Chapter 117: Don’t Cry, Girl—The Off-Road RV

The morning wind was a bit chilly.

Hai Lanjing stood halfway up the mountain, facing the morning breeze.

Her hands trembled slightly.

She took the plastic bag from the cleaning lady’s hand.

In a fluster, she opened the blue box.

She covered her mouth...

After holding back tears all morning, she finally couldn’t stop them from falling.

On this very morning, her tears were carried away by the wind.

Perhaps the wind was sad too.

...

The first thing Lin Shenlu did upon returning to the small courtyard was to return the tricycle borrowed from Grandpa Su, and he gave the old man two hundred yuan for the rental fee.

Thanks to Grandpa’s vehicle, these many days had been much more convenient for him.

The second thing was to bid farewell to Teacher Xiaoshou.

Of course, before leaving, Lin Shenlu specifically found the book that Teacher Xiaoshou was serializing online and gave a symbolic reward of two hundred yuan, as a polite gesture of support.

The gift Lin Shenlu gave to Wu Heng was a book.

As for Wu Heng, Lin Shenlu knew her thoughts were somewhat conflicted.

He couldn’t help her much more; all he could do was hope she would have a better future.

Lin Shenlu had bought the book a week ago at a bookstore in Guyan Painting Village.

Whenever he came across a good book on the road, Lin Shenlu would buy it.

After finishing this book, he hoped she could find a better version of herself within its pages.

On the title page of the book, Lin Shenlu left a line of words in the blank space:

“Lively girls always mature,
Quiet girls always remain pure,
Girls who don’t like to smile never cry,
Girls who love to smile always love to cry.”

The book was Shen Fuyu’s *No Cry*.

Wu Heng might never understand the significance of this book from Lin Shenlu.

But Lin Shenlu hoped her life was more than just the present moment.

...

With Su Bao’er in tow, Lin Shenlu and An Muxi left this peaceful and quiet village.

Lishui, hello.

Lishui, goodbye.

...

The journey to Dongji Island wasn’t very far,

but it was quite troublesome.

“Bao’er, may I take you home?” Lin Shenlu asked Su Bao’er.

Su Bao’er nodded but looked into the distance with confusion.

Su Bao’er didn’t have an ID card, so she couldn’t take the train or plane, and even many public places required scanning a travel code, which she couldn’t do.

It was hard to imagine how she had wandered alone all these years.

The key problem was that obtaining an ID card required a household registration, but she didn’t have one.

At least, not currently. Perhaps she had one years ago, but that needed to be checked at the local police station on Dongji Island.

As for her family having moved away and being untraceable, at least they could check the population records for that day.

Once Su Bao’er’s identity was confirmed, her household registration could be reissued, and naturally, the ID card could be processed.

With that, it would be much easier for Su Bao’er to go anywhere.

This trip to Dongji Island was partly to process Su Bao’er’s identity information and partly to let her see her former home.

This was a unanimous decision after discussion between An Muxi and Lin Shenlu.

The current problem was how to get to Dongji Island.

It was a place requiring a train and then a boat.

Su Bao’er definitely couldn’t board the train.

Then the boat?

She couldn’t possibly swim across.

Nowadays, whether in the air, on the ground, or in the water, identity information was required.

Lin Shenlu glanced at An Muxi.

“Let’s rent a car, drive to Zhoushan, then contact the local police station to explain the situation... At worst, we can buy a child’s ticket for Su Bao’er... After all, one adult can bring one child; we’re two adults bringing two children, so the two children combined count as one Su Bao’er!” Lin Shenlu said.

“Renting a car is so inconvenient...”

“I’ll drive the whole way!” Lin Shenlu smiled.

“You driving is a given; I mean... we should just buy a car.” An Muxi tilted her head.

Lin Shenlu was taken aback. He hadn’t thought of that.

“In the future, you’ll always be on the road, and although I can’t always be with you, I want there to be a co-pilot seat that belongs only to me whenever I can accompany you. How about that?” An Muxi asked Lin Shenlu.

“Great! So what kind should we buy?” Lin Shenlu asked sweetly.

“You decide. After all, after sending Bao’er home, we still have to go to National Highway 315. You must know better than I do.” An Muxi said seriously.

“Leave it to me! Mission guaranteed.”

Lin Shenlu did have a car—in Chengdu.

Specifically, it was still parked at Chengdu Airport.

Every time he departed from Chengdu, Lin Shenlu drove the car to the airport and drove it back when returning to Chengdu.

Since flying was faster than self-driving, he preferred to fly for travel.

The joy of self-driving was temporary, not suitable for someone like Lin Shenlu who was always on the road.

But this time, for the National Highway 315 journey, having the car was necessary.

For that moment’s joy.

...

Three days later.

Lin Shenlu drove back to the hotel to find An Muxi and Su Bao’er.

He had indeed been busy for a long time these past few days because of the car.

Now, driving this white off-road RV fulfilled all of Lin Shenlu’s fantasies about future travel.

Since we want excitement, let’s go for the most thrilling.

The back of Lin Shenlu’s RV could hang an off-road motorcycle.

This way, he could enjoy the comfort of the RV and the exhilaration of riding a motorcycle.

If this car carried him and An Muxi, there would hardly be any place they couldn’t go.

When An Muxi saw the RV, she was truly amazed.

She had only wanted a vehicle suitable for travel but never expected Lin Shenlu to go all-in and bring a home.

Now, not only did she have her own co-pilot seat, but also her own bed.

“How is it, Muxi? Like it?” Lin Shenlu leaned against the RV with a cheerful smile.

“This will be the vehicle for our new journey!” Lin Shenlu pulled out two helmets from the RV and tossed one to An Muxi.

“Take a look at this too!”

An Muxi walked to the back of the RV and her eyes lit up again.

It was an off-road motorcycle hanging on the tailgate!

“This... is so cool! Little Deer, how much did you spend?” An Muxi was shocked.

“Not much. Before quitting my job to travel, I saved up quite a bit of ‘wife’s savings’!” Lin Shenlu said with a smile.

An Muxi’s face blushed slightly but she was still delighted looking at the car.

It truly satisfied every fantasy people had about traveling.

“Shall we spend the night inside the RV tonight and head straight to Zhoushan tomorrow?” Lin Shenlu asked.

“Sure, but it’ll be me and Bao’er staying in the RV overnight, and you drive to Zhoushan!” An Muxi smiled lightly, returning the helmet to Lin Shenlu as she headed inside to explore.

...

Lishui.

Jinglu Bus Station.

The Wall of Art.

A man stood silently nearby, gazing at the entire wall.

At the very top was a patch of sky, blue—an ambiguous blue.

It was his favorite goodnight blue.

Su Youzhi had painted quite well.

Back then, while in Zhangjiajie, he had told Su Youzhi the mixing ratio for that shade of blue. The girl must have practiced a long time at home, and now she had mastered it to this degree.

At the bottom left corner of the Wall of Art,

there was a lighthouse painted.

Beneath the lighthouse was a patch of joyful blue.

A sophisticated blue that rivaled the goodnight blue.

Was this painted by the one called Lin Shenlu?

He should have met him... he was the little boy from the morning, right?