Crisis in the car
"Jiang Shuyu, three spiritual roots, 16 years old."
"The conditions are met, pack up and leave at 2 o'clock this afternoon."
A woman with her face covered in oil paint, the captain of the Dancing Phoenix Team, nodded, wrote down her name, and gave her a registration form.
Jiang Shuyu held up the application form with two big red characters printed on it, her face filled with joy. She was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes, thinking she could finally help her parents.
She ran home almost like a wisp of wind, her long hair flying, a stark contrast to her usual quiet and demure personality: "Mom! Dad! I signed up successfully!"
As soon as they opened the door, they were the bedridden parents. They coughed and squinted their eyes to look at their daughter who was fighting against the light. They were a little confused: "Xiaoyu, what's going on? Why are you so happy?"
"Mom, I'm telling you, I got accepted into the Dancing Phoenix Troupe. It's that job everyone says you can earn a ton of money!" Jiang Shuyu showed her mother the application form. "Look, these two red words mean I passed!"
The father on the side put on his reading glasses, took the brand new paper with trembling hands, and said happily: "Passed, it passed! That's right!"
The old couple wiped their tears, feeling happy yet sad: "Our Xiaoyu is talented, but it's hard for you, with three spiritual roots, to be held back by the two of us."
The vicissitudes of life on his face turned into wrinkles: "If it weren't for the burden of parents, you would have already drawn Qi into your body and become one of those cultivators!"
"Dad, Mom, what are you talking about?" Jiang Shuyu took the application form and carefully put it away. "Since you gave birth to me and raised me, I must repay your kindness!"
"I know I'm usually quiet and not good at expressing myself, but I've always remembered all the kindness you've shown me. How could I possibly abandon you?"
Jiang Shuyu hugged his parents and sniffed, "Don't worry, when I get to the city center of District 9, I will work hard and make a lot of money. Your illness will be cured, and I will successfully draw Qi into my body and become a cultivator. Then no one will bully you anymore!"
"Good boy, good boy, it's all us who have dragged you down..."
"Don't say these things, my father. As long as the child treats us well, we are content."
The family of three held each other's hands, looked at each other with tears in their eyes, and passed on the warmth of their palms. Jiang Shuyu lowered her head and cried, vowing in her heart that she must make a name for herself!
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At 1:30 p.m., she had packed her things and was ready to leave. She said goodbye to her parents and got on the bus.
Because it was not yet two o'clock, there were only a few people on the bus. Jiang Shuyu saw that they looked unfamiliar. They were not local girls and had some social anxiety. She sat in the innermost seat with a cloth bag on her back.
Someone came forward and greeted them warmly: "Hello, I'm Han Tong from the village next to yours. I have four spiritual roots and I'm 16 years old. We'll be colleagues from now on, so please take care of me!"
When Jiang Shuyu looked up, she saw the other person's rosy face and round eyes. She pursed her lips, stretched out her hand, and whispered, "Jiang Shuyu, 16 years old, three spiritual roots."
"Wow, you're 16 too. What month were you born? I was born in October. Should I call you sister or younger sister?"
Jiang Shuyu: "September..."
Han Tong's eyes lit up: "Wow, so you are my sister!" She immediately packed up her things and sat next to her, "Sister Shuyu! I brought a lot of apples. Our apple tree is bearing fruit. I'll give you a few!"
An apple was stuffed into Jiang Shuyu's hand. It was big, round, and red, as cute as Han Tong's face.
She was touched and her voice softened: "Thank you..."
"You're welcome!" Han Tong was not polite at all. She started eating with big mouthfuls. While biting the apple, she told her about the Wu Feng Team.
"Our car is different from others. Have you noticed that ours is filled with women, and they are very young! Because only people with spiritual roots can ride in our car, and they are young women!"
Han Tong excitedly said, "So the requirements for us to get on this car are quite high. We have to be young and have spiritual roots. So we are the chosen ones. I think the company will definitely train us very well, and we may be able to become monks soon!"
