Black off-road vehicles drive along a highway between the mountains, and the roadside is covered with mountains and deep streams.

As you cross the valley, there is an occasional fog that covers the car like a cloud that falls on the ground, and the fog is hazy, but it takes less than a minute to pass through it, and the view is suddenly clear again.

This expressway is regarded as a work against the sky in the history of road and bridge construction, and it is basically a combination of super viaducts and ultra-long tunnels, and is called the ladder expressway.

Nearly 400 kilometers of distance, the altitude has risen by more than 3,000 meters, which seems to extend from the plain to the air in a graceful arc, and the scenery along the way is breathtaking.

However, Ling Li had no intention of admiring the scenery outside the window, she held a painful head, and tried her best to endure the tumbling of the river and the sea in her stomach, hoping that her bad state would not affect Zhu Jinchuan, who was driving.

The day before departure, she just drank a cup of weak tea at night, and as a result, she lost sleep, tossed and turned until four o'clock in the morning before falling asleep, and only squinted for more than two hours before getting up and setting off again.

She didn't have a good rest, and she was a little cold from the wind the night before, and soon after getting into the car, she realized that something was not quite right.

The feeling of cold and motion sickness is simply not too cool.

After passing through a double helix tunnel, the altitude rose another three hundred meters at once. Because of the change in air pressure, Ling Li only felt that her ears were buzzing, and her chest was even more annoyed, and finally she couldn't hold back anymore, covering her mouth and making a retching sound.

Zhu Jinchuan, who had been silent and looked straight ahead, glanced at her sideways, then turned his head again, and said lightly: "There is a service area in more than 20 kilometers, if you feel uncomfortable, rest for a while and then leave." ”

Ling Li's face was pale, leaning against the car window and shaking her head weakly, and said softly, "No need." ”

She really couldn't stand the depression of staying in a closed space with Zhu Jinchuan. Now I just want to get to my destination early and finish my work tasks and go home early.

From the morning to Zhu Jinchuan's car, the sentence just now was the second sentence he said to her.

And the first sentence is the one three hours ago: "There are traffic police, fasten your seat belts." ”

Ling Li smiled a little self-deprecatingly, the two lawyers, who rely on their mouths to eat, are so taciturn, and no one believes them.

Also, as a lawyer, she is really ashamed that she has not yet been able to speak well by Uncle Nan.

Ling Li shook her head irritably, Zhu Jinchuan glanced at her a little strangely, and said the third sentence of the trip: "Eating too much methylenedioxyamphetamine?" ”

Methylenedioxyamphetamine is ecstasy, Zhu Jinchuan has a rare sense of humor, but Ling Li is not in the mood to cheer, only pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, then turned his head again, leaned on the car door, propped up his elbows to support his head, and gently closed his eyes.

I don't know how long it took, but the light and shadow in front of her seemed to pass through several long tunnels, and she was in a daze and wanted to sleep, when she suddenly felt the car stop.

She slowly opened her eyes, and as her vision gradually became clearer, the scene in front of her made Ling Li surprised and delighted, and the feeling of boredom and nausea just now disappeared.

Outside the window, it turned out to be a snowy scene.

The mountains in the distance were covered in snow, the snowflakes were still falling, and there were thin frost flowers on the ground.

Zhu Jinchuan had already gotten out of the car, he stood in front of the car, looking up at a pine needle forest covered with snowflakes not far away, even if he was wearing a thick coat, he couldn't hide the thinness of his back.

Ling Li hesitated for a while and didn't dare to get out of the car.

She didn't want to get out of the car and close the distance with Zhu Jinchuan, but she was also afraid that the cold wind outside the car would make her headache burst, so she only dared to open a small gap in the car window and put her nose up to breathe in the cold and fresh air outside.

A few minutes later, Zhu Jinchuan finally turned around, slowly paced back, stretched out his hand and opened the car door and sat in the cab.

As he opened the door, a gust of cold wind swept towards his face carrying snowflakes, which made Ling Li's somewhat drowsy brain instantly sober up a little.

