Lin Chuxia refused, "That won’t be necessary. Let Liu Na sit in the front with you guys, and you also stay up front. The road ahead isn’t easy, everyone should be on alert."
Somehow, Lin Chuxia always had a bad premonition, feeling the upcoming stretch of the road wouldn’t be smooth.
The group didn’t dare to delay. After eating some dry food and taking care of necessities, they were ready to hit the road again.
At this moment, Master Xu pulled out two covers from the driver’s cabin and concealed the license plates.
Nowadays, there were no surveillance cameras or traffic police to check obstructed plates.
Of course, they knew Master Xu did this not to avoid traffic police checks, but to prevent certain people from noticing their license plates and harboring malicious intentions.
In the eyes of those who block roads, vehicles from Rong City were like fat sheep.
For the next stretch, Liu Guoqiang took the lead. A driver with military experience obviously meant reliable skills, but the mountain roads were even more rugged and winding.
After several hours of the winding and bumpy ride, both Lin Chuxia and Wang Tianxue felt uncomfortable in the back.
Luckily, both could endure; they just closed their eyes and didn’t speak.
Seeing the sun tilting westward, Lin Chuxia looked outside and saw mountains stretching continuously.
Without GPS in those times, and only a map in hand, it was unclear where exactly they were or when they would get out of the mountains.
At this moment, the vehicle stopped for a while, perhaps just over a minute, and then resumed moving.
Lin Chuxia knew this probably meant the drivers had switched.
After all, Master Xu was the experienced driver, better for safer nighttime driving.
Just as she thought this, the vehicle suddenly stopped, not slowly decelerating like before, but with a sharp brake.
Lin Chuxia’s heart skipped a beat with her, a bad feeling arising.
Wang Tianxue also quickly opened her eyes.
At the same time, they heard someone outside speaking in barely fluent Mandarin, shouting, "Get out, everyone get out."
Wang Tianxue’s face changed drastically as she looked towards Lin Chuxia.
The two exchanged a glance, neither speaking, listening intently to the noise outside.
They heard Master Xu’s voice. His accent was noticeably different than when he spoke with them, seemingly mimicking the accent of those blocking the road, trying to negotiate with them.
Lin Chuxia gently lifted a corner of the canvas and saw four or five people surrounding the front left side of the truck. Master Xu and the others hadn’t gotten out, merely sticking a wad of money out the window.
The other side didn’t accept the money from Master Xu, pressing about what was in the vehicle. Master Xu kept speaking nicely, dodging their questions.
Lin Chuxia furrowed her brows slightly, realizing they had met real trouble today.
First of all, the attitude of these people didn’t seem like a few dozen yuan would be enough to send them away.
She then moved to the other side, lifting the canvas curtain to peek, and saw another four or five men on the other side.
Including potentially more people in front of the vehicle, that would be over ten men.
It was no coincidence these many people appeared at the same time; Lin Chuxia’s expression darkened, suspecting these people were after the cargo.
Sure enough, while Master Xu was still negotiating, someone from the front became impatient and ran to the back, climbing up to lift the canvas.
Seeing this situation, Hou Xiaobao could no longer stay seated and pushed the door open to get out of the vehicle.
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