Chapter 467 Hurry up and get away with that broken leg of yours.
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Nanzong Mountain has a history of several thousand years.
It has survived several major fires, but has remained intact each time.
Many people like to go there to pray, as it is said to be particularly efficacious.
This place is also where Qiao Qiao dreamed that Shen Qingyan had stopped breathing.
After listening to Qiao Xiaoyun's suggestion, Qiao Qiao actually started to consider it.
After having that dream about Shen Qingyan, she had the idea of going there to see for herself.
She also had a gut feeling that she should go and see for herself.
This time, the whole family decided to treat it as a trip and went together.
Driving from Hongfeng Town to Nanzong is much farther than driving to Baoyi City.
The drive to Baoyi City takes about seven or eight hours, while the drive to Nanzong takes twice as long, as it passes through Baoyi City in between.
The boys will all be back from their holiday on the evening of the 10th, and Qiao Qiao's birthday is on the 10th.
To make it easier for the boys to get back to school on the evening of the 10th, the group decided to drive directly to Nanzong first.
After we finished climbing Nanzong Mountain, we'll head back to Baoyi City.
It was the first time the boys were going out to play, and they had been incredibly excited ever since they heard the news.
Qiao Qiao initially accompanied her brothers on the bus, but after less than half an hour, she felt her little bottom couldn't take it anymore and returned to the comfortable back seat of the car.
She rode in Shen Qingyan's jeep with military license plates. The back seat was very large and spacious, and to make her comfortable, only one person always sat in the back seat to keep her company.
Qiao Qiao lay down the whole way.
Of course, she wasn't just lying there idly; she was meditating and cultivating inside the bracelet's space.
They set off by car at nine in the morning, and apart from meals and rest, they traveled non-stop for more than ten hours, finally arriving at the foot of Nanzong Mountain, which belongs to Hanyang City, around ten at night.
Hanyang is not a very prosperous city.
However, because of the nationally famous Nanjong Scenic Area, there are actually quite a few decent guesthouses in the city.
Qiao Changdong had driven trucks here several times before and got to know a few locals. Before his family decided to come here, he asked his friends here to help him book a guesthouse.
To make it easier for him to climb Nanzong Mountain the next day, Qiao Changdong's friend helped him find a guesthouse that was less than a kilometer away from Nanzong Mountain.
Although it's currently the busy farming season holiday, it's not peak tourist season, so there aren't many people traveling.
The guesthouse that Qiao Changdong's friend booked only had two separate guest rooms occupied.
Qiao Changdong's friend originally wanted to spend twice the money to have the guests of those two rooms stay at other guesthouses.
When Qiao Changdong asked him to help find a guesthouse, he wanted to book an entire guesthouse without any outsiders present; money was not an issue.
But the guests in those two rooms didn't seem to be short of money; they rejected Qiao Changdong's friend's suggestion and insisted on staying at the guesthouse.
"Dongzi, I really tried my best. That person is not short of money, and he doesn't look like an ordinary person. I really have no other choice."
Qiao Changdong's friend was a young man in his thirties. After confirming the time when Qiao Changdong and his group would arrive at the guesthouse, he waited outside the guesthouse.
Seeing Qiao Changdong get out of a jeep with military license plates, and then three cars and a minibus stop behind it, he felt a chill.
Thinking to himself that this kid had really made it big, he quickly jogged over and explained to Qiao Changdong.
"It's alright, Brother Wang, I know." Qiao Changdong patted Wang Hua's shoulder understandingly, his face full of gratitude.
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Qiao Changdong said, "Brother Wang, it's late today, so I won't reminisce with you. See if you're free tomorrow or the day after, and we can get together again."
"Alright, alright, no rush, no rush. You all get some rest first."
Looking at the several imposing men who got out of the cars, especially the man in the lead who was holding a child in his arms, his imposing aura made it clear that he was no ordinary person.
Wang Hua didn't dare to linger. After exchanging a few words with Qiao Changdong, he left first.
Qiao Changdong's group, along with Xiang Dongyan and her two children, six bodyguards, Fu Yu, and Xiang Xianglan, totaled twenty-five people.
The guesthouse that Wang Huading booked wasn't very big, with only eighteen rooms in total. Excluding the two rooms that had already been booked, there were sixteen rooms left, including four large dormitory rooms with ten beds each, which was more than enough for everyone.
Qiao Changdong wanted to book a guesthouse not because he was worried that there wouldn't be enough room for his own family, but purely for Qiao Qiao's safety.
Qiao Qiao would normally be asleep by this time, but she had been lying down the whole way today, so she felt incredibly energetic after getting off the bus.
She rested her little head on Shen Qingyan's shoulder, her eyes darting around as she curiously surveyed her surroundings.
At the same time, he released his divine sense to ensure that the area was safe.
Then she heard the following conversation.
—Have we arrived? Have we arrived? Look quickly, is that them?
--Yes.
—They've come up, haven't they? If I pretend to go out now, do you think they'll suspect me?
—Should, maybe...not?
The voice that answered next clearly lacked confidence.
Qiao Qiao blinked, leaned in and whispered something in Shen Qingyan's ear.
Shen Qingyan first frowned slightly, then patted her back to indicate that he understood.
So when they walked towards the rooms on the second and third floors, led by the guesthouse owner, and saw the familiar figure with a cane at the corner on the second floor, Shen Qingyan showed no surprise.
Yan Liti rolled her eyes and said irritably, "This is really persistent!"
The old man standing at the corner of the stairs, who else could it be but Grandpa Shen?
"What a coincidence."
Grandpa Shen pretended not to hear Yan Liti's complaint and greeted everyone with a smile.
It's quite remarkable that someone as serious and rigid as him would squeeze his old face into a chrysanthemum shape just to get closer to the Qiao family and Qiao Qiao.
It's fair to say they've adopted a very humble attitude.
Apart from a few bodyguards who gave him a standard military salute, no one else from the Qiao family responded to him.
Grandpa Shen was not discouraged. He looked at Qiao Qiao, who was being held by Shen Qingyan, and still had that same smiling face.
"Qiaoqiao, you're still awake? Do you want to come down and get something to eat? Grandpa has prepared something for you..."
"Alright, if you want to please someone, you should at least consider the timing, right?"
"It's almost eleven o'clock! Are you afraid the baby isn't tired enough? Hurry up and limp away with that broken leg of yours, don't block our way to the room!"