Chapter 347: In a Lonely Journey
The sun was setting in the distant sky, and the fiery clouds seemed to be about to burn out. The contrast between the horizon and the bustling city means that the city comes alive at night. Those colorful scenes are slowly added to the field of vision, forming the city's unique nocturnal culture, but also breeding all kinds of problems and chaos.
In the crowded long-distance station, a long-haired blonde girl is walking through the crowd and towards the waiting hall. On both sides of the wide passage, the owners of newsstands and grocery stores were selling hard, and they didn't mind how beautiful a beautiful girl walked by them.
Perhaps in the eyes of such a person, there are only two kinds of people in this world - one who can make money and the other who cannot.
This pretty blonde girl clearly falls into the latter category.
The attitude of being alone, the relaxed appearance of carrying luggage, and there is no anxiety in his expression. If such a girl is not a China expert, at least she should have a bit of an extraordinary background, so it's better to see it yourself, but you can't just smash anyone with a hammer.
Neil had long noticed the gaze of the grocery store owner, and her life these days had made her more acute than usual, and the sharpness that had been worn out during the time she had lived by Su Yifan's side seemed to have returned to her body.
Everything is simple and crisp, classify the people around you, try to understand the movements and demeanor of everyone in your eyes in an instant, feel threatened, confirm safety...... It's like going back to training.
It's exciting, it's like rediscovering yourself.
That true self.
Nile is familiar with the country, and long-distance buses need to be registered to buy tickets, but the minibuses waiting at the station gate don't have to be so strict. She looked at the entrance of the station for a while, and was accosted by a woman who spoke Chinese English, and then turned left and right and led her to a minibus that had already seated more than 20 people.
Transportation between cities can be done in a variety of ways, such as renting and returning cars from small companies, as well as short- and medium-distance minibuses, or short-distance black cars. In short, Neil has various ways to complete her journey, as long as she is not interrupted by unexpected circumstances.
The wound had largely healed, and the burning pain felt like it had been yesterday. Neil knows that people like herself should not leave any memories of pain as long as they want to live well. So sitting in the corner of the minibus, thinking of the young man who used to be nervous about himself, fighting with others for himself, and even began to change himself, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The sun shines through the glass window, and there is a kind of warm feeling, which Neel finds very good and familiar.
The woman who solicited customers went back and forth several times, and finally made up all the empty seats, got into the car and began to collect money and leave. The bus swayed to the northbound side road, apparently to save money and not take the main road.
Neel, who had been well rested, curled up in the corner, and sitting beside her was a young man with a very energetic appearance, young eyebrows and eyes, and a very vivid expression. After seeing an exotic beauty sitting next to him, he was stunned for a moment, and then showed the unique smile of a vigorous youth, like a little bee that saw flowers.
Of course, Neil, who narrowed her eyes slightly, would not leave this kind of gaze, she just didn't bother to pay attention to it. For Neil now, it is obviously more important to rest mentally and get back on the road.
Or, it is also important to make Su Xiaoqing, who seems to be omnipotent, feel a little tricky?
Thinking like this, the car has swayed out of the city and headed for the rugged detour. Most of the people in the car began to close their eyes in a drowsy state, or simply fell asleep with their heads tilted. The young man next to Neil was extremely excited, looking at the foreign beautiful girl next to him, and seemed to have a sense of helplessness at a loss.
After holding back for a long time, the young man greeted Neil in English: "Hello." β
Neil was silent, she didn't bother to bother with this kind of conversation now. In fact, since recovering from her injuries on the school campus, Neil has become accustomed to this kind of accosting. Whether you really want to meet beautiful women or just want to practice spoken English, such courageous boys are always overwhelming. Even if she goes out to buy something by herself, she will encounter a few, which makes Neil very distressed that she can't hide her whereabouts.
The strange thing is that there is no movement on the part of the company, which makes Neil wonder if Su Xiaoqing has done something for himself again. Neil has changed many places to live in the entire college town, and she is disgusted with Su Xiaoqing's way, which makes her feel as if her life has been controlled by Su Xiaoqing.
This feeling made Neil feel very uncomfortable, and it was simply contrary to her desire for freedom.
Thinking of Su Xiaoqing's laughter that seemed to know everything, Neil unconsciously shrunk her neck, she even began to be more interested in Su Xiaoqing, I really don't know what kind of experience it takes to create a genius like her.
Even though it was a minibus, the air conditioning was adequate. Neil tucked herself into her coat and covered half of her face with headphones and long hair, ignoring the disappointed look of the young man next to her who had failed to accost. The road was rough, and the bumps made Neil feel like he was back in his childhood, running alone in icy Scotland, with the cold wind gusting in the unsheltered van. The memories of that time are painful and profound, and they are unforgettable.
Childhood was simply lost, Neil didn't feel any regrets, she just felt unwilling, everyone should have the right to pursue freedom, not to be determined by others.
There wasn't any music in the headphones, and Neil's ears were used to catch the slightest changes. In this state of mental tension, Neil can deeply feel the value of her life.
Not long after driving on the small road, the minibus suddenly slowed down. Neil peeked out of the glass window and saw several people standing in the middle of the path not far away, with a man and a deformed bicycle lying on the ground.
After only one glance at Neil, he withdrew his gaze and continued to look down at his next move. Maybe it was crazy, maybe it was rash, but she decided to do it, it was her choice.
