Really Stop

Xiang Kun was surprised to see the SUV stop beside him. Someone was willing to stop.

The window of the front passenger seat rolled down. A middle-aged man with a crew cut and dark skin sized him up and asked curiously, "Brother, why are you barefoot?"

Xiang Kun took out the excuse that he had prepared beforehand. "Sigh! When I was climbing the mountain, my shoes broke and I had to walk barefooted. Are you guys going down the mountain? Can you give me a ride? Just drop me at the foot of the mountain and I'll find my own car."

The middle-aged man with the crew cut looked back at his companion who was driving and asked in a low voice, "Let him get on?"

Normally, with his volume and the distance between the car and Xiang Kun, no one would be able to hear him. However, with Xiang Kun's sense of hearing, he could hear everything clearly. However, he did not mind. Even if the person in the car had evil intentions and wanted to cheat him into the car to kill him, he might have to "defend himself" again.

However, based on his observations, the possibility of this happening was extremely low.

The driver was also a middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties or forties. He wore glasses and looked quite refined. He didn't answer but nodded slightly.

Hence, the middle-aged man with the crew cut opened the door and got out of the car. He said to Xiang Kun, "Get in. It's on the way anyway. It's hot and you're not wearing any shoes. Don't cripple your legs when you walk down the mountain."

The middle-aged man opened the door of the backseat and got in. He let Xiang Kun sit in the front passenger seat because there was a quiet girl who looked to be 16 or 17 years old sitting in the back.

Xiang Kun thanked him and took off his backpack. He was about to get into the car.

"Wait." The bespectacled driver suddenly said.

Xiang Kun was stunned for a moment and retracted his feet. If they suddenly changed their minds, he would not complain. After all, he did not expect to be able to board the car.

However, the driver pulled the hand brake and put it on P-tier. Then, he opened the door and got out of the car. As he opened the tailgate, he said, "I still have a pair of slippers in the car. You can wear them first. I'm 44-yard. You should be able to wear them, right?"

After taking the slippers and a bottle of mineral water, Si closed the trunk and walked to Xiang Kun. He placed the slippers by his feet and passed the bottle of water to him.

Xiang Kun thanked her and prepared to put on his shoes.

"Um… the water is for you to wash your feet," the driver reminded her awkwardly.

"Oh, oh." Xiang Kun looked down and realized that his feet were too dirty. They were covered with a layer of frozen mud.

After washing his feet with a bottle of mineral water, he put on his slippers and sat in the front passenger seat. He thanked the driver who got back into the car and the middle-aged man who sat in the back row repeatedly.

As the car drove off again, Xiang Kun noticed through the rearview mirror that the girl in the back had put on a pair of sunglasses after he got into the car.

The middle-aged man with the crew cut sitting beside the girl noticed his gaze and explained with a smile, "This is my daughter. She can't see."

Xiang Kun had his own guesses, but he did not know how to respond to the middle-aged man's frank words. He could only nod and change the topic. "I reached my hand out five times when I came down from the mountain, but you guys were the only ones who were willing to stop. I thought that I would have to walk down the mountain today. Thank you so much. You guys are really good people… good people will be rewarded."

"Little brother, if you want to climb the mountain, you should choose a pair of better quality shoes," the middle-aged man with a crew cut said with a smile from the back row.

Xiang Kun smiled bitterly. "It can't be helped. I have no experience. This is my first time hiking."

"With your outfit, it's no wonder no one dares to stop the car." The driver smiled.

"Yes, I know that too. That's why I'm surprised that you guys are willing to stop," said Xiang Kun honestly.

"Because I can tell you're probably not a bad guy," the driver said.

"Oh? You can tell?" Xiang Kun said. "To be honest, if I was driving, I wouldn't dare to stop when I saw someone like me blocking the road."

The driver said, "The place where you reached out to stop the car doesn't have any obstructions on the side of the road. The view is wider, which means that there's no way to ambush people on the side. They won't rush over when we stop the car. Furthermore, people who have ulterior motives and want to deliberately hitch a ride will usually pretend to be more pitiful, weaker, or kind. However, although you don't even have shoes, your expression is very calm. Your brows are relaxed, and you don't have a frown or smile on your face. From your body language, there are only ten words: don't stop if you want to. Anyway, I've reached out."

Xiang Kun and the middle-aged man could not help but laugh.

Although Xiang Kun felt that what he said was a little far-fetched, he still flattered him. "Your eyesight is really good. Did you learn psychology?"

"I have to say, our job requires a little psychology knowledge." The driver smiled.

Without waiting for Xiang Kun to guess his occupation, the middle-aged man added with a smile, "He is a police officer and a police officer. If you are really a bad person or a fugitive, you will be giving him credit."

Xiang Kun realized that this was the reason.

However, the driver shook his head and said seriously, "That's not it. If I really think that he might be a bad person, I won't stop the car even if you and Little Apple are in the car."

After chatting for a while, Xiang Kun was surprised to find out that the bespectacled driver was a police officer. The middle-aged man with dark skin and a crew cut who looked like a farmer was actually an associate professor at a university.

This was really… not judging a book by its cover!

Of course, both of them were shocked when they heard that Xiang Kun was a programmer. The driver laughed and said that he would believe that Xiang Kun was a monk if he changed into a monk robe.

Xiang Kun claimed that his company had just closed down, so he went out for a walk, climbed mountains, looked at the scenery, and changed his mood. Of course, he did not say that he had been in the mountains for four and a half days. He only said that he had started climbing from a nearby mountain. However, for some reason, he ended up on this mountain and almost lost his way. Fortunately, he found the mountain road and kept walking along it. Unfortunately, his shoes were damaged.

In any case, there were truths and lies in what they said. If they really wanted to verify it later, it would be easier to verify the truth.

The police officer driving the car was called Li Sheng. He was the biological brother of the associate professor in the back row, Li Yang. The quiet girl in the back row, whom Li Sheng nicknamed "Little Apple", was Li Yang's daughter.

Today, they were going to the temple on the mountain to meet a relative. They were also going to the mountaintop to watch the birds.

Xiang Kun was puzzled by Li Yang's daughter.

Li Yang saw through his confusion and explained, "Although my daughter can't see, her hearing is much better than ordinary people. She can even differentiate the different cries of various birds. She can even tell the intention of the birds' cries—warning, provocation, greeting, or asking for a mate."

Xiang Kun could understand why his hearing was better. When he was training his sense of smell and hearing, he would cover his eyes to help focus his attention on these two senses. When he could not rely on his vision, his sense of hearing and sense of smell would increase.

It was normal for him to be able to differentiate the sounds of different birds. If he had enough time to train, he would be able to do it now. Of course, with the aid of smell, it was easier for him to judge the species.

However, this girl was able to distinguish the intention of the bird's call through her voice. This was quite impressive.

Xiang Kun, on the other hand, did not think that Professor Li Yang was bragging. Therefore, he asked the young girl for help in identifying the significance of the bird's chirping.