If you cut in, you will get hit. Do you call this a driving school instructor?

The morning sunlight was exceptionally clean. Because of yesterday's rain, the air was still filled with the earthy smell of soil. The rain had washed away the dust in the air, making the morning air particularly pleasant...

Spring has arrived. Tender green buds have sprouted on the trees by the door, and a row of red plum trees in the distance have also blossomed. The vibrant colors of spring have finally returned to this land along with the warmer weather.

It was in this scene that Gu Yin gazed at Yu Jie before him, momentarily lost in thought…

In a daze, it was as if I saw that white moonlight from back then, wearing a school uniform and with a high ponytail.

"Gu Yin?"

Gu Yin was surprised to see Yu Jie, and Yu Jie was equally surprised to see Gu Yin. A brief moment of stunned silence crossed the latter's delicate face. She then looked up at Gu Yin, glanced at the path he had come from, and couldn't help but ask:

"You... live here?"

She saw Gu Yin walking out of the stairwell, wearing slippers, with disheveled hair and ordinary clothes, clearly indicating that she lived nearby.

“This is my home,” Gu Yin scratched his head, pointed upstairs, and laughed, “Isn’t the woman who rented you the place a slightly chubby auntie with permed hair who likes to laugh silly all the time?”

“Yes.” Yu Jie nodded, almost laughing at Gu Yin’s description, because it was indeed vivid and descriptive.

"That's my mother!"

Gu Yin silently rubbed his forehead, chuckling bitterly as he muttered under his breath:

"What a wonderful coincidence..."

Although her voice was soft, Yu Jie still heard it. For some reason, her fair skin involuntarily flushed slightly. After hesitating for a moment, she squatted down, put the box in her hand on the ground, stood up, smiled at Gu Yinwei in the morning sunlight, and said generously, "Then I will have to ask you to take good care of me in the future."

"Ha, not at all..." Gu Yin said, "I'll have to trouble Officer Yu to take care of me. There's a policeman living downstairs from me, and I might need to bother you often in the future."

For example... that damn Kun who was yelling outside this morning?

If you're looking for someone to help you with Yangkun's case, the property management company won't have the authority to enforce the law, and you might actually have to trouble the police.

"What trouble could there be? We're all neighbors..."

Officer Yu clearly didn't realize the seriousness of the situation. He shook his head and smiled, casually saying something before bending down to move the boxes.

The driver helped carry the heavy items in the car, but Yu Jie carried some valuables and personal items that were inconvenient to carry herself. There were still some items at the back, but she didn't ask Gu Yin for help, after all...

Actually, they weren't very familiar with each other.

how to say……

Although they were classmates, they hadn't spoken much before; at most, they knew each other. Although she had interacted with Gu Yin more often recently due to work and Su Nuan, and they had exchanged contact information, there was still little contact between them.

Moving to the apartment downstairs from Gu Yin today was purely by chance; Yu Jie had no idea.

Seeing her busy moving, Gu Yin hesitated for a moment before asking, "Emmm... do you need any help?", though she didn't mention it.

"No need, you..."

Yu Jie wanted to refuse, but before she could utter the words, she saw Gu Yin casually pick up a small, sealed box that she had placed on the ground. Gu Yin said:

"I can't go up empty-handed anyway, so I'll just bring one for you while I'm at it."

This reason made it difficult for Yu Jie to refuse, but the way she looked at the box in Gu Yin's arms was rather strange...

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this box?" Gu Yin asked.

"No...no." Yu Jie shook her head and said, "Then thank you, let's go."

"Walk."

The two walked up the stairs together. Uncle Biao's house was actually quite simple. It only had a floor and a door, and some basic hard furnishings. There were basically no soft furnishings, and the furniture was of average quality.

"How did you end up moving here?" Gu Yin asked.

“It’s closer to my workplace and the transportation is more convenient here,” Yu Jie said softly. “My home is quite far away, and it’s not appropriate for me to keep driving the police car home.”

"Oh..." Gu Yin said casually, "Your family is from Jiao Wang's area, right?"

The "Jiaowang" he mentioned is a place name. That area is a village within the city, located in the old town area, basically on the edge of the county town. It's at one end of the county town, and the Qingquan Street Police Station where Yu Jie works is at the other. Without a car, getting back and forth to eat is a problem.

He had only mentioned it casually, but Yu Jie was slightly taken aback upon hearing it, and looked at Gu Yin strangely: "How did you know?"

"I..." Gu Yin's eyes darted away, "I heard it from my teacher before."

