Chapter 98 How much is coffee? How much is milk tea? How much is fried noodles?

Two hours before the agreed time, the car Yue Yiyue had booked pulled up in front of him.

The car looked somewhat familiar. From the moment he got in, Yue Yiyue felt that he might have hailed this car before.

However, if you see a sign in black on a white background that says "Please do not open the window," please do not open the window.

This concern has been dispelled.

After settling in and fastening his seatbelt, Yue Yiyue took out his phone to report his whereabouts: "Mom, I'm going out to take care of something. Take care of yourself over there."

There were so many things she wanted to say to her mother, but Yue Yiyue didn't know where to begin. In the end, she simply pressed the enter key and sent out that short message.

After sending the message, Yue Yiyue looked at the green box on the message screen and touched his phone.

Something outside seemed to be screeching against the car window. The tiny noise caught Yue Yiyue's attention, and she looked out the window with some unease.

The trees on both sides seemed to be baring their teeth and claws at him, occasionally making terrifying movements, while the birds above stared menacingly at the people inside the car window.

So that's what it meant. Yue Yiyue returned the call with little interest, pondering how to say goodbye to his mother in a dignified manner.

I can't bear to part with it, I really can't bear to.

Yue Yiyue didn't know if he could come back safely.

However, some things cannot be handed over to Yu An all at once.

I spent ages typing away in my notes, struggling with my decision.

The driver next to him suddenly clicked his tongue and said, "These trees nowadays, they really have no virtue."

“I tripped over a tree branch a few days ago, and a pigeon also came.”

She scratched her slightly frizzy hair with a bit of annoyance: "That thing carries a virus. If you get it, you'll turn into a pigeon-headed monster. You should also be careful. Press the button on your front; there's a cap inside. Wearing it is better than not wearing it."

Yue Yiyue listened as she curiously tilted her head: "Hmm? Why is that? Well, Master, you're quite lucky. Thank you, Master, but I probably don't need it."

Turning into a monster might actually be a pretty good option.

Pigeon Head was quite strong before, and he also has a lot of resentment in him, so he might be even stronger after he becomes a monster.

Yue Yiyue had a slightly gloomy thought.

"Of course." The driver interrupted Yue Yiyue's thoughts, her little finger tapping the steering wheel unconsciously. "What are you going there for?"

“That’s Zhou’s territory. They’re really into creating a god-like figure there right now.”

Yue Yiyue paused for a moment, remembering what Wu Zhen had said before: creating a god...

Is it that greed?

"It started with the Wu family, but the Wu family is no good." The driver seemed a little tired from driving for so long.

She yawned: "Now that we're at the Zhou family's, I wonder how long they can hold out."

Yue Yiyue, who had been sitting somewhat lazily, immediately sat up straight upon hearing this information. She turned her head to look at the driver beside her, who was wearing a tight black sweater with the sleeves rolled up to his wrists: "How...did you know this information?"

"Huh?" The driver, with his pale white hand, tapped the radio next to him, and a broadcast came out, reporting on the Zhou family's situation.

"You'll know if you watch more TV and read more newspapers," the driver yawned again. "I listen to this channel often, and they sometimes play love songs or something."

Yue Yiyue listened to the news report that since Zhou Qingyi returned from her studies in City A, she had quickly taken control of the entire Zhou family, taking over control from her sister and annexing the Wu family within a week.

In this situation, Yue Yiyue realized who this netizen was.

Ye Qiu... might know something about their family.

After all, her profession is related to this, more or less...

But if I tell Ye Qiu, Gu Nanqiu will definitely know when she wakes up.

Yue Yiyue looked at her phone hesitantly; she needed more information.

"Are you listening so intently?" The driver slowed down considerably, and Yue Yiyue then noticed that something had happened ahead—there was a traffic jam.

What used to take 30 minutes now takes an hour.

Fortunately, we arrived an hour and a half early.

Yue Yiyue was somewhat glad that he had habitually set off early.

"Does that Zhou family have any lovers with you?" The driver tapped the steering wheel again, asking with a half-smile, "Going there at this time, you two must be really getting along well."

"No, it's not." The driver's words were a bit too much. Yue Yiyue thought with some annoyance, "Does it have to be about love and romance?"

Well, although she went there for Gu Nanqiu, in a sense it can also be considered a love affair.

“I have an online friend who said she’s being controlled by her sister and can only send me messages.” Yue Yiyue tried to make things sound lighter and less stressful: “I get along quite well with that online friend, and I happen to have some free time, so I went to help her out.”

"At the time, I thought it was just a simple family dispute, but it seems that I have been inadvertently drawn into the Zhou family's affairs."

The driver listened and nodded: "I see. You're a really good person. You're willing to get involved in this mess for a complete stranger. You're a true woman. But then again, all women are this loyal."

The driver then changed the subject: "But I've heard that this Da Zhou is very clever and wise; perhaps he could become a good match—"

"In your eyes, do I have to be with that Da Zhou guy?" Yue Yiyue couldn't quite understand the way this unfamiliar driver thought, who kept bringing up emotions in every sentence.

Does she have any KPIs to meet?

