39 You Have To Be Naive Once As A Youth

Wang Yuehan shut his mouth and took out a face-scanning device. He scanned Qiao Lingxiang, Cen Yi, Lu Zhengqing, Zhao Long, and Ah Jiu's faces. Then he scanned their identity cards and turned around to retreat to the quest center.

He didn't even dare to say another word.

It was already the beginning of winter in Xiang City. No teams would be leaving the city at this time. Wang Yuehan wouldn't need to use the face-scanning device more than once each day. After verifying the identities of Qiao Lingxiang's team, he could end work and go home.

The moment he entered the quest center, he heard the auntie behind the counter, who was preparing to go home, tidying up her documents and saying, "Little Wang, I need to leave early today. You can come early to open up tomorrow. My grandmother is working at the hospital and she said many people have gotten fevers and colds recently. My son needs to go to school every day too. There's no one to take care of her at home."

Wang Yuehan nodded when he heard this. A sly look flashed in his eyes.

This quest center was converted from a community building. Wang Yuehan and the auntie behind the counter were employees of this community building. When the urban management authorities decided to establish a quest center, they took over the community building and converted it into a quest center.

So, the quest center wasn't very big and there weren't many staff members.

If the auntie left early today and came in late tomorrow, he would be the only person left in the entire quest center.

Wang Yuehan waited for the auntie behind the counter to leave. He hurriedly closed the main door of the quest center and pulled down the shutter door. Then he walked to a corner of the center casually to avoid the cameras on the wall. He went behind the counter and found five bags of compressed biscuits below the auntie's table.

These were from the quest center's warehouse and were for Qiao Lingxiang's team. In the afternoon, when Qiao Lingxiang came to accept the mission, she said there would be ten people. So, the auntie got ten packets of compressed biscuits from the center's warehouse.

Now, only five people from her team showed up which meant there were five extra packets. The auntie forgot to take them back to the warehouse.

Wang Yuehan squatted under the table like a rat and opened a packet of biscuits. He ate it and then stuffed the remaining four packets into his shirt and pant pockets.

Finally, he got up and hurriedly turned on the auntie's computer. He shifted the five packets of biscuits back to the warehouse.

When the auntie returned tomorrow morning, Wang Yuehan would tell her that he had already returned the biscuits to the warehouse…

Outside the transaction bank, the streetlamps were only half-lit. One was lit up while the other wasn't. Compared to a few days ago, there were more people on the streets now. Xiang City High School wasn't the only place that was in disorder. Many high schools, primary schools, and kindergartens were a mess too.

Qiao Lingxiang and her team carried their backpacks and headed to Xiang City's south gate. They were still junior high students and this was their first time accepting a mission so as they were preparing to leave, they finally realized that none of them had done any mission planning.

For instance, what form of transportation would be used to leave the city?

The group walked for some distance before stopping at a crossroad. Lu Zhengqing looked at Qiao Lingxiang and asked her, "How are we leaving?"

"High-speed railway."

Ah Jiu raised his hand and took out his phone.

He said, "Tell me your identification numbers. I'll buy the tickets."

Before the others could report their numbers, Ah Jiu turned off his screen and said with an expressionless face, "The tickets to the Cold Snake Tower are all sold out."

Everyone: …

Thinking like a normal person, one would either take the high-speed railway or an airplane when traveling somewhere far. Qiao Lingxiang and her team should've bought high-speed railway tickets to go to the Cold Snake Tower but after Ah Jiu looked online, all the tickets from Xiang City to the Cold Snake Tower were sold out.

Resources were tight so the frequency of high-speed railways and airplanes were reduced as much as possible. In the past, there were many trips a day to the Cold Snake Tower. Now, there was only the occasional trip to the Cold Snake Tower every few days.

Thus, naturally, the moment tickets were available online, they were snatched up.

Qiao Lingxiang turned and looked around her. Normally, there were bike-sharing stations at cross junctions. However, all the bicycles started to disappear a long time ago… people probably used them as their personal bikes now.

"Let's drive."

Lu Zhengqing took out his phone from his backpack and made a call. After speaking for a bit, he hung up the phone and smiled at Cen Yi and Qiao Lingxiang.

He said, "My family's in the vehicle business. There's a batch of vehicles that we couldn't sell so we can drive there, one person in each vehicle. I asked my family to deliver some."

"Master Lu, you're so wealthy."

Zhao Long gave Lu Zhengqing a thumbs up. There was no need to worry about transportation when you were out with a kid from the rich second generation. This was how amazing their Master Lu was.

"Of course."

Lu Zhengqing held his backpack and winked at Zhao Long with his beautiful eyes. Then he looked at Cen Yi. Cen Yi was giving him a thumbs up too. You could imagine how happy Lu Zhengqing was.

The five of them decided to wait for Lu Zhengqing's family cars at the cross junction. They started to chat casually.

Qiao Lingxiang frowned anxiously. She didn't know how to drive. She only knew how to ride a bicycle and a scooter. Also, she thought that they didn't need five vehicles. She could ride with someone else.

But she needed to consider the possibility that no one might allow her to ride with them.

While she was in a dilemma and didn't know what to say, 25 minutes passed. Cen Yi and his friends chatted for approximately that long.

Five electric bikes were piled on a pick-up truck. They were dragged over under the night sky…

Resources were scarce so many people stopped driving private cars. It was already very expensive for a family to be able to deliver five electric bikes with a pick-up truck.

The group of them stared at Lu Zhengqing's father in a daze. He was sitting in the truck and waving at them happily.

"Hello, young children, nice to meet you. I came to deliver you some vehicles."

"Why are you all frozen? Come over and unload the bikes."

Lu Zhengqing patted Cen Yi and climbed onto the pick-up truck. He carried an electric bike down. Then he said to everyone, "Don't worry. The journey might be a little far but the batteries are full. We can ride for eight hours without any issues. If we run out of battery along the way…"

He stepped on the pedal and showed everyone.

"We can pedal."

The cold wind blew against the four people on the roadside. Only Qiao Lingxiang heaved a sigh of relief. This was great. She didn't need to drive.

Cen Yi's handsome face was black. He pointed at Lu Zhengqing with his finger and stepped forward. He snatched the electric bike in Lu Zhengqing's hand.

All of them had assumed this rich second-generation kid from Xiang City would give them a small car each~ They were really too naive!

You have to be naive once as a youth!

Lu Zhengqing saw Cen Yi's expression. The smile on his face almost blossomed like a flower. He looked at Qiao Lingxiang gently and asked her, "Xiangxiang, do you need Brother Ah Qing to help you carry a bike down?"