Chapter 2824-2836 [Inquiry]
"Yeah." The driver heard the envy in his words, and his vanity was satisfied. "But I'm tired of driving it. I'm planning to buy a new one."
The short-haired woman in the back seat laughed and said, "Don't be fooled by his scruffy appearance. He is actually a powerful second-generation rich man."
When Huiyuan Ai heard this, Suzuki Sonoko appeared in her mind for some reason: So, it seems that outward appearance has nothing to do with being a rich second-generation...
Just as I was thinking about it, a large truck came towards me.
The driver was startled and steered hastily, narrowly missing the oncoming vehicle.
The truck honked a few times in dissatisfaction and drove away in a cloud of dust.
"I was scared to death..." The driver steadied the car, still feeling frightened, "You really can't be distracted at all when driving in the snow."
Subaru Okiya's heart rate also soared with fear: What does it have to do with the snow? Who told you to ride on the center line all the time? It's such a narrow road, aren't you asking for a collision?
Okiya Subaru: “…”Come to think of it, why was he running along the center line?
The graduate student touched his chin, thinking of the jewel robber in Gunma Prefecture that had been widely reported in the news recently. His eyes twitched slightly, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.
In the back seat, Huihara Ai, who had fallen all over the place, was startled. She supported Jiang Xia and sat up, using this action to whisper, "Is there a strange sound in the trunk?"
"It should be our luggage." The short-haired woman next to them answered first.
- Unfortunately, although Haibara Ai originally wanted to whisper, her height was too different from that of an adult. Unless she stood on a stool and whispered close to the woman's ear, the woman on the other side would definitely hear it.
Huiyuan Ai, who failed to whisper: "..."
...Forget it, what the lady said makes some sense. Just now, in order to avoid the oncoming car, the person was almost thrown out. It seems very reasonable for the luggage in the trunk to hit the wall.
The driver in the front seat heard their conversation, laughed and took out a cigarette, and said: "I don't like to pack luggage. The suitcase is not fixed, so it's normal to make noises."
As he was talking, the short-haired woman in the back seat suddenly said angrily: "Who told you to smoke? Didn't I say I hate the smell of cigarettes the most?"
"!" The driver was startled and quickly put down his lighter. He put the cigarette behind his ear and said, "Sorry, sorry, I forgot."
"..." Subaru Okiya pretended to be an NPC who knew nothing, looked at the intersection ahead, and reminded the driver, "Turn left ahead."
"Oh, okay." The driver turned on the turn signal and turned.
He glanced at the sky and made small talk: "It's not snowing here in Tokyo. I'm really lucky. I don't want to drive on snowy roads again."
Just as he finished speaking, the windshield wipers on the car started to swing "click-click" - it was caused by him pressing the turn signal just now.
"..." The driver was a little embarrassed and quietly fumbled for the button on the car, trying to turn off the wipers.
“……” Okiya Subaru was even more embarrassed. He turned his sore neck and stared out the window, pretending that he couldn’t tell that the driver was not familiar with this car at all.
In the back seat, Haibara Ai also realized a big problem: as the vehicle drove towards Tokyo, every time a car passed by it, the driver would panic and dodge - it was clearly a two-way lane, but this person insisted on driving the car on the center line.
She began to wonder whether she was riding in an ordinary passing vehicle or a bumper car disguised as a car.
Even the short-haired woman couldn't stand it anymore: "Can you drive properly?"
The driver was sweating profusely: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's all because this road is too difficult to drive on. If I had known earlier, I would have taken another route."
Jiang Xia listened to their conversation and suddenly asked, "Could it be that you didn't have the vehicle inspected in time and there was something wrong with the vehicle, so it's hard to control the direction?"
"Hmm? Ah, yes! That must be it!" The driver rolled down the steps he passed. "If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten. This car hasn't been inspected for a while."
Jiang Xia: "The inspection mark on the front window of the car says '2' and the color is the color of this year, which means you should send this car for inspection in February this year."
“Yes, yes, yes.” The driver laughed. “I did receive a postcard from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism a few days ago, urging me to check. Oh, if I had known earlier, I would have gone there sooner and wouldn’t have been driving so nervously.”
When Okiya Subaru heard this, he pressed his forehead in pain.
The short-haired woman in the back seat vaguely sensed something was wrong. She looked toward the front window of the car and discovered that the place where the vehicle inspection paper was pasted was covered with snow, and it was pitch black.
She asked Jiang Xia suspiciously: "How did you see that piece of paper?"
Jiang Xia: "Every time a car came from the opposite direction, its headlights would shine through the snow, and the marking paper underneath the snow would also be visible."
As he was speaking, as if to echo his words, another vehicle passed by.
The driver and the short-haired woman subconsciously looked towards the front window of the car, and saw a slightly strange, angular "2" on it.
...Wait, that's not right!!
The two of them felt a pang in their hearts and silently prayed that the other three would not notice the problem.
However, at this moment, the young man wearing a mask looked at the darkened car window and thought: "Oh, I was mistaken. Since it looks like 2 from inside the car, then the actual number written on the marking paper should be 5. The vehicle inspection was not done until May, so why did you receive a postcard from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism this month?"
Subaru Okiya: “…” Jiang Xia couldn’t possibly make such a low-level mirror mistake, so there was only one truth—he did it on purpose.
"I knew it. Even I could see that there was something wrong with this car. How could Jiang Xia not notice it at all? It turns out he was planning a big move. But..."
Okiya Subaru and two other people in the car were sweating profusely. "Stop talking, please stop talking. We are still in their car. What if they get desperate and want to die together with us?"
Haibara Ai also remembered something and her face changed slightly: Speaking of Gunma Prefecture, the most serious incident recently was caused by a group of jewel thieves - could these two people be two of those robbers?
Did Jiang Xia want the two robbers to kill him and take him to a secluded place to silence him, and then he would take the opportunity to beat them up in return to relieve the recent work pressure?
Huihara Ai: "..." Knock it if you want, it can be considered as getting rid of harm for the people, but the problem is that there is a Subaru Okiya next to him - we can't kill this innocent graduate student, what if he sees it and exaggerates it to the reporter. Although he doesn't look like this kind of person, you have to be on guard against him.
Just as he was struggling with this, the short-haired woman laughed dryly and said, "This guy is so confused that he must have confused the inspection notices of other cars with this one. Didn't I just say that he is a rich second-generation and his family has many cars, so he doesn't know much about this one."
(End of this chapter)
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