Yu Jie raised an eyebrow, her gaze somewhat like that of someone interrogating a criminal. Gu Yin coughed lightly and quickly changed the subject, saying:
"Then have your family buy you a car. How much money did they get for demolishing your area?"

As I just mentioned, Yu Jie's family lives in the old urban area of ​​the city village. Those who know what a city village means understand. In general, the demolition compensation for city villages is of paramount importance in a city. Gu Yin's family had a relative in that area before. When he heard about the demolition, he turned his entire yard into houses. Later, when the square footage was measured, he was compensated several million yuan!
Achieve financial freedom directly in the county town, and live a carefree life on the spot!
Moreover, because their demolition project was located in the center of the county, the compensation was paid very readily, usually in a lump sum.

Unlike Gu Yin's family, who have been dragging their feet on settling their original rent for many years...

Logically speaking, Yu Jie's family isn't exactly well-off, so surely they should be able to afford to buy her a car?
Upon hearing this, Yu Jie remained calm and simply said, "I don't want to rely on them."

This girl looks very strong; she's completely different from those delicate, fairy-like girls. This is probably the kind of strong, independent modern woman that Gu Yin envisions.

"It's not exactly convenient here either..." Gu Yin smiled helplessly.

Although their neighborhood is backed by a commercial park, buses only come every twenty minutes, and ride-hailing services are mostly concentrated in the nearby university town. There are no shared electric bikes, only shared bicycles.

“But the rent is cheap,” Yu Jie said casually, making no attempt to hide this fact.

“That’s bird food.” Gu Yin nodded.

Because of its remote location and the fact that the houses are resettlement housing without elevators, prices are generally not high. For example, the 120-square-meter house that Yu Jie rents from her great-uncle only costs a little over 600 yuan a month.

For over 600 yuan, if you go to the city center, you might not even be able to rent a 60-square-meter apartment.

“Oh, it doesn’t matter,” Gu Yin said frankly. “Just call me wherever you want to go. I live upstairs from you, and I’ll take you wherever you want to go.”

He wasn't trying to flatter or anything; it was just polite talk. Who doesn't say a few polite words in front of someone?
Upon hearing this, Yu Jie gave Gu Yin a slight smile...

Just as I was about to say something, my phone suddenly rang in my pocket.

Yu Jie put the box she was carrying on the floor, reached into her pocket and took out her phone. After glancing at the caller ID, she gestured to Gu Yin, then turned and went into the room to answer the call.

A short while later, she came out of the room, and after seemingly considering her words, she asked Gu Yin, "Gu Yin, are you busy today?"

"I'm not busy..."

Gu Yin said that he's been so bored lately that he's practically crawling with maggots. He's been idle at home all day. He only agreed to Xia Qianyi's idea of ​​"opening a driving school" yesterday, but he hasn't even finalized the outline, let alone the details. And he has even less to do today.

Yu Jie shrugged, looking slightly embarrassed, and said, "I left a document at home. It's quite important, and I need it today. A colleague from the team went to my house to get it. Could you please give me a ride there?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she added, "I'll pay for the taxi fare."

When the other person mentioned money, it didn't give off a feeling of looking down on them. Gu Yin scratched his head and laughed, "What are you saying? We're old classmates, after all. If you're comfortable paying, I'd be too embarrassed to accept, right?" After saying that, he helped Yu Jie put the suitcase into the room and then walked out.

"Where are you going?" Yu Jie asked.

“I’ll change my shoes…” Gu Yin pointed to the slippers on her feet and said, “Driving in slippers is illegal.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Jie couldn't help but smile helplessly and said, "Then I'll wait for you downstairs."

"Okay." Gu Yin nodded.

As he went out, Gu Yin rushed upstairs, rushed into his room to find a clean set of clothes to change into, then spent five minutes washing and drying his hair. He shaved, looked in the mirror, and then went to the entrance to put on his shoes and go out.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

Gu Yue, carrying an apple in her mouth, passed by and couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement upon seeing this: "Dressed up like a peacock... Are you going on a blind date?"

"roll!"

Gu Yin raised his hand and gave her a sharp rap on the head, then turned and left.

"hiss……"

Gu Yue rubbed her forehead, gasped for breath, and muttered to herself:

"Sure enough, men with money will all change their minds!"

Downstairs, Yu Jie was instructing the movers that most of her belongings had been moved, with only a few items left. She told the movers to just close the door after they finished moving everything, and she wasn't worried at all about anything being stolen...

Why isn't she worried?

Ha ha……

They're police officers.

Tell me, who would dare steal from the police?

The driver seemed to be an acquaintance, and appeared to know Yu Jie's identity. He seemed like a kind and efficient man, and quite reassuring.

