Chapter 136 That's great

As soon as Du Junyan got out of the car, he saw his beloved sister whispering to a wild man. His face darkened, he coughed hard a few times, and shouted loudly: "An An, come back!"

Du Anrao didn't doubt him, and hurriedly left Xi Jingyue and ran back: "Brother, what's wrong with you? Do you have a cold?"

Seeing his sister leave the wild man and come back to him without hesitation, Du Junyan's face looked better. "It's okay, I just suddenly felt my throat was a little dry. I'll be fine after drinking some water."

Xi Jingyue had long been accustomed to the inexplicable hostility of the Du brothers. He still had an unmistakable smile on his face and said gently, "The hot springs here are volcanic hot springs. There is a crater not far away. The climate is drier than that of S City. It's normal that you are not used to it since you just came here."

"So that's how it is. No wonder it's called the magma hot spring."

"Yeah, now that you mention it, I'm a little curious. I really want to see the difference between the volcanic hot springs in this small mountain village and ordinary hot springs."

In fact, Du Desheng's words were secretly urging Duanrao and others to hurry up and do their work.

Xi Jingyue looked in the direction of the voice and saw an old man with white hair and sharp eyes. He guessed that this person should be the big shot relative that Duanrao mentioned, that is, the big melon owner.

So he nodded politely to the other party, and then looked at Duanrao: "The village where the hot spring is located is still some distance away. If we go there now, we should be able to catch up with dinner."

"Then let's go quickly. It's said that the place is very remote. If we get late, we might not even be able to eat."

"Okay, I'll lead the way, and you guys drive and follow me."

"Then I'll take your car, sir."

"No!" Du Anrao had just finished speaking, and before Du Desheng had a chance to speak, Du Junyan objected, "How can you and him be sitting in the same car alone?"

Duanrao was stunned, turned his head and looked at his elder brother with a subtle expression.

[Brother, what you said sounds so wrong. Aren't there two people riding in a taxi? How come it's just a man and a woman alone?]

Du Junyan's expression froze slightly, and Xi Jingyue almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

Even Du Desheng, who was not far away, looked thoughtful. He looked Xi Jingyue up and down, and vaguely understood why Du Junyan was so nervous and as if facing a formidable enemy.

"Ahem, what I mean is that your uncle is still here, what's the big deal about you running into someone else's car? How rude is that?"

Du Anrao suddenly realized and looked embarrassed.

[Big brother's words make sense. I originally thought that Mr. Xi seemed to be quite familiar with this place, so I could chat with him a little more on the way and find out Miss Qin's location as soon as possible. Now it seems that there is no chance.]

Miss Qin? Xi Jingyue narrowed his eyes. It turned out that they were here to look for someone. But who was this Miss Qin? Why did they come all the way here to look for her?

Du Desheng's eyes flickered, and he suddenly interrupted, "It's okay, it's okay. Since An An wants to ride in Mr. Xi's car, it's the same if we all move over. Mr. Xi won't mind, right?"

"Of course, cars are meant for people to sit in."

"That's settled then."

Du Desheng made the final decision. Even though Du Junyan was dissatisfied, he did not dare to object. He could only reluctantly follow the old man into the back seat.

In addition to him, Du Desheng's bodyguard captain also got into Xi Jingyue's car. In order to facilitate communication with Xi Jingyue, Du Anrao ran into the co-pilot seat.

As soon as the car started, Duanrao immediately started asking questions: "From Mr. Xi's tone, it seems that you know a lot about this area?"

"Fortunately, my grandparents' hometown is about ten kilometers away from the village we are going to. When I was a child, I went back to the village with them to worship our ancestors and lived there for a while."

"Really?" Duan Rao was pleasantly surprised. "Then Mr. Xi, do you know that village? Are the people there easy to get along with?"

"I don't think I know much about it. This place is quite remote, and most of the villages have one thing in common: the young people who can go out to work and earn money have basically gone out, and the ones left behind are the old, weak, sick and disabled."

"The situation in that village is similar, or even worse. Because the entire village is in the mountains and there is only one road leading into it, transportation is extremely inconvenient, and the economy is naturally not very good. Almost all the young people have fled, leaving only some empty-nest elderly people and left-behind children."

Duan Rao frowned: "But isn't there a hot spring inside? If we make it a tourist attraction, won't it boost the economy there?"

"It's the same problem again. The transportation is inconvenient. If you want to build a tourist attraction, besides having attractive scenery, transportation is the first priority. The road leading to the village is too small. It can only accommodate one car in and out. Two cars can't avoid driving opposite each other. In such a place, if there are a little more people, it will be jammed. Who would want to come a second time?"

"What if we expand the road?"

"The road runs along the mountain. If you want to expand the road, you have to blast the mountain. The cost is too high and it may take forever to make back the money. Investors are not fools."

Duan Rao rolled his eyes and said, "So there are basically no young and middle-aged people in the mountains now?"

"Yes, but very little."

"The economic conditions here are so backward, so the living conditions here probably aren't that good either, right?"

"It can be said that most of the young people who go out to work and earn money will take their elderly and children with them instead of coming back. So now the people there are basically elderly people who are reluctant to leave their hometowns and children from poor families."

[That's really... great. ]

Everyone in the car: “???”

[The person in charge of guarding Miss Qin is a young man. If it is true as Mr. Xi said, he must be a standout in the village. We can find him with just a few questions.]

Du Desheng's eyes darkened slightly, and he was already thinking about how to find someone when he arrived.

[The place where Miss Qin was imprisoned was a somewhat dilapidated two-story building. But according to Mr. Xi, the economic conditions here are extremely poor, and those who can live in a two-story building are probably considered wealthy families in the village. In this way, the scope is narrowed down. ]

After listening to Du Anrao's analysis, Du Desheng and his companions also became excited. They were already eager to save people before even entering the village.

Just as Xi Jingyue expected, it was just getting dark when they drove to the village.

A group of strangers with impressive momentum suddenly came to the village where most of the residents were familiar with each other. The villagers were all on edge and looked at them with caution.

Fortunately, Duanrao and others had already thought of an excuse before they came. The village chief, who was informed by the villagers and urgently invited over, turned his original vigilance into hospitality when he learned that these people had come here to experience the newly developed magma hot springs in their village.

(End of this chapter)