Chapter 2441 — Robbed Again
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"Good, then. If anything comes up, tell me anytime!" Right Panhu nodded in relief. Kang Jinglong came from a family of medicine and his own medical knowledge was solid; if he said he was fine, then he was fine. He turned to the other classmates. "Fellow students, a robbery has happened—no one wanted this. But since it's already happened, there's no point in brooding over it. The expenses for this trip are all on me! Enjoy yourselves, don't let it weigh on your minds, and put all the unpleasantness behind you!"
"Great!"
"Thank you, Teacher Right!"
"Don't worry, we're not that fragile..."
Hearing Right Panhu's words, the classmates on the bus all chimed in one after another. The robbery itself hadn't actually frightened them much—apart from that unlucky glasses guy, the rest had merely lost some money—but the fright Kang Jinglong gave them by getting beaten up afterward had been rather more considerable...
Still, now that they knew Kang Jinglong was in no serious danger, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good, then!" Right Panhu nodded and said, "I see the cars up ahead are starting to move—the road will be clear soon!"
"Wonderful!" Another cheer went up from the classmates on the bus.
Wei Zhao watched the four robbers disappear into the distance, his brow furrowing slightly, though he made no other move.
In truth, he had prepared for two outcomes. If Wang Xinyan's jade pendant had been taken by the robbers, and if Wei Zhao had no chance to grab it back openly, he would have quietly followed them off the bus, found some secluded spot, and done away with those four wretches to retrieve Wang Xinyan's jade pendant. As for the other things the robbers had taken, Wei Zhao had never intended to recover them for his classmates. After all, if he did, how would he explain it?
Was he supposed to say he'd killed the robbers? That would probably mean the end of this winter trip!
Sure enough, after a little while longer, the highway opened, and the bus carrying the classmates slowly started up and headed forward...
It wasn't moving fast, though, because of all the vehicles ahead; they couldn't pick up speed for a while yet. To really get going, they'd have to wait a bit longer. Once those cars in front started moving, the bus would be able to follow.
In any case, the road being open was a great thing, and the classmates were all excited and relieved, quickly forgetting their earlier unhappiness.
About half an hour later, the bus was finally moving along the highway—but their joy didn't last long before the bus began braking hard! Because a heavy truck had suddenly appeared ahead, continually changing lanes!
Actually, rather than changing lanes, it would be more accurate to say the heavy truck was trying to force the bus to stop!
This dangerous maneuver had even the bus driver—who drove tour buses every day—breaking out in a cold sweat. He hadn't been all that afraid during the robbery earlier; after all, as a tour bus driver, he'd encountered such things before, uncommon as they were.
But robbers generally didn't rob the driver, because tour bus drivers worked for travel companies and didn't carry much cash—just a pack of cigarettes and a few hundred yuan for highway tolls. So the robbers' targets were always the passengers.
Now the situation was different. The heavy truck kept changing lanes, braking, changing lanes, braking—its intent was obvious: it wanted the bus to pull over to the side!
When the students on the bus saw this harrowing scene, they were somewhat dumbfounded! They couldn't understand why this journey was going so badly—they'd just been robbed, and now here came a reckless heavy truck. They had no idea what it wanted, or what benefit forcing the bus to stop could bring it!
"Screech—screech—"