Chapter 816 Chen Bao extra (14)
Zhou Mian, however, did not comply with his wishes. She suppressed her shocked expression and instead snorted, "It's so-so."
Murong Chen: "..."
He realized that nothing could stop this girl from being stubborn, not even if the sky were to fall.
As a grown man, he decided not to argue with her and let out a long breath, saying, "Do you know where we are?"
The car had already entered the tunnel, and it was pitch black all around.
Zhou Mian gave an irrelevant answer: "I don't want to know where we are, I just want you to stay away from me."
Murong Chen: "?"
He hadn't realized it until she pointed it out; only then did he realize he had been a little too close.
He was right beside her, and to make it easier to talk, his lips were almost touching her ear.
The natural milky scent emanating from her body wafted into his nose as his senses returned, involuntarily reminding him of the bed he had slept in the previous night…
For some reason, his body felt slightly hot.
Seeing him in a daze, Zhou Mian turned her head away.
The moment he received her gaze, Murong Chen felt as if he had been electrocuted and abruptly took a few centimeters back.
The moment their eyes met, Zhou Mian's heart was also unsettled.
The hot breath the man exhaled when he spoke still lingered in her ear, as if spreading from the tip of her ear to the tip of her heart, making her tremble.
She only said this after noticing her abnormal heartbeat, but she didn't expect the people around her to react so strongly.
Seeing him looking like a startled rabbit, she couldn't help but laugh.
He was just thinking about how he had ears all around him, so he suppressed his laughter and didn't let it out.
Perhaps sensing the slightly awkward atmosphere, Murong Chen subconsciously rubbed his fingers together, coughed lightly, and leaned closer, saying, "You really don't want to know where we are?"
Zhou Mian's eyes still held a smile as she casually said, "It's not that I don't want to know, it's that I already know."
Murong Chen: "?"
Seeing his disbelieving expression, Zhou Mian lowered his voice and slowly said, "Just now, we turned left twice, then went straight for about 700 meters, then turned right once, then waited for a 20-second red light, then went straight for 3 kilometers, got on the highway, drove on the highway for an hour, and after getting off, we went to the right and are now in a tunnel. If I remember correctly, we should have just passed Wangbei East Road."
Murong Chen: "???"
He looked at Zhou Mian with disbelief in his eyes.
Zhou Mian was clearly amused by that look and smiled slyly: "Have you ever heard the saying, 'Don't take on a job you're not qualified for'? Did you really think I came here to throw my life away?"
Murong Chen: "...Where did you learn this trick?"
Zhou Mian hummed in response: "Do you even need to learn this? After living in Kyoto for so many years, surely you can remember the way?"
Murong Chen: "..."
He can remember the route, but to remember it so clearly while blindfolded, even estimating the timing of traffic lights to the second, goes beyond just being able to remember the route.
If she hasn't received professional training, then she can only be described as exceptionally gifted.
"So you were sitting there muttering to yourself just now, memorizing this?" Murong Chen asked.
“Yes, if we don’t know the way back, then all our running will be for nothing,” Zhou Mian said naturally.
Just then, Wang Biao in front seemed to sit up straight and stretch.
The two of them immediately fell silent.
Murong Chen quickly put the blindfold on Zhou Mian, then put his own back on, pretending to still be bound.
Wang Biao smacked his lips, glanced behind him, and seeing that they were all quietly wearing blindfolds and not saying a word, he turned back.
Murong Chen heard him lower his voice as if asking where they were, and then the driver replied, "Almost there."
In total, they walked for more than two hours.
The branch they were in was already remote enough, let alone now that they've gone on a detour of over a hundred kilometers to the suburbs.
It's now estimated to be at least a three-hour drive from the city center.
It's about time.
Seeing that Brother Biao was no longer looking at their location, Murong Chen lifted his blindfold slightly and glanced at Zhou Mian out of the corner of his eye.
Sure enough, she started muttering to herself again.
Murong Chen curled his lips into a smile.
The next moment, he noticed that her face seemed even paler than before. He frowned slightly and lowered his voice even further: "Are you carsick again?"
Zhou Mian paused for a moment, then gave an almost imperceptible nod.
Murong Chen looked at her hands, which were tied behind her back. Because she couldn't move them, she was also unable to press her acupoints anymore.
Since they were almost there, he couldn't easily untie her rope, lest he be caught off guard and arouse suspicion.
After thinking for a moment, he simply moved a little closer to her, then secretly reached his hand behind her, took her hand, pressed her Hegu acupoint, and gently massaged it.
The moment Zhou Mian felt her hand being pressed down by the large, warm palm of the person next to her, she froze, instinctively trying to break free.
But the next moment, the slight soreness from her Hegu acupoint made her realize what the people around her were doing.
Her body gradually relaxed and she stopped struggling.
In the enclosed space, which was dimly lit, the other girls either leaned on each other or against the carriage, and many of them had fallen asleep.
Brother Biao in front was fiddling with his phone, while the driver was focused on driving.
In their own private space, Murong Chen was diligently massaging her acupoints.
The secluded atmosphere made Zhou Mian's ears inexplicably warm again.
After a moment, her nausea subsided, and she coughed lightly, moved slightly, and whispered, "Okay, I don't feel uncomfortable anymore."
Murong Chen hummed in agreement and released his hand.
The two remained silent for a moment, and the air seemed to become even thicker than before.
Fortunately, they arrived at their destination not long afterward.
Sensing that the driver had slowed down, Murong Chen tied the rope back around himself—he had practiced how to escape and how to cover himself up countless times back in school.
Therefore, his actions were swift and decisive. The car stopped, the door opened, and Wang Biao led them out without noticing anything amiss.
After getting out of the car, Zhou Mian asked first, "Brother, we're here? Can we take off our blindfolds now?"
Wang Biao gave her a sinister look and coldly uttered two words: "No."
Murong Chen immediately asked, "Brother Biao, what about me?"
Wang Biao hesitated for a moment, then said, "We've been wearing them all this way, a little longer won't make a difference."
After saying that, he arranged everyone to stand in a row and led them toward a certain spot.
They didn't know how long they had been following Wang Biao when, with his shout of "We've arrived," their blindfolds were finally removed.
Upon seeing the scene before them, both Murong Chen and Zhou Mian gasped in shock.
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