Chapter 2474 — The Cultivator's Market
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"Teacher Bai, I was just about to call you—we've run into a bit of trouble over here!" Wei Zhao began spinning lies with a perfectly straight face. "Our expedition driver seemed to go mad earlier and drove the vehicle onto a side path. We weren't even on the same road as the cars ahead! Then the car stopped for no reason at all, the driver let out a horrible scream, and then there was no sound. We just checked, and it seems the driver is dead..."
"What? The driver's dead?" Leader Bai was startled. "How did he die?"
"It seems he was frightened to death," Wei Zhao said. "He must have seen something terrifying."
"What about the rest of you? Are you all right?" Leader Bai asked quickly.
"We're fine, but we have no idea where we are, and we don't dare make any reckless moves," Wei Zhao said.
"All right, then. Stay put for now. I'll find someone from the resort—I believe these expedition vehicles all have satellite tracking systems," Leader Bai said.
"Understood," Wei Zhao answered with a nod.
Wei Zhao hung up. Kang Jinglong and You Panhu hesitated but said nothing; they had no interest in exposing the fact that Wei Zhao had frightened the expedition driver to death. The driver had brought it on himself, after all, and besides, if they said anything that worked against Wei Zhao, they would most likely be the next to die.
After hanging up, Leader Bai went straight to the resort's security team. Captain Sun of the security team was startled to hear that the expedition driver had been frightened to death, and he turned to look at Su Lengzi.
Su Lengzi had only meant to give Kang Jinglong and You Panhu a scare; it had never crossed his mind that the expedition driver would die too. His face went rather pale at once. True, no blame for this could be pinned on him, but the driver had died while in the resort's service, and the resort would have to pay a hefty sum in compensation. His uncle would certainly give him a thorough dressing-down.
At the thought, Su Lengzi did not reflect on his own fault in the least; instead, he redoubled his fury and shifted his hatred onto Kang Jinglong and You Panhu. Wei Zhao and Wang Xinyan, who had shared the same vehicle, were included in his grudge as well. This was a debt he had to settle!
For the moment, though, there was no way to settle it. He had to find a way to smooth the whole affair over as quickly as possible. If word got out that someone had been frightened to death at the resort, who would ever come here again?
The matter was settled swiftly. The resort immediately used the tracking system to pinpoint Wei Zhao and the others and sent another vehicle to pick them up. The whole process was quick, and the driver's body was carried away as well.
What followed was no concern of Wei Zhao and the others—whether the resort ended up paying the driver's family a large sum in compensation, they had no way of knowing.
Back at the resort, Han Jingyi and Wang Xinyan were both exhausted, and Wei Zhao had still not fully recovered his strength, so the group turned in early. Bai Weituo, however, did not return until the middle of the night.
The trouble that had befallen Wei Zhao and the others caused no worry for their fellow students. After all, they had not been there themselves, and Wei Zhao's group had returned safe and sound, so they simply enjoyed themselves as planned, staying at the karaoke bar below the resort until the small hours before coming back.
In the afternoon, everyone boarded the coach and returned to school, and the winter outing officially came to an end.
The journey back was smooth sailing. They encountered no car accidents and no robbers, and soon arrived at the school.
Meanwhile, Wei Zhao received some good news that lifted his spirits considerably after his recent gloom. Still, it would be unrealistic to say he was not the least bit troubled.