Survival on a Bus: School Beauty Sisters Beg for a Place to Stay

"I'm sure I can find a shorter route than you..."

Li Aiai is also a stubborn person.

Ignoring the mockery in Lin Mo's eyes, she finished speaking with a confident air and then lowered her head to study the city map on the screen.

Li Aiai was completely unaware that the atmosphere in the carriage was off, nor did she know that everyone was looking at her as if she were a fool, a clown courting death.

Pu Mengnan, in particular, looked at someone who was about to die with the same gaze he had.

Is Lin Mo so autocratic that he refuses to accept any dissenting opinions?

of course not.

He is not omnipotent, invincible, or a dictator.

He is willing to listen to any reasonable suggestions and discuss any issues with everyone.

But the premise is not to be unreasonable.

But what about Li Aiai?

Completely unaware that they had transmigrated and the rules of survival had changed, she still thought she was in her original world, pampered by her parents and coaxed by her man, where she could do whatever she wanted? Could she just spew insults whenever she didn't like something? Could she throw tantrums without restraint?

She immediately started criticizing and scolding the train conductor, even instructing him on how to do things. This was undoubtedly a challenge to the conductor's authority. Not to mention Lin Mo, even her former conductor, Chen Yan, frowned as she listened, thinking that this woman was really courting death.

"Chen Yan, I'm sure you have your doubts too, right? I've sent you the map. I'll drive. You guys can study it when you have time and see if you can find a better route."

Lin Mo said this not to prove anything, but because he felt that Li Aiai's words were not entirely unreasonable. Perhaps he had also overlooked something. If everyone brainstormed together, they might be able to find a shorter and more reasonable route.

"Hmm~~~"

Chen Yan didn't refuse, which was considered tacit agreement, and then she switched seats with Lin Mo and handed over the driving control.

Lin Mo glanced at the time; it was almost time. So he stopped waiting and, following his planned route, turned onto the national highway in H City from the fork in the road.

If it weren't for the fact that this was a national highway, Lin Mo wouldn't have felt any difference from the roads he'd driven on in the past two days. The only difference was the scenery along the way. Compared to the Gobi Desert he'd seen all day long before, the vegetation gradually increased after traveling along the national highway for a short while. After entering the mountains and passing through a long tunnel, the bus entered a completely new environment: a valley space with lush vegetation, verdant mountains, humid air, and a light drizzle.

"I've found a shorter route! Look, it's only 214 kilometers."

After an unknown amount of time, Li Aiai, who had been keeping her head down proving herself, suddenly jumped up excitedly and showed everyone the route she had found.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan and the others looked up and headed towards Li Aiai's screen. Sure enough, they saw that the system had determined the route to be only 214 kilometers, so they all went forward to check.

At this moment, Li Aiai was extremely smug.

His mouth was stretched almost to the back of his ears.

"You all saw it, I wasn't lying, right? I didn't think it was difficult at all. I think it's just that some people aren't capable enough. If you ask me, some people who lack ability should voluntarily step down and give way. If we... yeah, there are exactly five of us, we can totally replace some useless people who are just occupying positions without doing anything. Do you support me?"

Well, she's gotten really worked up over calling her fat.

As Li Aiai spoke, she even started eyeing the position of train conductor.

According to the rules, or at least the existing rules, five passengers can jointly vote out the bus driver and elect a new one.

clap~~~

The next second, Li Aiai, who had just been arrogant and smug, felt a burning pain on her face.

The person who hit her was none other than Pu Mengnan.

"You ungrateful wretch, we must have been blind to save you."

clap~~~

Before she could finish speaking, Natalia slapped Li Aiai across the other side of her face.

"Who do you think you are? You dare to sow discord between us and Lin? You beast, devoid of even a shred of gratitude, don't deserve to stay in our car. You, get out now, jump off!"

"You, you all..."

Li Aiai thought that once she proved herself to be smarter than Lin Mo, everyone would support her. However, she never expected that Pu Mengnan and Natalia would be so loyal to Lin Mo, which completely overturned her understanding.

Aren't the train conductor and passengers supposed to be working together?

How could they be so loyal to that man?

Could there be some kind of relationship between them?

Did the three of them already... you know? Are they just protecting their men?

In fact, even though he didn't respond at that moment, Lin Mo, who had been driving, was quite surprised to see Pu Mengnan and Natalia standing up for him in the rearview mirror.

Especially Natalia.

After all, Lin Mo and Pu Mengnan had been through life and death together and had a bond forged in the past. But Natalia had only gotten on the bus this morning, and the two had hardly ever interacted. So why would she stand up for him?

If he had to give an explanation, Lin Mo could only guess that the girl was probably indignant and couldn't stand Li Aiai's ungrateful face.

"Sister Xiaoyan, look at them... I'm one of your people. When they slap me, they're slapping you in the face. They're looking down on you. Actually, I'm doing this for you. Compared to that stupid and arrogant man, Sister Chen Yan, you're the most suitable person to be our train captain..."

Seeing that she was outnumbered, Li Aiai immediately tried to incite conflict between the two groups. Of course, she wouldn't target Qin Wen, that girl who was full of gratitude for being saved, but instead set her sights on Chen Yan.

After all, Chen Yan was a train conductor before.

She believed that even though Chen Yan was saved by Lin Mo, she was still somewhat unwilling, after all, the relationship between the bus driver and the passengers was one of management and being managed.

The more she spoke, the uglier Chen Yan's expression became, until finally she couldn't bear it any longer and shouted angrily:

"Enough, Li Aiai. Do you really think we're all fools who can't tell you're trying to sow discord?"

Ever since I took you in, you've never been well-behaved. Why were we surrounded by zombies today? Why did we almost die? Wasn't it because you were greedy and took so long that we almost died?

Lin Mo saved us and took us in, and you're still restless, trying to sow discord and cause trouble. What exactly do you want? Are you only satisfied when you've caused everyone to be in danger and die?

Li Aiai, I'm telling you one last time, we're gathered here to survive. There's no father or mother here, no one will pamper you. If you don't behave yourself, get out of here!

Li Aiai didn't expect that even Chen Yan wouldn't stand by her side, but she still stubbornly insisted...

"Then how come I can find a route several times shorter than that Lin guy's? Doesn't that prove he's incompetent and unqualified to be a train conductor?"

After patiently listening to Li Aiai's rambling, Chen Yan couldn't help but laugh in exasperation.

"With a brain like yours, you think you can usurp the position of train conductor? If it's just about finding the shortest route, Lin Mo doesn't know how, we don't know how, and you're the only one who knows how? Don't you use your half-baked brain to think things through? If it were really that simple, would you have had the chance to jump around like this?"

Only after Chen Yan finished speaking did Qin Wen, who hadn't interrupted, stand up and say:

"Sister Ai, we've found several routes like the one you chose, but this is a bus, almost four meters high. Didn't you see the signs for overpasses and height restrictions along this route? You don't seem to understand height restriction signs, do you?"

"W-what? Height restrictions?"

Li Aiai froze instantly, staring wide-eyed, completely dumbfounded.

She thought her discovery would earn her everyone's applause and make her a hero in their eyes, but she never imagined that in the end she would just be a clown...