Beating the New First-tier: Starting from Abandoned Gas Stations

Chapter 9: Hard confrontation? Who is afraid of who!

The temperature in the room is ten degrees, which is no different from living in an ice cave for a southerner.

“The central heating just stopped two days ago!”

The aunt put the remote control back to its original place and gave Zhang Quan a look that told him to stay still.

"Huh? The heating just went off."

"There aren't many people in a remote county like ours! I heard the heating company is losing money every year. It's already quite good that they can hold out during the first month of the lunar year."

When talking about the centralized heating situation in Shayang,
A hint of helplessness flashed across the aunt's face.

"Now what?"

"no way!"

"no way?"

Zhang Quan's voice suddenly rose an octave.
"No, you guys, don't you want to solve the problem? How can you serve customers like this? I'm going to talk to your boss."

"It's no use contacting our boss. Who could have predicted that it would snow and get colder these past few days? It will be fine in a few days! Our boss won't replace the air conditioner just because of you, a customer."

The aunt rolled her eyes at Zhang Quan.
This is the situation, and there is no way to solve it.

Zhang Quan, who was already very depressed, was completely enraged by this sentence.
"I've never seen you do business like this! I want to check out."

"Then go to the front desk. We only registered for the room this morning, but it's been over six hours now. We definitely can't refund you today's room fee."

After the waitress finished speaking, she turned around and left without paying any attention to Zhang Quan.

"Just based on your service attitude, I won't stay here again even if it's free!"

After shouting something in the hotel corridor, Zhang Quan returned to the room and started packing his suitcase.

A few minutes later, I went to the first floor and checked out in a very casual manner.
He also got angry at the front desk clerk and said he would never come again.

Time passed by,

The night snow in Shayang County did not stop with the passage of time, but became heavier. The snow on the road was already three centimeters thick.

Chi!
At 11 o'clock in the evening, with the sound of brakes,

Zhang Quan's off-road vehicle appeared in the parking lot of Shayang Hotel again.

He originally thought that even if the central heating in Shayang County was shut down, the air conditioning in other hotels should be fine, at least they wouldn't have to suffer from the cold tonight.

However, after visiting the remaining six or seven hotels and guesthouses in Shayang County, I found that
These hotels and guesthouses don't even have a working air conditioner. They only have an electric heater in the corridor. The bathrooms are all public toilets in the corridor, which are worse than the Shayang Hotel.

This is the scene before our eyes!
"How to do?"

Glancing at the entrance of Shayang Hotel through the car window, Zhang Quan wanted to go back, but then he remembered the harsh words he had said to the waiter before leaving, and the idea of ​​getting out of the car was pulled back.

"How about staying in the car for the night?"

The second idea just emerged but was quickly rejected by Zhang Quan.
"No! I have to stay in the car all night with the engine running, the heater on, and the windows closed. What if I oversleep and get carbon monoxide poisoning?"

"what!"

Dilemma!

At this moment, Zhang Quan completely collapsed and slapped the steering wheel hard.

But at this moment,

Zhang Quan paused, then suddenly thought of something.
"I've been busy since around 8 o'clock and haven't paid much attention to my phone. Is it that Shen Chuan called and I didn't hear it?

Correct!
The more angry I get, the more confused I become.
I was tortured like this in the county town, and he must be cold and hungry over there in the Gobi Desert, and must have been scared to death crying for his parents.

As long as we put anti-skid chains on the car, we can pick him up at night!"

In a hurry, Zhang Quan took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket.

However, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment! Click on the screen,

Apart from the reporting call to Shen Yuntian, no one called him and there were no missed calls.

"Shouldn't"

He checked the caller ID again and even checked the cell phone signal, and found that Shen Chuan had indeed not called him.

"I know the situation at the gas station very well. In such weather, Shen Chuan will definitely insist on not waiting. Oh no! Oh no! Has Shen Chuan frozen to death?"

While Zhang Quan was puzzled, he suddenly thought of a possibility.

The more I think about it,

The more Zhang Quan felt that his guess was more likely, cold sweat began to appear on his forehead.

The purpose of coming to Shayang County this time was to force Shen Chuan to admit his mistakes and finally bring him back to be the son-in-law of the Su family.

If a person suddenly dies from the cold, it's no longer a question of whether or not to be criticized.
call!
Took a deep breath,

Zhang Quan, who was getting more and more nervous, swallowed his saliva, and clicked the dial button with his fingers trembling slightly, praying in his heart.

“Don’t freeze to death.”

Toot toot.
When the normal connection sound came from the phone, Zhang Quan swallowed his saliva again.
"At least the call is connected, so you dare to answer it right away."

One ring, two rings
Just when Zhang Quan was getting more and more nervous, the voice suddenly stopped and Shen Chuan's voice came.
"Hello? What's wrong?"

"Shen Chuan?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Zhang Quan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and breathed a long sigh of relief.

The whole process took less than two minutes, and it felt more exciting than riding a roller coaster!

next moment,
Shen Chuan's voice followed.

"You don't have my phone number? What's the matter? Tell me now!"

"Forehead"

Zhang Quan was stunned.
After adjusting his state, he spoke.
"Just hold on a little longer. I'll probably be at the gas station around 2 a.m."

"Wait, why are you at the gas station? I didn't call you to admit my mistake and go home."

The person on the other end of the phone asked back.

"It's snowing so heavily outside and the temperature is so low, let's stop being so hard on ourselves."

Zhang Quan said softly.

He felt that he had not received Shen Chuan's call before because Shen Chuan was too concerned about his reputation. Now that he had been given a way out, Shen Chuan would definitely take advantage of the situation.

"Don't bother. I'm warm here. If you don't need anything, just hang up. I'm busy."

"Is it warm over there? It's not warm over there. I'm freezing to death in the county town."

Hearing this,

The emotion that Zhang Quan had just suppressed was instantly aroused again. However, before he could finish his fart, the phone started to beep.

Shen Chuan has hung up the phone.

"You said the gas station is warm? You wouldn't believe me, and you're still busy? What the hell are you busy with?
Hehehe!
I've seen many people who are stubborn in their words, but this is the first time I've seen someone who is even more stubborn than a dead duck."

Looking at the black screen of the phone,
The more Zhang Quan thought about it, the angrier he became.
"Good! Very good! You're still stubborn even though you clearly can't hold on any longer, right? I'm also going all out this time, let's see who can win!"

After putting the phone in his pocket angrily, he opened the car door.
He walked towards the front desk of Shayang County Hotel again, carrying the suitcase that he had loaded into the car two hours ago.

(End of this chapter)