Camping Gear This Cheap

"Camping..."

Looking at the message sent by Su Bai, Xia Lin, sitting by the desk in her dorm room, smiled foolishly for no reason.

Maybe her best friend was right; she really was someone born with a maternal, caring nature. In the past, whenever other students troubled her with tasks, she always patiently fulfilled her duties as a counselor. Others always praised Xia Lin for this, but she only felt it was what she ought to do, nothing particularly worthy of praise.

Later, after becoming Su Bai's caring older sister figure, she stepped into a whole new level.

Whenever she saw Su Bai asking her for advice on WeChat or asking her to do something, it always made Xia Lin smile knowingly and feel extremely motivated.

Why would helping someone else give her motivation?

Humans aren't born with mindlessly altruistic traits. It could only be said that taking care of Su Bai brought Xia Lin a special kind of happiness.

It was just past eight in the morning. Her roommate had just gotten up and walked out of the other room in the suite. Seeing Xia Lin smiling foolishly at the desk, an auntie-like smile couldn't help but appear on the roommate's face.

"Oh my, what is our little Lin so happy about? Did your younger brother Su Bai send you handsome photos again?"

"Not at all... He's not a narcissist, how could he send photos to others early in the morning?" Xia Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Based on her understanding of Su Bai, this guy probably rarely took selfies.

It wasn't a lack of confidence, but rather Su Bai's personality; he paid very little attention to his own looks.

He was the kind of man who immersed himself in enjoying life.

As the saying goes, a focused man is the most handsome. In fact, being immersed in enjoyment is also a kind of focus. Constantly worrying about one's own appearance here and there would only give people a sense of insecurity.

"It's about camping this weekend, hiking up Tianrong Mountain and then camping," Xia Lin explained. "Xiaobai wants to go and asked me to help him sign up. I'm considering whether I should join him."

"Of course you should! You love outdoor sports so much, and it's with your favorite younger brother Su Bai. Shouldn't you go and enjoy yourself?"

Speaking of enjoying oneself, the roommate raised her eyebrows and winked, making Xia Lin not know whether to laugh or cry. Amidst her shyness, there was a touch of sweetness in her heart. It wasn't a very strong emotion, but it nourished her heart and was especially comforting.

In the past, only female friends were suitable to hang out with Xia Lin. Male friends often had ulterior motives toward her, but she had no such thoughts. Xia Lin wasn't the kind of girl who flirted around and attracted unnecessary attention.

Now, for any activities she enjoyed, she could consider inviting Su Bai along.

Not to mention that aspect would be very pleasant, just the fact that their spending habits aligned was enough to make Xia Lin very satisfied.

Spending habits are a magical thing. People with similar family backgrounds don't necessarily have similar spending habits. Moreover, with Xia Lin's family background, there weren't many people who could match her. But Su Bai's spending habits were indeed even more lavish than hers.

"Enjoyment, huh... I'm thinking about what needs to be prepared. As an outdoor veteran, I definitely can't let Su Bai worry about it anymore, right?" Xia Lin said as she opened a note on her laptop and started calculating.

She looked very much like a reliable older sister.

The roommate admired this attitude. If she were to get a boyfriend, she would definitely want to dump all the itinerary planning and everything else onto him when going out to play.

Xia Lin, however, strongly took on the responsibility. She really was a rare, hardworking woman nowadays.

The altitude of Tianrong Mountain wasn't high. The main peak was only several hundred meters, and the commercial tourist areas that most visitors went to were all below the halfway point of the mountain.

If they were to take those steep routes, they would need professional mountaineering experience to dare go up. If ordinary people went, they would probably end up on a mystery survival show...

Camping at Tianrong Mountain in this season, the most important things were keeping warm and staying dry.

Tents, sleep systems, clothing systems, carrying systems, shoes and socks... and some other key equipment.

Oh, and cooking utensils.

With Su Bai's personality, he would definitely want to cook something to eat. Asking him to eat simply definitely wouldn't work; he had to go all out.

Then again, isn't beginner camping all about messing around? They weren't mountaineers, after all.

So some things had to be considered with redundancy in mind.

She would make a general plan first, send it to Su Bai to look at, and then modify it based on his opinions.

Goodness, it felt like she was being more serious than writing a report for a boss.

Xia Lin smiled and shook her head secretly. Ah, when a person meets a boy they like, they really give it their all.

It was a good thing her nagging mother didn't see her acting like this, otherwise she would definitely scold her daughter for being heartless, saying she never put this much effort into traveling with her own mother!

In short, Xia Lin spent basically the entire morning writing this, and sent it to Su Bai after finishing.

Su Bai said there was no problem, but the budget could be maxed out more. They should just buy the most expensive outdoor gear directly, since he was treating anyway.

Since that was the case, Xia Lin went along with him.

She actually had some outdoor equipment, but there wasn't enough space in the dorm, so she rented a mini warehouse. There were some other things in the warehouse too. How should she put it? A wealthy young lady's amateur life was definitely rich and colorful.

As for Su Bai treating, let him treat. Anyway, this show-off felt uncomfortable all over if he didn't spend money for a day!

...

"Holy crap, so camping equipment is this cheap! The set Xia recommended to me only adds up to a little over fifty thousand!"

In the dorm, Su Bai, who had just finished class and was about to play a few rounds of games with Wang Haoran, couldn't help but sigh when he saw the spreadsheet Xia Lin sent over.

Wang Haoran immediately burst out, "Brother Bai, are you even human? What do you mean 'only' a little over fifty thousand? What normal person spends fifty thousand on a camping trip?"

"Hey, isn't this in comparison to other activities? For example, playing with yachts, just filling up the gas costs a ton of money."

"That's true... Oh wait, I actually don't know how much it costs to fuel a yacht once."

Wang Haoran grumbled.

What ordinary person would care about that!

However, Su Bai had actually researched it.

After all, his indulgence cashback system and the yachting field were a pure, perfect match.

If it weren't for the fact that Jiangcheng wasn't a great place to get into yachting, Su Bai probably would have already made a move.

He had to consider getting a base in a coastal city before buying a yacht.

A 20.37-meter Grand Banks 60 yacht has a fuel capacity of 5800 liters, and filling it up would cost nearly fifty thousand yuan.

This yacht thing was purely the evil crystallization of capitalism. Since Su Bai could indulge freely, he definitely had to enjoy it to the fullest.

In comparison, camping could actually be very economical and money-saving.

However, Su Bai wanted to get a top-tier two-person equipment set directly. The reason it was a two-person set was because he was going with Xia this time.

It was also to let Xia watch the shocking drama of Xue Tao and those people.

To be honest, after Su Bai complained to Xia Lin, Xia Lin also developed a huge interest in it.

It seems that loving to watch the fun knows no class boundaries. Even a wealthy young lady like Xia Lin couldn't resist going to see the farce of this bizarre couple.

Of course, camping itself was also very interesting.