Everyone went upstairs and returned to their respective rooms to rest.
The night passed without incident.
At eight o'clock the next morning, Su Yang, Pan Ning, and Su Qingci, who was sleeping next door to him, were the first to get up.
The three of them went downstairs together to the hotel restaurant for breakfast.
Afterwards, they sat in the hotel lobby lounge area, drinking coffee and waiting for the others.
At eight forty, two figures dragging two suitcases slowly approached from the direction of the elevator lobby.
It was Jiang Yuxin and Mao Xiaorong, whom they had just met last night.
As the two got closer, they also saw Su Yang. Jiang Yuxin walked up with a smile and greeted him: "Brother Su, good morning~"
"Morning~"
"Good morning, Brother Su~" Mao Xiaorong also nodded and smiled at Su Yang.
"Morning."
"Are you leaving now?" Su Yang asked with a smile.
"Mhm, we just had a little something to eat. Now we're going to check out and start the next leg of our trip~"
"Alright, you go ahead then. Have a smooth journey. If you ever get the chance to visit Haicheng, you can look us up~"
"Okay~ We will~ If you all come to Hangzhou, you can find me. I'll treat everyone to a meal."
"No problem."
"You go ahead and check out~" Su Yang nodded.
"Alright." The two said as they walked towards the front desk.
A few minutes later, they came back, said goodbye to Su Yang, and then turned to leave.
After they had completely left, Pan Ning asked calmly, "You met them while drinking last night?"
Su Yang nodded: "Mhm, Fatty invited us to go clubbing yesterday. We met them while having drinks. What a coincidence, they're also on a road trip and staying at this hotel."
"Your luck with the ladies is really something~" Pan Ning remarked out of the blue.
Su Yang stole a glance at Pan Ning: "I call it being sociable, able to make friends wherever I go~"
"Mhm, all of them are female friends."
"Well..." Su Yang scratched his cheek helplessly. "I can't really control that~"
"That's why I said your luck with the ladies is good~"
"Hehe, maybe just a little bit~"
Su Qingci chimed in with a laugh: "I thought those two girls just now were very pretty~"
"Of course they are. Has your Brother Su ever known a girl who wasn't pretty?" Pan Ning turned to Su Qingci and said deliberately with a smile.
"I guess that's true too."
Hearing Pan Ning's words, Su Yang pursed his lips into a smile and didn't respond further, just focused on sipping his coffee vigorously.
At nine in the morning, the others finally came downstairs one after another.
Meng Wenzhou, Meng Qianyu, and Tang Ziyun were the first to walk over.
Seeing this, Su Yang waved and called out: "Over here. Did you have breakfast in the restaurant?"
"Just had a quick bite."
"Mhm, you should still have breakfast."
"Where's Fatty and the others?"
"They had just entered the restaurant when the three of us finished eating."
"Alright then, come sit and wait for them."
"Let's go check out first."
More than ten minutes later, the remaining four, Liu Bo and the others, walked over quickly, chatting.
Su Yang looked up and smiled: "Here they come."
The others turned to look. Meng Wenzhou waved: "Go check out~"
"Oh, oh, okay."
A few minutes later, after Liu Bo and the others checked out, the ten of them finally walked out of the hotel's main entrance to the parking lot not far directly opposite.
Liu Bo pulled open the car door and called out to Su Yang a few meters away: "Brother Yang, Ercheng, right?"
"Yes. If anyone wants to stop and visit another city along the way, remember to say so in the group chat ahead of time."
"Got it. Probably no other places for now, let's head straight for Ercheng."
Meng Wenzhou shouted from the other side: "Stop chatting, let's get going. We still have over eight hundred kilometers ahead of us~"
"Alright, off to the next stop!!!"
......
They quickly got into their cars and drove out of the hotel area one after another onto the main road.
At 9:40 AM, three cars entered the highway leading to Ercheng.
Another eight hundred-plus kilometers, another boring stretch of highway.
Su Yang was still the first one leading the way at the front.
Not long after getting on the highway, the three in the back seat, Meng Qianyu and the others, fell asleep again.
Only Pan Ning kept Su Yang company, chatting with him.
The highway from Lincheng to Ercheng was surrounded by mountains all the way, with incredibly beautiful scenery.