"Let's go."

After she finished explaining, Gu Yin led her outside.

"Why is your car parked outside?" Yu Jie couldn't help but ask.

Yu Jie understands why many people who buy apartments outside park their cars outside. After all, underground parking spaces cost tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan. Who would spend money to buy a parking space when they have nothing better to do?
Spending so much money on such a tiny parking space is worse than buying yourself a grave.

To put it bluntly, that parking space is more expensive than any car!
However, because Gu Yin's house is a resettlement house, there is no underground garage. There are also specially marked parking spaces in the community. There is no railing at the entrance, so you can just walk in. The area in front of Gu Yin's house looks quite spacious. Why doesn't he park his car inside?
“Emmm…” Gu Yin found it difficult to speak for a moment.

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "You'll see when you see it."

At the time, Yu Jie was still completely confused. As she followed Gu Yin out of the residential area and arrived at the car...

Suddenly stunned.

"Pfft..."

She couldn't help but laugh out loud, pointing to the upper left corner of Gu Yin's car, and said with amusement:

"If it were an average girl who didn't know you, she probably wouldn't dare to get in your car given this situation."

She wasn't an ordinary girl, and she knew why Gu Yin always had accidents. Even so, she couldn't help but sigh, looking at Gu Yin's "battle-damaged" BYD Qin and saying:

"It's not easy for this car to follow you around."

"If you want to say that being with me is bad luck, just say it," Gu Yin said with a smile as he opened the car door and got in. "It's okay, you're not the first person to say that anyway."

Yu Jie chuckled softly. For some reason, she always felt that communicating with Gu Yin was very pleasant.

It takes about half an hour to get from Gu Yin's neighborhood to her home. The road is very smooth with no traffic jams. After all, it's a small county town. There are no traffic jams even during the Spring Festival, let alone on weekends.

The flowers on both sides of the road were in bloom—plum blossoms, early cherry blossoms, pear blossoms, apricot blossoms, peach blossoms… and all sorts of pink flowers, dazzling the eyes. Gu Yin said to Yu Jie:
"I can only distinguish the forsythia; the rest are all peach blossoms to me."

Upon hearing this, Yu Jie couldn't help but laugh: "If you can't even distinguish between forsythia, then you're probably only colorblind."

"No, all those flowers look the same..." Gu Yin said helplessly.

Yu Jie couldn't help but educate Gu Yin, saying, "Plum blossoms have no flower stalks and their petals are round; cherry blossoms have notched petals and their flower stalks are relatively long; peach blossoms have pointed petals and their flower stalks are relatively short; apricot blossoms have obovate petals and no flower stalks; crabapple blossoms..."

She was referring to pink flowers, which are the most common flowers on the road and the least likely to be distinguished by people who don't know much about flowers.

Gu Yin initially pondered the matter, but the more he listened, the more confused he became. After finally finishing the lecture, he waved his hand and said, "I've learned it all, I've learned it all. Please let me go, Teacher Yu. If you keep lecturing me, I'll be driving while fatigued."

I'm so sleepy I can barely keep my eyes open!

Yu Jie giggled at his antics. Because they were admiring the flowers, Gu Yin drove at a leisurely pace, neither too fast nor too slow, so Yu Jie didn't urge him on. This led to...

When they arrived near Yu Jie's home, a police car was already parked in front of her apartment complex.

It's worth mentioning that that police car looks... kind of familiar to Gu Yin!

It seems to be the same car Su Nuan rode in before.

Well, Gu Yin has seen most of the police cars from Qingquan Street Police Station before, so it's normal that he's familiar with them.

"Dudu..."

It's worth mentioning that when Gu Yin drove over, the police car quickly sounded its horn, as if to remind Yu Jie and the others that they were over there.

A question mark appeared above Gu Yin's head: "Is Sister Su Nuan in that car?"

Could it be that the colleague Yu Jie mentioned who went to get the documents is Su Nuan?
“No, not the warm-hearted team.” Yu Jie shook her head, her brows furrowed tightly as well…

She was in the car, and the windows were covered with opaque protective film, so the people in the police car couldn't see her at all. How did they know she was there?
Just as Yu Jie was wondering what was going on, a young man opened the car door and got out of the police car.

From a distance, he waved to Gu Yin and the others with a blank expression.

"I go……"

Upon seeing the other person, Gu Yin couldn't help but smile helplessly. Seeing that Yu Jie was still confused, he simply explained:

"Don't even think about it, he probably recognized my car."

The young man standing next to the police car was none other than Xiao Chen, who had previously viewed Gu Yin with prejudice because of Su Nuan.

...(End of chapter)