Chapter 70 The car stalled halfway

Shen next to him kept chattering away with a bunch of questions and nonsense, chattering in Xu Shisan's ear. Xu Shisan had no choice but to pretend to take a rest and closed his eyes to rest.

Shen Zhizhi saw Xu Shisan resting, so she also yawned. Perhaps she was tired, so she leaned against the glass next to her and began to sleep.

Although the bus was bumpy all the way, the girl fell asleep quickly. After she fell asleep, she felt uncomfortable resting her head on the hard glass, so she tilted her head and rested it on Xu Shisan's shoulder.

In this regard, Xu Shisan could only bear it helplessly and did not wake her up.

The imperial capital is more than 200 kilometers away from Shanhe District. In Xu Shisan's previous life, it would only take about three hours to drive on the highway to reach the destination.

However, the infrastructure in this world is very poor. There are no highways, not even freeways or asphalt roads. They are all dirt roads.

Moreover, the bus' engine was not working properly and it was driving very slowly.

If you encounter a compacted and flat dirt road, you can drive at a maximum speed of 50 to 60 miles per hour. If you encounter a bumpy dirt road, it is very good to drive 30 kilometers in an hour.

Therefore, a journey of more than 200 kilometers would basically take six to seven hours, or even seven to eight hours.

The bus that Xu Shisan took departed at two in the afternoon and would not arrive in Shanhe District until eight or nine in the evening.

It was four o'clock in the afternoon, but we had only walked about eighty kilometers.

Shen Zhizhi, who had been leaning on Xu Shisan's shoulder, had fallen asleep a long time ago, and was sleeping very soundly. It was probably because he did not sleep well last night and was tired from running around during the day.

After falling asleep, Shen Zhizhi felt very uncomfortable resting his head on Xu Shisan's shoulder, so he vaguely rested his head on Xu Shisan's thigh.

Not only did Shen Zhizhi rest his head on Xu Shisan's thigh, but he also put his arms around one of Xu Shisan's thighs as if he was holding a doll.

If Xu Shisan resisted a beautiful woman throwing herself at him, he would be a hypocrite. What man doesn't like beautiful women?

But even so, Xu Shisan did not do anything.

This little girl was very shameless, and he would probably have to hug her up after pushing her away, so Xu Shisan didn't bother her.

Shen Zhizhi slept on his legs, while Xu Shisan leaned back in the seat and closed his eyes to rest.

The bus kept bumping along the way until nearly six in the afternoon, when it suddenly stopped with a "click" and seemed to have stalled.

Because of inertia, all the passengers on the bus were startled.

Everyone looked at the driver.

The driver quickly got out of the car to check it out. After checking it several times, he found that the engine was broken.

So, he could only say to the passengers on the bus: "I'm sorry, everyone, the bus engine is broken and we can't leave for the time being."

Hearing this, the passengers were shocked:
"What should we do? It's almost dark. Are we going to stay here overnight?"

"I told my family I had packed everything and arrived at the station around 8 or 9 in the evening. It's all over now."

"It's over, it's over. We can't leave now?"

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Seeing the passengers making a lot of noise, the driver quickly said, "Don't worry, there is a radio on the bus. There is a Xuanguan Town nearby. I can contact the station in Xuanguan Town through the radio, and they will send someone to repair it. It will only take you an hour at most."

The buses, radios, and travel routes are all set by the state, and none of the bus stations in the country are private.

Once a car encounters an accident on the road, the nearest town can be contacted. Every town also has a bus station.

After receiving a radio call for help, someone must be sent to help.

After hearing this, everyone felt relieved.

"You can stay in your car or get out and walk around. It will be fixed in an hour at most."

Hearing this, the customers in the car also stood up and prepared to get off and walk around.

After all, after sitting in the car for such a long time, your waist and legs must be sore, so you want to get off the car to move around and go to the toilet.

The noisy movement in the car finally woke up the sleeping Shen Zhizhi. She opened her eyes drowsily and saw that all the passengers had gotten off the bus. She murmured, "Hmm? Have we arrived yet?"

As she spoke, Shen Zhizhi sat up, and then she realized that she had been resting her head on Xu Shisan's legs.

A trace of shyness quickly appeared on her earlobe, and she said in a panic: "Um... I'm sorry, I just fell asleep and don't know what happened."

Shen Zhizhi covered her face with her hands, feeling a little shy and not daring to look up at Xu Shisan.

Seeing this, Xu Shisan couldn't help but joked: "You are so thick-skinned, how can you be shy?"

"You are the one who is thick-skinned." Shen Zhizhi rolled her eyes. She stood up and stretched again, and found that all the passengers in the car had got off.

