The owner of the courtyard was the old farmer, who lived near the foot of the mountain. Because it often snowed in J City in winter, they built a kang, so nothing happened even though he and his wife were the only ones at home.
When he saw that they were carrying a dead person, he was scared to death. After they explained, he showed a look of pity on his face and agreed to send them to the city.
"But I only have a tricycle. Do you kids mind?"
"I don't mind, I don't mind!"
As long as it can be delivered to the city, they are no longer picky.
The three-wheeled motorcycle made a rumbling sound and everyone got on. The old farmer said something to his wife and drove onto the road.
The snow was particularly heavy that day. Even though the road had been cleared, the snow was still very deep. The motorcycle tricycle left deep marks along the way. The cold wind blew on my face like a steel knife, and it took more than an hour to reach the city.
They didn't return to the hotel but went directly to the police station.
Zhou Yan ignored the looks of Yang Shuo and others and told them the truth about what happened in the mountains. Suddenly, the people in the police station looked at Yang Shuo and others with strange eyes.
Yang Shuo couldn't help but say, "The snow is too heavy and it's so cold outside. There's nothing we can do."
The police officer's face was sullen. "You're the team leader. The situation is dire, and you should be calming your team members down. Yet, you watched her go. And listen to what you just said: 'Teach her a lesson.' Is this the time to teach someone a lesson in this freezing weather? You're already suspected of harming someone, don't you know that?"
A group of college students dared to travel to such a far place and left people behind several times. They are really great.
"Bring them in for questioning. You guys, take your statements as well."
Yang Shuo and his companions panicked: "We didn't mean to do it, we didn't break the law, we..." Including Ji Qing, they were all taken away.
Another police officer nodded to Xihe and the others: "Come in and take your statements."
Xihe and the others had nothing to say, so they went back after taking their statements. As for Xia Li's body, they would wait until her parents arrived to discuss it.
Along the way, Xihe looked out the car window and saw people busy cleaning the road, but he didn't feel happy at all.
In another week, the snow will resume and continue to fall.
At the latest within three months, all the electric poles and other structures were frozen, the snow was getting deeper and deeper, there was no electricity, and no place to grow crops. The whole world entered an ice age, and hunger and freezing to death became the norm.
She had to find a place to spend the winter and prepare food before that came.
After returning to the hotel, Xihe first charged his mobile phone, then turned on the heater and went into the bathroom to take a hot shower.
After taking a shower, she turned on her cell phone while drying her hair. There were five or six missed calls from the original owner's parents. She was afraid that they would worry, so she said that she was in the hotel and wanted to read well, and turned off her phone for the next few days.
They never called, probably because they couldn't get in touch with each other later, so they started to worry.
She dialed the phone: "Mom——"
Knock knock knock, there is a knock on the door.
She walked over to open the door, and said to Mrs. Tan with a smile: "Yeah, I've been studying. It's okay, I'm fine." She gestured for Zhou Yan to come in, then turned back to her room, "I'll be back in two days..."
Zhou Yan was at a loss holding the lunch box. After a while, he closed the door and walked in quietly.
Xihe sat on the bed and told Tan's mother that the snow would continue to fall, and asked them to use half of the money to buy food and heating supplies.
Tan's mother refused: "The snow has stopped. If it falls again, it will fall in the north. It is impossible for it to fall in the south. Just go to school and don't worry about these things." Half of the money is used to buy food? They don't plan to open a rice shop! Ruo Ruo is still too young and naive.
Xihe could only settle for the next best thing: "Mom, I want to buy some skin care products and clothes recently. Can you transfer some money to me?"
Tan's mother immediately said, "Okay, I'll transfer 20,000 to you later."
His tone was gentle, and there was a sense of compensation in his voice. After all, his daughter wanted to buy food for their own good.
Xihe bargained: "Fifty thousand."
Tan's mother: "Fifty thousand? What do you want to buy for fifty thousand? Ruo Ruo, we can't imitate others and buy luxury goods. Those things may look nice but are actually useless." She said a lot.
Xihe: "Mom, please."
Tan’s mother: “…Okay.” Then she hung up the phone.
The Tan family runs a small supermarket and can earn 200,000 to 300,000 yuan a year. The family is well off, but not to the point of spending tens of thousands of yuan with a wave of their hand. Giving their daughter 50,000 yuan is already the limit.
Holding the phone, Xihe pondered, what could 50,000 yuan buy? Food, heating, and a generator.
"Ruoruo, are you short of money?"
Xihe looked over and saw Zhou Yan opening his lunch box and saying with red ears, "If you don't have enough money, I still have some here..." He suddenly became worried, what if Ruo Ruo didn't want to spend his money.
Unexpectedly, Xihe's eyes lit up: "How much do you have?"
Zhou Yan quickly took out his phone, opened Taobao, then opened a certain V, and handed it to her: "There are about 100,000. Do you think it's enough?"
Xihe raised an eyebrow, not expecting Zhou Yan to have some savings. Then he looked at him and said, "Why don't you ask your parents for some more?"
Fifteen thousand may seem like a lot, but who knows when the apocalypse will end. Moreover, when you add up all the clothes, shoes, food, and drinks, it’s not enough for two families.
Zhou Yan blinked: "Okay, I'll ask right away."
Xihe nodded and went to the bathroom to blow dry her hair.
Zhou Yan dialed the number, and Zhou's father quickly picked up. Upon hearing that he wanted money, he immediately asked, "Two hundred thousand, what do you need so much for?"
Zhou Yan hesitated for a moment. He had never lied to his parents before. Just then, Xihe called him in the bathroom to get some hair care oil. Zhou Yan replied "OK" without thinking, and then froze.
Father Zhou's eyes widened: "Do you have girls over there?"
Zhou Yan suddenly felt guilty: "Dad, please listen to my explanation..."
Zhou's father was so angry that smoke came out of his head. He said angrily: "Zhou Yan, tell me honestly why you want money? Did you bully the girl, you..." Thinking of that possibility, his breathing suddenly became unstable, brat, brat!
Seeing his furious face, Zhou's mother turned pale with fear and said anxiously, "Old Zhou, what happened?"
Father Zhou gritted his teeth and said, "Zhou Yan, you little bastard, what did I teach you since you were a child? How dare you do such a thing to me? You're making me so angry! Just wait for me!" He hung up the phone directly.
Zhou Yan looked at his phone, confused.
However, within two minutes, one million was transferred to his mobile phone.
Along with a message: You have to compensate her well! If the girl doesn't take good care of herself and gets hurt, I'll show you how I'll deal with you!
A question mark slowly appeared in Zhou Yan's head. What was his father doing?
"Did your father agree?"
Xihe took the essential oil, squeezed a pump, rubbed it with both hands, and put it into her hair.
My hair looked quite frizzy after not being taken care of for a week. Now after using essential oil to comb it, it suddenly has a soft and shiny luster under the light and is very smooth.
Zhou Yan nodded, showed her the balance, and asked, "Is that enough?"
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