Chapter 335 Meeting an acquaintance
After driving twenty kilometers, there were more and more people and cars on the road, including cars, trucks, and RVs. It seemed that they were all going to Licheng.
The road became increasingly crowded and traffic slowed, reminding Yang Qing of the scene on the National Day highway before the apocalypse.
She was still in high school at that time. One year, her parents said they wanted to go on a road trip, and the whole family happily prepared for several days.
As a result, we got stuck in traffic soon after we got on the highway. We were stuck on the highway for a full eight hours and couldn't get out of the city. Later, we had to get off at the nearest highway intersection and take the national highway to another small city.
Fortunately, the whole family was together, shopping and eating delicious food, and we spent a few happy days.
Unfortunately, such days are gone forever.
"What are you thinking about?" Leng Yi couldn't help but ask when he saw Yang Qing distracted.
Yang Qing smiled and said, "Nothing. I just remember when my parents were still around, we wanted to go on a trip and got stuck on the highway like we are now."
"It's really congested today. I wonder if something happened up ahead?" Leng Yi stuck his head out to see, but there were already a lot of cars stuck up ahead and he couldn't see anything.
The car moved forward slowly, and from time to time people came to stop the car and wanted to take a ride, but they were all rejected.
There was just a long stretch of road ahead, and Leng Yi was about to step on the accelerator and pass quickly when a man suddenly jumped out from the side of the road, raised his thumb, and gestured for a ride.
Leng Yi didn't want to pay attention to it. He glanced at the man and suddenly braked.
"What's wrong?" Yang Qing rushed forward by inertia and quickly grabbed the car door handle.
She had rejected so many people before, she thought Leng Yi would not stop the car. Is there anything special about this person?
Yang Qing looked outside and saw that the person who stopped the car was a tall man wearing a cowboy hat, a black sports vest and a brown canvas bag on his back. His skin was tanned and his muscles were strong. He seemed to be a very powerful man.
When the man saw the car stopped, he leaned over to Yang Qing's window and looked inside. He just said, "Excuse me..."
Suddenly he froze, "Leng Yi?"
Leng Yi smiled, walked out of the driver's seat, and hugged the man, "Wang Hao, long time no see!"
Wang Hao was also excited, "I didn't expect to meet you here."
"I didn't think about it." Leng Yi looked at Wang Hao and patted his arm. "It's still the same as before."
Yang Qing walked down upon seeing this. It turned out to be an acquaintance?
Leng Yi pulled Yang Qing in front of Wang Hao, "This is your sister-in-law, Yang Qing!"
"Hello, sister-in-law!" Wang Hao smiled.
Leng Yi then said to Yang Qing, "This is my comrade Wang Hao. He retired with me back then."
Yang Qing reacted immediately, "Did he beat up that rich second generation with you?"
Leng Yi nodded and smiled.
Wang Hao was surprised, "You even told this to your sister-in-law?"
Leng Yi looked at Yang Qing with a doting look on his face, "She is my lover, I have nothing to hide from her."
At this time, the car behind them honked impatiently to urge them to move aside and talk to the side.
"Let's get in the car first and talk inside." Yang Qing said quickly.
"Get in the car!" Leng Yi patted Wang Hao, and Wang Hao opened the back door and sat in.
Leng Yi started the car and stepped on the accelerator to drive forward.
"Wang Hao, what did you do after that?" Leng Yi observed Wang Hao through the rearview mirror while driving.
"I've done everything." Wang Hao smiled. "I delivered packages, worked as a waiter, and later started a business, but failed. Then I worked all sorts of odd jobs..."
"What about you? You're more capable than me, so you must be living a better life than me, right?"
Leng Yi smiled faintly and said simply, "It's almost the same. I worked as a bodyguard for a few years, and then the world ended."
Wang Hao sighed, "Yeah, no one would have thought that there would be such a thing as the end of the world. I would never have believed it before."
The two fell silent. Neither of them talked about what happened after the apocalypse, nor how they got to Dongdi Island. They had all experienced too much and had killed people, so it was difficult to talk about it.
"You are going to Licheng too, right?" Wang Hao spoke again.
"Well, I heard that there are many Chinese people in Licheng and it is more prosperous. This place is too dirty and messy. I can't stay here anymore. Let's go to Licheng to take a look." Leng Yi said.
"I heard that if you have the real estate certificate of Licheng, you can enter the city for free. If not, you have to hand over a large amount of supplies, and you have to hand over two-thirds of the supplies you bring in before you can enter the city." Wang Hao said.
Yang Qing frowned upon hearing this. They had to pay so much? Was this to prevent the rich from entering the city and seizing their power?
"What about those who don't have supplies?" Yang Qing asked.
"Then don't even think about getting in. Go to the surrounding cities. There are several small cities nearby, but the environment is similar to here. They are all dirty and messy, and the public security is very bad." Wang Hao said.
"But you have a car, and there should be some things in it, so don't worry."
"What about you?" Leng Yi asked.
"I still have some stuff here." Wang Hao patted his bag. "We'll see how it goes then. Maybe there's hope. If not, I'll go to another city first."
Yang Qing turned around and said, "It's fine if you come with us. We don't have to count them per person, right?"
She knew that Leng Yi would not leave him alone. He was Leng Yi's comrade-in-arms and his character should not be too bad.
Although it was the end of the world, she could still see that this man still had some righteousness in him.
"How embarrassing..." Wang Hao smiled.
Leng Yi tilted his head and said, "Based on our friendship, what's there to be embarrassed about?"
When they were in the army, they ate and slept together, went on missions together, fought bad guys together, and were later punished together. It can be said that the friendship between them was better than that between other comrades.
Wang Hao pursed his lips and smiled, "Then I won't be polite."
After slowly moving forward another thirty kilometers, it was already past twelve o'clock.
The sun was high in the sky and pedestrians on the road were sweating profusely.
Wang Hao sat in the car, enjoying the air conditioning. If he hadn't met Leng Yi, he would have done the same as them.
"How about taking a break and eating something?" Yang Qing asked.
Leng Yi nodded, parked the car on the side of the road, and opened the window a little to let in some fresh air.
Yang Qing took out three boxes of fried rice from her bag and handed one to Wang Hao. He was surprised that there was fried rice to eat.
Yang Qing smiled and said, "I had someone make this before I left the hotel. It should be fine."
Actually, it was a fast food I bought before and kept in the space without eating it, but it still looked the same as when I first bought it.
"Thank you!" Wang Hao took the fried rice and started eating without hesitation.
Suddenly my eyes got a little wet, "It tastes like home."
Yang Qing was stunned and quickly said, "I went to the hotel kitchen and asked the chef to fry it according to my instructions."
"No wonder." Wang Hao smiled and started eating with big mouthfuls.
Yang Qing and Leng Yi looked at each other and almost got caught. They didn't expect Wang Hao to be so attentive. The taste was indeed different from the local one. The local one was more Indian in style, with more spices and stronger taste.
The fried rice was a bit dry. Yang Qing was just about to take out the mineral water when Wang Hao handed her and Leng Yi a peach each.
"Where did it come from?" Yang Qing was surprised.
"I picked them." Wang Hao smiled. "For a while, I lived in the mountains. There was an orchard there. It wasn't completely destroyed, and some trees still bore fruit. I picked some."
Wang Hao patted his backpack and said, "There's more here. If it's not enough, ask me again."
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