Chapter 469: Misunderstood

What should we do?

After climbing ashore, Guo Yanqiu squatted down and refused to get up.

Once they were out of danger, she realized the problem.

In April the weather is no longer cold, so she wore thinner, breathable clothes.

Lin Feng glanced at the road ahead, where Zhao Xiaoyang was leaning against a black sedan, smoking.

Just walking through like that, my drenched‑like‑a‑wet‑chicken appearance was fine, but Guo Yanqiu felt embarrassed.

Lin Feng pulled out his phone.

Fortunately it's waterproof; soaking in water for an hour is no problem.

Lin Feng dialed Zhao Xiaoyang's phone.

When Zhao Xiaoyang heard the phone ring, they immediately picked it up and said, "Brother!"

"Um… Xiaoyang, leave the car key, park it there, and go back first," Lin Feng said lightly.

Huh—

Zhao Xiaoyang immediately sensed something was off.

But they still promptly agreed, "Okay, brother! I'll go back now!"

Lin Feng let out a brief "Hmm," and hung up.

Putting the phone down, Lin Feng saw Zhao Xiaoyang close the car door, returning with a faint, ambiguous smile.

Actually this place isn't far from home; it's only about twenty‑something minutes on foot.

A few minutes later…

"Alright, the others have left, it's just the two of us, no need to be uneasy."

Lin Feng said with a smile.

Guo Yanqiu finally stood up.

Her coat had shrunk, the shirt was short, and her long legs were round and perfectly straight.

"Don't stare!"

Guo Yanqiu said coquettishly.

Lin Feng quickly turned his back, "Let's go! Hurry! No one's around."

Guo Yanqiu promptly perched on Lin Feng's back.

Carrying her on his back, Lin Feng jogged and, after a few minutes, reached the sedan.

He first opened the passenger door to let Guo Yanqiu get in.

Then he opened the rear seat.

Her whole body was drenched, and driving was difficult.

Lin Feng first took off his outer suit, then his shirt, wrung out the water, and put them back on.

If only the rider could come over, the trunk has everything.

This car is just a rental.

After that, Lin Feng finally sat in the driver's seat.

"Don't go back yet…"

Guo Yanqiu said shyly.

Going home like this is hard to explain, and too awkward.

Lin Feng nodded, "Then let's go to the nearby town and buy a set of clothes to change into!"

Guo Yanqiu shook her head, "Today is the 14th; the town's market is a one‑day event, and it's already noon, so everything's closed."

"Then let's go to the nearby county seat; it's only a few dozen kilometers away."

Lin Feng said that and started the car.

Halfway down the road, trouble arose.

A big truck, overloaded, crushed a bridge it was passing over.

Several workers were shoveling mud from the truck, while a crane lifted the truck's dump bed.

Both sides of the bridge were clogged with many cars.

"How could this happen!"

Guo Yanqiu frowned and said.

She felt today was terribly unlucky.

Thinking about it, it wasn't bad luck, but her own doing.

If she hadn't wanted to stay on Lin Feng's back a bit longer, she wouldn't have deliberately not warned him, causing him to take the wrong road.

Then she purposely made Lin Feng take a longer route.

Resulting in this awkward situation now.

"I know there's another road, but it's a mountain path, a mud road; luckily it hasn't rained recently, so we can drive through, though it's a bit tricky."

Guo Yanqiu thought for a moment and said.

"I'll follow your lead."

Lin Feng nodded.

Then he shifted into reverse, backed the car a short distance, and completed the reverse maneuver on the road.

Following Guo Yanqiu's instructions, after driving a stretch he turned onto a not‑very‑wide mud road.

Lin Feng had never in two lifetimes driven such a terrible road.

The road was surely once trampled by tractors; the tire tracks were a foot deep, and the sedan's chassis rattled "bang‑bang."

The point is, this road hasn't seen any vehicles in a long time; it's overgrown with grass.

Some pits are hidden by the grass and cannot be seen.

Just then, the phone rang.

It was Guo Yanru calling.

Lin Feng handed the phone to Guo Yanqiu, "You answer it."

After Guo Yanqiu took the phone, she swiped the touchscreen and said, "Sis!"

"Yan Qiu, why haven't you and your brother-in-law come back yet?"

Guo Yanru asked.

By then, Zhao Xiaoyang had already walked home.

Guo Yanru asked Zhao Xiaoyang, and Zhao Xiaoyang told the truth.

Guo Yanqiu said: "Sis, I and my brother-in-law went to the county town… uh! The road is terrible to drive on, it's so bumpy… oh dear…"

"What are you doing?"

Guo Yanru asked.

Her voice was full of doubt.

At this moment, Guo Yanqiu turned to Lin Feng and said: "Brother-in-law, slow down a bit, wait until I finish the call… oh dear! The road is hard to walk on…"

Before she could finish speaking, the call dropped.

The phone suddenly shut down.

It turned out that Lin Feng had forgotten to charge it the previous night.

"The phone… is out of power!"

Guo Yanqiu pressed the power button, saw no response, and suddenly felt a headache.

She immediately looked for a phone charger in the car.

She found one, but the connector didn't match.

"What bad luck!"

Guo Yanqiu looked helpless.

Lin Feng smiled and said: "It's fine, just drive this stretch and you'll be okay; go to town and buy a charging cable, charge it for a few minutes and it'll work. Then call back later."

On the other end, Guo Yanru looked at the phone emitting a busy signal and furrowed her brows.

The voice of Old Two when we spoke on the phone was really strange!

Could it be…?

After a long while, Guo Yanru sighed helplessly.