Chapter 4040 Mountain Road

The truck followed the flow of traffic, driving slowly on the crisscrossing roads.

After leaving Guangzhou city, the car speed gradually increased.

The original grey-blue buildings gradually disappeared, and on the low hills, white two-story buildings were scattered among the undulating green mountains, dotted with fish ponds of varying sizes, like mirrors reflecting the azure sky.

Qin Yue opened the car window, put his hand casually on it, and looked at the scenery boredly.

As I watched, I couldn't help but think of Xia Tang again.

Thinking of the girl who was getting closer and closer to him, Qin Yue couldn't help but smile.

"Qin Yue, you are really good."

Suddenly, I heard the driver Lao Yu's words.

Before he could say anything, he heard Lao Yu say cheerfully:

"Jia Yin is a popular girl in the factory, and she has high standards. It's rare for her to like someone, but I didn't expect you to reject her so straightforwardly. You are this..."

After saying this, she gave him a thumbs-up with her free hand.

Qin Yue turned around and laughed:

"Brother Yu, this is something we both agreed to."

"It's not something that we both agree on... Jiayin is the eldest daughter of the factory. Her father has only one daughter, and whoever marries her in the future will be marrying the entire Mingrui. If you don't care about such a big pie, then what else can you be but a cow?"

Qin Yue's expression darkened:

"Then I have to say, if Jiayin's future husband marries her with this in mind, it's not good for a girl."

"Who says it's not?"

Lao Yu paused and continued to look at the road ahead.

"But who can refuse a golden egg that falls from the sky?"

The car drove smoothly all the way and crossed the Guangdong border in the afternoon.

After entering Yun Province, the low hills gradually turned into towering mountains.

After driving for another three or four hours, around eight o'clock, the car stopped at a hotel on the side of the road.

This type of hotel is very common along the highway.

It is generally used for drivers who travel long distances to eat and rest.

Most of them only provide meals, but if you pay a few more bucks, you can sleep in the house for a night.

However, the environment of this kind of hotel is relatively simple, and they are usually converted from the houses of nearby villagers.

There are often two or three dining tables in the front room, and chickens and pigs are raised in the backyard for their own consumption.

The rest of the road is winding mountain roads, and it is not safe to walk at night.

Qin Yue discussed it with Lao Yu and decided to stay in this hotel for one night and leave after daybreak the next day.

The hotel hostess looked quite young, and she was carrying a one or two-year-old child in a backpack on her back.

When he saw them come in, he hurried out to greet them.

Qin Yue simply ordered two stir-fried dishes and a bowl of rice and asked the woman to cook them in the back kitchen.

I am from Hu Province.

After driving all day, I was very sleepy, but I didn't dare drink alcohol after a long journey, so I could only sit by the door and chew betel nuts, making a smacking sound.

After a while, the food arrived.

Qin Yue invited Lao Yu to come over for dinner.

The rest of the people came over and sat down, but they couldn't stop looking outside.

Qin Yue was also puzzled when he saw Lao Yu like this, so he greeted him:

"Brother Yu, what are you looking at? Eat first."

Lao Yu responded, glanced outside, lowered Qin Yue's head, and whispered:

"You don't know since this is your first time driving. You have to be careful in places like these. If we park such a big car on the road, we might get robbed if we can't control it."

Qin Yue was startled:

"Brother Yu, it's impossible, right? Besides, what we are transporting are just hardware. Even if someone hijacks them, what can they do with them?"

"Why not?"

Lao Yu took a sip of boiled water and gulped it down just like drinking white wine.

He took a sip and sighed:

"I've been driving trucks for 30 years, what have I not seen? I tell you, if a person is poor and crazy, there is nothing he won't steal!"

"Some jumped onto the truck and threw bundles of green onions down, some used long sticks to remove iron balls from the truck, some deliberately threw large rocks on the road to make the truck bump and drop coal... There's nothing they can't do, except what you can't think of!"

"What's wrong with our spare parts? Even if we can't sell them at the original price, can't they sell them as scrap metal? I tell you, this truckload of stuff is worth much more than a truckload of green onions!"

That's quite true.

A whole truckload of iron parts and components would fetch a lot of money even if sold as scrap metal.

The income of farmers in Yunnan Province is not high. If they really make this money, it will be equivalent to the income of a family for several years.

Hearing Lao Yu say this, Qin Yue's skin tensed up.

They were extremely nervous while eating the meal, fearing that someone might come in and break into their car.

The meal was peaceful.

After dinner, the two discussed it and finally decided not to stay here.

Although the woman repeatedly emphasized in mountain dialect that they could stay, they still paid for the meal and drove away.

However, they did not rush forward, but walked for a while and then parked the cart on an abandoned sandy road.

There are winding mountain roads ahead, and we are very tired. If we force our way forward, something bad will happen.

Instead of taking risks, it's better to just sleep here for a night.

Lao Yu sleeps in the carriage before going to bed, while Qin Yue fights in the carriage after going to bed.

