Chapter 275

"Forget it, everyone is here..." After hesitating for a while, Dan Ruo waved her hand casually: "I am making money legitimately, not trafficking women and children. Even if her family comes to make trouble, I have a reason to explain." If worst comes to worst, I can always run away. Who's afraid of who?

"So where are you going next? How are you going to get around without a carriage?" Didn't you say you didn't want to hitchhike anymore?

"Let's take it one step at a time... Qiao Qiao, where are you going?" Dan Ruo didn't think too much about it. After all, now that she had found the official inn, she had a safe place to stay. She could take her time from now on. After all, the inn staff wouldn't kick her out. If she ran out of money, she could transfer money in real life, so she wouldn't have to sleep on the streets.

"As for me, I'm going to go home tomorrow." With the carriage here, there's no need to consider taking a boat. Bei Qiao just hopes that it won't be too cold on the way back. If it rains or snows, the road will be difficult to walk on and people may get frostbite.

Bei Qiao: I'll ask the store clerk to buy some charcoal later and light a stove in the carriage. It's going to get colder on the way back, I hope my mount can withstand it.

"Really? Then you have a carriage, right? Take me with you! I want to go back too!" Dan Ruo's eyes lit up.

"Go back? Where are you going back to?" Yurt?

"I'll follow you north first, and we'll figure out the rest later, okay?" Dan Ruo hadn't made up her mind yet, but she wasn't too worried. "I can help you drive, and if that doesn't work, I can also help you... uh, how much do you charge for escorting?"

"If you drive the whole way, you don't have to pay."

"Great!" Dan Ruo jumped up. "Well, before we leave, I'll take a walk around the city. I don't even know what Xiaoyue City looks like yet! When do we leave tomorrow?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, it'll be after eight in the morning. You go have fun first. Oh, by the way, I'm going to tell you in advance that I won't continue heading north after I get home. If you want to continue walking, you'll have to take another car."

"It's okay. You have an inn there anyway, so I have a place to stay." Dan Ruo said that this was not a problem for her: "At least it's better than the yurt that I can't find!"

"Haven't you found it yet?"

"Ha, don't even mention finding it. That place no longer exists." Dan Ruo looked around, leaned over and lowered her voice: "I'll tell you when I get back tonight."

"Um."

Dan Ruo felt even happier now that she had a goal, and she skipped out the door. Xiaoyue City was a new and safe place for her, at least much safer than the battlefield outside where the offensive and defensive battle had just ended.

Her previous experience was not too dangerous because she was moving with a large army. However, the enemies who were defeated were very unwilling to give up, and they made a lot of noise when retreating. Some arrows flew quite far and injured some people.

"If we hadn't met a traveling doctor on the road who sold them some medicine and told them to wait until the gates of Xiaoyue City opened before looking for treatment, I don't know if those accidentally injured people would have been able to hold on." After a day of strolling around Xiaoyue City, Dan Ruo came back with a wanted poster and knocked on Bei Qiao's door: "Have you seen this? It's very interesting! And the people on it look very valuable!"

"It's valuable, but also dangerous. The more valuable it is, the more dangerous it is." Players rarely eat or drink online, so Bei Qiao didn't pour Dan Ruo any water. "You said the yurt was gone... what did you mean?"

"The yurts can be dismantled and moved at will! But the site we picked before was occupied by the natives. The system thought it was very troublesome to reconfirm the coordinates every time we connected to the yurts, so it cancelled the yurts and merged us with the nearest novice village... Hey, whatever! In fact, the hardest-working person is the village chief. He always has to organize a lot of people to move around, and people are often not enough to get together." It's not that players can't compete with the natives for land, but because of the natural disadvantage of being unlucky when fighting the natives, players can't act casually even if they are good at fighting. And players don't want to be discovered by the natives in this matter, otherwise they will easily fall into a passive position in the future.

"I see……"

"So is the time set for tomorrow? 8 a.m.?"

"That's right. If you decide to stay at our inn for a long time, remember to apply on the forum in advance."

"Don't worry, I'm very familiar with this!"

After finalizing the departure time for the next day, Dan Ruo ran out to chat with the store clerk. She had originally planned to stay in Xiaoyue City for a few days before leaving, but now that she had met Bei Qiao and the weather was getting colder, she suddenly changed her plans and decided to follow Bei Qiao back north.

"Why don't you stay in the city a little longer if you're in such a hurry?" The clerk was happily chatting with Dan Ruo. After spending time with this quirky person, he felt his own classiness had faded a lot. "I can recommend you a lot of delicious little restaurants. Each one has been carefully selected by locals and locals."

"Hey, I've been wandering around outside for too long. I feel like going back and lying down." Dan Ruo smiled: Of course there are other reasons, such as running out of money and needing to go back and find a safe place to put the body, and then working in reality for a while, but there is no need to tell others about this kind of thing.

