Chapter 557 Let’s Sleep in the Same Room
"Didn't Sister Li ever speak her hometown dialect in front of you?"
After the car started, Lu Yuanqiu asked Bai Qingxia with a smile.
Bai Qingxia shook her head. She came forward and skillfully helped Lu Yuanqiu fasten his seat belt. This was something Lu Yuanqiu liked to do in the past, but now it was Bai Qingxia who took the initiative whenever the two of them went out in the car.
After tying up Lu Yuanqiu and herself, she sat down and suddenly recalled the past: "Sister Li and I met in 2005, when I was less than 11 years old. In fact, I never let down my guard against Sister Li until I entered high school..."
Lu Yuanqiu shook the window and turned to look at her: "Is it because of Sister Li's usual work and dress?"
Bai Qingxia nodded gently: "I always thought she was a bad person. When she saw that I was not hygienic, not paying attention to safety, and did not know some common sense, she would be mean to me."
"But after scolding me, she would help me take a bath, wash my feet, and cut my nails. But I was young at that time, and I only cared about her scolding me. I even hit her..."
As Bai Qingxia spoke, she looked at her clean fingernails, as if she was remembering something in a more concrete way.
It's like picking up a little wild cat that would tremble and bare its fangs in defense against humans... Lu Yuanqiu thought to himself.
But it was normal for Bai Qingxia to be hostile to everyone at that time, because the sky had just fallen for the little girl at that time.
"It was only after I entered high school that my relationship with Sister Li really eased a lot. She stopped being mean to me, perhaps because she thought I had grown up. But if she had been mean to me again at that time, I would not have been angry, because I knew she was doing it for my own good."
Lu Yuanqiu nodded: "Like a real sister."
Bai Qingxia hummed, "So I don't believe she would just stop associating with me without saying anything."
Lu Yuanqiu touched Bai Qingxia's hand. Bai Qingxia looked up at him and also held Lu Yuanqiu's five fingers with her backhand. The difference in skin color between the two was obvious.
"Are you here for tourism? This direction is not right?" the driver asked in front.
Lu Yuanqiu barely understood what he meant and responded, "No, uncle, we are here to look for someone."
“Ah, oh oh oh…”
Maybe the ride was a bit long and the taxi driver felt bored, so he suddenly started talking, but his Mandarin was so poor that Lu Yuanqiu felt a little tired after chatting with him.
After chatting for five minutes, Lu Yuanqiu couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, why don't you drive seriously?"
The driver turned around and said, "No, I'll fall asleep easily if I don't chat."
Damn it, threatening me. This sentence scared Lu Yuanqiu so much that he immediately perked up. He leaned forward, forced a smile on his face, and started talking to the driver: "Uncle, what...what job do you do?"
The driver stared blankly at Lu Yuanqiu through the rearview mirror.
Bai Qingxia lowered her head and laughed out loud.
There are many winding mountain roads here. The taxi was desperately driving up and down the S-line. Lu Yuanqiu was actually scared awake by the driver's words "easy to fall asleep". He chatted with the driver all the way.
When they got off the car in the county, it was already eight o'clock in the evening. The journey was long, and there was traffic jam during the holidays, so the driver really made a lot of money this time. Moreover, he chatted happily the whole way. Lu Yuanqiu suddenly felt humiliated as if he was being taken advantage of for free. Before his rebirth, he would have to pay for chatting.
Bai Qingxia took the initiative to pay for the car, including all the money for today.
"Let's find a place to rest for a while." Lu Yuanqiu spoke while carrying the suitcase. Bai Qingxia turned her head to look at him. She heard that Lu Yuanqiu's voice was already hoarse.
Noticing the girl's gaze, Lu Yuanqiu sighed and walked forward silently with his suitcase. "Damn, I've never seen such a talkative driver in my life. I'm going crazy after chatting for four hours."
This county does seem to have a low economic level. It is surrounded by mountains and is dark at night. There are many tricycles on the road and the traffic seems too chaotic.
After walking several hundred meters, Lu Yuanqiu didn't see any traffic lights.
Not to mention the traffic lights, he dragged Bai Qingxia around and looked around but didn't see a decent hotel. Finally, they stopped in front of a hotel that looked relatively good.
After a whole day's journey, although Bai Qingxia didn't say anything, Lu Yuanqiu knew that she must be exhausted. Not to mention her, Lu Yuanqiu felt like he was about to fall apart. If he met that driver on the way back, he would simply hang himself on the Welcoming Pine tomorrow.
Arriving at the entrance of the hotel, the two walked through a tattered bead curtain towards the front desk. The corridor was a bit narrow. A greasy man passing by glanced at Bai Qingxia a few more times. Bai Qingxia quickly made way. The small space was actually not that bad. She had lived in some shabby places before. She was mainly not used to the constant gaze of these strange men.
The man sitting on the sofa next to her was also looking at her while smoking. Bai Qingxia glanced over there quickly.
"ID card." Lu Yuanqiu reminded.
There were quite a lot of people passing by behind, so Bai Qingxia protected her suitcase and opened the white bag in front of her. When she saw Lu Yuanqiu was about to talk to the guy at the counter, she quickly pulled Lu Yuanqiu's arm and whispered, "Let's sleep in the same room..."
Lu Yuanqiu looked at her pleading eyes, nodded, and said to the boy, "Book a double bed room."
In fact, he was also hesitating whether to get a room, but in this matter he had to consider the girl's thoughts in advance.
With the room card in hand, the two of them carried their suitcases and walked up to the second floor. The corridor was still narrow, and people were constantly coming down. Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia waited obediently for a minute downstairs. When they saw that everyone had left, they carried the suitcases upstairs. When they went upstairs, Lu Yuanqiu looked back at Bai Qingxia's difficulty in lifting the suitcase with both hands, and said with a smile, "Don't force yourself, give it to me."
"I can!" She raised her eyebrows.
"Still stubborn."
Lu Yuanqiu snatched her suitcase and went up the stairs, three steps at a time. The girl looked at his back and followed him obediently with her head down.
Find the room and swipe the card to enter.
Bai Qingxia stuck her head into the room and looked around.
She instantly felt clearly the difference between an ordinary guesthouse and a high-end hotel. The first was the smell, and the second was the small space. This double room didn't even have a window, and the only sound in the dim space was the sound of a ventilation fan.
Lu Yuanqiu inserted the card, turned on the light, and opened the glass door of the toilet. It was a squat toilet. The only thing to be thankful for was that the toilet and bathroom were separated.
"Which bed are you sleeping in?" Lu Yuanqiu asked after putting down his luggage.
Bai Qingxia pointed to the one near the toilet without hesitation: "This one."
Lu Yuanqiu turned his head and looked at the toilet next to him. A strange smell came from the gap under the glass door. He volunteered, "I'll sleep in this one, and you sleep in the one inside."
"Let me sleep. You may not be used to this smell."
"fine."
Bai Qingxia saw Lu Yuanqiu sitting directly on the bed outside. She quickly walked forward and stretched out her arms to grab Lu Yuanqiu's hand, trying to pull him up from the bed: "Go sleep inside."
(End of this chapter)
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