Lao Yu told him that they had to take turns keeping watch, so Qin Yue let him sleep first.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Lao Yu's snoring.

At night, the valley was completely silent, with only the yellow moon with a missing corner in the sky and the Milky Way flowing quietly overhead.

Qin Yue didn't plan to sleep.

He put his arms under his head and stared at the yellow moon outside with his eyes closed.

The more I look at it, the more it resembles Xia Tang's face.

Pretty, innocent, shy, sad, capable, gentle...

No matter which side it is, it is incomparably beautiful.

Qin Yue didn't have a watch and didn't know the time, so he could only watch the moon slowly pass through the sky while thinking about Xia Tang.

After an unknown amount of time, there was a rustling sound beside me.

Then a voice lowered its voice and said:

"Shuisheng, do you think the people inside are asleep?"

Another person said nonchalantly:

"It's been so long, and you haven't slept yet. What can you do? Damn, you can run so fast, let me give you a good beating!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Damn it!"

After that, the sound of pedaling on the bike was heard.

Qin Yue's eyes opened instantly, he took the crowbar in one hand, and shouted loudly:

"Others!"

Lao Yu was also alert and immediately woke up from the carriage.

The car started instantly, and with a push of the accelerator, it drove forward.

The truck didn't accelerate very fast at first, but it still threw the two people who were clinging to the car off.

But despite this, there were still two people climbing up along the chariot, looking at Qin Yue, their eyes as fierce as wolves:

"Fuck you! Stop the car right here!"

Qin Yue didn't talk to them at all. He swung the crowbar and threw one of them out of the car on the spot.

But he was not prepared for the other man's knife. With one blow, a long cut was made on his arm and blood spurted out instantly.

Qin Yue wiped the blood off his arm and clenched the crowbar in his hand even tighter.

On the contrary, the man who had just stabbed him became a little panicked when he saw the blood.

They were all just farmers from the nearby mountain villages, following the "big brother" to rob the trucks just to make a living.

But now she actually saw blood, and her legs were shaking so much that she couldn't stand.

He watched Qin Yue pressing forward step by step, and unknowingly retreated to the edge of the car fight.

Qin Yue held the crowbar and pointed downwards:

"There's grass underneath. You can still survive if you jump down. Otherwise..."

He swung the crowbar in his hand.

“Don’t…don’t! Ah…”

The man was so frightened that he waved his hands and fell headfirst off the cart.

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After working hard during the day, I sleep soundly at night.

But Xia Tang couldn't sleep that day no matter what she said.

It seems like I am thinking about something in my heart and never rely on God.

I finally fell asleep when it was dawn, but in the morning I was woken up by a hurried knock on the door.

When Xia Tang put on her clothes and shoes and went to open the door, she was still wondering:

She doesn't know anyone in the machinery factory, so who can find her?

Unexpectedly, when I opened the door, someone grabbed my arm before I could even ask.

A strange older sister pulled Xia Tang out of the door and said:

"You are Qin Yue's target, right? If he... gets into trouble, follow me quickly!"

Xia Tang suddenly woke up, and his hands turned cold with fright.

She clasped her hands tightly together, trying to suppress the emotions that were overflowing from her heart, and pretended to be calm:

"Sister, what happened to Qin Yue?"

"They said they were transporting machinery to a factory and were robbed on their way back. I don't know the details. I'll have to go to the hospital to find out."

The eldest sister turned around and looked at Xia Tang, whose face was pale. She couldn't help but persuade him.

"Girl, maybe everything is alright, don't scare yourself!"

Xia Tang nodded and followed her elder sister out of the guesthouse.

The car from the machinery factory was already waiting at the door.

After picking them up, he drove out quickly along with several other people in the factory.

Xia Tang sat alone in the shadow of the rear carriage, silent and motionless, like a non-existent ghost.

Up ahead, a few other guys from the machine shop were still talking.

Speaking of this time, Qin Yue stopped the robbers and did not let anyone steal the things in the factory;

If they had taken a nap, this wouldn't have happened.

Speaking of the machinery brought back this time...

As she was talking, the elder sister in front couldn't help but look back at Xia Tang. Seeing that she was still sitting quietly, she couldn't help but sigh and whispered to the person next to her:

"If anything happens to Qin Yue, this girl will become a widow."

"What's the point of being a widow? Haven't they got the marriage certificate yet?"

"Hasn't the marriage report been filed? Getting the marriage certificate is just a matter of a piece of paper, but this has become a problem. It's really... sigh..."

"Speaking of which, this girl is quite strong. If it were someone else, they would have cried their eyes out and passed out, but she can actually sit still, as if nothing had happened."

"That's called being strong. Who is like you..."

The people in front were still chatting, Xia Tang sat quietly, but his heart was not as calm as they thought.

Her snow-white hands were clasped tightly together.

For a moment I had no idea whether the stinging pain on my hand was caused by the pinching or by fear.

She could hardly hear any sound from outside, and could not even sense the existence of the outside world.

All my strength was put into prayer:

Qin Yue, you must not get into any trouble!