RBCT Chapter 31 I couldn't resist running two orders
Chapter 31 I couldn't resist running two orders
The white B&B tram traveled smoothly through the streets, with a lively atmosphere inside.
Lin Xiaoran and Li Jing in the back seat were engrossed in watching videos on Douyin (TikTok) on their phones.
Su Yunxi, in the passenger seat, didn't turn around, but only glanced at the rearview mirror.
In the mirror, Lin Xiaoran's face glowed with excitement.
Su Yunxi's gaze moved down and landed on the phone holder on the center console.
The screen of Chen Jiajia's father's spare phone was still lit up. Above the navigation interface, an icon for a ride-hailing app was running quietly in the background, displaying "Heading to passenger pick-up point".
"Jiajia." Su Yunxi's voice was very soft.
"What's wrong, Xixi?" Chen Jiajia, who was driving, asked, puzzled.
Su Yunxi stretched out her slender finger and gently tapped the phone screen: "What is this?"
"Oops!" Chen Jiajia exclaimed, slamming her hand on the steering wheel. "Why did my dad forget to turn off this ride-sharing app?"
She frantically tried to operate her phone: "Ever since my dad bought this car, he always says it can't be idle. He insists on making a couple of trips on his way home from get off work to earn money for electricity. I hate that the most. I don't want strangers to ride in my car."
"Cancel it quickly!" Lin Xiaoran urged.
"No," before Chen Jiajia could speak, the usually quiet Li Jing pushed up her glasses and said, "I heard that if a driver cancels an order without a reason, the platform will deduct points and impose fines, affecting their credit score."
Chen Jiajia stopped what she was doing, her face contorted in a pained expression. "What should we do then? We can't really go pick someone up, can we?"
A brief silence fell over the car.
Su Yunxi watched the blue dot on the navigation screen getting closer and closer, her eyes flickering slightly.
"Let's drive there," she said softly.
"Huh?" The other three girls all looked at her.
"When we get to the passenger, we apologize, give him ten or twenty yuan, and let him cancel the order through the passenger's app. This way, it won't affect anyone," Su Yunxi said calmly and clearly.
"Oh right. You're so smart, Xixi." Chen Jiajia suddenly realized. "Okay, let's do it that way."
She stepped on the gas, and the white tram nimbly turned the corner.
From afar, they spotted the figure waiting by the bus stop.
A young man dressed in casual clothes had two bulging, huge snakeskin bags at his feet and was looking down at his phone.
That's him.
Chen Jiajia slowed down and steadily stopped the car in front of the person.
The car window rolled down, and she leaned out, about to speak.
But when she saw that face clearly, her mouth slowly opened, and she couldn't utter a single word.
The young man also raised his head.
Eyes facing each other.
Song You stared blankly at the familiar yet unfamiliar face in the car.
"It's you?" Chen Jiajia finally found her voice, her face filled with disbelief.
Lin Xiaoran and Li Jing, who were in the back seat, also leaned over and exclaimed in surprise the moment they saw Song You.
"Senior."
"It really is Senior Song You."
Only Su Yunxi in the passenger seat had a perfectly measured look of surprise on her face, as if she were also seeing it for the first time.
"You guys are also on the same bus?" Song You looked at the bus full of beautiful girls, who seemed to be his juniors, and his mind just started to process it.
Are school expenses so high now that students have to work part-time as ride-hailing drivers?
"Senior, what are you doing here?" Lin Xiaoran was the first to react, excitedly asking through the car window.
"I called a car." Song You pointed to Chen Jiajia's phone on the center console.
Chen Jiajia's face flushed red instantly, and she wished she could disappear into the ground.
"Excuse me, senior," she stammered, "This is my dad's number. I forgot to turn it off. We didn't mean to take orders."
"It's alright, this is perfect." Song You looked at them and found the situation somewhat amusing.
"Senior, are you going back? Let us take you home," Lin Xiaoran offered enthusiastically.
"Yes, yes, we're going the same way." Chen Jiajia quickly chimed in, trying to make up for her mistake.
Song You glanced at them, then at the two enormous snakeskin bags at his feet.
"I have a lot of stuff, is that convenient?"
"That's convenient, that's convenient. So convenient." Lin Xiaoran agreed without thinking. She opened the car door and moved to the side, "Senior, you can sit in the back."
Chen Jiajia opened the trunk: "Senior, put your things in the back."
Song You carried two huge snakeskin bags and instantly filled the trunk of the Guandi, which was more spacious than Guandi, to half full.
"Senior, get on the bus quickly." Lin Xiaoran patted the empty seat next to her.
Song You glanced at the table and saw that there was only one seat left at the back.
He had no choice but to bend down and sit inside.
As the car door closed, a faint, sweet fragrance mixed with the smell of leather lingered in the air.
Su Yunxi sat in the passenger seat, not saying a word from beginning to end, only glancing at Lin Xiaoran behind her through the rearview mirror.
Lin Xiaoran was about to say something when she suddenly shivered.
The car restarted.
"Senior, your cooking is amazing!" Lin Xiaoran quickly forgot about the little incident from earlier and started chatting away. "We all saw it on Douyin, it's incredible!"
"Yeah, yeah, our whole dorm has become your fans," Chen Jiajia chimed in.
"It was just a coincidence." Song You leaned back in his chair, relaxed.
"Senior, you're too modest." Lin Xiaoran's eyes sparkled. "By the way, senior, didn't your girlfriend come with you? I remember she used to follow you around the whole time in school."
As soon as the question was raised, the people in the car all seemed to get gossipy.
Chen Jiajia, who was driving, perked up her ears.
Even Li Jing, who had been quiet all along, looked up from her book out of sheer curiosity.
Su Yunxi, in the passenger seat, smiled slightly.
Song You's expression didn't change much; he simply replied with a curt answer.
"They broke up. They broke up a long time ago. She was preparing for graduate school entrance exams back then."
"Huh? You broke up?" Lin Xiaoran covered her mouth in feigned surprise.
She smiled secretly, and just as she was about to ask something else, she caught a glimpse of the rearview mirror out of the corner of her eye.
Su Yunxi was quietly watching her, her face expressionless, but her gaze sent a chill down Lin Xiaoran's spine.
"What's wrong with Xixi?" She silently shut her mouth.
Song You also felt that there was no need to continue this topic. He turned to look out the window, where the city street scene rushed past.
The car returned to silence, with only the occasional navigation notification sound.
Song You leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest.
His consciousness, however, sank into his own mind.
The interface of the Druid's Log is clearly displayed.
His attention was focused on the skill book he had just acquired.
[Tips on Cooking Techniques for a Culinary Druid]
[Would you like to consume 20% of your Gourmet Druid beginner progress to learn the skill: Hearth Mastery (Beginner)?]
20% progress?
Song You considered it for a moment.
His current progress in [Gourmet Druid] is 34%, having consumed 20%, leaving 14% remaining.
Advancement requires all three classes to be at 100%. Currently, the progress of the [Jungle Druid] is still far from sufficient, but it is still worth learning.
Trading 20% of your progress for a real skill is a win-win situation no matter how you look at it.
More importantly, this skill perfectly makes up for his current weakness.
His knife skills and handling of ingredients, imbued with divine artistry, have reached an unbelievable level.
However, his cooking skills, especially his control of heat, are still at an average level, even better than those of hotel chefs.
Once he mastered the [stove fire control], his culinary skills would truly have one less weakness.
"study."
Song You silently recited in his heart.