The next day, Dan Ruo woke up early and waited for Bei Qiao in the downstairs lobby. At eight o'clock in the morning, the two set off on time and drove out of Xiaoyue City.

With Danruo at the wheel, Beiqiao felt a lot more relaxed on the return trip, and he had more time for meals. The three mounts got along well with Danruo, but no matter how much she teased them, their favorite person was still their master, Beiqiao.

Huihui: My master picked me out from a group of donkeys. I'm the eldest of the family! I won't just follow anyone!

Honghong: She is very interesting, but not as reliable as the owner. I feel like I will be hungry from time to time if I follow her.

Bai Bai: This person seems lively, but too lively. Just looking at her makes me tired. I'm already exhausted from traveling, so I don't want to spare any energy to deal with her.

The journey back went smoothly. Occasionally, bandits would spawn, but they were quickly dealt with by Bei Qiao. As they drew closer to their destination, the weather began to cool. To prevent frostbite, they tried to speed up their journey, reducing their daily travel time. They also changed into thicker and warmer winter clothing, which made movement a bit more difficult.

On the way, they ran into a player they considered familiar. This person was called Che Yao, a player who had settled in Yuanshan Village after traveling south from Beiqiao. She didn't work at the Qiao Family Escort Agency, but she did rent a car and paid for six months, saying that she wanted to try living in another world.

"Che Yao?"

"Hey, escort leader, uh, boss!" Che Yao, who was curled up like a bear in the front compartment of the car, turned around and saw Bei Qiao leaning against the window. She waved happily, "Still wandering around?"

"Almost...but I'm on my way back now." Bei Qiao shrugged.

"Oh, it's time to go back. It's so cold out here. I plan to spend the winter in the south and come back next year. See you next year, boss! Don't miss your car too much!"

"My car?"

"Yes, this is the car I rented from your escort agency!"

"I think the cart I rent out is a donkey cart?" Isn't there a horse tied to the front of her cart? Could it be that the donkey was frozen and turned into a horse?

"What... Oh my god! I got the wrong car!" Che Yao's face turned pale, and she whipped the horse to turn around: "This horse too, why does it really move when I shout at it? It doesn't even look at me, right?"

The three of them drove side by side, all the way to the nearest city, Sixu. It was not too far from Linjie City, and Beiqiao would occasionally run into a few acquaintances on the road, or get some conveniences because of Baibai.

Che Yao set out from Sixu City today. When she left in the morning, she felt that something seemed amiss with her mount. However, because she had stayed up until the early morning yesterday, she only slept for three or four hours and was severely exhausted. In addition, the horse was similar in color to her donkey, so she didn't think much about it and just drove away.

"You are driving while tired, something will happen!" After hearing Che Yao's explanation, Dan Ruo's eyes widened on the spot: I thought it was unreliable that I almost got trapped in a deserted village by hitchhiking before... Aren't you afraid that if you drive like this, you will lose your concentration and overturn and die?

"Actually, I'm not that sleepy anymore." Che Yao retorted unconvincedly, "At least I didn't go in the wrong direction..."

"Dangers are not limited to small or large... Is this the place?" Bei Qiao gestured for Dan Ruo to stop the carriage. "There's an official inn right next to it."

"Yes, yes, it's right here!"

Che Yao parked the carriage and ran into the backyard to look for her donkey cart, only to find someone else driving their own donkey cart and preparing to leave: "Wait, stop! That's my donkey! What do you want to do?!"

"Didn't I trade my horse for your donkey? The carriage is already harnessed for you." The native pulled the reins and dodged backward.

"Who agreed to the change?! I was wondering why I didn't notice anything wrong, but it turns out you were the ones who switched the carriages... Give the donkey back to me! I rented it!" Che Yao rolled up her sleeves and rushed forward to grab the reins: Outrageous! This is simply... outrageous!

Even more outrageous than Che Yao's mistaken carriage was the man's attempt to trade his own horse for Che Yao's donkey, even going so far as to change the carriage shed. Donkeys were cheaper at the stables than horses, but the horses at Yuanshan Village were in better shape. The horse the man wanted to trade for his donkey was in poor health and looked listless, even less energetic than Che Yao, who had pulled a long night.

Che Yao argued with the other party, and the shop assistant also helped. In the end, the native conceded defeat with a sullen face and exchanged his horse back, muttering, "Isn't it all the same? I should have gotten up earlier and set off earlier..."

Che Yao was so angry that she almost started a fight with the man on the spot. Unfortunately, her heart felt uncomfortable after staying up late. She held her chest and took a deep breath for a long time. Finally, she chose to curse loudly and did not take any action: If I take a step back, I will lose more. If I don’t take a step back... I feel like I am not strong enough!