Chapter 169

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

"Alright, let's first study how to get the car out of there." Chai Mi didn't say anything more, instead cutting straight to the point.

After all, Zhou Fang's Santana was still in the watermelon field, and now it was broad daylight; that thing was very precious, and if it got lost, it wouldn't be easy to explain.

If a few people with no eyes came along, smashed the car window, took the stuff, wanting to find out who did it — the road would be too hard.

Moreover, if they ran into the shameless type, who unbolted the wheels, they'd just be waiting for a joke……

Chai Mi wasn't someone who did things without a sense of proportion.

She had long since told Liu Zhanggui to send someone to watch the car; although Zhou Fang was caught on the pretext of stealing melons, Zhou Fang might not be worth money, but that car was worth money……

If the whole thing got lost, or got wrecked, the village couldn't afford to pay for it.

The two of them didn't exchange much idle talk, just walked back to Sanjiacun.

Chai Mi didn't have a bicycle, didn't have a motorcycle either; she had walked there herself, so Zhou Fang naturally could only follow along on foot.

The road was a bit far, the sun also a bit hot.

The crops along the road, although still green, many had already wilted.

Following the small path, they just walked like that.

Chai Mi asked: "Zhou Fang, how come you suddenly came back? Is there something going on?"

Zhou Fang thought for a bit, not wanting Chai Mi to think he was blowing hot air, so he picked an excuse: "I don't know either, I'm just a driver. Driving for our Boss, the Boss went to the county seat on business, right? Me, that…… um, last night after I dropped him off, I got lost."

"Driver's not bad." Chai Mi wasn't too suspicious. "But you're not very competent; as a driver, you should defend your Boss's car to the death……"

"At the time someone smashed a watermelon on me, I was stunned……"

Chai Mi hehe'd a laugh: "Mm-hmm."

"No time like the present, you treat me to a meal today? You've been trying to treat me to a meal all along, so I'll just satisfy this ten-plus-year wish of yours."

"Ah……" Zhou Fang was a bit stunned; only now did he remember that today he seemed to have an appointment with Ke County's Leader; after all, as someone who came for investment promotion, he arrived yesterday, so today Ke County would definitely have someone responsible for hosting him.

Although he didn't know who the host would be, if it was the first time they hosted him and he didn't go, it didn't seem too good.

But the matter of Zhou Fang wanting to treat Chai Mi to a meal had been dragged out for ten whole years.

Really too long.

Zhou Fang fell into a dilemma.

"If it's not convenient then forget it." Chai Mi didn't mind either; seeing Zhou Fang's face show difficulty, she thought maybe Zhou Fang had other things to attend to.

"No matter, then I'll treat you to a meal today." Zhou Fang weighed it, felt that bringing Chai Mi along wasn't excessive, anyway no one knew Chai Mi.

"Only it might be someone else treating me to a meal, and I'm bringing you along — you see if that's still okay?"

"Anything works." Chai Mi figured, anyway sooner or later they'd eat this meal, eat it early and be done with it early.

Chai Mi just feared trouble; she had promised Zhou Fang in letters before, so she might as well briskly get this matter settled.

It was just a matter of one meal.

And Chai Mi herself wasn't a dilly-dallying person; seeing Zhou Fang didn't hesitate too much, she agreed too: "I'm only responsible for eating; after eating I'm going home. Or I could treat you, but I don't have that much money, can only arrange you at home. Right, where are you staying?"

Zhou Fang blanked for a moment: "Seems like…… no place to stay."

"Hehe. You've got money, go rent a guesthouse in the county, that place is fine for three to five days. If it's long-term, then rent a standalone courtyard."