Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 333 - 151: Heading to Shancheng, Xia Zhijin Cries with Emotion_3
With information from a "Mr. Know-It-All" taxi driver, Li Yuan soon found a car rental company.
For 3,000 yuan per day, he rented a Land Rover SUV, which included a middle-aged driver with extensive mountain driving experience who was very familiar with the roads in the Shancheng area.
Li Yuan looked at the middle-aged man, who was not very tall at about 1.7 meters, and smiled. "How should I address you?"
The middle-aged man quickly replied, "Director Li, my name is Yu Qiang. You can just call me Little Yu."
Li Yuan smiled faintly. "Yu, I’ll be troubling you for these next few days."
"You’re too polite, Director Li. It’s my job," Yu Qiang answered respectfully. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
He’s been in this line of work for some time, so his judgment of people is quite sharp. This Li Yuan looks like a college student, but his attire clearly marks him as someone from a wealthy or influential family. Plus, he’s with two young women, one of whom is the most beautiful person I have ever seen in my life.
Li Yuan was also very generous. At 3,000 yuan per day for both the car and driver, Yu Qiang himself would earn eight or nine hundred, making them big clients.
"Yu, first take us to Chaotianmen and Hongya Cave to look around."
"Alright, Director Li."
...
Having a personal driver made things much more convenient. Li Yuan sat in the passenger seat, looking at the unique roads of Shancheng, and felt his scalp tingle.
Li Zixia and Xia Zhijin sat in the back, looking as though they had never seen much of the world, constantly gasping in amazement.
"Brother, Zhijin, weren’t we just on the ground? How did we turn a corner and end up on top of a building?"
"The roads in Shancheng are unbelievably strange."
"I finally understand why you hired Uncle Yu to drive for us, even though you know how to drive."
It was also Li Yuan’s first visit to Shancheng, so he was not very familiar with the area, but he had seen plenty about its complex roads on TikTok. This was a city where even navigation systems deferred to one another.
"Arriving in Shancheng. Baidu Maps is now handing over to Amap..."
This was no joke; the roads in Shancheng were just that magical.
...
That afternoon, Li Yuan took Xia Zhijin and Li Zixia on a tour around Chaotianmen, Hongya Cave, and the Liberation Monument, with Yu Qiang following them.
At Li Yuan’s insistence, he bought clothes and shoes for Xia Zhijin’s grandmother and brother, as well as four cases of Maotai and four cartons of Hua-brand cigarettes as gifts.
They returned to the hotel around ten o’clock that night.
As they were getting ready for bed, Li Zixia wrapped her arms around Xia Zhijin’s arm and made a face at Li Yuan. "Brother, I want to sleep with Zhijin tonight."
Li Yuan did a quick mental calculation. Xia Zhijin’s period should be over in about two more days. I can look but can’t touch, which is quite frustrating. Fortunately, I’ve already had my fill with Zhong Tingyue and Bai Weixi over the past two days, so I’m not feeling particularly eager. I can bide my time and gather my strength for two days, then give Xia Zhijin an unforgettable first time...
Xia Zhijin shyly looked at Li Yuan. She wanted to stay with him, but Li Zixia had already spoken up, and she didn’t know how to refuse.
Li Yuan was also a bit tired, so he winked at Xia Zhijin. "Zhijin, Zixia, that’s fine. Hurry and get washed up for bed. We’re leaving early tomorrow morning, around six."
...
Back in his room, Li Yuan took a shower and checked his phone. Zhong Tingyue and Bai Weixi had both sent messages checking in on him.
Li Yuan called Zhong Tingyue first.
"Hello, Little Moon, what are you up to? Miss me yet?"
"I don’t miss you at all."
Zhong Tingyue huffed softly. She had thought Li Yuan wasn’t going to call her today.
A slight smile touched Li Yuan’s lips. Zhong Tingyue is a classic tsundere Goddess.
"You really don’t miss me? Then I’ll hang up."
"You rotten senior, you dare!"
"You’re the one who said you didn’t miss me."
"Hmph! Senior, I really miss you. I miss you so much I’m going crazy. Are you satisfied now?"
"Not satisfied. Come on, give me a kiss."
"You rotten senior, you’re so improper, even over the phone."
"Little Moon, where did you go today?"
"Tingrou, Shanshan, and I took a drive around campus for fun, then we went to the mall and did some shopping..."
...
More than half an hour later, Li Yuan finally ended the call with Zhong Tingyue and replied to Bai Weixi’s and Jiang Zhiyu’s messages.
He glanced at the time; it was already around eleven at night.
Li Yuan opened his laptop, logged into the author’s portal, copied the drafts from his cloud drive to the site’s editor, and scheduled them to be published automatically.
This era is so much better. You can ’drive’ whenever you want without worrying about censorship or getting blocked... Li Yuan muttered. He also often wrote subtly risqué scenes in his novel, "Battle Starry Sky."
Unlike in the future, where everything was scrutinized and blocked, the standards were much looser now.
After typing for another hour, Li Yuan finally drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, Li Yuan’s party of three set off in the Land Rover, heading toward Xia Zhijin’s hometown.
After leaving the highway, they arrived at a small county town called Jinjiang County.
Jinjiang County was considered a small county, but since Shancheng was one of the four direct-administered municipalities, its urban development was quite good.
"Li Yuan, Zixia, I went to high school here at Jinjiang No.1 Middle School. I lived in the dorms, and my eldest uncle’s family used to live in Jinjiang..." Xia Zhijin explained excitedly to them as she looked at the familiar city.
Li Yuan held Xia Zhijin’s hand and smiled. "Zhijin, when we see your grandmother and Ningning, we’ll ask for their opinion. We’ll see if they’d prefer for him to stay in Shancheng or come with us to study in Modu."
Li Zixia asked excitedly, "Brother, Zhijin, are you planning to have Zhining study in Modu, too?"
"I’m not sure yet either. We should wait and ask for Grandma’s opinion," Xia Zhijin explained with a smile.
...
As the Land Rover entered the perilous mountain roads, Li Yuan, Xia Zhijin, and Li Zixia all tensed up. An ordinary person unfamiliar with the road conditions wouldn’t dare drive here.
Li Zixia nervously clutched the grab handle. "Brother, you really had the foresight," she said, her voice filled with fear. "I’d be scared to even walk on a road like this, let alone drive on it."
Li Yuan patted her head, feeling secretly alarmed himself. This narrow path was carved out of a cliff face. During rainy weather, it would be extremely prone to landslides and mudslides.
He glanced at Xia Zhijin. She was staring blankly out the window, and at some point, her face had become stained with tears. Two streams of them were now sliding down her cheeks.
Li Yuan was startled. He recalled what Xia Zhijin had told him before: her parents and maternal grandfather had died in a landslide.
"Zhijin, this place?"
Xia Zhijin turned to look at Li Yuan, her eyes brimming with tears. She forced a smile and explained, "Li Yuan, my parents had their accident right here."
Li Yuan pulled Xia Zhijin into his arms, patted her shoulder, and called out to the driver. "Yu, please stop here for a moment."
"Of course, Director Li." Yu Qiang deftly stopped the car.
Xia Zhijin looked at Li Yuan, puzzled.
Li Yuan smiled gently and opened the car door. "Zhijin, let’s get out and pay our respects to your parents."
Upon hearing this, Xia Zhijin burst into tears.
