Chapter 357: Of Course the Brother-in-law and Sister Stay in One Room

The twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month.

A retro sedan drove out of Bai City.

It was originally agreed that Chen Banxia would be their driver, but as it turned out, the person driving became Chen Shu, with Qingqing sitting in the passenger seat, her lap filled with fruit. In the back row, from left to right, were Xiaoxiao, Zhang Suannai, and Chen Banxia.

The rear space of this small retro car was not exactly spacious, but fortunately, the floor was completely flat, and the three of them were quite slim, so they were still sitting relatively comfortably.

Chen Shu drove slowly and leisurely, in a very good mood, and asked those in the back:

"Zhang Suannai, are your injuries healed?"

"They're healed."

"So fast?"

"I am a heaven-sent genius with a constitution different from ordinary people; as long as I have a breath left, I can be back to full health the next day," Zhang Suannai started bragging again. "Besides, the injuries I sustained weren't as bad as Weiweiwei's at all. I snuck out of the hospital yesterday and caught a flight here overnight."

"Snuck out..."

"Don't worry about those details."

"How did you get injured again?" Chen Banxia reached out and pinched her arm, her eyes wide with curiosity. "Where were you hurt?"

"Hiss..."

Zhang Suannai bared her teeth and grimaced.

"Oh, you were hurt on the arm." Chen Banxia smiled awkwardly and pulled her hand back. "Who did you fight with again?"

"A total loser."

"You..."

Chen Banxia couldn't help but shake her head.

Chen Shu glanced at her through the rearview mirror and asked with amusement, "Back to full health?"

Zhang Suannai gave a light hum and didn't say anything more.

The car gradually drove into the mountainous area.

They didn't take the highway, but the national road instead.

Although it was the dead of winter, most areas in Yuanzhou were like spring all year round. In this season, the trees along the road were still green, wild flowers were in full bloom, and the harvested rice and wheat in the fields had left behind golden stalks. Looking out, there were vast stretches of gold amidst the green mountains.

The little girl held Taozi and turned her head to look at the scenery outside the window.

Ning Qing was eating sour grapes. Only when Chen Shu shared interesting things or beautiful scenery by the roadside with her would she respond with a word or two. Otherwise, most of the time, she stared at the road ahead with a calm gaze, saying nothing.

Only Chen Banxia and Zhang Suannai were the most noisy.

"Have you decided on your thesis topic?"

"It's decided."

"What are you writing about?"

"Research on the combat styles of Traditional Sword Cultivator against Wangting Sword Sect. Sigh, even if I told you, you wouldn't understand. Anyway, it's super awesome."

"What a mess."

"I told you you wouldn't understand."

"..."

Gradually, the two in the back seat quieted down, and only soothing music remained in the car.

The four windows were wide open, and the sunroof was open too. The wind and sunlight from outside poured in; the air was fresh and the temperature was pleasant—it was the perfect time for an outing.

The little girl continued to look at the scenery without speaking.

Chen Banxia started playing on her Mobile Phone.

Zhang Suannai sat between them, motionless, her back straight, yet she peeked sideways at Chen Banxia's Mobile Phone screen.

"Hmm?"

Chen Banxia vaguely felt something was wrong, but when she turned her head to look, she found Zhang Suannai staring at the scenery in front.

"?"

Chen Banxia frowned and continued playing on her Mobile Phone.

She still felt something was a bit off...

Chen Banxia pondered for a moment, then swiped her Mobile Phone to the next page.

"Swish!"

She suddenly turned her head!

Zhang Suannai was still staring at the scenery in front.

Seeming to notice her odd behavior, Zhang Suannai withdrew her gaze and looked at her in confusion:

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing..."

Chen Banxia replied casually: "There was a dog on the side of the road just now."

"Oh, oh..."

Zhang Suannai nodded, acting very serious, and continued to look ahead.

In reality, she was laughing her head off inside.

Even without relying on the Spiritual Sense of a Traditional Sword Cultivator, just relying on the reaction speed of a Sixth Stage Peak, with Chen Banxia's level of Daoist cultivation, it was impossible for her to be discovered—she could completely turn her eyes back the moment Chen Banxia prepared to turn her head.

Zhang Suannai pursed her lips, acting as if nothing had happened.

Even after Chen Banxia withdrew her gaze and continued playing on her Mobile Phone, she still didn't act rashly.

Because her Spiritual Sense felt something was wrong.

According to her guess, this little sister of hers had very likely opened the front-facing camera and was recording, waiting for her to walk right into the trap.

"Heh, child's play."

Zhang Suannai focused on enjoying the scenery ahead.

She happened to see her roommate peel a grape and pass it to Chen Shu's lips.

