Chapter 464: Tricking the Driver
"Don't thank me yet. I have some bad news for you." Zhuang Liya pointed at the smoke behind the car. "Your car is burning oil. You need to replace the valve seals, otherwise your spark plugs will often be drowned."
The driver climbed down and took a look. He thought the girl might be right and nodded seriously. "I understand. I'll replace it as soon as I get back. Miss! Are you sure you only want to replace the valve seal? You don't need to change anything else, right?"
"Yes!" Zhuang Liya told the driver confidently, "Just replace the valve oil seal, the rest is fine."
"Okay! Thank you!" The driver greeted Bai Yangfan and Lu Jingheng. Zhuang Liya got in the car and said with a smile, "Let's go."
Zhuang Liya yelled like crazy: "Yes! Let's go!"
Bai Yangfan and Lu Jingheng looked at each other and climbed up one after another.
Sitting in a tanker truck, they began to advance towards the long-distance bus station.
The driver was a chatterbox. He asked Zhuang Liya, who was standing next to him, "Where are you going on this long-distance bus?"
Zhuang Liya was no fool. She wouldn't tell him directly where she was going. Instead, she asked, "Uncle! Where are you going?"
The driver was not on guard against her and told her where he was going. After hearing this, Bai Yangfan felt that a large section of the road to the driver's destination was the same.
It would be more convenient and less troublesome to take his car.
If you take a long-distance bus, you may encounter waves of checkpoints on the road, and you may also encounter some vicious thugs who rob you of your belongings.
Although they didn't carry anything valuable in the bags on their backs, it couldn't stop the greedy eyes of the refugees.
In her previous life, she and Twelve had seen such things happen when they came here to carry out a mission. Some sections of the road were blocked by the locals, and if they wanted to pass, they had to cooperate with their inspections.
To put it bluntly, they demanded money and took away all the guests' belongings. If no one resisted, it would be fine, but if someone was so foolish as to resist, they would beat them to death.
They have the final say on whether to beat you to death or to maim you. If they are in a good mood, they will spare your life. If they are in a bad mood, they will just beat you to death.
The local government would not care about such trivial matters at all. In their eyes, rebellion is a big deal.
As long as there are no rebels, everything else can be turned a blind eye.
There are certain risks in taking a long-distance bus to your destination, but it is relatively safer to take a tanker truck.
The tanker trucks should belong to the national transport team. They have their own organization and numbers.
Most people don't dare to do that.
The government may not care about the lives of ordinary people, but it still attaches great importance to national energy. Anyone who dares to get involved may pay the price with his life.
Those people also look at the cars and know which cars should be stopped and which cars should not be stopped.
Long-distance buses are privately owned, so if you stop them, no one will do anything to them.
The tanker trucks are under government control. Anyone who dares to stop them is an enemy of the government, a rebel, and should be executed. Robbing people's property is fine, but robbing the country's property is simply courting death.
Zhuang Liya looked back at Bai Yangfan who was sitting in the back seat. Their eyes met in the air. Although they didn't say anything, they understood what he meant.
This is tacit understanding, a tacit understanding that is in tune with each other.
Twelve and Eighteen have always had this kind of tacit understanding, otherwise they would not have been able to escape death time and time again and complete many unimaginable tasks.
"Uncle! Can you take us to the town of Bansai you're going to? We're planning to go to a place called Kuqia, which is about three hundred kilometers away from Bansai."
Zhuang Liya did not lie, but she did not tell the truth either. Kuqiya was a place where Chinese people gathered, and the person they wanted to take away was not there, but in another place.
While hanging out outside, she remembered a proverb left by her ancestors: When you meet someone, only say three-tenths of what you want to say, and don't reveal your whole heart to them.
When you are in the world, you must be aware of the dangers.
Lu Jingheng sat in the back seat and let Bai Yangfan lie down and sleep comfortably with his head resting on his thighs, listening to the conversation between Zhuang Liya and the driver in the front seat.
Even though he didn't understand, he listened carefully and used his skills to distinguish the good and evil thoughts in the fat driver's heart.
"Kuqia?" The driver frowned and looked back at them. "I see. You're going to Kuqia to look for your companions and relatives, right? I heard that place has been surrounded by rebels.
I can take you to Bansay. If you're lucky, I can ask my companions to take you to Kuchia. But do you really want to go? It's a dangerous place. What will happen if there are only three of you? You may not even find the person you're looking for."
It can be heard that the driver is not a bad person. On the contrary, he is quite kind to them.
Bai Yangfan lay in the back seat with her eyes closed. She just wanted to hear how Twelve was going to fool people.
Zhuang Liya, who lived up to her expectations, immediately had tears in her eyes and choked up as she said, "Thank you for reminding me. I know that place is dangerous, but my parents are there. I must go find them and then find a way to return home.
"We heard about our parents' plight back home and were deeply troubled. They went abroad to work to raise my sister and me. Now that they're in trouble, how could my sister and I just stand by and watch?"
Lu Jingheng: “…”
My God! Zhuang Liya's acting skills are really good. Her deep and sincere love for her husband moved the driver, not to mention him.
A pair of sisters traveled thousands of miles to find their parents. How can one not cry and feel sad when hearing about it?
People are compassionate. As long as their compassion is aroused, no one will refuse to lend a hand.
At this moment, the driver was in this kind of mood.
He sympathized with the girl's situation. He held the steering wheel in his hands and comforted Zhuang Liya: "Don't be sad, it's okay, everything will be fine.
When we get to Bansai Town, I'll find a car to take you there. After all, you are all young girls. If you go to a place like that without anyone to lead you, you will easily get cheated.
Kuqia is in chaos right now, with the rebels killing anyone they see. But the Chinese seem to be holding back and not daring to do anything. I think your parents are fine, just trapped."
"Thank you!" As if comforted by the driver, the sadness in Zhuang Liya's eyes disappeared and she became lively again, "Uncle! Thank you for your comfort. I think my parents should be fine. I went there just to bring them back. I didn't think about anything else.
Our parents have spent half their lives raising us. Now that they are in trouble, we must come. Even if I have to die, I want to die with them, not live alone with my sister.
The driver was bewitched by Zhuang Liya's words, and his eyes were red: "Child! Your parents will be pleased that you have this heart."
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