By around eight o'clock, they reached the small town that Gao Da had mentioned.
From a distance, they could see low tile-roofed houses. The town had a single wide main street, a key traffic junction connected to the national road network.
At the entrance, there was a parking spot for car maintenance, water, and fuel refueling.
Water was free, but maintenance required introduction letters from drivers from various places and proof from their units.
Lu Jingqiu hadn't expected that this was a maintenance point specially set up by the authorities.
Next to the gas station was a state-owned restaurant.
Gao Da parked the car at the gas station, and by then, Yang Mingchao had also woken up.
Both men got out and took Lu Jingqiu to a row of sinks next to the toilets to wash up.
Lu Jingqiu roughly understood that this gas station was quite large and even had a small hostel.