The sunlight was quite glaring today, so Pan Ning was wearing a pair of sunglasses.
Her face was already quite small, and the sunglasses covered almost a third of it, making her look even more delicate and petite.
Su Yang kept turning his head to glance at her from time to time.
Pan Ning leaned back in her seat and said calmly, "Focus on driving. Why do you keep looking at me?"
"You look good~"
"Haven't you gotten tired of looking yet?"
"Never will."
"Is that so?" Pan Ning said while looking straight ahead.
"Mhm~"
"Will you get tired of it in the future?"
"No."
"Really?"
"Really!" Su Yang said without hesitation.
The corners of Pan Ning's mouth lifted slightly: "Focus on driving."
"Alrighty."
Around one in the afternoon, the three cars left Qian Province one after another and entered Dian Province.
This time, Su Yang didn't drive too fast. The three cars drove into a highway service area together for a short break, and to have lunch there.
Pan Ning took the three girls to eat at McDonald's, while Su Yang and the other guys, in perfect unison, each got a bowl of instant noodles, found a spacious spot, squatted down, and dug in intently.
"Whoa~ I find that instant noodles are only really delicious when eaten at a service area~" Liu Bo said while eating.
Ji Bo blew on the noodles on his fork and nodded: "I agree. It doesn't feel the same eating it elsewhere."
Meng Wenzhou laughed: "Wait until we enter the uninhabited area later, then try it again."
"Right, probably even better if eaten in an uninhabited area."
"Mhm, mhm. Speaking of which, we need to stock up on more instant noodles before we enter the uninhabited area."
"Absolutely~"
"Hoo~ so good, so good."
"This stuff is like that. It tastes pretty good when you haven't had it in a while."
"Right, and after eating it you swear you'll never have it again~"
"Hahaha, exactly."
"Hurry up and eat, then we hit the road." Meng Wenzhou said, slurping down a big mouthful.
"Brother Meng, don't always say 'hit the road.' That phrase always sounds a bit ominous somehow." Liu Bo said, tilting his head.
Su Yang finished his last bite of noodles and stood up, smiling: "Then let's call it 'let's go'~"
"Hey, yeah, that sounds much better."
......
More than ten minutes later, Pan Ning, Meng Qianyu, Tang Ziyun, and Su Qingci walked out of McDonald's.
The six guys were now standing by the cars, puffing away on cigarettes.
Seeing the girls approaching, they all tossed their cigarettes into a nearby trash bin.
"Here they are, let's go. Let's pick up the pace. We'll have dinner directly once we get there."
"Oh, right, where are we staying later?" Liu Bo asked, looking at Su Yang.
Su Yang thought for a moment and said: "Find a hotel or homestay with a nice environment. I think we could spend a day playing in Ercheng tomorrow, and go to Licheng the day after. What do you guys think?"
Meng Wenzhou nodded: "Sounds good. Tomorrow we can rent some electric scooters and ride around Erhai Lake~"
"Oh right!!" Ji Bo immediately perked up upon hearing this.
"What's up? Why so excited?"
Ji Bo smiled: "I went to Ercheng with friends two years ago. I was planning to rent an electric scooter to ride around Erhai Lake back then, but my luck was bad. A section of the lakeside road was under construction during that time, so I couldn't complete the loop. This time, I must go all the way around."
"Great, we'll rest for a day tomorrow and have some fun~"
At that moment, Pan Ning and the others walked over. Meng Qianyu ran up with a cheerful smile and asked, "What are you all secretly discussing over there?"
Meng Wenzhou said plainly, "Tomorrow we're renting electric scooters to ride around Erhai Lake for fun. We'll go to Lijiang the day after."
Meng Qianyu looked up, picturing it for a moment, and said with a laugh, "But I don't know how to ride."
Hearing this, Liu Bo stepped forward and volunteered, "Qianyu, I can give you a ride~ My riding skills are excellent!"
Meng Qianyu glanced at Liu Bo, shook her head with a hint of distaste, and said, "I don't want you to take me."
As she spoke, she turned to look at Su Yang, then ran over to link her arm with his, giggling, "I want Su Yang to take me~ Heehee."
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