Chapter 41 - 41 40 Shen Jinghe is a Jinx

Chapter 41: Chapter 40 Shen Jinghe is a Jinx Chapter 41: Chapter 40 Shen Jinghe is a Jinx “So you guys haven’t crossed the bridge yet, have you?”

“No, if I remember correctly, we still have several kilometers to go.”

“Then you’ll have to take a detour! It was really close just now; the assistant director’s car had just passed when the bridge collapsed. The river’s water is just too strong.”

“Alright, I got it.”

“Okay, then we won’t wait for you guys, we’ll head back to the hotel first.”

After hanging up the phone, Shen Jinghe told Wenyan that they needed to take a detour.

He immediately rerouted and chose another path.

However, this road was also difficult to travel, with bumps all the way.

Wenyan joked that it felt like riding on a bumper car.

Shen Jinghe retorted, “Be content, it’s good enough that we didn’t fall into a mud pit.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the car wheels got stuck in a mud pit and couldn’t get out.

Wenyan gave him a look, “You wouldn’t happen to be a jinx, would you?”

Shen Jinghe was also frustrated and quickly turned off the engine to get out and find rocks to place under the tires.

But after a lot of effort, they still couldn’t get the car out.

Shen Jinghe had no choice but to call the director.

When it rains, it pours; there was actually no signal here!

As the rain grew heavier, and Shen Jinghe went farther and farther looking for a signal, Wenyan hurriedly took an umbrella and chased after him.

Although their SIM cards belonged to different carriers, the mountain treated them with equal disdain.

Neither of their phones could make a call.

Wenyan was speechless, “What do we do now? The pit is too deep, we can’t push the car by ourselves.”

Shen Jinghe frowned, setting himself against these wretched conditions, “As long as the car isn’t buried, I refuse to believe we can’t get out!”

No sooner had he spoken than a rumbling sound came from behind them!

A loud noise from the sky, and the landslide made its grand entrance.

Just now, the spot where their car had stalled, the mountainsides on both sides had collapsed simultaneously.

The car was buried in an instant…

Wenyan looked at Shen Jinghe with an expression of deep distress, “Seriously, you must really be a jinx.”

Shen Jinghe felt helpless, “I was just talking off the top of my head, ”

“Enough!” Wenyan quickly interrupted him before he could finish, “For the sake of our safety, from now on, you’re not allowed to talk anymore. We’ll do as I say, do you agree?”

Shen Jinghe wanted to speak, but thinking about the buried car, he took a deep breath and chose to nod instead.

Wenyan looked around and then pointed in the direction they had come from, “Over there are some homes, probably a village. Where there’s a village, there’s likely to be a signal. I suggest we try our luck there.”

Shen Jinghe continued to nod.

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It’s easy to see a mountain but hard to travel to it.

Though the homes seemed close by, it took them nearly half an hour to get there through wind and rain.

The good news was, they found a spot with a signal on the way, and Shen Jinghe managed to call the director and learned that the director and others had successfully returned to the hotel.

At the same time, there was also bad news—the director had received information that there were multiple landslides in the area, blocking all access to and from the mountains.

Even if Shen Jinghe’s car hadn’t been buried, they still couldn’t leave; they had to wait until the government cleared the roads to restore access.

The director told them not to panic and to first find someone’s home to see if they could stay temporarily.

That was the only viable solution at the moment.

In this day and age, there are many empty-nesters in rural mountain areas.

The house they stayed at was only inhabited by a widowed elderly woman.

The old lady said the house used to be lively decades ago when her spouse was alive, and her sons and daughter were all at home.

But after her children got married and moved to the city to seek their fortunes, she was left alone, keeping watch over the two double-story buildings belonging to her eldest and youngest sons.

So tonight, Wenyan and Shen Jinghe didn’t have to worry about a place to stay.

Although the old lady lived alone, she kept her house in perfect order, with the furniture in the unused rooms covered in plastic sheets, and when uncovered, it was still clean and tidy.

The old lady also took out her son and daughter-in-law’s outerwear for Wenyan and Shen Jinghe to change into.

After a wonderful hot bath followed by ginger tea, Wenyan instantly felt comfortable from head to toe.

But they couldn’t just eat and drink from the old lady without giving something in return, so Wenyan volunteered to help the old lady with her chores.

Sweeping the floor, peeling peanuts, shelling chestnuts—she wasn’t afraid of getting tired and did all kinds of work.

Shen Jinghe also felt embarrassed to just watch and do nothing.

But honestly, he had eaten chestnuts before, yet this was the first time he learned that they actually grew inside a spiky burr, which was really strange and wonderful.

However, he was curious how Wenyan was so adept at these tasks.

Stepping on the spiky burrs and rolling them on the ground, her hands deftly extracted the fruit with a pair of scissors.

But on further thought, her life had been quite tough before she was adopted at the age of ten or so; perhaps she learned these skills back then.

He didn’t know what her childhood had been like.

It must have been very poor and hard, and then she ended up in an orphanage.

Hmm, it’s good enough she didn’t grow up distorted.

It didn’t seem to be a big problem that she and Shen Zhirou were at odds with each other.

Not to mention her and Shen Zhirou, even between himself, the eldest, the third, and the fourth brother, who had a better relationship?

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Just like that, the two stayed at the old lady’s place for three days and two nights.

During those three days and two nights, Shen Jinghe learned a lot.

Not only did he learn how to start a fire and cook with firewood, but he also earned a bunch of mosquito bites as gifts.

Because of his presence, Wenyan felt like the mosquitoes weren’t biting her anymore.

In the afternoon of the third day, the director personally drove to pick them up and take them back.

As for the car that had been buried by boulders, it was sadly declared a total loss.

On the way back to the city, Shen Jinghe made a special trip to the pharmacy to buy some medicine.

Actually, he quite liked this little place, not having to worry about being recognized without a mask.

When the car returned, it happened to be dinner time, and many from the crew were in the first-floor restaurant dining.

Lots of eyes were on them, and to avoid suspicion, Wenyan didn’t take the same elevator as Shen Jinghe.

Shen Jinghe, however, didn’t pay much attention to that and took out a box of medicine from the plastic bag he was carrying and tossed it to Wenyan.

“Take it, don’t spread your cold to others.”

Wenyan almost didn’t catch it, and by the time she got a grip on it, Shen Jinghe had already closed the elevator door.

[Isn’t it, can’t this guy speak nicely? What does he mean ‘spread your cold to others’?]

After ordering a meal delivered to her room, Wenyan finally changed into a clean set of clothes from inside out.

Just as she was about to eat, her mobile phone continuously beeped with messages.

It was Wang Che sending messages.

‘Beep beep beep, are you there?’

‘Quickly tell me what happened in the mountains these past few days?’

‘Someone saw Shen Jinghe caring for you, are you two involved? They say there’s something very intimate between you two. Is it true or false?’

Wenyan was speechless.

A string of ellipses was sent in response.

‘Nonsense, making up things, it’s an exaggeration!!!’

Wang Che: ‘Your explanation doesn’t sound convincing at all! Come clean. What did he give you at the elevator entrance?’

Wenyan sent over a photo of the cold medicine.

‘Catching a cold isn’t a good thing, do you want this great item?’