Rebirth: At the beginning, the cool school beauty was caught stealing in the supermarket

Chapter 557 Let's share a room

"Has Sister Li never spoken her hometown dialect in front of you?"

After starting the car, Lu Yuanqiu smiled and asked Bai Qingxia.

Bai Qingxia shook her head. She leaned forward and skillfully helped Lu Yuanqiu fasten his seatbelt. This was something Lu Yuanqiu used to like to do, but now Bai Qingxia takes the initiative whenever the two of them go out in a car.

After tying up Lu Yuanqiu and herself, she sat down and suddenly recalled the past: "I met Sister Li in 05. I was not even 11 years old then. Actually, I never let my guard down around Sister Li before I went to high school..."

Lu Yuanqiu shook the window and turned to look at her: "Is it because of Sister Li's usual work and attire?"

Bai Qingxia nodded gently: "I've always thought she was a bad person. She would yell at me when she saw that I was unhygienic, didn't pay attention to safety, and didn't know some common sense."

"But after she scolded me, she would help me take a bath, wash my feet, and trim my nails. But I was young then, and I only cared about her scolding me. I even hit her..."

As Bai Qingxia spoke, she looked at her clean fingernails, as if recalling something more vividly.

It was like picking up a trembling little wildcat that bared its fangs at humans in defense... Lu Yuanqiu thought to himself.

But it was normal for Bai Qingxia to be hostile to everyone at that time, because the little girl had just experienced a devastating tragedy.

"It wasn't until I went to high school that my relationship with Sister Li really improved a lot. She stopped being mean to me. Maybe she thought I had become more sensible. But even if she was mean to me again at that time, I wouldn't get angry because I knew she was doing it for my own good."

Lu Yuanqiu nodded: "Like a real older sister."

Bai Qingxia hummed in agreement: "So I don't believe she would just cut off all contact with me without saying a word."

Lu Yuanqiu touched Bai Qingxia's hand. Bai Qingxia looked up at him and grasped Lu Yuanqiu's hand in return. The difference in their skin tones was striking.

"Are you here for tourism? Then this isn't the right direction," the driver asked from the front.

Lu Yuanqiu barely understood what he meant and replied, "No, Uncle, we're here to find someone."

"Ah, oh oh oh..."

Perhaps because the journey was a bit long, the taxi driver got bored and suddenly started talking, but his Mandarin was so bad that Lu Yuanqiu found it a bit tiring to chat.

After chatting for five minutes, Lu Yuanqiu couldn't help but say, "Uncle, why don't you just focus on driving?"

The driver turned around and said, "No, I'll fall asleep easily if I don't chat."

"Holy crap, threatening me!" These words immediately startled Lu Yuanqiu. He leaned forward, forced a smile, and started talking to the driver: "Uncle, what...what do you do for a living?"

The driver stared blankly at Lu Yuanqiu through the rearview mirror.

Bai Qingxia lowered her head and laughed.

There are many mountain roads here, winding and twisting. The taxi was desperately driving up and down the S-shaped road. Lu Yuanqiu was actually startled awake by the driver's words "easy to fall asleep". He chatted with the driver for the whole way without stopping.

It was already 8 p.m. when they got off the bus in the county. The journey was long, and with the holiday traffic jams, the driver really made a killing this time. Moreover, he chatted happily the whole way, and Lu Yuanqiu suddenly felt humiliated by being taken advantage of. Before his rebirth, he would have paid for chatting.

Bai Qingxia paid for the car fare herself, and she paid for everything else today as well.

"Let's find a place to rest for a bit," Lu Yuanqiu said, carrying his suitcase. Bai Qingxia turned to look at him and heard that his voice was already incredibly hoarse. Noticing the girl's gaze, Lu Yuanqiu sighed and silently walked forward with his suitcase: "Damn, I've never met such a talkative driver in my life. We've been chatting for four hours, I'm almost going crazy."

This county does seem to have a relatively low level of economic development. It is surrounded by mountains, making it dark and gloomy at night. There are many tricycles on the road, and the traffic is quite chaotic.

Lu Yuanqiu walked several hundred meters without seeing any traffic lights.

Putting aside the traffic lights, he and Bai Qingxia searched around but couldn't find a decent hotel. Finally, they stopped in front of a hotel that looked relatively good from the outside.

After a long day of travel, Bai Qingxia didn't say anything, but Lu Yuanqiu knew she must be exhausted. Not to mention her, Lu Yuanqiu felt like he was about to fall apart. If he ran into that driver on the way back, he might as well hang himself on the Welcoming Pine tomorrow.

Upon arriving at the hotel entrance, the two walked through a tattered beaded curtain toward the front desk. The corridor was a bit narrow, and a greasy man passing by glanced at Bai Qingxia a few times. Bai Qingxia quickly made way for him. The cramped space was actually not so bad; she had stayed in even more dilapidated places before. What she was mainly uncomfortable with was the constant staring of these strange men.

The man sitting on the sofa next to her was also smoking and looking her over. Bai Qingxia glanced at him quickly.

"ID card," Lu Yuanqiu reminded him.

There were quite a few people passing by behind them. Bai Qingxia carefully protected her suitcase, opened her white bag in front of her, and saw Lu Yuanqiu about to speak to the counter clerk. She quickly tugged at Lu Yuanqiu's arm and whispered, "Let's share a room..."

Looking into her pleading eyes, Lu Yuanqiu nodded and said to the waiter, "Book a double room."

He was actually hesitant about whether or not to have a room, but he had to consider the girl's opinion beforehand.

Holding their room keys, the two carried their suitcases up to the second floor. The stairwell was still narrow, and people were constantly coming down. Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia waited obediently for a minute before carrying their suitcases upstairs. As they went up, Lu Yuanqiu looked back at Bai Qingxia struggling to carry the suitcases and said with a smile, "Don't force yourself, give it to me."

"I can!" she exclaimed, her eyebrows furrowing in determination.

"Still stubborn."

Lu Yuanqiu snatched her suitcase and went upstairs in one step at a time. The girl watched his back and obediently followed behind with her head down.

Find the room and swipe your card to enter.

Bai Qingxia poked her head into the room and looked around.

She instantly and clearly perceived the difference between ordinary hotels and high-end hotels. First, there was the smell, and second, there was the cramped space. This double room didn't even have a window, and the only sound in the dim space was the whirring of an exhaust fan.

Lu Yuanqiu inserted the card, turned on the light, and then opened the glass door of the toilet. It was a squat toilet; the only saving grace was that the toilet and the shower were separate.

"Which bed are you sleeping in?" Lu Yuanqiu asked after putting down his luggage.

Bai Qingxia pointed without hesitation to the one near the toilet: "This one."

Lu Yuanqiu turned his head to look at the toilet that was very close by. A strange smell came from the gap under the glass door. He volunteered, "I'll sleep in this one, you can sleep in the one inside."

"I'm going to sleep. You probably won't like this smell."

"fine."

Seeing that Lu Yuanqiu sat directly on the bed outside, Bai Qingxia quickly walked over, stretched out her arms, grabbed Lu Yuanqiu's hands, and tried to pull him off the bed: "Go and sleep inside."

(End of this chapter)