Zhu Jinchuan turned his head and looked at her deeply, and said in a deep tone: "You have to go quickly, otherwise, I'm afraid there will be a traffic jam." ”

Before she could react, he pointed to the distance and said: "There is snow on the road, don't hurry up and drive through this section, once the heavy snow closes the mountain traffic control, there will be no more than ten hours, and you won't be able to drive Changshan." ”

Only then did Ling Li get nervous, the sleepy insect just now was scared out of sight, and as soon as his attention was diverted, the nausea and boredom in his chest was not so serious.

It's just that her temples are still jumping and hurting, which makes her a little irritable, and she can't help but rub it all the time.

Zhu Jinchuan's judgment was indeed very accurate, after he started the engine and continued on the road, the snow became heavier and heavier along the way, and the speed of the car became slower and slower.

However, the view from the roadside is truly stunning.

The red leaves and colorful forests in the mountains have not yet had time to wither, but the sudden white snow has been hugged one after another, although it is too late to cover all the trees, but the mottled clusters scattered among the colorful forests are more beautiful and intoxicating.

Ling Li stared at the beautiful scenery with wide eyes, and thought that if Nan Zhiyi was there, he would look at her like an idiot, and then tell her what kind of tree this is, what kind of tree is that, right?

In just a few seconds, she suddenly came back to her senses.

I also contracted someone's disease, and my head couldn't stop going astray.

A little annoyed for a while, she frowned and rebuked herself softly: "Neurotic! ”

When Zhu Jinchuan heard these muttered words, he turned his head and glanced at Ling Li, his deep eyes were imprinted with the shadow of her side face, but he didn't speak after all.

After successfully passing through a 10-kilometer-long tunnel, the scene finally opened up, and the heavy snow that had been blowing before entering the tunnel gradually disappeared, and the car entered the plain again.

Finally, I arrived at Changshan in the afternoon, drove to the city center, and found a hotel that looked pretty good.

Register your identity, open a card, go upstairs, and find your room.

Before entering the door, Zhu Jinchuan stopped her.

He looked at his watch, raised his eyes and ordered: "I'm tired, I need to rest for a while, and go downstairs on time at six o'clock." ”

Ling Li nodded silently and watched Zhu Jinchuan enter the room next to her.

Then, he brushed open his room, threw down his luggage, and collapsed on the bed, letting out a long breath.

Finally, I don't have to follow Zhu Jinchuan to make promises, and I can finally let myself go for a while, which is great.

She kicked off her shoes with both feet, she didn't have time to change her clothes, she didn't have time to wash her face, she only felt that her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and as soon as she closed them, she didn't want to open them again.

Sleepy and sleepy, she tried to keep a little awake, still hesitating: "What reason should I find for a while, not to go to dinner with that big facial paralysis......"

However, reason struggled more than instinct, and before she could think of an answer, drowsiness rolled in, and her glasses were still hanging on the bridge of her nose, and she was already asleep.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Ling Li was awakened by a knock on the door.

She opened her eyes in a daze, and there was darkness as far as the eye could see. After blinking hard, I finally saw a star-and-a-half light outside the floor-to-ceiling window a few meters away.

Ling Li was still a little confused, sat up and stayed for a while, until the knock on the door sounded again, and she touched the thick and dense sheets under her that were different from those at home, and then she suddenly came back to her senses, she was on a business trip. Moreover, with her, it was Zhu Jinchuan.

Then, I immediately remembered what Zhu Jinchuan said about going downstairs at six o'clock.

Although I don't know what time it is, looking at the posture that the sky is already dark, it must be more than six o'clock.

So, this knock on the door......

Ling Li gasped, hurriedly climbed out of bed, and stumbled towards the door.

When she opened the door, she felt a chill down her spine by the soft light of the corridor, and she could see the person standing quietly in front of her with her empty eyes.

Sure enough, Zhu Daxiang stood at her door, already covered with frost.

Zhu Jinchuan hates people being late, not to mention, he overslept and forgot the time he set.

