Wandering in the vast darkness

Chapter 77 Tonight's Journey

The young man got off the bus, walked to the shared bike parking area near the hospital entrance, scanned the code to unlock a shared bike, waved to them, and rode off.

The rear door of the car opened, and the old gentleman got out from the back, walked to the front, and sat in the passenger seat.

Yu Wenhao turned her head slightly and reminded them, "Hold the baby tight, we're about to leave."

He started the car and left the entrance of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University.

The old man sat there, looking at the sticker in front of him, muttering to himself. He stared at the QR code and phone number on the sticker, and the character "于" after the phone number.

The old man turned his head, greeted Yu, and looked at him for a while before saying, "We both have the surname Yu. I remember now, young man, aren't you the driver in the news who helped find the elderly man? Ah, I've seen your photo, it's you."

Yu smiled and gave the old man an answer.

"It really is you?! Young man, I'm so sorry about earlier!" the old man said.

The elderly woman and the young woman in the back row also came closer to take a look. The young woman nodded and said, "Yes, it's him."

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry," the old lady said. "I never expected you to be that kind person."

The girl in the passenger seat clasped her hands together and bowed to Yu, saying, "Master Yu, you are a good person. You will definitely help us. We are almost unable to pay our rent."

"I can sing, and I can do it amazingly. I can reduce your audience of over two thousand to just a dozen or so, and they'll all have hearing problems. Do you want to try it?"

The girl giggled and kept bowing to him.

Yu Wenhao was startled and shouted, "Stop, stop! Stop right there and explain yourself. What kind of live stream are you doing?"

Yu asked, "Who placed the order?"

The two girls laughed and nodded repeatedly. The girl in the passenger seat said, "Master Yu is so cool! We thought you were really cool when we watched the news this afternoon."

Yu said, "Thank you, thank you!"

"Live-streaming me?" Yu Wenhao was both amused and exasperated. "Did you even ask for my opinion before calling me here? By the way, are you going to Wulin Square?"

"Sigh, you guys have it tough too, we should understand, we should understand," the old man said.

When Yu Wenhao arrived at his destination, he saw two girls standing there, holding up their phones and taking pictures of something. Yu Wenhao didn't recognize them. He stopped the car and was about to ask if they had called for the ride when the two girls opened the car door and got in, one in the front passenger seat and the other in the back.

"Our drivers are also discussing this, and they think this rule should be changed. At least, babies who are being held in arms and still nursing should not be counted as overloading."

Yu Wen looked at her, puzzled, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Well, Yu thought kindly, since he hadn't made much money tonight anyway, he might as well consider it a dark day, a day of losses, and help them earn some rent.

"Thank you, Master Yu!"

"No, no, Master Yu, you've misunderstood. We don't want money from you, we're just begging you, please let us film you for an hour."

Both girls nodded and said, "Yes, yes."

Yu Wenhao let out a long sigh. He didn't start the car immediately, but sat there blankly. It seemed tonight hadn't gone well; he'd taken two fares in a row, both time-consuming and laborious, and hadn't earned much money. Fortunately, the family he met later, although things started off bumpy, ended up being quite cheerful, which was some consolation. Otherwise, Yu Wenhao's mood would have been even lower.

After taking a group photo, Yu asked and got into the car, while the family went into the residential area.

"Exactly, that's more reasonable," the old man said. "When you go to the cinema, you get full-price or half-price tickets, but this little brat shouldn't need a ticket."

"That's right, Mr. Yu, that's the car we called."

The girl in the back row argued vehemently: "Master Yu, you're a celebrity now, and celebrities don't have the right to their image."

An order came in, a specific driver order. I greeted him, started the car, and drove towards the customer's location. I wondered which of my regular customers would be here at this hour, almost eleven o'clock, to patronize my business.

The old man said, "You'll get what you deserve; good people will definitely be rewarded."

"What's the point of taking pictures of me?" Yu Wenhao said, "I'm not a celebrity, and I don't look like Daniel Wu."

Yu Wen was taken aback and asked, "Are there really people so bored as to want to look at my old face?"

Yu asked, "An hour? What am I supposed to do then?"

Yu Wenhao said, "You can't even afford the rent anymore. If I take you around the streets for an hour, can you afford the transportation fee? Do you know how much an hour costs? That's money that the platform deducts directly from your WeChat or Alipay account."

Yu Wenhao said, "I'm waiting for a match, but I don't know if I'll be able to find one."

"It doesn't matter, Mr. Yu. As long as you let us stay in the car for an hour to finish the live broadcast, you can drive wherever you want," said the girl in the back seat, still holding her phone.

"Amitabha," the old lady murmured from behind.

"I'm live streaming," the girl said. "I'm live streaming with Master Yu. Master Yu, you're a celebrity now!"

The girl said somewhat embarrassedly, "Brother, I'm so sorry about what happened just now. I really put you in a difficult position."

"But there's nothing we can do. We can only report it to the platform and have them report it to higher authorities. Unfortunately, we're just a nobody, and it's no use saying anything," Yu Wenhao said.

After getting in, she was still holding her phone up, pointing it at Yu Wenhao. Just as Yu Wenhao was about to speak, the girl in the passenger seat said:

"It's nothing," Yu Wenhao said. "It's just the rule, there's nothing we can do about it. To be honest, we also think this rule is very unreasonable. I've picked up customers like this several times, especially at the airport. They're just like you, two elderly people, a young couple, and a baby with them. The baby is a little older than yours, a little over a year old, and they're holding the baby in their arms."

Yu Wen chuckled and said, "If you can't pay your rent, there's nothing I can do. I'm not a rich man."

"It's being broadcast live," the girl said.

The girl in the passenger seat said, "It's me."

"You canceled your order."

The girl understood; Yu Wenhao meant he was offering to spend an hour with them free of charge. The girl in the passenger seat quickly said:

"By the way, sir, the news said your daughter has leukemia, and you drive for a ride-hailing service part-time to pay for her treatment, right?" the girl said. "We all cried when we saw that. By the way, how is your daughter?"

"Why?" the girl asked.

The girl put down her phone and looked at Yu Wenhao, who asked, "What do you mean by this?"

"They were tourists from out of town visiting Hangzhou. As soon as they arrived, they were told they had to take two cars, meaning they would have to pay double the fare from the airport, more than a hundred yuan more. They felt ripped off, which was really unfair. Moreover, it was their first time in Hangzhou, and they were unfamiliar with the city. Being forced to split up made them very anxious."

The girl said into the phone, "Family, pause for a moment, let's talk to Master Yu first."

Yu Wenhao scratched his head: "With your smooth talk, do you mean I have no choice but to help you?"

The two groups that were initially at odds quickly became harmonious, chatting and laughing all the way. When they arrived at their destination, the old lady and the old gentleman kept saying goodbye to Yu Wenhao, while the young woman holding her child insisted on taking a photo with Yu Wenhao, saying she wanted to absorb some of his positive energy.

Yu Wenhao said, "You, you, you also need to stop. Don't you know how impolite you are? If you want to film me, shouldn't you ask for my permission first?"

Both girls laughed. The one in the passenger seat said, "It's useful, Master Yu. Originally, only a few dozen people were watching our live stream, but today we're filming Master Yu, and now more than two thousand people are waiting to watch."

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