Song Mengmeng frowned slightly as she looked at the woman sitting upright next to the man, who hadn't uttered a single word from beginning to end.

Seeing that Song Mengmeng was just listening to the conversation without saying a word, Hu Da quietly moved closer to her and showed her her phone.

Sure enough, just as she had predicted, there was no signal at all.

Although they are currently stranded on this road, it is located next to the national highway and not far from the highway exit, so it is by no means a remote area without signal.

Song Mengmeng gave Hu Da a reassuring look and continued to observe the couple's movements discreetly.

"Oh dear, with this heavy snow, I really miss my wife and daughter! This trip back will allow me to finally get some rest this year!"

After talking to the man for a while, the truck drivers clearly lost interest in him.

It could even be said that everyone looks down on a man who mistreats his wife, and even feels a sense of contempt for him.

After ignoring the man, the truck drivers started talking about their own families.

The man in his forties wearing a military overcoat said with some emotion that he had been driving long-distance trucks for so many years, and he spent almost half of the Spring Festival on the road.

"When we first got married, my wife always stayed with me! We could keep each other company!"

Now that the kids are older and my parents are getting on in years, someone needs to stay home to look after things! So now it's just me running around all the time! I'm thinking that once my kids graduate from university, I'll just retire and be able to stay home and spend more time with my wife!

As the man spoke, he chuckled and turned to tease another driver sitting not far from him, who looked much younger and somewhat shy: "Xiao Lin, is this your first time riding in a car?!"

What's wrong? You missed your wife after being out here for so long?!

I heard from your master that you just got married, and you've already run away like this. Is your wife really willing to let you go?!

"Alright, stop with the nonsense! We don't even know if the snow will stop tonight! If it does, great, but if it doesn't, we're afraid we'll have to waste a lot more time here."

Xiao Lin's master, Da Liu, spat at the man next to him who was talking without thinking, then glanced at the snow falling outside the window, which showed no signs of slowing down, and couldn't help but frown.

"This awful weather! When I checked the weather forecast before I set off, it didn't say there would be this much snow!"

"Who can predict what will happen in the future?! We're lucky to have found a place to rest. If we were unlucky and found ourselves stranded in the middle of nowhere, that would be even worse!"

The man in the military overcoat, whom Da Liu called Lei Zi, rubbed his hands together. He looked up and saw Song Mengmeng and the others sitting opposite him, who hadn't said a word. He was taken aback at first, then smiled kindly and naturally struck up a conversation: "So, you guys are also stuck on the road while visiting relatives?!"

"No, we went to Fengtian City on a business trip. After we finished our business, we wanted to rush back to the city, but the highway was closed, so we had to take the national highway."

Hu Yue smiled and didn't hide their current situation.

The drivers across from us were dressed casually, but they didn't look like wicked people.

"Oh, you guys are really unlucky! If you hadn't left the city, you'd probably still be staying in a fancy hotel right now, instead of suffering like this!"

The man chuckled and casually joked, "Oh dear, speaking of which, I've been driving long distances all the time, and this is the first time I've ever seen snow this heavy!"

The older generation says that in weather like this, it's easy to encounter spirits!

"Old Lei, here you go again! You just can't shake your habit of making up stories!" Da Liu came back with a glass of water and overheard Lei's words. He couldn't help but complain, "Speaking of long-distance driving, we drive for about the same amount of time, so why haven't I seen any of those ridiculous things you're talking about?!"

"Because you have abundant yang energy, things with heavy yin energy generally can't get close to you." Song Mengmeng raised her hand, broke off a tree branch, and threw it into the fire pit in front of her, slowly answering Da Liu's question.

"However, your friend is upright and has a chivalrous spirit that others do not possess. Therefore, although he is surrounded by yin energy, he is protected by his merits and virtues. Although he has a connection with those things, he will not be harmed by them."

"Hey, you know a lot, girl!" Lei Zi was taken aback, then laughed. Although he didn't take Song Mengmeng's words to heart, he felt a sense of joy at having found a like-minded chatterbox.

He nodded repeatedly, chuckling as he recounted some of the strange things he had encountered while driving long distances.

"Actually, an old Taoist priest said the same thing to me before!"

Back then, when I traveled from Xi'an to Shenzhen, the highways weren't as extensive as they are now. And to save on tolls, I would mostly take national and provincial highways unless I was in a rush.

One evening, it was drizzling a little, around eleven or twelve o'clock. I was driving when an old Taoist priest suddenly appeared on the roadside, raising his hand to flag me down. He said he was tired from walking and asked if I could give him a ride!

I figured it was late at night and I was bored driving alone, so it would be nice to have someone to talk to, so I stopped and let him get in.

This old man, hey, he went on and on, saying he knew everything under the sun!

Finally, to express his gratitude, he offered to do a divination for me, saying that I had a lot of yin energy and was prone to attracting unclean things, and that I should try not to go south in the future and instead travel north!

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