Wandering in the vast darkness

Chapter 76 Another Order

The song in her heart stopped abruptly. A foul odor wafted from behind, a smell that was both stinky and musty. Yu Wenhao frowned and looked in the rearview mirror. She saw that the woman was already sitting sideways on the seat, with her shoes off. The smell was coming from her.

The smell was unbearable, and Yu Wenhao even thought that it would bring bad luck to the passengers who followed.

He really wanted to remind the woman to put her shoes on, but then thought better of it and decided not to provoke her. He'd already gotten a barrage of criticism for just reminding her; if he were to accuse her of taking off her shoes and complaining about the smell, Yu Wenhao felt he'd be met with rockets, maybe even an atomic bomb.

Yu Wenhao reached out and cracked open the driver's side window. A burst of bullets immediately rolled in from the back seat.

"What? It's so cold, are you trying to freeze me to death? Turn it off, turn it off!"

Helpless, Yu Wenhao could only close the car window. At that moment, he was in no mood to sing "Unavoidable Love," and could only silently recite the Great Compassion Mantra in his heart.

"Namo Avalokiteshvara, may I quickly board the Prajna boat; Namo Avalokiteshvara, may I soon cross the sea of ​​suffering..."

Fortunately, the journey was short. Yu Wenhao endured it for a while and arrived at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University. After parking the car, Yu Wenhao's first action was to get out of the car, stand outside, and take deep breaths of fresh air.

The woman dawdled, probably because she still needed to put on her shoes, and it took her a while to get out of the car. She rolled her eyes at Yu Wenhao and said to him:

"I'm teaching you a lesson, you know? You should be thanking your lucky stars that I haven't filed a complaint against you!"

The young man sniffed as he came in and asked, "What's that smell?"

Yu Wenhao said, "It's really not that I don't want to leave, but the car is overloaded. With one more person, I can't move."

After waiting for two or three minutes, two elderly people and a young woman in her twenties came out. The young woman was holding a child in her arms. When the young man saw them, he quickly got out of the car and opened the back door.

Yu Wenhao patiently explained, "It's not that I'm stingy, it's just the rule. The number of passengers is calculated per person, not by age."

Yu nodded and said, "No rush, wait a moment."

The people on the bus fell silent, but no one responded to Yu Wenhao. Yu Wenhao said:

Yu Wenhao was afraid that passengers would complain about the cold weather on the bus, so he had to close the windows again.

Yu said thank you, rolled down all the car windows, and then checked the last four digits of the phone number and the destination with the young man. Just as he was about to start the car, the young man called out:

Yu Wenhao said, "It really won't work. My vehicle is only allowed to carry five passengers. If it exceeds 20%, I will lose 12 points, be fined 2,000 yuan, and have my service qualification certificate revoked. Now that there is one more person, it has exceeded 20%. It really won't work."

Yu Wenhao sighed inwardly, "Damn it, what day is it today? Why are all the guests I've encountered so difficult and unreasonable?"

Yu asked honestly, "The passenger in front of me took off his shoes on the bus."

"How about this, you go downstairs and sit in the hospital lobby for a while. I'll take the elderly and children home first, and then I'll come back to pick you up. I'll take you home for free, okay? I mean what I say, I promise I'll come back."

"Are you leaving or not? If you don't, I'm reporting you!"

"Okay, let's go."

Yu Wenhao said, "You can take two cars."

"Why should I cancel the order? I know, you'll get points deducted if you cancel, right? Fine, let me cancel it. I won't. We're already in the car. Either you drive away, or we'll all stay here and see who can outlast whom."

"How about this, you two take another taxi, and I'll refund half the fare when we get there?"

The group fell silent again. Yu greeted the young man and said:

"In case, and I mean just in case, the vehicle is overloaded, and if there's an accident on the road, the insurance company won't pay anything, including the passengers. If you insist on leaving, it's your own responsibility. The dashcam is recording everything, and I've already reminded you not to overload."

The young man looked at Yu Wenhao and said, "Let's go, let's go. We might not even get caught. Don't be so petty. Look at you, you have elderly parents and young children to take care of. In this cold weather, who are you going to let go?"

Yu Wenhao thought about it and realized that continuing this stalemate was not a solution; in the end, he would be the one to suffer. He said:

"What do you mean by thinking of us?" the young man asked.

"You guys take the car, I'll get off and ride my bike back. It's not a very long way anyway."

"That's really how we got here. The kids are just getting an IV drip, why can't we go back? By the way, are you deliberately making things difficult for us?" the young man asked.

Yu Wenhao almost blurted out the word "get lost," but she held back.

He closed the car window and looked around to see where the passengers were. Before he could even see them, they had already seen his car. The door to the passenger seat was opened, and a young man in his twenties got in.

The young man quickly explained, "No, no, that's not what I meant."

Even if the other person is unreasonable, Yu Wenhao has no choice but to be reasonable. If he is unreasonable and gets recorded, and then complains, he will lose twenty service points. How many orders does he need to get to earn those twenty service points?

"Okay, okay, open it, open it," the young man said.

Yu greeted him with "Hello, hello," and the two elderly people and the girl holding the child had already gotten into the back seat. The young man sat back in the front passenger seat and said to Yu:

Yu Wenhao gave a wry smile: "There's nothing we can do. Should we open the window again to let in some fresh air?"

He said this as he opened the car door and got out.

"Who are you? You have such poor manners," the young man cursed.

Yu quickly said, "Thank you, thank you!"

"Honestly, you're going to fuss over a six-month-old baby? Aren't you being a little petty?!" said the old gentleman in the back row.

"Wait, wait, there are more people, they'll be here soon."

"What are you talking about, buddy? What's with all the 'super' stuff? This is how we arrived," the young man said.

Yu Wenhao was furious. This family had been taking turns bombarding him with complaints. He wanted to vent his anger but couldn't, so he could only hold it in. He said to the young man:

"Actually, I did this for your sake, not entirely for my own."

Yu Wenhao got into the car and quickly rolled down all the windows. Just as he was about to start the car, an order came in. Yu Wenhao accepted it, and the passenger was right where he had parked, at the entrance of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University.

"Yes, young man, have you seen the news? That ride-hailing driver helped find a missing elderly person, searching for them all night in the rain. I mean, you're both drivers, how come there's such a big difference between you?" the old man said.

Yu Wenhao shook his head: "No, we can't leave. There are already five of you, which is overloaded."

The young man was serious, and the three people behind him chimed in, "Yes, yes, we're not going down." The girl said:

This time, the girl in the back row stood on Yu Wenhao's side and scolded the young man, "What nonsense are you talking about? How can our baby not be human?!"

Yu Wenhao said, "Of course it's a person, and a treasure at that."

The young man asked, "Are babies who are only a few months old considered people?"

"That's right, I think so," a girl in the back row chimed in.

The old man and the young woman both nodded. The young woman said, "Exactly, do you have no humanity left?"

Yu Wenhao smiled bitterly to himself. "Your family is not only unreasonable, but also blind. Didn't you recognize that I was the driver?"

"Why don't you cancel your order?"

"Oh dear, you're such a nag, young man, and you have no sympathy at all. We're a family, and you're trying to tear us apart. What do you mean by that?"

"We're four people, and you're making us take two cars? That's a lot of money! Who's going to pay for that? You're paying!" the old lady in the back seat immediately shouted.