The few people on the road saw the bus coming and hurriedly waved for help. The driver of the bus didn't want to stop, and there was no way out, so he could only reduce his speed to the bottom and finally stopped in front of those few people.
The few people who waved to stop were all men, but on the ground was a woman, wearing white trousers and a floral blouse, because her face was crawling on the side and she couldn't see clearly, and there was blood on her body.
This is not often the case on the side roads between towns, and the driver glanced at the conductor, and the woman who sold the ticket jumped out of the car and trotted all the way to the woman lying on the ground.
As soon as the conductor jumped down, some of the men had already rushed onto the bus.
It was too late for the driver to realize that something was wrong.
According to the driver's usual experience, even if it was a roadblock robbery, it was not so blatant, and it was a woman who fainted, which made him completely relax his vigilance. Unexpectedly, the men were not polite at all, and jumped directly into the car and kicked at the driver, and at the same time everyone showed a dagger of considerable size.
"Brother, I want you to borrow some money to spend."
Now the roadblocks and robberies are really different from before, they don't want to say a few beautiful words, and the opening remarks are so direct that people can't look at them directly. When a passenger in a car saw someone flashing a dagger, and then listened to the sentence of borrowing money, they almost felt like they were gone.
I actually encountered a roadblock robbery, is this the rhythm of asking everyone to go on tomorrow's news together?
The driver wanted to press the rear door, but before he could move, he was already holding a dagger to his neck.
The bladed dagger was more effective than anything else, and the driver honestly retracted his hand, and the other hand, which was about to touch the door handle, stopped.
Without opening the back door of the bus, it is not so simple for other passengers to jump out of the window in the air-conditioned car and escape. The woman with a bloody face also stood up and was guarding outside, and there was a man in a plaid shirt with a pointed knife in her hand.
This scene, even if there is no gun, is scary enough. The men with fierce eyes stood at the front of the car, one forced the driver with a knife, and the other two picked up a travel bag and began to search from seat to seat, just like the previous ones who went to the rivers and lakes.
There is no other nonsense, no matter how much you say, you have to take money, and every passenger knows this very well in their hearts.
Neil, who was sitting in the corner, frowned slightly, the young man beside her was already flustered and didn't know where to go, and he was scrambling to hide his wallet.
At this point, Neil was in the mood to glance at the young man, the watch he was wearing was a modest one that cost less than a thousand dollars, but it was attractive enough for the looters.
Neil, who was still cowering in the corner, watched as the people in the car began to cry and scream, and some of the female passengers had their jewelry taken away and tried to struggle but were slapped. The sound of the slap was overwhelming, enough for the people around to learn how to behave like this. Niel didn't feel anything about this kind of scene, she had long been accustomed to the world of the jungle, and ruling this world with violence, money, and seemingly reasonable rules was not exactly what many people have been striving for in their lives?
There is no difference between everyone in essence, and the difference is just the scale.
The man in charge of collecting the things and money into the big bag was a man in the prime of life, with a dark face, good Mandarin, and a somewhat nasal voice. Neil glanced at the men again, sat up a little straighter, and pulled out his wallet.
Hermès' wallet is still clean, and after so many stops and goes, Neil still keeps it.
The one who followed the swarthy man and threatened with a knife one by one was a twenty-six or seventeen-year-old young man, with an unhappy expression on his face when he saw this world, and his eyes naturally lit up when he saw Niel.
The swarthy man was also stunned when he saw Neil in the eyes of his accomplices, but quickly came back to his senses and slapped the young man.
"Qiangzi, get down to business!"
A young man called Hadron pointed a knife at the one next to Niel: "Less nonsense, bring it." β
The young man who greeted Neil with sunshine just now had a bitter face and whispered, "Big brother, I don't have any money on me......"
The swarthy man snorted, grabbed the man's wrist, and broke it hard, which was a miserable howl.
"Don't talk nonsense about your mother, take it out early, and suffer less sin."
Being broken by the swarthy man like this, the young man felt that his wrist was almost broken, his face turned pale instantly, and his snot and tears couldn't wait to flow out together, and he couldn't break free.
The swarthy man seemed to know how to torture people, so he didn't say much, and gave the young man next to Neil a few more times, which meant to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, causing bursts of all kinds of screams. Finally, the young man obediently handed over his wallet, and of course the watch was also taken with him.
Then it was Neil's turn, and Qiangzi, who was standing next to the swarthy man, asked with a shy face, "That...... Brother Sheng, I'll do this. β
"Don't fucking fool around." Brother Sheng had the heart to look at Neil, who was turning his head away from looking at him, and said in a low voice, "This is a foreign girl, give me your little lust, something happened to her, and we can't run away from the ends of the earth." β
Brother Sheng's words reminded Neil that he had said something similar to Su Yifan, and his expressionless face couldn't help but smile a little. The joy of life passed in such a hurry, how difficult is it to find it again?
Can you see what you want at the end of this lonely journey?
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Qiangzi, who was said by Brother Sheng, also knew that it was easy to cause a riot if he attacked foreign friends, and he was about to skip Neil and ask the next one, and he glanced at the wallet in Neil's hand again, and his eyes straightened.
"Brother Sheng, we don't move around with this girl's people, we have to take the money, right?"
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When I returned to the north, I didn't adapt to the weather and caught a bad cold......
Keep begging for votes, alas
In addition, thanks to the gift of An An's No. 3 classmate, it finally seems less bleak......