A few seconds later, the roommate reached out her hand again, her palm white with a rosy tint, to catch the grape seed he spat out.

"So sour."

That person was actually quite disgusted by it.

"......"

Zhang Suannai's features crinkled; her little sister's novel was still more interesting.

Just then, her Spiritual Sense had also calmed down, so she turned her eyes to the right again, continuing to sneak a peek at her little sister reading the novel.

It must be said that Zhang Suannai's acting skills were excellent and her reactions were quick; if nothing went wrong, perhaps throughout this entire journey, Chen Banxia would never know that while she was reading a silly novel, there was someone reading it along with her. Unfortunately, upon seeing a funny part, Zhang Suannai couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Aha, you!"

Chen Banxia turned around immediately: "I knew it, you've been peeking at me the whole time!"

"Hahaha..."

It was likely that passersby outside the window could hear her laughter.

Today's destination was Yan City.

Yan City was also one of the country's well-known tourist destinations, though its reputation hadn't been very good in earlier years, with frequent news of tourists being ripped off, and it was mixed with too much worldly desire. Come to think of it, Yan City had neither the scenery of Jinghai in Bai City nor the tranquility of the ancient town in Bai City; Chen Shu didn't know why it was so popular.

However, the existing scale of the ancient town in Yan City was very large, making it the largest ancient town in the country; setting aside all that messy stuff, its aesthetic appeal was still quite high.

Chen Shu planned to rest here for a night, see the night view of the ancient town, eat a hot pot of Wax Ribs, and then head west the next day.

After about a two-hour drive, the group arrived in Yan City.

Chen Banxia had already booked a hotel.

"Tuanzi Hotel..."

Chen Shu stared at the hotel's sign and read it aloud.

This hotel chain was quite widespread; if he remembered correctly, there was one in Yujing University City as well, and it was a very decent chain hotel.

"ID cards."

Chen Banxia said to the group.

One by one, the ID cards were handed into her hands.

Chen Banxia specifically picked out Zhang Suannai's and took a couple of looks at it; she had originally wanted to mock her, but upon seeing it, she found it was actually very pretty, and she immediately felt it was pointless.

She had booked three standard rooms.

Two hundred yuan deposit.

The young lady at the hotel front desk handed the three room cards and three breakfast vouchers to her and said very politely: "It's on the third floor, take the elevator and turn right."

"Thank you."

Chen Banxia held the room cards high, glanced at her younger brother, Qingqing, and Xiaoxiao, and grinned: "Come, come, come, handing out room cards; anyway, I'm staying in a room with Suannai, you three decide how to split up yourselves..."

Zhang Suannai was also secretly watching them.

She saw the little girl turn her head and urge her older sister: "Qingqing, hurry up and go get the room cards."

Ning Qing glanced at her.

The little girl shrank her neck, feeling that her sister's eyes seemed to have a terrifying penetrating power, and her own thoughts were instantly seen through by her.

"Go get them."

Ning Qing said as such.

The little girl had no choice but to walk up and take both room cards from Chen Banxia's hand, one for herself and one for her brother-in-law.

Originally, she had thought that her sister would take one, and she would go take another, so she wouldn't have to stay in the same room as her sister and could stay in a room with Taozi Daren instead. Anyway, every room had two beds, and anyway, they had stayed in the same room before when her brother-in-law was advancing, and anyway, they were all sister and brother-in-law. She hadn't expected that this woman with a nasty personality seemed determined to stay with her and persecute her.

"No! I still have to get away from her!"

The little girl kept a straight face and made up her mind.

The group took the elevator to the third floor.

The first room on the right was the one for Zhang Suannai and Chen Banxia.

The two of them swiped the door open and walked in.

The little girl frowned, silently swiped the door open, and while her sister wasn't paying attention, she hugged Taozi and stepped inside, then took advantage of the moment to hold the doorknob, staring at Qingqing outside with a vigilant look: "I want to stay in a room with Taozi Daren, you guys stay in a room yourselves!"

Her sister looked at her calmly, her gaze so frightening.

But the little girl had her own ways—

"Bang!"

The room door closed, blocking the two people's line of sight; from inside, only the sound of Taozi scratching the door and meowing could be heard.

"......"

Ning Qing then turned around and looked at Chen Shu.

She saw this person grinning at her, clearly very smug, yet he still deliberately said: "This child is really unreasonable... but I must declare in advance, I didn't arrange this with Xiaoxiao beforehand; this is entirely her own personal behavior and has nothing to do with me!"

"You taught her well."

Ning Qing snatched the room card from his hand and turned to walk forward.

Chen Shu followed behind her.