"I'll go return these, you guys wait," Chu Qiunan said, taking the two extra room cards back to the front desk to cancel two rooms.
Afterwards, everyone took the elevator upstairs together.
Inside the elevator, Meng Wenzhou looked at everyone. "It's still early. Let's all go back to our rooms and rest for a bit, then head out for dinner around four or five."
"Sounds good. Oh, wait, I can't rest. I have to accompany Yueyue to the mall to buy some gear. You guys go ahead and rest," Chu Qiunan said helplessly.
With a ding, the elevator opened on the fifteenth floor.
This time, everyone's rooms were on the same floor, but because the hotel was quite large, the rooms weren't right next to each other.
After greeting the others, Su Yang and Pan Ning arrived at the door of room 1523 and swiped their card to enter.
This deluxe river-view room was larger than the one they had stayed in back in Xicang, and the amenities were more complete.
The room was airy and very comfortable. Standing by the floor-to-ceiling windows, one could overlook most of downtown Ya'an and the beautiful scenery of the Qingyi River; the view was excellent.
After closing the door, Su Yang walked over to a lounge chair by the window, sat down, and sighed, "So comfortable~"
"By the way, where is our next stop?" Pan Ning, true to her habits, liked to unpack and arrange her things first. She asked while organizing her belongings on the small sofa.
Su Yang leaned back in the chair, thought for a moment, and said, "Kangding."
"Oh, okay."
"Have you been there?"
Pan Ning shook her head. "In Sichuan Province, I've only been to Rongcheng."
"Alright then. By the way, it seems we only had breakfast. Hurry up and finish, and I'll take you to get something to eat."
"That's right, we haven't had lunch yet. Let's call the others to join us."
"Okay, I'll mention it in the group chat."
As he spoke, Su Yang took out his phone and opened the main group chat: @Everyone, did we forget to eat lunch?
Liu Bo: You're right! I was wondering what felt missing~
Meng Qianyu: Let's all go look around and grab a bite then.
Meng Wenzhou: Works for me. I didn't feel it before, but now that you mention it, I am a bit hungry.
Chu Qiunan: You guys go eat. Yueyue and I are going shopping.
Liu Bo: OK. Meet in the hotel lobby in ten minutes?
Tang Ziyun: Sounds good~
Zhong Qing: Received.
Ten minutes later, everyone gathered in the hotel lobby.
Chu Qiunan took Gao Yue and drove Meng Wenzhou's car to the mall.
The rest walked along the streets of Ya'an looking for local delicacies.
After casually eating some special snacks, they headed over to the Qingyi River and found a riverside café with a great atmosphere to sit, drink coffee, and chat.
The café had a retro decor, quiet and comfortable overall. The classic soundtrack from Interstellar was playing inside.
Su Yang immediately felt as if he were drinking coffee in a cornfield.
Two tables by the window on the second floor were taken over by the ten of them. Small potted plants sat on the wooden windowsill.
Everyone ordered a coffee and nestled into the soft sofas to admire the river view outside, taking the chance to enjoy a peaceful, slow-paced lifestyle.
"Are there any fun places in Ya'an?" Su Qingci asked, leaning on the windowsill.
"I don't think any of us have been to Ya'an before, but if you search online, there are tons. There are definitely plenty of fun places," Zhang Ziming replied while drinking his coffee.
"It just depends on whether everyone wants to stay in Ya'an for a couple more days or continue setting off tomorrow."
"Let's search first and see what fun places there are," Meng Qianyu said, picking up her phone from the table.
"There's Bifeng Gorge, Niubei Mountain, Mengding Mountain, Dawagengza, and so on. But looking at them, they're basically all mountains. Do you guys want to go?"
Hearing that it was all mountains, several of the girls shook their heads.
Tang Ziyun laughed, "My legs go weak just hearing the word 'mountain' right now."
Su Yang followed up, "Is it that dramatic? Didn't we just climb Yulong Snow Mountain?"
"We did only climb one Yulong Snow Mountain, but we climbed up and down, back and forth more than ten times. It completely wore me out; I still haven't recovered," Tang Ziyun said with a smile, sticking out her tongue.
"Hahaha, then let's not go mountain climbing. We'll rest for half a day today and set off again tomorrow."
"Is our next stop Kangding?" Zhong Qing looked at Su Yang and asked.
Su Yang nodded. "I checked. Ya'an isn't far from Kangding, only about 140 kilometers. If we take the highway, it takes less than an hour and a half, but..."
"But what?" Zhong Qing asked.
"Since we are driving to Tibet, of course we have to take National Highway 328. If we take the 328, it will probably take more than four hours."
Liu Bo laughed at this moment. "We must take the 328! This Life, Must Drive 328!"
"Exactly. We've made it this far, why take the highway?"
"Yes, starting from Ya'an, we'll basically be taking National Highway 328 for the subsequent sections."
"I suddenly feel like we've only truly started 'road trip mode' after arriving in Ya'an," Meng Qianyu said with a slight smile, resting her chin on her hand.
"Oh? Qianyu, what makes you say that?" Zhang Ziming looked at Meng Qianyu and laughed.
"Before, we were always on the highway. It felt like we were just going from one city to the next without really feeling a strong road trip atmosphere in between."
"It wasn't until we arrived in Ya'an and I saw so many cars on the street with 'This Life Must Drive 328' stickers that I suddenly got that road trip feeling."
"Hahaha, really?"
"Mhm, really~"
"It's true, because the route we chose was a bit winding, and the earlier part of the journey wasn't the traditional route."
"Normally speaking, entering Tibet usually starts from Rongcheng, so your feeling is quite accurate," Meng Wenzhou said indifferently while sipping his coffee.
"So, starting tomorrow, we'll get on the 328 and enjoy the scenery along the way."
"Sounds good~"
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his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