Some people came up one after another and heard what she said. They were all interested: "Really? Really?"
"Yes, those of us with spiritual roots will receive additional spiritual pearl subsidies every year, but those without spiritual roots can only get some money and no spiritual pearls at all."
Han Tong's explanation was so coherent that some people believed her, but others objected: "Don't talk nonsense! The captain hasn't said anything, so how do you know the inside story?"
Han Tong was dissatisfied and pouted: "Yang Ruxuan, you just came out to pick a fight because I'm so popular!"
Then, Han Tong muttered to Jiang Shuyu, "This person is from our village. She came up here with me. You don't know how she finds fault with me. She always thinks I'm talking nonsense, but what I say is the truth! Because someone from our village went in before me."
Jiang Shuyu glanced at Yang Ruxuan. She was tall and pretty, but had a bad temper and was very cold. She didn't seem easy to talk to.
She nodded and said nothing more.
After everyone gathered, the driver started driving. Captain Wu Feng gave some precautions and then sat on the other side. During the journey, a girl kept crying and finally couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to get off the bus.
"Shi Xiaoxiao! You're such a coward! I'm just going on a long trip to find a job. Why are you crying so hard?"
"Sister Chen, I can't take it anymore. I'm scared and I want to go home. I've never left our village in my life. I just don't want to go back. I want to go home!"
Shi Xiaoxiao was a short girl with big eyes and a thin body. She pulled the captain of the Dancing Phoenix Team and cried, "Captain, please let me go back. I miss my parents. Our family is not short of money. Please let me go home! I don't want to rent a house outside and work alone to earn money!"
The Wufeng team tried to persuade them kindly at first: "Why are you crying like that, little girl? You're putting us in a difficult position. You've already signed the registration form."
Sister Chen also advised: "Xiaoxiao, although you are the only girl in your family and your parents dote on you, they can't support you forever, so you still have to find a job as soon as possible!"
"Sister Chen, I know I'm timid, so I don't dare to go out. If you hadn't pulled me this time, I wouldn't have wanted to come out..."
Shi Xiaoxiao's voice became softer as she spoke later.
"What! What do you mean I have to pull you over? I'm like I'm forcing you. Then get off now!"
Sister Chen is an older woman named Chen Hong. Her husband died early, leaving behind a son and a daughter. In order to make a living, she works outside.
It happened that the Wu Feng team was recruiting, so she closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and left her children to her grandmother. She happened to meet Shi Xiaoxiao who was hesitant, so she said a few words to her. Shi Xiaoxiao was persuaded and followed her.
Now Shi Xiaoxiao was crying and timid, which made her unhappy. The two had a few quarrels in the car, and Chen Hong ignored Shi Xiaoxiao.
Shi Xiaoxiao kept opening the back door, crying and shouting, "I want to get out of the car!!!"
The devilish sound pierced her ears, and the look on her face seemed to have done something to her!
Jiang Shuyu and Han Tong were stunned. Finally, the captain of the Wufeng team couldn't stand it anymore and opened the door for her, saying impatiently: "Okay, you go first!"
Shi Xiaoxiao was stunned. After getting out of the car, she called out to Chen Hong in the car and whispered, "Sister Chen, do you want to leave?"
Chen Hong had a cold face and didn't want to pay attention to her. Shi Xiaoxiao got out of the car with red eyes. After getting out of the car, she wiped her eyes, and there was no fear in her eyes.
In fact, Shi Xiaoxiao is just a girl with five spiritual roots, but she has had an intuition since she was a child, an intuition about danger, and it has never been wrong!
This time, as soon as she got on the bus, she felt danger, especially the captain of the Wufeng team and her team members, who had a creepy feeling.
So she pretended to be crazy and got off the car.
I immediately took out my communicator and called my parents to ask them to come pick me up.