Ling Li lowered her head and said like a gnat: "I'm sorry I overslept......"

Zhu Jinchuan glanced at her, and there seemed to be a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Suddenly, his eyes became cold again, and his voice seemed to freeze: "It's seven o'clock, give you ten minutes to freshen up and go out." ”

After a pause, he said, "The person I asked has been waiting for half an hour." If you want to get something out of this business trip, you'd better hurry up for me. ”

Ling Li was a little flustered, but after all, he went out on time according to his request.

It's just that it wasn't until she went out and got into the car that she realized that her glasses were missing.

Well, it's no wonder that everything is blurry.

Without glasses, even with empty eyes, Ling Li couldn't see Zhu Jinchuan's expression clearly.

I was a little happy in my heart, so that I didn't have to look at his face like walking on thin ice at any time, but it was more relaxed.

However, the side effect was that when Ling Li was taken by Zhu Jinchuan to a tavern a few kilometers away, standing in front of the noisy crowd that had already begun to drink, except for one or two who were standing close, the others were all blurred.

In front of this group of people, Zhu Jinchuan was not so fierce to her, and introduced her to the people at the table one by one.

Ling Li tried her best to smile and look over one by one, but the six or seven people sitting in a circle, when Zhu Jinchuan finished introducing her, she didn't have any correct numbers for who was who, what they were doing, except for the lawyers, criminal police, prison bureaus, and judicial bureaus.

Fortunately, these people in front of her are like friends of Zhu Jinchuan, a group of people drink and chat, but no one pays attention to her.

Ling Li was a little grateful for her innate non-existent attribute, otherwise, with her physical condition today, it would be a little difficult to deal with these big men who were crawling around on the wine table.

Not to mention anything else, just the posture of drinking, the huge cup, the rice wine in the small two taels, although the degree is not high, but everyone is holding it up and taking a sip directly.

If she is replaced, not to mention the effect of alcohol, she will have to die.

Thinking of this, Ling Li couldn't help but shrink into the corner of the table, she didn't even dare to clip the dishes, she lowered her head silently, and kept thinking in her heart, "If you can't see me, you can't see me", I just hope that this dinner will end soon.

However, it was so unfortunate that Ling Li was still praying just now, and a fat man stood upright in front of her with a wine glass.

"Come, little girl, let's have a drink when we meet for the first time." The fat man held up the huge wine glass in his hand and smiled at her very honestly.

The corners of Ling Li's eyes twitched, and she hurriedly stood up.

She forgot what this person's surname was, and she didn't want to ask again, so she had to call vaguely: "Hello, big brother." ”

Then he forcibly pulled the corners of his mouth and raised Wang Laoji in his hand: "The first time we met, I am fortunate to be happy." ”

She was beating a drum in her heart, just looking at the momentum of their drunkenness just now, she was afraid that she was not so easy to fool the past.

Sure enough, the fat man immediately collapsed: "What? Why do you look down on your brother? What is a drink, you have to drink! Drink! ”

Ling Li rubbed her forehead, which was still aching, and didn't know how to deal with the scene in front of her.

Glancing at Zhu Jinchuan a few meters away, she was stunned.

Zhu Jinchuan is still in that formal suit, but he can hook up with the few people in front of him who are not very trim and grinning, and there is no sense of disobedience in this picture, which is really a little weird.

Seeing that he was talking and laughing, it seemed that he couldn't save her.

Moreover, how could Zhu Jinchuan speak for her. He hates her getting into trouble the most, and in his introduction just now, although he didn't call people the right number, no matter how stupid she is, she can hear that these seem to be people in the political and legal circles.

Under the eight regulations of the central government, it can still be allowed to let so many people come out to socialize against the wind, and I am afraid that it took a lot of thought to wish Jinchuan this trip. If you mess up, you're bound to die an ugly death.

Ling Li sighed lightly, turned his head to look at the fat man in front of him, who seemed to be honest and was actually not easy to handle, and finally let go of the drink in his hand, found a cup, and poured the wine that was similar to that in the fat man's hand.