"Are we there yet?"

"No, the car's engine broke down, so it stopped halfway and can't move for the time being." Xu Shisan explained.

"Ah? The car broke down? What should I do?"

"The driver said someone will come to fix it later."

After explaining, Xu Shisan also stood up and couldn't help but stretch his legs.

"I'll go down and take a walk too. My legs are numb from all the pillows you put on them."

Shen Zhizhi couldn't help but blushing again. She looked at Xu Shisan getting off the car and followed him.

The bus stopped in the middle of the road, but there were basically no other cars passing by on this road.

It was already six o'clock in the evening, the sky was gradually getting dark, and there were fiery clouds on the horizon, which was very beautiful.

The passengers who got off the bus stretched their legs on the side of the road. Several male passengers ran to a distant place to urinate, and two female passengers ran to a farther grove to relieve themselves.

Xu Shisan looked at the fiery clouds in the sky and walked away to stretch his muscles.

Shen Zhizhi followed happily.

"Hey, aren't you really curious about why I'm being chased?"

Shen Zhizhi asked Xu Shisan the same question again. This was the third time she asked it, but Xu Shisan's answer every time was that he was not interested.

"Average." Xu Shisan replied.

Xu Shisan was not interested, but Shen Zhizhi insisted on talking about it.

“Actually, I ran away from home.”

Xu Shisan was standing there with nothing to do, so he took the opportunity to ask, "Oh, why?"

"Because my father wants me to marry someone." Shen Zhizhi explained.

"Who to marry?"

"I don't know him. My father said that he is a genius and wanted me to marry him and make him our son-in-law. I would not marry him because I had never even met him. So I took the opportunity to sneak out. The two people who came to catch me at noon were hired by my father." Shen Zhizhi explained.

After hearing this, Xu Shisan also understood.

In fact, this kind of thing is very common nowadays, because it is different from the world Xu Shisan lived in before. Free love is not encouraged and everything is arranged by parents and family.

Shen Zhizhi has a rebellious personality. She was probably spoiled by her parents since she was a child, so when faced with this kind of thing, she just ran away secretly.

Considering that Shen Zhizhi said she was a summoner, she probably came from a wealthy family or a summoner family.

However, Xu Shisan didn't think much about it, as this kind of thing was very common.

"There's no point in you running away secretly. After you go back, you still have to listen to your parents' arrangements." Xu Shisan couldn't help but say.

"Humph! I won't! If my father insists that I marry that man, I will hang myself! I will commit suicide! My father loves me so much, he will definitely compromise." "If you don't marry now, you will marry sooner or later."

"It's my business to marry someone sooner or later. I'll marry whoever I like, and I won't marry anyone I don't like, even if he's a god!"

"What if the person you like doesn't like you back?"

Shen Zhizhi: “.”

"You'll die if you don't speak!"

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at the same time.

The Shen family in the imperial capital.

The two Shen family bodyguards who went to capture Shen Zhizhi returned empty-handed. Shen Yuwen, who was sitting in the living room, was furious when he saw that the two bodyguards failed to capture his daughter.

"Waste! A bunch of waste! Why did our Shen family keep you? Even that little girl could slip away from you! Are you all just here to eat for free?!"

"Alright, alright. Why are you so angry?" Xu Rong, who was sitting nearby, comforted him quickly and waved to the two bodyguards below.

"Okay, okay, there's nothing for you to do here, go down."

After the two bodyguards left, Xu Rong consoled him, "Okay, Yuwen, you know the temper of that girl Zhizhi. If you force her to marry, how can she not go against you?"

"What do you know as a woman? Do you know who I asked Zhizhi to marry?"

"Isn't he the summoner who won the Summoner's Tournament?"

"That's easy for you to say. Do you know what this means? A summoner who can lead our Dragon Country to win the championship, a summoner who can defeat the entire Eagle Country team by himself, this is a genius that only appears once in decades in our Dragon Country! The Court of Arbitration has already listed him as a target for final training. The future potential of this child is immeasurable!"

“If our family can only marry him and bring him to the Shen family, the future status of the Shen family in the entire imperial capital will be immeasurable!”

"That's easy for you to say. We are not the only Shen family that knows about this. Other families have also sent their children to marry into the alliance. It's not certain whether it will be our turn. Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Besides, sacrificing our daughter's happiness in exchange for this so-called status is something I watched her grow up, and I absolutely disagree!"

"Just spoil her! Come back and see how I deal with her!"

"She's just my daughter, I'll spoil her."

"Besides, Zhizhi is missing, and you don't even worry about her safety. Is there any father like you?"

"How could a summoner like her be in danger outside? Even if there is danger, it would be good to let her suffer a little. This girl has become more and more ignorant because of your pampering!"

