Chapter 4: On the Road

Chapter 4: On the Road

The hot air from the hair dryer blew up the dry and yellow hair. Li Ai blew her hair half dry and let it hang loose. She put the hair dryer on the sofa and walked towards the refrigerator.

I opened the refrigerator door and found half a bottle of fresh milk and half a bottle of mineral water in the freezer. Unopened bags of green grapes and apples, bottled milk tea and other beverages, half a head of Chinese cabbage, a box of eggs, and a bunch of seasoning packets and bottles. I took out a pizza box, which still contained some leftover pizza.

Squat down, open the drawer, take out the plate with the pizza on it, turn on the microwave, set to the lowest heat, and heat for 3 minutes.

Something flashed through her mind, and Li Ai opened the drum washing machine under the bed. Sure enough, the clothes that she had thrown into the washing machine in her previous life were still inside. It was a washing and drying machine, so she took it out directly, folded it, and stuffed it into the wall cabinet.

I walked to the double-row sofa, squatted down, and pulled out the drawer underneath. The snacks and mineral water inside were all there.

Li Ai looked up at the brother who was wiping his hair, "I looked around the car, and the items in the car were exactly the same as before the accident. Even the unfinished pizza still had teeth marks on it..."

"I'm used to it. Let's leave this place first and we can deal with other things later."

"Okay, I've heated up the pizza. Here are some snacks, you can help yourself." Li Ai stood on tiptoe and took out the heated pizza. She took a piece for herself and handed the rest to Li Hao. She then walked towards the driver's seat with a bottle of milk tea between her legs.

Li Hao took the pizza and put it on the table. "Let me drive! You eat and rest first! It's hard for you to drive at your current height!"

"Tsk, you still think I'm too short. Well, we can take turns to rest and drive so it's more relaxed." Later I found out that she was just dreaming!

Li Hao switched the gear from P to D and turned off the engine. He restarted the car, turned it off, started it again, and turned it off again... After repeating this several times, the car remained motionless.

Li Ai finished her pizza and got on the car, and started it normally. Then Li Hao got on the car and turned it off. After the two tried repeatedly, Li Ai resigned herself to driving.

Li Hao looked incredulous, "It still recognizes its master?"

Li Ai looked helpless, "Let's study it later, escaping is the most important thing!"

Li Hao opened the car door and threw the two people's tattered linen clothes and shoes into the reeds. He closed the door, locked it, washed his hands and ate pizza.

Li Ai took a few sips of milk tea, capped the bottle and put it in the drink holder, then stepped on the accelerator with her right foot, and the black B-type RV slowly drove out of the reeds. The wheels rolled over the bumpy dirt road, and the car body swayed left and right, up and down, bumping along the way, raising dust all the way.

"This road is really covered in dust on sunny days and mud on rainy days!"

"I was just thinking about how to disguise the car. If we drive this far, it won't be long before the car is covered in dust and mud, which can be used to cover it up a bit."

"Well... but we still need some other shelter." Li Ai looked at the reeds on the roadside, "We can weave straw mats or straw curtains and fix them outside the car to provide shelter, right?"

Li Hao thought for a moment and said, "Well, there are plenty of reeds. We can use them locally and disguise it as a hay cart."

"Then go further away and do it after dark!"

"Well, I'll take a nap first."

"You go to sleep. We have to take turns to rest. We can't both fall asleep."

"Yeah." Li Hao took a piece of paper to wipe his mouth and hands. After eating and drinking, he felt sleepy and fell asleep immediately.

After the car drove for a distance, Li Ai looked at the HUD head-up display in front of him. There was something different, but he couldn't tell what it was.

Li Ai met a few passers-by along the way. He honked the horn in advance and whizzed past in the terrified eyes of the passers-by.

Two hours later, Li Ai couldn't control her eyelids from fighting each other. The wheels rolled over small potholes and over small stones, and the car shook a little, which made her more awake. But within two minutes, she felt sleepy again. It was really hard to resist Zhou Gong's invitation.

Li Ai quickly took a big gulp of ice water and sobered up for a moment, "Brother, pass me a bag of spicy noodles."

Hmm? After waiting for a few minutes without any movement, Li Ai quickly turned her head to look back, then immediately turned back to look at the road.

Li Hao slept on a two-seater sofa, fastened himself tightly with a safety belt. His body went up and down with the car, and his left cheek was covered with saliva.

Looking at the image projected on the windshield, Li Ai finally realized what was wrong.

It used to display the driving distance, and when connected to the navigation, it displayed the direction arrow, left or right, and the distance in meters or kilometers!

In addition to the above, there are also weather, temperature, and images of people and houses.

