At four in the afternoon, Li Younan started the Land Cruiser, carrying Lu Xiaolan and Xu Liya, and departed from Chengdu, getting onto the Chengdu-Chongqing expressway.
The sky was still bright, but the sunlight had already taken on a lazy hue.
In the back seat, the two girls were initially excitedly chatting about their new university life, but after driving for a while, their voices gradually faded.
Xiaolan leaned against the seat and closed her eyes, while Xu Liya, wearing earphones, quietly watched the hills and villages sweeping by outside the window.
After about two hours, Xiaolan woke up, rubbed her eyes, and asked, "Brother, where are we staying tonight?"
"No rush," Li Younan said, holding the steering wheel steadily and looking at the road ahead gilded with a layer of gold by the sunset, "we'll stop wherever we reach. We'll find a decent small town or big village, have dinner, and easily get you both to Chongqing tomorrow."