Yue Yiyue was somewhat confused, but her good manners led her to explain again: "I'm sorry, I already have someone I like. Please stop making wild guesses. I was just trying to help a friend."

The car braked suddenly, and the sky darkened instantly. Just as Yue Yiyue was wondering what was going on, he heard faint rumbles of thunder outside.

Yue Yiyue had a strange feeling of unease, hard to describe, as he had never experienced this feeling before.

She tried her best to ignore this strange feeling and continued to say what she wanted to say: "She's sleeping at home waiting for me, but I haven't confessed yet. I can only say that I have a crush on her."

Yue Yiyue touched his phone and emphasized again, "Don't think there's any gossip involved. I really don't have any particular feelings for her."

The thunder outside the car gradually faded away, and ahead there seemed to be people in traffic police uniforms clearing the congested lanes.

As the car approached, I saw a traffic light directing traffic.

Yue Yiyue rubbed her eyes. This world is crazy; she seemed to understand a little bit about it.

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

"That's a traffic cop who mutated." The driver said with a hint of excitement as he explained the situation to Yue Yiyue: "After failing to get a promotion, he got drunk and tried to harass people, but a traffic light accidentally smashed him to death, so he's here to atone for his sins."

"It's quite interesting."

"How do you know so much?" Yue Yiyue looked at him with some curiosity. This driver was really talkative. Could it be that he had heard or talked about all of this with other passengers during the ride?

Noticing this, Yue Yiyue suddenly realized that he might be able to ask the driver.

Her colleagues had told her before that being a driver was more interesting than being a food delivery person.

They can listen to gossip and chat with passengers from all over the world.

Sometimes you can even get a tip.

"Do you know roughly what the Zhou family's situation is like now?" Yue Yiyue pressed. "How much do you know about her family? Have you heard anything else?"

“I have money. Just name a number and I’ll transfer it to you.”

The driver raised an eyebrow: "No need for that."

"We'll be at our destination in five minutes, but something..."

"And there's nowhere to park over there..."

"Keep driving, drive around the area, no rush." ​​Yue Yiyue understood that the driver wanted to take a detour and change the destination: "Drive back, then drive back again, or I can give you another order."

"Moreover, this is not safe either. You can't listen to the driver's request to change the destination or end the order early, which involves unstable factors."

"There's a coffee shop over there that looks nice. I wonder if you have time to sit down and chat with me?"

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Yue Yiyue looked at the coffee that cost 520 yuan a cup, the milk tea that cost 999 yuan a cup, and the fried noodles that cost 1314 yuan a bowl.

After checking his balance and finding no problems, Yue Yiyue generously handed over the menu, willingly "buying" the materials.

The driver took out his phone, fiddled with it for a moment, and then handed over his own phone: "Order it yourself."

She shifted into a more comfortable position, glanced at the time, and realized there was still an hour until the time the esteemed customer had mentioned.

She rested her chin on her hand: "A few days ago, there was someone from the Zhou family, I think she was a nanny."

"She said that her husband, Mr. Zhou, had been acting crazy for a while, always saying that the world is not like this. Mr. Zhou couldn't bear it, so he invited a highly skilled doctor to treat him."

A waiter placed the milk tea on the table and said, "Please have some."

After saying that, he lowered his head and walked out.

After making sure the waiter had left, the driver continued, "Later, a bodyguard came and got into my car while making a phone call. I overheard some of it, something about needing someone's blood or something."

She lowered her head and took a sip of the milk tea that tasted the same as the one in Yue Yiyue's hand: "Find someone surnamed Gu, and say it's an order from CEO Zhou."

"In some filthy places, arrest warrants have already been issued. The bodyguard said she still felt that Mr. Zhou had done something wrong, and she was going to try to get the information out."

The driver exclaimed, "Sometimes I'm really happy that I'm a woman, and she's just like you, worried about the safety of a complete stranger."

Upon hearing this, Yue Yiyue's heart skipped a beat, and her hands trembled slightly, half with regret and half with confusion.

I saw Zhou Qingyi a while ago, and she seemed perfectly normal.

The driver had given quite a lot of information so far: Zhou Qingyi had undergone a very strange change just over the New Year.

Who was behind this?

But after listening to what the driver said, Yue Yiyue roughly guessed what Zhou Qingyi wanted to do next.

Good news, Zhou Qingyi probably doesn't know where Gu Nanqiu lives.

The bad news is that Gu Nanqiu's exact location can be easily obtained through the school's information.

What if you go to Zhou Qingyi's place and find that Gu Nanqiu is not there, causing Zhou Qingyi to go crazy and try to capture Gu Nanqiu through extreme means?

Yue Yiyue stood up somewhat hastily, almost knocking over the milk tea in front of him.

Slightly flustered, she held onto the cup and said, "Thank you. I just remembered I have something to take care of, and I need to make some arrangements."

After saying that, Yue Yiyue immediately took out his phone and urgently sent messages to the forensic doctor and Yu An. Feeling that it was not safe, he also sent new messages to Ye Qiu, Gu Nanqiu, and Director Qiu.

That's not safe, so Yue Yiyue walked outside: "Excuse me, I need to go out and make a phone call first."