes, resulting in significant elevation differences.

After winding east and west for over ten minutes, the three cars finally arrived at a relatively flat area. Not far ahead was the homestay Meng Qianyu had booked.

It was called the Wilderness Private Hot Spring Homestay.

This homestay was built in an open space halfway up the mountain. There were few houses around, the environment was excellent, and it was surrounded by mountains.

Beside the homestay were lawns, and the outermost structure was a building five or six stories high.

Behind the building were the homestay's signature wilderness tent rooms, each looking like an enlarged version of a tent.

They weren't tents in the traditional sense, though. Constructed from wood, they were essentially cabins, each featuring a small private hot spring tucked away in the back.

Soaking in the hot spring at night, looking up at the starry sky—it felt absolutely incredible!

The double and triple rooms Meng Qianyu had booked were of this variety; only the standard single room was located elsewhere.

After parking their cars in the lot at the entrance, the group walked into the guesthouse lobby together.

Once check-in was complete, they sat down in the lobby's lounge area to figure out room assignments.

Staring at the key card for the sole single room, Chu Qiunan thought for a moment before speaking up. "How about Yueyue and I take the single room? We won't fight you guys for the wilderness tent cabins."

Everyone nodded. Meng Wenzhou twirled a key card in his hand and said, "Then Lao Pang, Ziming, Jibo, and I will take the double room. We'll just have to squeeze in a bit."

Everyone nodded again at Meng Wenzhou's words, failing to notice anything amiss.

Except for Su Yang. He couldn't shake the feeling that something wasn't right.

He tilted his head to look at the five girls sitting to his left—who had yet to be assigned a room—and the realization hit him instantly.

He looked at the group, completely dumbfounded, and stammered, "What does this mean? Am I... staying in a room with the five of them??"