Chapter 1723 How could there be someone here?
On a snowy road, a BMW 5 Series Touring was driving at high speed, with a soulful Russian song playing in the car.
The girl sitting in the passenger seat spoke up at this time: "Ekaterina, drive slower."
The person driving the car was Ekaterina, who had argued with her in the restaurant the day before.
"I'm so angry! I'm so angry! I'm so angry!" Ekaterina honked her car horn desperately. There was probably no one living within dozens of kilometers, and she was honking her car horn desperately just to vent her anger: "I'm going to kill Zhenya! This damn second-generation official!"
There is a reason why she cursed like that!
She'd already been furious at the restaurant yesterday, and today they'd planned to go to a nightclub, but it was closed. The reason, she'd heard, was that Zhenya had gone on a drunken rampage and trashed the place. Her cousin, Eugenia, had come to visit her, but she hadn't been able to have a good time. Luckily, the Nenets were having their reindeer festival, otherwise she wouldn't have known where to take Eugenia.
Eugenia said after hearing this, "Ekaterina, that's not what you said yesterday. You even said Zhenya was a talented person. The song you're playing now is still his song. You were so enthusiastic about the demo he recorded himself. I heard there are only ten copies of this demo, right?"
Ekaterina snorted coldly, "His talent can't hide his bad character! He relied on his father to shut down our nightclub. What a bully!"
It was because Xiao Peng was not here, otherwise he would have reminded her whether she had forgotten that someone had claimed to be from the Yazov family last night on the "Opening Day" to pressure others.
People are like this, they can't see the dust on the back of their necks.
Ekaterina paused and said, "But his songs are really good. I've known him for a long time, and I used to think he was just some playboy who played music just to get girls into bed. I never thought he could create such great music just hanging out in the parking lot. I've heard his old songs before, too. The melodies were average and the lyrics were just whiny. I never thought he could create such beautiful music now. The melodies are beautiful, and the lyrics are great."
Eugenia said, "His other songs all use poems by famous poets, but this one isn't. Yet, the lyrics are even more beautiful. You say he's a playboy, and you can tell from the lyrics, but he also has a clear understanding and concerns about everything. The lyrics are truly beautiful. Although the style of this song isn't traditional and feels a bit exotic, the melody is truly beautiful. It's truly wonderful to listen to it quietly. At first glance, the song seems too soothing, but it holds a unique power. There's even a curse word in such beautiful lyrics, but I didn't feel any discomfort. I even felt a sense of relief when I heard it. It's truly a great song!"
If Xiao Peng were in his car at this moment, he would definitely be cursing: "Zhenya, when you make other songs, you at least use lyrics from your country's poetry. Why did you just translate the lyrics of 'My Expression Is a Joke' into Russian and sing it? Are you getting lazier?"
Ekaterina said to Eugenia, "Eugenia, you drive for a while, I'll eat something."
Eugenia said: "I don't have a Russian driver's license."
Ekaterina laughed and said, "Do you think the police will seize your driver's license here? Drive with confidence! Didn't you say you wanted to experience driving in the snow? Come on! You can drive here with your eyes closed. Who would go here... Huh?"
The reason she exclaimed "Huh" was because she discovered there was a hole in the snow on the shoulder of the road ahead.
Seeing this, she pulled over to the side of the road and said excitedly, "Eugenia, you are so lucky."
Eugenia asked, puzzled, "Good luck? What does that mean?"
Ekaterina replied, "You don't know, do you? This road runs along a river. It's comfortable and close to the river at this time of year, and there's not much snow on the river. This must be the snow road built by the Nenets people going to Arsaleh. We can drive directly to Arsaleh along this road!"
Eugenia was shocked when she heard this: "Driving on the river? Isn't that too dangerous?"
Ekaterina said, "What are you afraid of? The ice on the river is over eight meters thick this season! There's absolutely no problem with safety. Although there's no one here and I asked you to drive, where have you seen Russian roads like ours in Spain? Let me put it this way, even with snow tires, the driving style here is definitely different from yours. Driving on the river is actually safer! In fact, I've been looking for a snowy road like this all the way here, but I thought I'd find it closer to the village of Arsare, but I didn't expect to find it here."
Eugenia was still a little worried: "Are you sure this is a deliberate snowy road?"
Ekaterina said, "Of course! Do you see what's lying on the ground?"
"Hmm?" Eugenia looked in the direction of the car lights and saw a few stones and pieces of meat on the ground beside the snow path. "I saw it. What does that mean?"
Ekaterina said, "That's the custom of the Nenets. They perform a river worship ceremony when traveling on the river in winter. They believe in spirits, and they ask the river gods to bless them on their journey without any accidents! That's their altar."
Eugenia suddenly opened the car door after hearing this.
"What are you going to do?" Ekaterina asked curiously.
Eugenia pulled two boxes of biscuits and a pack of cigarettes from her bag and placed them on the Nenets' altar. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do! Drive carefully, and let me drive once we're on the river!"
Ekaterina smiled and said, "Just drive with confidence. Who would drive on a road like this? Just remember not to slam on the brakes when you feel the car slipping."
She drove across the snowy road. When she reached the middle of the river, she stopped the car and pointed in a direction. "Just drive along the river in that direction!" she said. "I'll eat something and rest for a bit. You can drive freely. Don't worry about any accidents. It's hard to find a living person here!"
In fact, just as she had said, there was no one here. Eugenia drove for over an hour without seeing a single living person. Ekaterina was just about to fall asleep out of boredom when she felt the car suddenly slow down.
"Hmm?" Ekaterina opened her eyes. "Brake slowly! Brake slowly! Hold the steering wheel tight! Slide the car out and slow down slowly!"
Eugenia listened to her, slowed down the car and finally stopped.
Ekaterina said angrily, "What are you doing?"
Eugenia pointed ahead and said, "There's a car over there!"
"How could there be people in this damn place?"
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