Putting aside the matter of the road for now, Qin Ningyi looked at the heavy snow outside, recalling Liu Dazhi’s unfinished words. He sighed softly, “If we can’t leave… Big Brother Liu, does your village have any hotels or inns?”
The two subordinates keeping watch in the village, upon hearing his question, desperately suppressed their urge to answer “yes.” They slowly took a step back.
Young Master Qin’s words had a hidden meaning, but the target of that meaning definitely wasn’t them!
Don’t speak, don’t open your mouth.
“We’re in a poor, remote area, we don’t have those things like hotels and inns!” Liu Dazhi fretted along with Qin Ningyi’s worry.
“How about…” one of the subordinates who had followed Qin Ningyi hesitantly began.
He had barely uttered two words before Qin Ningyi’s gaze swept over him.
It looked casual, but it was filled with immense pressure.
The subordinate swallowed.
“How about what?” Liu Dazhi urged. He wasn’t very educated and wasn’t quick-witted. The people Qin Ningyi brought were probably from the city, so they must be smart!
The subordinate looked at Liu Dazhi’s eager, curious eyes, then at Qin Ningyi’s equally “eager and curious” gaze.
He blinked and said, “How about we sleep in the car? Even though it’s snowing so heavily outside, and it’s freezing, I can turn on the heater. Young Master Qin, it should be okay, right??”
He spoke cautiously, recalling idol dramas he watched with his first love, and imitating the way a female supporting character he liked spoke. After saying such lines, the female supporting character usually received sympathy.
Things unfolded as he expected.
As soon as Liu Dazhi heard about sleeping in the car, his face filled with sympathy, “Sleeping in the car? That’s not good, is it? Xiao Fang said that sleeping in a car with the heater on for a long time isn’t good for people.”
“Right, old doctor?”
He patted the old Chinese medicine doctor’s arm.
The old doctor nodded, “Not only is it not good, but some people have suffocated to death in cars.”
Since the road was going to be repaired, he should also reciprocate their kindness.
The subordinate shook his head, and under Qin Ningyi’s approving gaze, said, “It’s okay, we can open a window…”
“No!”
Liu Dazhi looked at Qin Ningyi, seeing the worry and distress on his face.
For some reason, Liu Dazhi felt a surge of courage in his heart.
He completely ignored the two subordinates Qin Ningyi had suddenly brought, only thinking that someone as refined as Qin Ningyi wouldn’t be able to bear being stranded on the streets overnight without lodging.
This was An An’s father, the man of the Huo family’s daughter!
If he were to suffocate to death in their village, it would be a disaster!
An An had wanted a father for so long. If her father died of suffocation in the car, wouldn’t An An cry her eyes out?
The Huo family’s daughter had raised An An with such difficulty, and she herself lived a hard life, yet she still often brought them things. She couldn’t be without a man!
No, he had to help.
“Brother Qin,” he called out to Qin Ningyi, meeting his expectant gaze and looking at the bloodshot eyes of Qin Ningyi. Liu Dazhi no longer hesitated, “If you don’t mind, you can stay at my place.”
Liu Dazhi’s family wasn’t wealthy, and he actually hesitated to invite Qin Ningyi to his home. The living conditions there were simply not enough to host such a distinguished guest properly.
“Is that okay?? Will it be too much of a bother?”
Qin Ningyi curved his eyebrows.
“Not at all!” Liu Dazhi was a warm-hearted person, “As long as you don’t mind, you can stay at our place for as long as you want, it won’t be any trouble at all.”