My Beloved Super Fierce Wife
Chapter 575 Thanks for the delicious pancake!

Chapter 575: 575 Thanks for the delicious pancake!

The young man sighed with relief when he realized he hadn’t gotten the wrong person.

"My name is Feng Lixing, and this is my colleague Ji Ze who was on the road with me," he said. "Comrade Lu Xingping entrusted me to deliver a batch of items to you."

As he spoke, he handed Lin Tang the letter written by Lu Xingping.

Lin Tang took the letter, glanced over it, and understood the reason.

So it was Vice Minister Jing who had someone prepare things for her in advance.

Sure enough, a leader who had risen that far was efficient in handling affairs.

Thinking this, Lin Tang smiled and asked, "Thank you both, Comrades. Are there many items?"

"Quite a few, there’s a box of books, plus some other things, I’m not sure what they are," Feng Lixing replied.

There were not a few items indeed.

If there weren’t many, they wouldn’t have gone out of their way to deliver them, would they?

Hearing this, Lin Tang could only ask the two comrades to help bring them to her home.

After all, these were important items, and it wasn’t suitable to leave them at the workplace.

"Could you trouble yourselves to help me bring them to my home?"

Feng Lixing was a straightforward person and nodded his head.

"Sure!"

He had heard from Xingping that this person was a technical expert valued by the leadership above.

It was best to foster good relations!

Ji Ze stood there expressionlessly, not uttering a word, just nodded.

Lin Tang didn’t mind and asked someone to inform Old Yang, then she went home to deal with the matters first.

Before long, the three of them arrived at Lin Tang’s courtyard in the county.

Feng Lixing and Ji Ze were both exceptionally efficient, moving the items within minutes without unnecessary talk and then prepared to leave in their vehicle.

Lin Tang, seeing that neither of them had even had a sip of water, felt unsettled about it.

She quickly ran to the kitchen and packed the green onion pancakes she made that morning into a paper bag.

She jogged out, handed the paper bag to Feng Lixing, who was in the driver’s seat.

"These are just some modestly priced pancakes. Thank you both for today," she said.

At this moment, Lin Tang had no idea that the green onion pancakes she gave away simply to express her gratitude to the two comrades would coincidentally ’save’ their lives in the following hours.

Feng Lixing was taken aback, then said, "...Thank you."

After that, he waved his hand and drove away.

After being away for over a month, they were eager to get home. They didn’t even feel like eating at the state-run restaurant; all they wanted was to hit the road as soon as possible.

For those accustomed to traveling year-round, sleeping in the vehicle was nothing new.

Having two drivers was even more convenient as they could take turns sleeping.

In the latter part of the night, Ji Ze took over the driver’s seat, while Feng Lixing rested.

The dimly lit road was illuminated only by the moonlight’s faint glow.

No one was around, and even the chirping of birds was scarcely heard.

The only sound on the quiet road was the rumbling of the big truck passing by.

Ji Ze, with an emotionless tone in his voice, reminded, "Have something to eat before you sleep, otherwise you’ll wake up hungry in the middle of the night."

Feng Lixing was too tired to feel hungry.

He thought there was some truth to Ji Ze’s words and began fumbling for something to eat, leaning to the side.

He caught hold of the paper bag Lin Tang had given them.

"This is the paper bag Comrade Lin Tang gave us. I’ll taste it for you first..." he said, chuckling.

Ji Ze glanced over without saying a word.

Feng Lixing had already opened the paper bag by then.

A savory aroma spread throughout the cabin.

"Delicious!!" he couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.

The green onion pancakes were oily, appearing crispy yet soft, sprinkled with bits of green onions, emitting a fragrance that made you want to bite into them.

Feng Lixing bit down hard, nearly moved to tears.

It was so delicious!

"Aren’t you eating, Ji Ze? It’s too good," he devoured it greedily.

Damnit, he didn’t know pancakes could be as delicious as meat.

Delicious! Way too delicious!

Ji Ze, who had just eaten two coarse grain pancakes and wasn’t hungry, found his stomach hard to control upon smelling this scent.

He resisted and resisted, but seeing Feng Lixing eat with such enjoyment, he stepped on the brakes.

He grabbed the paper bag containing the green onion pancakes and took a bite.

Afterward, without a trace of expression, he said, "You’ve already had three, the rest are mine."

Feng Lixing: "!!!"

Looking at the less than two bites remaining in his hand, he felt a sense of despair.

After tasting the delectable pancakes, how could he happily go back to eating the coarse ones that scratched his throat?

Ji Ze ignored Feng Lixing’s reproachful gaze and finished the pancakes in big mouthfuls.

His whole body radiated satisfaction.

His posture was lazy, like a tiger king basking in the sun after a meal, ignoring the fearful scar on his face.

"Delicious, it’s just that there are too few," Ji Ze commented blandly.

Feng Lixing, not having had his fill, reached for a coarse grain pancake to gnaw on.

Having just tasted something so delectable and now eating something so harsh on the throat, the contrast was indeed stark, which showed on his face like a mask of pain.

Noticing that Ji Ze hadn’t started driving again after eating for quite some time, Feng Lixing looked puzzled, "We’re not continuing the trip tonight?"

Ji Ze, having satisfied his appetite, felt comfortable all over and did not feel like moving for the time being.

"Hmm, we’ll continue tomorrow," he said.

Feng Lixing had no objections.

To them, long-used to being out in the elements, sleeping anywhere was the same.

A dreamless night passed.

The next morning, the two of them started on their way again.

Ji Ze was still driving.

After a while, Ji Ze felt something was wrong with the road ahead and stopped the vehicle to investigate.

His instincts were sharp due to a life spent on the roads, so he didn’t ignore them.

This was not the road they had traveled on their way here.

One side was a cliff face, and the other a deep ravine. The road was narrow and the ground slightly damp, looking very dangerous.

Feng Lixing followed and jumped down from the vehicle.

Ji Ze walked to the side of the road, his gaze sweeping the area, his brow slightly furrowed.

He had a vague feeling that something was off about this road, so he walked carefully.

He turned back to warn Feng Lixing.

"I have a bad feeling about this road. Go slow..."

Before he could finish speaking, the ground under his feet suddenly gave way.

The area he was standing on collapsed downward.

He lost his footing, quickly sinking.

Feng Lixing, following behind, reacted swiftly.

Instinctively retreating, he threw himself forward and managed to grab Ji Ze’s arm just in time.

"Hold on!" he shouted.

Luckily, there was a tree nearby. Feng Lixing hooked one arm around the trunk and, using the other arm, swung Ji Ze back up.

The two retreated to a safer spot in unison.

The ground where they had been standing collapsed completely.

"This..." Feng Lixing momentarily lost his voice.

Thinking about how close they came to driving over that spot last night, he was gripped by fear.

The ground couldn’t even bear the weight of a man, let alone a car.

It was a close shave...

Thank goodness for those exceptional pancakes.

Thank you, Comrade Lin Tang.

Ji Ze’s clothes were dirty, and his hands and face were smeared with mud, yet his expression remained calm.

He examined the ground and said, "It must have been the heavy rain in the past couple of days. The water must have eroded the ground underneath, this road is impassable now!"

Feng Lixing cared a great deal for his own life.

He felt deeply relieved that they had narrowly escaped disaster.

"Damn it, that was terrifying."

Cursing coarsely, Feng Lixing ruffled his hair and said, "Good thing we had Comrade Lin Tang’s pancakes, or we both would’ve been goners."

Ji Ze nodded in agreement.

"Mm."

Indeed that was the case.

He shifted his gaze away from the collapsed ground and, turning back to the vehicle, took out a large plank of wood.