Li Chuchu, mingling with the tourist group, was extremely nervous.
Especially when going through customs, her hand hidden under her sleeve was trembling.
Would this plan work?
Would they be caught?
Li Chuchu turned to look at Shen Yanshan and found that he was calm and extremely high - profile as he blended into the crowd. He seemed to fit in perfectly with these tourists.
Forget it. As long as she didn't have to stay in Hong Kong any longer, anything would be fine. Li Chuchu gritted her teeth and with a push of her legs, she actually managed to slip through the net and board the ship.
After the ship had been away from the port for a while,
Li Chuchu watched as Hong Kong gradually disappeared below the horizon. She still felt like she was dreaming. She rolled up her sleeve and stretched her hand in front of Shen Yanshan. "Shen Yanshan, pinch me quickly. I want to see if we've really left Hong Kong."
Shen Yanshan didn't say a word. He just stroked her hand.
Li Chuchu's slender and fair little hand was wrapped in Shen Yanshan's big hand. His fingertips with a thin layer of calluses gently slid back and forth on the skin on the side of her thenar. This touch was full of cherish.
Li Chuchu felt a bit uncomfortable. She whispered a reminder, "I said to pinch me, not..."
"We've escaped."
Shen Yanshan said softly.
He didn't need to pinch her. He could tell her himself.
His voice carried a sense of calm and stability.
Just at dawn, Shen Yanshan had grabbed her hand and walked out of the alley. Instead of going to the harbor where fishing boats docked, they went straight to the wharf where the big ferry ships docked. They observed for a while and then promptly blended into a tourist group that had come to Hong Kong and was preparing to return today.
He was quick - witted and methodical.
He seemed like an old hand who was very familiar with Hong Kong, almost on a par with a professional spy.
Hearing his soothing voice, Li Chuchu's heart also calmed down.
The warmth on her hand seemed to be burning. Li Chuchu wanted to pull her hand back, but she couldn't move it for a long time. So she had to force herself to shift her attention away.
The salty water vapor mixed with the wet sea breeze made it hard for people to open their eyes. When the ship was approaching the shore, the waves kept crashing back and forth from the shore, and the ship was very shaky. Li Chuchu tightly held the mast with both hands. Looking at the vast blue sea, she was afraid of being thrown off by the waves.
There were often sounds of vomiting on the ship.
Li Chuchu's face also turned a bit pale.
They had escaped so many dangers, but unexpectedly, they almost got into trouble on the last leg of the journey. Shen Yanshan quickly fetched a cup of hot water for her from the tea - room. His face was full of worry. "How are you? Still feeling very uncomfortable?"
Li Chuchu nodded.
It was uncomfortable, but she could barely bear it.
She only took a sip of the hot water and then didn't drink anymore.
The coastline gradually came into view.
When the ship finally docked, Li Chuchu let out a soft sigh of relief.
She still followed the crowd and got off the ferry step by step.
When her first step landed on the solid ground, a voice suddenly popped up in Li Chuchu's mind. [Ding! Congratulations to the host for achieving the achievement: Blaze a new trail! Successfully save the villain from a dire situation! Dog - licking value + 5, Money value + 5000]
Maybe the system finally showed some conscience. This mission was indeed quite difficult, so the rewards were also quite generous.
But Li Chuchu didn't have the mood to think about these things now. After being on tenterhooks for several days, all she wanted to do was find a place to sleep, sleep for a whole day and night!
This place was very close to the railway station. Shen Yanshan took the tickets and went to the railway station to try his luck, asking if there was an earlier train back to Ningcheng.
Unfortunately,
The ticket - seller rolled her eyes at Shen Yanshan. "You might not even be able to get a train ticket if you try to grab it a week in advance. You come here just one day before and expect others to get you a ticket? Where am I supposed to get it from?"
Shen Yanshan silently put the tickets back. Li Chuchu patted his arm. "We can just stay in Spring City for two days. We've come here anyway. We can take a look around by the way."
Spring City was close to the coast, and there were many new and fresh goods. It would be eye - opening to stroll around here. But the most urgent thing now was to get some sleep. Li Chuchu's nerves had been on edge for several days, and now every nerve was screaming for a break.
So Shen Yanshan rented a room in a nearby guesthouse for a day. They put their luggage in the room and then took a simple rest.
There was only a big double - bed room left in the guesthouse. The two extremely tired people lay on the bed. Li Chuchu fell asleep immediately, and her breathing became steady.
Shen Yanshan turned to face Li Chuchu. He gently called her a couple of times. After making sure that she was really asleep, he got up and went outside to make a phone call.
He was contacting a machinery - manufacturing factory abroad to purchase the latest equipment from them.
Price was not a problem. He just wanted the latest ones.
The factory over there readily promised that it would be no problem, and they would send experts to the factory for free maintenance services for the first three years. If they wanted to update the equipment later, they could exchange the old ones for new ones and only needed to pay 70% of the original price.
The transportation cost of the machinery plus the original purchase cost came to a total of 100,000 yuan.
After discussing with them,
Shen Yanshan hung up the phone. His eyes were as dark as an abyss, unfathomable.
His fingers gently tapped on the railing.
From now on, he had to grow up as fast as possible. The people from the Shen family who had been his opponents before had already discovered his existence. The time left for him to grow was running out.
Moreover, Qian Guangjin had really tripped him up this time. If he didn't return the favor, it simply wouldn't be his style.
Thinking of this experience,
Shen Yanshan didn't get angry but instead smiled.
There seemed to be a storm brewing in his eyes like an abyss. It was about to stir up a tempest in the next second.
Just wait.
Qian Guangjin.
...
Li Chuchu slept until evening.
When she woke up, it was almost dark outside.
A strong and muscular arm with an overwhelming sense of masculinity wrapped around her waist from behind, as if proclaiming the owner's complete possession. Li Chuchu blushed. She moved a bit, creating a gap between their bodies.
She immediately felt a chill on her body. It turned out that her clothes had been soaked in sweat.
She turned to look.
Shen Yanshan was still sleeping.
He woke up even later than her. It seemed that he had really been exhausted yesterday.
Li Chuchu tried not to wake him up. So she quietly groped her way to the bathroom in the dark, planning to take a shower. She hadn't had a chance to take a shower yesterday, and then she had been exposed to the damp sea breeze for a long time this morning. Her body was sticky, and she felt like she could scrape off dirt.
Li Chuchu smelled her clothes. There seemed to be a faint smell of sweat. She wondered how Shen Yanshan could hug her like that.
Thinking about it, she quickly slipped into the bathroom.
After staying in Hong Kong, she realized how cost - effective the things on the mainland were. Such a big room cost less than a quarter of the price of a hotel room in Hong Kong.
While taking a shower, Li Chuchu couldn't help but sigh with emotion. No wonder the tourists in the Hong Kong tour groups were all rich people. Without some money, who could afford to go there?
She rubbed her whole body with soap. The fatigue and stickiness were all gone. She finally felt that her body belonged to her again.
Suddenly,
Just when things were going well, something bad happened.
Li Chuchu found that she had forgotten to bring her change of clothes.