My sister, whom I raised, has turned evil after faking her death for three years.

Su Qing found the two people's cell phones in the guard post.

The screen was still lit, displaying the end credits of a movie. She didn't bother to see what they were watching. She exited the video interface and dialed 120, briefly giving the cemetery address and saying that two people had fainted in the cemetery, probably from fright, and asked for an ambulance to be sent immediately.

After hanging up the phone, she opened a ride-hailing app, set her destination to the city center, selected the cheapest special offer, and then leaned back in her seat to wait.

She originally thought that since the place was remote and it was the middle of the night, she would have to wait at least ten minutes for a driver to accept her order. However, less than thirty seconds later, a notification popped up on the screen—the driver had accepted her order and was expected to arrive in five minutes.

Su Qing raised an eyebrow at the screen, somewhat surprised, but didn't think too much about it. She put her phone back on the table and walked to the guard post to wait for the car.

The mountain night breeze was cool, causing her skirt to flutter gently.

She looked up at the myriad lights of the northern city in the distance. That dazzling galaxy was exactly the same as when she left, as if nothing had changed in the past three years.

Soon after, a car slowly drove up the mountain road. It wasn't the dusty ride-hailing car she had imagined, but a black Mercedes.

The car's lines were smooth and understated, and the body gleamed with a calm luster under the streetlights. Although she couldn't recognize the model, she knew at a glance that it was quite valuable.

The car slowly came to a stop in front of the guard post.

Su Qing looked at the car with some surprise, then looked down at the license plate number displayed on the ride-hailing app... Yes, it was this one.

The car door opened, and a well-dressed man in his thirties, with neatly combed hair and white gloves, got out of the driver's seat.

He went around to the back seat and opened the car door for Su Qing, bowing slightly and speaking in a gentle and polite tone: "Good evening, madam, please get in the car."

Su Qing stood there stunned for a full two seconds.

She glanced down at the glaring "Special Price 9.9 Yuan" on her phone screen, then looked up at the obviously expensive black Mercedes in front of her and the man dressed more formally than any ride-hailing driver she had ever seen in her life. A question mark slowly crept into her mind.

Seriously, are ride-hailing services all this blatant these days? Suits and luxury cars, and they're offering door-opening service for just 9.9 yuan?

She got into the back seat, the driver closed the door for her, then went back to the driver's seat and reminded her to fasten her seatbelt before starting the car.

Su Qing nodded blankly, then pulled over and fastened her seatbelt.

She hadn't looked closely from the outside, but once she sat inside, she realized that the interior was far more luxurious than she had expected. The seats were wrapped in soft leather, the air vents emitted a faint woody fragrance, and the trim on the center console gleamed subtly in the soft light of the instrument panel.

"Ma'am, could you please tell me the last four digits of your license plate?" The driver glanced at her in the rearview mirror, his tone gentle and professional.

Su Qing gave the last three digits of the license plate number and watched the driver enter the confirmation on the screen.

The car drove smoothly away from the cemetery and headed towards the city.

  

Only then did Su Qing completely confirm that she had indeed hailed the taxi.

But she couldn't help herself and leaned forward, asking in a genuinely confused tone, "Excuse me, driver, are you sure this is the 9.9 yuan special offer ticket? Did I get on the wrong bus?"

The driver glanced at her in the rearview mirror, smiled helplessly, and said that he had picked up a passenger with the last four digits of her number, so there was no mistake.

He said that ride-hailing services are not easy to operate now, the competition is fierce, and if he doesn't put in some effort to provide good service, who would want to ride in his car?

He stepped on the brake and waited at the red light, his tone so natural it sounded like he'd memorized a standard script countless times. He added that he didn't usually drive the car much, and that he'd just finished maintenance today and was picking up a few fares on his way.

After listening, Su Qing felt that there seemed to be some truth to it. Nowadays, all industries are heavily involved, and it's not entirely unreasonable for ride-hailing drivers to be so involved that they wear suits and drive Mercedes-Benzes.

After the car entered the main road, the driver turned his head slightly and politely asked her where she was being taken, since the location was in the city but there was no specific address.

Su Qing opened her mouth, instinctively wanting to give her home address, but swallowed the words back.

Is that house still there? Xiao Ran must have moved away a long time ago. That house has probably been empty for three years now, or maybe it's already been occupied by new people...

She thought for a moment and said that she had just arrived in Beicheng and had not yet found a place to stay. She asked him to help her find a cheap hotel so she could stay for one night.

The driver responded but didn't say anything more, simply driving quietly.

On the other side, not long after the car drove away, several black sedans quietly stopped at the entrance of the cemetery.

The car doors opened one by one, and people dressed in suits and wearing headsets filed out in a neat and orderly fashion.

The two thieves who had collapsed on the lawn were carried out on stretchers. The leader pressed his earpiece, respectfully reported a few words to the person on the other end of the conversation, and then waved his hand. The others began to clean up the scene in an orderly manner. The pried-open stone slabs were put back together, the scattered soil was swept back into the pit, and even the trampled grass on the lawn was straightened.

Before long, the cemetery returned to its usual tranquility. Moonlight shone on the white marble tombstone, and the bouquet of white roses still leaned quietly against the base of the tombstone, with fine water droplets on the petals, as if nothing had happened.

The cemetery is about half an hour's drive from the city. Su Qing leaned against the car window, watching the buildings recede outside, the streetlights passing by her face one by one.

Half an hour later, the car came to a smooth stop in front of a hotel. The driver, just as he had done when she got in the car, went around to the back seat and opened the car door for her, his movements still polite and composed.

After getting out of the car, Su Qing looked up at the building in front of her, opened her mouth, and then turned to ask the driver if there was a mistake.

The enormous crystal revolving door at the hotel entrance was impressive enough. Crystal chandeliers hung from the two-story-high ceiling above the entrance, illuminating the entire lobby in a golden glow. Doormen in smart uniforms stood on either side of the revolving door, and the fountain at the entrance shimmered under the lights.

Putting all that aside, the archway at the hotel entrance, made of black marble and warm golden lights, exudes an aura that suggests "a night's stay would probably cost her a month's salary."

"Master, are you sure you're not mistaken? How much does it cost to stay here for one night...?" Su Qing turned around and looked at the driver who got out of the driver's seat.

The driver closed the car door for her, glanced at the hotel entrance following her gaze, and waved with a smile to reassure her. He explained that despite the grand entrance, they also offered affordable rooms; otherwise, who would want to stay there if the entrance looked so shabby?

After hearing what he said, Su Qing thought about it and it seemed to make sense. Could it be that the development in the past three years has been too fast and she has fallen behind the times?

"Then I'll be going now, I have to rush to pick up my next fare." The driver gave her a slight bow, turned and got into the car. The black Mercedes drove smoothly away from the hotel entrance, turned the corner and disappeared into the night.

Su Qing watched the Mercedes drive away, then suddenly slapped her forehead... Wait, she didn't seem to have paid yet, did she?

She left her phone in the guard booth.

She looked in the direction the car had disappeared, sighed helplessly, and thought about the poor driver. Such good service couldn't even earn him 9.9 yuan. She hoped the platform could automatically deduct the amount.