After Aixi closed her eyes, Mu Jingpei turned off the lights, leaving only a small table lamp on the bedside.

The room fell silent.

After a while, Aixi quietly opened her eyes and looked at Mu Jingpei.

He was leaning on the back of his chair, looking down at his phone. The light from the phone screen depicted the lines from his brow to the bridge of his nose, revealing a bit of nonchalance.

Those two legs that had nowhere to go were just spread out casually.

Although such a thrilling thing happened not long ago, Aixi felt very safe at the moment, as if the orange candy she had eaten was slowly melting in her heart, and the sweetness spread up and melted into her heartbeat.

Afraid that Mu Jingpei would discover that she was peeking, Aixi reflected the scene in front of her in her mind and closed her eyes, then the corners of her mouth rose silently.

She seemed to have a crush on Mu Jingpei and felt excited just by looking at him.

Mu Jingpei was chatting with Wen Qiu on WeChat at this time.

He just liked a post on WeChat Moments that was located at the bar, and Wen Qiu immediately sent a message to him.

Wen Qiu: Jingpei, you liked my circle of friends. Are you envious?

Mu Jingpei: What era is it now? Are there still people who don’t know that “like” and “read” mean the same thing?

Wen Qiu: …

Wen Qiu: You don’t sleep so late, it seems you have a rich nightlife?

Mu Jingpei glanced at the bed.

Aixi had fallen asleep, with her fair little face facing him. She slept peacefully, the finger marks on her face had faded a lot, and her cheeks were rosy, which made people feel soft-hearted and breathe softly unconsciously.

Tonight's experience was indeed quite rich.

Mu Jingpei withdrew his gaze, typing on the phone screen with his slender fingers.

Mu Jingpei: It’s okay, just a little richer than yours.

Wen Qiu didn't believe the news at all.

Could his nightlife in a small town where there was no one on the streets at 7pm be richer than that in Shanghai?

**

It was not until dawn that Mu Jingpei returned to her room to sleep.

They were originally scheduled to set off early this morning, but because of the robbers that appeared at night, the departure time was changed to after lunch.

Although the robber has not been caught yet, Mu Jingpei does not plan to stay in Changjin Town for long and will leave the arrest to the police.

After a good night's sleep, Aixi seemed to have fully recovered.

Seeing that she was in good spirits and not frightened by what happened last night, Mu Jingpei felt relieved.

After packing up, Mu Jingpei and Aixi checked out of the hotel and moved their luggage into the car.

Today is not a market day, and there are only a few people on the road. It is not as lively as yesterday.

Before getting in the car, Aixi looked at Mu Jingpei's arm and said, "Your arm is not fully healed yet, why don't I drive."

"fine."

"But you used your arm to fight last night." Aixi insisted.

Mu Jingpei leaned against the driver's door, raised an eyebrow and asked her, "Are you really just worried about my injury?"

Aixi blinked and said, "I'm mainly worried about your injury. Your injury hasn't healed yet, and I can drive again, isn't that just perfect..." Her voice got smaller and smaller.

Mu Jingpei: "Finally told the truth."

"What he said before was also true." Aixi looked at him expectantly.

She's still not over the novelty of cars, which is usually the case with people who just got their driver's license.

Being stared at by her, Mu Jingpei felt a little helpless to refuse, and finally stood up straight and compromised, saying, "Okay, there aren't many people on the road today."

Aixi curled her eyes: "Okay!"

Sitting in the passenger seat, Mu Jingpei reminded him, "Drive slowly. The speed in town cannot exceed 60, no, 40."

Aixi said "Oh" and felt a little regretful.

Mu Jingpei added: "Safety first."

Aixi looked at him and suddenly said very seriously: "Mu Jingpei, I think you are a bit long-winded."

"…"Mu Jingpei has lived for twenty-four years. Many people say that he is thrifty with words, but this is the first time someone says that he is long-winded.

His eyebrows were raised high, and he loosened his hand that was about to fasten his seat belt. He turned his body sideways, put his right hand on the steering wheel, and looked at Aixi: "Say it again? Me? Are you nagging?"

Aixi leaned back, her eyelashes fluttering like a little fan when she blinked, and said in a very insistent tone: "You are just nagging!"

"What?"

How dare you say that?

Mu Jingpei came closer and was very aggressive, trying to make her change her mind.

Sensing danger, Aixi continued to move his body backwards, but he had nowhere to retreat and was trapped in the driver's seat.

The masculine scent hit her, and she became so nervous that her body stiffened. She didn't dare to look into those eyes, afraid that she would fall in love with him at first sight, afraid of feeling her heart beating out of control.

"I, I won't say anything more!"

Aixi gently pushed his shoulder and found that her strength seemed to have been drained away, and she felt limp.

Mu Jingpei was just trying to scare her, so she took her hand back and sat back, buckled her seat belt, and said, "That's good enough. How can I be so nagging?"

As he spoke, he recalled that just now, there seemed to be something wrong with the way Aixi looked at him.

Before he had time to think about it, the car started and he leaned back suddenly, and his thoughts were scattered.

Mu Jingpei's eyelids twitched: "Slow down."

Aixi stared straight ahead and said "Oh".

Aixi's heartbeat didn't slowly calm down until the car drove smoothly out of Changjin Town.

There is another mountain road outside the town.

Today is still a good day, the sun is shining brightly, and the mountain breeze blowing in through the car windows is very comfortable.

Mu Jingpei's plan was for them to hurry up, drive more than 300 kilometers in the afternoon, spend the night in Taixia County, and then drive another day to reach the airport.

After leaving Changjin Town, the cell phone signal started to weaken again. A picture on the web page took a long time to load. The loading icon consumed Mu Jingpei's patience.

"There's someone ahead."

Hearing Aixi's voice, Mu Jingpei looked up and saw several motorcycles parked on the roadside not far ahead, with several men standing there.

As the car got closer, Mu Jingpei saw clearly that one of the men had a bruise on his left eye, which was caused by him beating him last night.

His face froze, and he put away the casualness in his tone: “Aixi, the robber from last night is here to seek revenge.”

"What?" Aixi was startled and the car slowed down immediately. "What should we do now?"

Mu Jingpei saw that their car was less than ten meters away from those people.

There were seven or eight people in the group. If they stopped in this remote place, the car windows would be smashed quickly.

It's too late to change drivers at this time.

"Don't stop, find a chance to drive past, or back up."

His calm voice gave Aixi peace of mind and she instantly felt less worried.

"Okay!" She straightened her back, gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands, and stepped on the accelerator with a firm look in her eyes.

The car suddenly started to accelerate and drove towards those people.

Mu Jingpei didn't expect her to be so bold, and reminded her: "I asked you to drive past, not to hit her."

Aixi pursed her lips tightly and didn't slow down even when she saw someone standing in front of her.

After all, she was a novice, and Mu Jingpei was worried that something might really happen: "Aixi——"

But it was too late to stop it.

The group saw the black SUV driving towards them aggressively with no intention of slowing down, as if it was going to run over them mercilessly.

Faced with such a speed, no one would not be afraid.

They were so scared that they stepped aside.

Aixi spotted the gap and the car's body just barely brushed past the motorcycles on both sides, creating a gust of wind.