By this point, Zhong Man no longer had the means to walk away with any flair.
Fortunately, years of experience as a stan had given her a thick skin. Bowing to reality, she still got into the stranger's car nearly two hours later and slowly moved through the congested traffic with the cousin pair in front.
In truth, the car was moving no faster than walking, but wasn't there a saying?
As long as the car was moving, it wasn't a traffic jam.
The prospects were far more reliable than relying on her own two legs, too.
One look at the hundreds of youthful yet disappointed faces behind them made that advantage abundantly clear.
Just now, quite a few young girls willing to spend a fortune on their idols had offered ten or even a hundred times the market rate to compete for the two remaining seats in this five-seat family car.
The Tian siblings didn't mind helping people out, but there were too many monks and too little porridge. Seeing that vicious competition was about to break out, they rejected everyone to avoid further trouble.
In a sense, the three seats Zhong Man now had all to herself in the back were worth more than this car's entire yearly expenses for a single trip to the airport.
Naturally, Zhong Man had to thank them sincerely.
Tian Qi, however, didn't think much of it. Having successfully ushered his conversation target into the car, he was clearly excited. His voice was much louder than it had been that morning. "This is what they mean by arriving early not being as good as arriving at the right time. I was just mentioning you to Si Jie, and who would've thought we'd all get stuck on this stretch of road?"
Was he gloating?