I understand the weather display, the indoor and outdoor temperatures, but what are the people and houses like? Is there anyone in front? Is there a house?

"Brother, there's something wrong with my HUD... There are extra functions and images..."

There was silence behind me.

Li Ai sighed inwardly, forget it, let him sleep. Looking at the time, it was 13: noon, the sun was shining brightly, and it was still a long way from dark. Following the arrows, continue driving forward.

An hour later, Li Ai looked around and saw no one, so he stopped the car, stood up, stretched his waist, shook his arms and legs, and went to the toilet.

I took out an ice cream from the refrigerator, unwrapped it, and took a small bite. The cool, sweet, and crispy chocolate ice cream bloomed in my mouth, and the sweetness was pleasant. It was really refreshing on a hot day!

Li Ai walked towards her brother while eating, and checked his breath with her hand, finding that he was breathing.

It would be uncomfortable to lie down and sleep when the car is driving on a bumpy road, but I can't resist the tiredness and sleepiness, so I just want to sleep.

After eating the ice cream, I took a can of ice Red Bull, opened the lid, tore open two bags of spicy strips, and put them all on the beverage rack so that they were easy to take and not afraid of spilling.

After taking five more breaks and eating a lot of snacks and drinks, it was finally past 5:18. I didn't sleep the whole night, I escaped from the water in the early morning, and drove for more than 8 hours in the day. Li Ai felt like she was going to die. It gets dark late in the summer, so it's estimated that she will die at around 19:20 or :.

Li Ai looked through the rearview mirror and saw no one behind him. The HUD did not show anyone in front of him. There were no houses around, only a small river and a large piece of wasteland. He slowed down and looked for a good place to park for the night.

The car drove forward for more than 400 meters. On the right was a shallow river beach with pebbles and clear water. Li Ai turned the steering wheel to the right and drove down the river beach into the reeds, startling a flock of birds.

"Wow~" She just wanted to be sheltered by the tall reeds, which would be better than stopping on the bare riverbank. But she didn't expect there were so many birds in the grass!

Li Ai parked the car and turned off the engine. She walked over with heavy hands and feet and patted her brother. "Brother, wake up! How long have you been sleeping? Did you faint?"

"No..." A hoarse voice sounded, Li Hao reached out to unbuckle the seat belt, propped up his body and sat up. Suddenly his face wrinkled, he jumped up and rushed to the car window, hurriedly pressed the window, and stuck his head out. "Ugh! Ugh! Ugh..."

Li Ai stared at her brother who was vomiting violently with a dull look on her face, "Are you carsick?... No one in our family gets carsick..."

Li Hao stretched out his hand desperately to signal behind him, and Li Ai reacted, turned around, got a bottle of water and tissue paper and stuffed them into his hands.

I said to myself, "Oh, that's right. The body we have now is not our original body."

Li Hao vomited up yellow bile...

He rinsed his mouth with mineral water, wiped it clean with paper, and retracted his head from the car window. Li Hao Ge You lay back on the sofa: "Rest... take a rest, slow down..."

"Get out of the car and breathe some fresh air, it will be more comfortable!" Li Ai opened the door of the RV, and a wave of hot air rushed towards her. Outside the car was a reed bush with nowhere to step. She closed the door, climbed onto the bed, unlocked the door, and pushed open the double doors at the back. She climbed out of the car, stepped on the hot cobblestones with her feet, and quickly threw away the slippers in her hand and put them on.

"Brother, come out!" The air conditioner in the car had been on, and suddenly it was hot and cold. Li Ai stretched his arms and legs, turned his waist left and right, took a breath of air, and after moving for a while, he began to sweat.

Li Hao climbed out weakly and walked around on the riverbank. He felt much better now. Looking at the reeds beside the riverbank, he asked Li Ai, "I remember you had a lot of tools in your car, right?"

"Yes! In the drawer under the double row of seats on the front passenger side." Li Ai moved around and felt even more sleepy. "I can't take it anymore. I'm going to sleep. You can watch me do it yourself."

There was grass outside the side door, and only the tailgate was convenient for entry and exit. Li Ai climbed into the RV, folded down the backrest of the double-seat sofa, then folded down the backrest of the passenger seat, pressed the metal lock, and put it together to form a single bed of 1 meters by 93 centimeters. He took the pillow and blanket from the bed and fell on the single bed.

Li Hao then climbed into the car, took a few sips of water, walked to the passenger seat, squatted down, and opened the drawer to select tools.

"You go to sleep, I'll go cut some reeds."

"Um..."

"It's good to be young! You can fall asleep as soon as you lie down!" Li Hao got out of the RV while it was still light, closed the back door, and went to cut reeds with a small sickle.