Chapter 1531 - 769: A Bumpy Journey (Part 2)

Chapter 1531: Chapter 769: A Bumpy Journey (Part 2)

"Mm." Lin Beichen softly hummed a response through his nose.

Emily was so angry that she gripped the steering wheel tightly, as if she were venting all her frustration on the innocent object.

She knew that if she didn’t find something to vent on soon, she might end up hitting Lin Beichen.

Of course, hitting him would be futile, so the steering wheel became her outlet of choice.

If the steering wheel could think, it would surely be complaining in its mind: "What did I do to deserve this? I haven’t offended you, so why take it out on me!"

"Oh, since you slept so comfortably, I see you still look pretty tired now, resting with your eyes closed." Emily continued with a sarcastic tone.

Lin Beichen wasn’t a fool; hearing this, he certainly knew she was angry.

He pondered, whether for Emily’s sake or for the smooth progress of the mission, he needed to comfort her.

After all, if she decided not to take him to the Beishi Mercenary Corps out of anger, it would be a big problem.

So, he chose some comforting words: "Key is, Emily, you’re a great driver. So steady, I felt really comfortable in the car, which made me accidentally want to rest for a while."

Emily glanced at Lin Beichen, muttering: This idiot doesn’t even know how to say nice things.

"I think you’re just roundabout saying I drive slowly, huh!" Emily said indignantly.

Lin Beichen felt wronged; he honestly didn’t think that.

However, after Emily’s reminder, he automatically noticed the speed and realized it wasn’t fast.

But given the situation, naturally, he wouldn’t point it out stupidly, or it would be tactless.

At this moment, Lin Beichen didn’t know what to say and chose to remain silent.

Sometimes, not knowing what to say, it’s better to shut up than to mess things up further.

It seems "silence is golden" indeed holds some truth.

Seeing Lin Beichen not responding again, Emily felt as though she had punched a pillow, frustrated and annoyed.

She thought about it and decided to make things clear with Lin Beichen.

Emily blinked her eyes and pouted: "Don’t think I’ll just let what happened at the hotel go."

"You know very well what you did to me."

Lin Beichen felt a headache, realizing this issue was unavoidable.

"What did I do?"

"I didn’t do anything, it was you who kept moving around, okay?"

Lin Beichen hurriedly pushed the blame away; even if there was some responsibility, he absolutely wouldn’t bear the main blame.

"You... you’re shameless for not admitting the advantage you took!"

Emily stuck out her pink tongue angrily at Lin Beichen, teasingly.

Lin Beichen understood that even if he shared just a tiny responsibility, Emily suffered more. The world often isn’t fair to girls.

He sighed helplessly and said: "Then tell me, what should we do about it?"

"Why don’t I take you to the casino again so you can have fun, what do you say?"

Hearing "casino," the joy of winning yesterday surged through Emily’s heart, almost making her instinctively nod in agreement.

But she quickly regained her senses and swallowed back the words.

What she wanted was far beyond a bit of cash; she wanted Lin Beichen himself.

"No way, you have to take responsibility!"

"My mom said, if a guy sleeps with me, he must stick with me."

Hearing this, Lin Beichen felt amused and thought: Who said foreign girls are open-minded? Stand up, I promise I won’t beat you.

"What else did your mom say?" Lin Beichen neither agreed nor refused, cleverly steering the topic away.

After all, responding to such talk wasn’t ideal; changing the subject was more prudent.

Emily suddenly felt shy and said softly: "Mom said, if you meet a guy you like, you have to seize the opportunity and not let him go."

Then, she secretly glanced at Lin Beichen.

By this time, even if Lin Beichen was wooden, he’d understand that Emily liked him.

However, he was focused on the mission, wanting to clear out the Golden Triangle forces, hence had no time for such romance.

He could face anything alone, even injury or danger, but not his teammates. This was why he didn’t bring Zhao Ligeng and the others to deal with Beishi Mercenary Corps.

Having more people isn’t always helpful; it might even lead to heavier losses.

Acting alone, he could go anywhere freely, run when he wished, without worries.

"Your mom’s quite reasonable." Lin Beichen said calmly.

"Yeah, she has lots of wisdom to share." Emily was unconsciously led astray by Lin Beichen.

Seeing this, Lin Beichen felt at ease and continued chatting with Emily about her mother’s stories.

Better to talk about this than the awkward matters between him and Emily.

Suddenly, Lin Beichen remembered something and asked: "Is your mom a Huaxia person?"

"Hey, how did you know?"

Emily asked with a puzzled look, recalling she hadn’t told Lin Beichen about this.

"A guess." Lin Beichen replied flatly.

This time it was indeed based on instinct rather than reasoning.

He felt Emily had conservative thoughts; her mom’s love for sharing wisdom resembled many Huaxia parents he knew, leading him to subconsciously blurt it out.

"I understand, mom told me to trust my Sixth Sense—those intuitive things." Emily yawned. Although she slept well last night, she woke up too early.

"Are you sleepy?"

"Want me to drive for a while?"

Lin Beichen offered. He thought, if Emily fell asleep, she’d stop bringing up the hotel incident. Given time, she might forget it.

Heh, I’m quite the clever one.

Lin Beichen couldn’t help but feel smug inside.

"Do you know the way to the Beishi Mercenary Corps base?" Emily posed a crucial question. After all, driving for two hours continuously made her feel tired.

"I noticed you’ve been following this road, I’ll just keep driving on it."

Lin Beichen thought for a moment and shared his plan, "If there’s a crossroad, I’ll call you."

He carefully recalled the route to the Beishi Mercenary Corps base. From their location, there was indeed a long stretch of straight road ahead.

Emily nodded and said, "Yep, there’s about an hour more of straight road, turn right at the next crossroad."

"I’m letting you know in advance, so even without me calling, you’d know where to go."

With that, Emily stopped the car, and they switched places.

Emily knew she shouldn’t drive tired, or she’d end up with a driving phobia if she ended up in a ditch.

After a while, Emily slept peacefully beside him.

With no one chatting, Lin Beichen felt extremely bored.

Sometimes people only see the bright side of things.

Feeling dull, Lin Beichen gradually increased the speed.

His reaction wasn’t as quick as Emily’s, who swiftly handled emergencies.

Luckily, he had the system scanning feature; driving faster might not lead to accidents.

The car raced down the road like the wind, while his thoughts drifted to Emily’s previous talks about Beishi Mercenary Corps.