But the next second, she fainted in the middle of the mountain road, and a flash of inspiration passed by.
The captain of the Dancing Phoenix Team in the car withdrew his consciousness and laughed in his heart. This girl was indeed quite clever. If she hadn't shown no fear on her face after getting off the car, he would have thought that this girl was really timid.
He narrowed his eyes and looked at the car full of young girls, his eyes curved with smiles, and he returned with a full load again.
"If anyone else wants to get off now, you can tell me in advance to avoid any unpleasantness in the car."
After these words were spoken, no one came out to respond. They just felt that Shi Xiaoxiao was puzzled, especially Chen Hong. She didn't feel that Shi Xiaoxiao's behavior was puzzled, but that her behavior today was very different from usual.
Although Shi Xiaoxiao is timid, she worries that the branches above her head will fall when she stands under a tree, and she is afraid of being washed away by the water when she stands by the river. But as long as she worries and feels anxious, nothing will fail.
So, today...
Dancing Phoenix Team...
Chen Hong was shocked. Xiaoxiao asked her to come down just now. Could it be that she wanted to remind her?
There is danger here!
"I……"
The Wu Feng team interrupted her, "Alright, now everyone, hand in your communicators. We're about to go work with the elders of District Nine, so you absolutely must not contact your families!"
Chen Hong felt even more that something was wrong. Why did he have to hand over the communicator?
"Captain, I want to get off the bus too. I'm worried Xiaoxiao might get into an accident! She's a very temperamental child. If something happens, how am I going to explain it to her parents?"
The captain of the Dancing Phoenix team's face darkened: "Are you leaving too?"
Chen Hong was trembling with fear and continued, "I don't want to leave either. After all, it's such a good job! I was really angry just now and said a few words. Don't underestimate Xiao Xiao, she's actually as hard as a rock! If something happens to her when she goes back, I really can't explain it!"
The two sides were in a stalemate and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
Everyone was confused. They wondered what was wrong with Sister Chen. Why were all of them wanting to leave? Wasn't this supposed to be a good job? Many people were desperately trying to get in!
Jiang Shuyu noticed the spiritual energy on the fingers of the captain of the Dancing Phoenix Team and was suddenly shocked!
Is that possible? No wonder!
It turns out... at this moment, she understood everything!
"Ouch! Xiaotong, my stomach hurts!"
Han Tong was originally watching the show, but when she called out, she started yelling, "Sister Shuyu, what's wrong with you?"
She held onto Han Tong's hand tightly, signaling with her eyes: "Xiaotong, my stomach hurts. Is there something wrong with your apple? I can't take it anymore. I want to get off!"
Unfortunately, Han Tong didn't understand and looked confused: "What apple? I ate apples too, so how can I be fine? Sister Shuyu, please don't wrongly accuse me!"
Jiang Shuyu and Chen Hong exchanged glances, and Chen Hong immediately understood and hurried over to support Jiang Shuyu: "Your apple must be unclean. It must have made me sick!"
Han Tong was speechless and angrily jumped up and down: "No way! You are talking nonsense! There is nothing wrong with my apple!"
Yang Ruxuan, who was sitting in the back, looked up and smiled coldly: "There's nothing wrong with your own apples, but is there anything wrong with the apples you gave to others? Only you know that, right?"
Han Tong was also anxious, her eyes red. "Why are you bullying me? I gave you apples out of kindness, how can you say my apples are bad? There is nothing wrong with my apples! Don't accuse me, I will go down with you now. I don't believe the doctor can't clear my name!"
Chen Hong pulled Han Tong and Jiang Shuyu, looking anxious: "Let's go, and you are not allowed to run. The three of us will get off the car and go to the hospital!"
The three of them started clamoring to get off the bus!
The captain of the Wufeng team was not easy to deal with either. He saw through their little tricks and
"Bang——" sound.
A knife was placed on their necks.
"If you don't want to die, just sit down quietly!"
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