Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now! Chapter 1344 - 400: [Don’t Hold Up My Gold Coin Farming!] (Part 2)

Zhang Tong quickly left and reached a quiet spot, pressing her heated face firmly, and sighed inwardly: Luckily, luckily... I didn’t embarrass myself completely.

Chen Yan, carrying a backpack, strolled slowly through the high-speed train station, heading out.

Upon reaching the exit, he deliberately slowed his pace, scouting around with his eyes.

Sure enough, soon a middle-aged man in a jacket approached, "Need a ride, need a ride, buddy want a ride?"

Yeah, a black car, it’s a very traditional business at places like stations and piers.

Of course, nowadays, in big cities, this industry is almost pushed out of existence. Because ride-hailing services are everywhere in big cities, combined with urban management’s crackdowns on black cars, they’re almost nonexistent.

But, it’s only "almost."

Some still exist.

Not to mention Wuhan, the largest city in the central region, even the capital of Dragon Country still has remnants of the black car industry at its stations, though far fewer than in previous years.

Chen Yan looked over at this guy soliciting for the black car.

Yeah, this guy’s luck, his financial luck is good today.

Alright, keep flattering!

"To XX hotel, how much?"

The man smiled sincerely and honestly, but quoted a price at least fifty percent higher than taking a regular taxi.

Chen Yan was very satisfied!

"Let’s go!"

The man beamed, leading Chen Yan toward the parking lot.

Just as they passed a spot with a "Ride-hailing Pickup Point" sign, the man deliberately sped up.

Wuhan’s high-speed train station is very large, being the central region’s first traffic hub city. Chen Yan followed this guy, virtually walking from one end of the station to the other, finally reaching a certain parking lot.

Finally, the path led to a very old-looking sedan.

It had green plates, an electric car.

Though it looked quite old.

There was another driver in the car, possibly this man’s... accomplice?

Chen Yan glanced at the driver, his luck was good too, financially speaking, nice indeed.

In this station’s black car setup, the one soliciting passengers is different from the driver, the former calls for passengers, while the latter drives. Naturally, they split the earnings.

Chen Yan pretended to be someone not familiar with traveling, dazedly sitting in the car’s back seat, clutching his backpack.

The driver in the front seat didn’t move but smoked a cigarette through the open window, quietly waiting for something.

Chen Yan understood, but didn’t ask, just quietly waited like a chicken.

A few minutes later...

Another middle-aged woman brought another passenger to the car.

"Here’s the car, miss, hop in."

"Hey! Wait, why is there someone inside?"

The female passenger outside seemed to see another passenger in the back seat through the car window and immediately protested.

"You said a ride, but now it’s ride-sharing? You didn’t mention I was paying a ride-sharing price, besides, how can it be this expensive for ride-sharing?"

With that, the female passenger turned angrily to leave.

The middle-aged woman quickly caught up, coaxed and coaxed, pulling the female passenger aside for a quiet negotiation.

Finally, the female passenger reluctantly nodded, most likely negotiating a significantly cheaper price.

The car door opened, and the girl sat inside with a backpack, just as she turned her head to see the silent Chen Yan next to her...

"Oh my God! It’s you again?"

Chen Yan’s eye twitched, smiling bitterly, "Um... it really is a coincidence."

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Now it became apparent, this girl named Zhang Tong, although seemingly carefree, actually hadn’t traveled far at all, and wasn’t very sharp either.

Honest truth! These days, anyone with half a brain, when traveling to a big unfamiliar city, who would take a black car?

Is the ride-hailing app too hot to handle? Or can they not read and miss all the "Taxi Pickup Point" signs at the station?

As it stands, another reason for the gradual decline of the black car industry is... it’s essentially a scam for fools.

And now, as the internet becomes more advanced, the number of fools still riding black cars is decreasing.

Of course, small towns are exempt from this, in many small towns the taxi industry is unregulated, and some places lack ride-hailing services, that’s another matter.

After getting in, Zhang Tong’s emotions were clearly complicated again, seeming a bit awkward throughout the ride, wanting to talk more with Chen Yan but feeling a bit embarrassed.

Finally, after holding back for a while, she managed to ask, "Are we going to the same place?"

"No idea, I’m going to XX hotel," Chen Yan replied.

"Then that’s right, my classmate’s dental clinic is right next to that hotel, she was worried I couldn’t find it, so she gave me the address right by the hotel, said to get off at the hotel, very easy to find."

After a pause, Zhang Tong seemed to recall something, "My classmate is my best friend, we were in the same dorm during school."

Chen Yan said nothing.

Best friend, same dorm... This emphasized that the so-called classmate is a woman, not a male.

Chen Yan understood what she meant.

Evidently, although chatting on the train with Chu Keqing temporarily quelled the girl’s thoughts, turning around they both ended up in the same black car.

This "coincidence" seemed to rekindle the girl’s little spark of hope a bit.

"Oh," Chen Yan nodded.

"Hey? How come you’re staying at the XX hotel for your trip? That hotel should be expensive, right? Isn’t it a five-star?"

Chen Yan slowly said, "I have a friend with the company, there’s an internal price, huge discount."

"Oh," Zhang Tong thought, "First time in Wuhan? There’s lots of good food here, heard they’re all great, you..."

Chen Yan sighed, "I can’t eat spicy food."

"..."

Unfortunately, just as the girl was racking her brain to say something more, the car had arrived.

With black cars, speed is their forte.

The earlier the drop-off, the quicker they return, urgent to scam the next fare.

The car stopped outside the hotel lobby, Zhang Tong paid first via scan.

Then Chen Yan scanned too.

The amount he paid was noticeably higher than Zhang Tong’s.

The girl noticed in an instant, grabbing Chen Yan’s hand, "Why are you paying so much? Don’t pay yet!"

With that, she shouted at the driver, "What’s going on? Same ride, charging this much? It’s ride-sharing but at such high prices, that’s not right!"

After that, she dragged Chen Yan a bit, "Don’t let them fool you, just pay thirty bucks! They’re ripping you off!"

Chen Yan sighed again.

Looking at the overly righteous girl...

Girl, you’re a good person.

But you’re delaying my Heaven-Licking Dao!

Chen Yan silently, while the driver turned around to argue with Zhang Tong, quickly scanned the code and input the amount to pay.

The driver was arguing with Zhang Tong, suddenly there was a notification beep, payment received, he glanced at it and fell silent.

Zhang Tong hadn’t yet reacted, Chen Yan already pushed her out of the car, closing the door behind her, the driver revved the engine, speeding away.

"Hey? Hey?? Hey hey hey??"

Zhang Tong stared wide-eyed in astonishment, while Chen Yan, leading her to the hotel entrance, sighed, "Alright, they’re already gone."

"You... why are you so compliant?" Zhang Tong looked at Chen Yan, feeling a bit disappointed.

Yeah, I’m compliant.

Girl, you’re the first to describe me like that.

Great insight!

"Traveling outside, less trouble is better. Don’t clash with local ruffians, we’re both outsiders," Chen Yan shrugged, assuming a peace-seeking stance.

Zhang Tong puffed her cheeks with frustration, which Chen Yan ignored.

In the end, licking to the Heavenly Dao is all that matters.

Heavenly Dao’s destiny, the person operating the black car has financial luck today.

Even though swindled out of a few dozen bucks, the Heavenly Dao was flattered, a few dozen bucks, is that even a problem?