Chapter 447

Beishang Ye sat in the passenger seat first, rubbing his arms to keep warm.

"Ah... ah... achoo..."

Keeping her mouth open, Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui sneezed, nodded, and got into the car.

Fastened the seatbelt.

Ignited the engine.

The time was approaching midnight, 11:51 PM.

Downstairs at the apartment building.

The car engine cut off.

"Thank you, Yuigahama Xianghui-jie, drive slowly on the way home."

As Beishang Ye reached out to unbuckle his seatbelt, he turned his head to say goodbye to Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui.

"Mm, goodnight, Beishang-kun."

Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui closed her eyes, sighed, and recalled the whole day.

"Sigh, if the car were broken, it would be nice if Yuigahama Xianghui-jie stayed at my place..."

After getting out of the car, Beishang Ye thought wildly and pushed the car door shut.

Inside the car, Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui opened her beautiful eyes and casually turned the ignition.

No response...

73: Staying over or a hotel?

"Eh..."

"No way?"

Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui's expression was one of total disbelief; the perfectly fine car wouldn't start now.

Consequently, she pulled out the key again, feeling nervous, and tried one more time.

The key slid smoothly into the dark hole, and she turned it to ignite...

"Vroom vroom vroom vroom..."

The sound of the car engine working was clearly different from usual.

One was the roar of a young, strong, muscular lad; now it sounded like the coughing of an elderly person in their twilight years.

Click—

The engine made strange noises, and then suddenly, it went silent...

The car's vibration stopped instantly.

Secretly cursing "bad luck" in her heart, Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui grabbed her phone and pushed the door open to get out.

Beishang Ye, who had originally left, heard that the sound coming from behind wasn't right.

He stopped his steps, squinted his eyes, and looked back.

With the help of the dim streetlights, he saw that Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui's complexion seemed very poor as she walked anxiously to the front of the car.

"Yuigahama Xianghui-jie, did something happen to the car?..."

Beishang Ye looked and struggled to squeeze out a sentence.

"Yeah, how could it break down so suddenly when it was perfectly fine..."

Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui didn't look at Beishang Ye; she slightly bent her knees to squat down and check the air intake grille at the front of the car.

Unfortunately...

She was a nurse; she knew how to perform simple medical care on people.

But repairing a car? Sorry, no.

"Broken... no way..."

"Could I really be a jinx... no... did my 'little luck' buff take effect...?"

Beishang Ye's expression gradually became strange; he stood in place thinking for a while before walking to Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui's side.

"Use your phone for light, I'll check the engine, then try again."

"It shouldn't break that easily..."

Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui turned her head to give Beishang Ye an instruction and hurriedly walked back into the car.

She opened the car door, bent over, and using the phone's light, found the switch for the engine hood.

A gentle pull.

"Click—"

The hood popped up, leaving a gap the width of a finger.

"I remember it's like this..."

Beishang Ye at least knew how to add windshield washer fluid to a car.

He inserted two fingers under the hood and lifted the still-warm engine cover with effort.

"Thank you."

With the car suddenly breaking down late at night, Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui had no mood to think about Beishang Ye; she returned to the front of the car and began to inspect it.

"Yuigahama Xianghui-jie, do you actually know how to repair cars?"

Beishang Ye asked curiously, standing to the side and holding the phone light.

"No, I wonder if the water tank is out of water..."

Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui only knew how to add water to the water tank.

She didn't care about the engine compartment, which was emitting a disgusting smell of oil; she leaned almost entirely over it, twisted open the water tank cap, and closed one eye to peer into the tank's opening.

If the water tank was empty, the car couldn't be driven.

This kind of plot should have appeared in many movies.

Add a little water, and it can run at 120 mph again...

"No, there's still plenty of water..."

Beishang Ye stepped forward, shone the light on the water tank, and the transparent tank reflected the light.

It was very clear; one could see there was still half a tank of water inside.

By the way, the time was 11:56 PM.

There were three minutes left until the last train stopped running.

Even if the station closest to Beishang Ye's house wasn't the starting station, Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui couldn't possibly catch the last train.

Moreover, the car was still broken down here.

"I'll try one more time."

Not giving up, Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui bit her white teeth and continued.

After saying that.

She closed the hood with both hands, hurriedly walked back into the car, and tried again.

"This is my fault; I shouldn't have let my mind wander."

Beishang Ye's mood was very complicated; he couldn't say he was happy, but rather felt a bit uncomfortable as he stepped to the side.

"Please, just work..."

Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui reinserted the key, turned it to shift gears and ignite, slowing down the speed...

The engine began to make intermittent sounds...

And finally, it stalled...

"Oh dear, it's my fault for not maintaining it properly for two years."

Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui clenched her small fists in disappointment and lightly hammered the steering wheel.

After complaining and regretting for a short while, she began to think of the next solution.

"I can't catch the train... should I take a taxi home?"

"But my car is left here, there's no way..."

"I regret not buying roadside assistance insurance; should I try making a call?"

Seeing that Yuigahama Yuigahama Xianghui hadn't come out of the car for a long time, Beishang Ye walked over and knocked on the car window.

"Yuigahama Xianghui-jie, what are your plans now?"

"I'll make a call and ask about roadside assistance; I can't just leave the car here."

"Beishang-kun, it's getting late, you can go back and rest first; you can't help me anyway."