Just as the couple was arguing, another person ran into the living room. It was Shen Bowen, the son of the second son of the Shen family.

"Uncle, aunt, Mr. Lin from the Lin family is here and wants to see grandpa."

Hearing this, Shen Yuwen quickly stood up: "Oh? Grandpa Lin is here? Bowen, go and invite your grandfather, I will go to entertain him."

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This is Xu Shisan's side.

Everyone stayed there for about half an hour, and the person the bus driver contacted by radio finally came over.

He rode a motorcycle with the repair tools and fixed it in about twenty minutes in front of a crowd of people.

After the repair, the bus was restarted and the passengers got on and continued on their journey.

At this time, it was completely dark, and the driver relied on the headlights for illumination and drove even slower.

In addition to the one-hour delay just now, it is estimated that we will not be able to arrive at the Shanhe District station until 10 o'clock in the evening.

At about nine o'clock in the evening, when the bus was still thirty kilometers away from Shanhe District, it drove into a forest and suddenly made a "click" sound and stalled. The bus stopped again.

This time, the passengers in the car became uneasy again.

"What's going on? Why did the car stall again? Master, what's going on?"

"Yeah, this can't be broken again."

"Oh, what bad luck. We were supposed to arrive at around eight o'clock, but now it's already past nine."

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The driver was also very confused. He tried to start the car again, but found that it wouldn't start again.

He got out of the car and checked with a flashlight, and found that the engine that had just been repaired was broken again.

"What a fuck!"

The driver cursed, then got in the car and used the radio to contact the station in Shanhe District.

This place is only thirty kilometers away from Shanhe District, and it only takes an hour for people from there to get here.

However, after the driver contacted by radio, the station staff said that it was too late and the mechanic in charge of repairing the car was away due to some urgent matters, so they had to wait until tomorrow.

The earliest would be around 4:00 a.m. tomorrow.

Hearing this, the driver was also a little depressed.

But he could only tell the passengers the truth: "I'm really sorry, everyone. The engine of the car is broken again. I contacted the station in Shanhe District, and they said they definitely can't come tonight. We have to wait until four o'clock tomorrow morning. It's past nine o'clock now. Everyone, take a nap in the car. Sleep for six or seven hours, and they will come early tomorrow morning."

When the passengers on the bus heard that they couldn’t leave tonight, they complained again.

But now that things have come to this, no matter how much they say, it will be useless. They can only wait until tomorrow morning.

However, it was only nine o'clock now, and everyone certainly couldn't sleep. In addition, they had slept all the way during the day and were very energetic now.

So someone suggested getting off the bus, sitting down, making a bonfire, and chatting together.

This proposal was quickly responded to by everyone, so everyone got out of the car, and with the brightness of the car lights, everyone picked up a pile of dry branches around, made a bonfire not far from the front of the car, and started sitting around and chatting.

This world is not the world that Xu Shisan lived in before, when everyone had a smartphone and this was the only way to pass the time.

Shen Zhizhi obviously had never experienced this feeling before. Roasting by a fire in the wild in the middle of the night was a novel feeling that made Shen Zhizhi very excited.

She sat next to Xu Shisan, listening to other passengers chatting and saying a few words from time to time.

Just as a group of people were sitting around the campfire and chatting, a sudden roar broke the tranquility of the night!

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PS: Let me briefly respond to some questions in the comment section. Some people said, why don’t you write fighting scenes? What you write is just to fill up the word count, and you also have a harem, which is very boring.

What I want to say is that the author has his own outline, his own plot setting and direction. I can't just keep writing about fighting, right?
Besides, is it really interesting to keep writing about fighting?

The plots I wrote, going to Shanhe District, looking for Xia Keer, and meeting Shen Jiji, are all closely related to the subsequent plots.

If you want to see fighting, you can join the Imperial Capital Academy later. There are trials, team competitions, and challenges in other countries. There are a lot of fighting scenes, and each one is more exciting than the last.

But before that, the author has to lay out the plot. I can't just jump directly from the end of the Summoner Tournament to the Imperial Capital Academy.

The characters that appear now and the current plot direction are closely related to the subsequent plot.

Everyone has their own taste. If you are a reader who only likes to watch fights, you don’t have to read it if you don’t want to. You can go find books of the same type. There is no need to stay here.

There are also talks about having a harem. The female characters that appear are not necessarily the protagonist's harem. They may just be the main characters to pave the way for subsequent plots. There is no need to speculate.

So I only have one sentence: I am the author, I write, and you read, that's all.

I can't write according to the taste of just one person, I have to satisfy the tastes of most readers.

(End of this chapter)