For someone who had never eaten instant noodles before, they were an utterly delicious treat.
So Tashigi ate four bowls in a row, only stopping when she started feeling sick from eating too much.
After the meal, they rested briefly before continuing on their journey.
They did not take a vehicle, but traveled on foot. They first passed through a sugarcane field, then entered the mountains and forests.
The forest was not completely empty. There were barking dogs and beams of light occasionally sweeping past in the distance. Those were border guards patrolling the border.
But the border was too vast, the forest too dense, and it was summer, with all kinds of herbaceous plants growing thickly. Beyond three to five meters, nothing could be seen.
Yang Yuxiu seemed very familiar with the patrol schedules and routes. They had not encountered anyone along the way.
At around nine-thirty that night, Zhou Qi saw a stone monument.
Boundary marker.
"I never thought the first time I left the country, I'd be taking this kind of route..." Zhou Qi was speechless. He was not short on money now, but applying for a visa and such took time, and he had no time to waste. This was the only way.
Once they crossed the boundary marker, Yang Yuxiu became much bolder, and the group's pace quickened considerably.
More than an hour later, they arrived at a dirt road, where a minibus was already parked by the roadside...
The minibus was incredibly dilapidated, clearly the kind that had long exceeded its service life, yet it was still being used normally here. Yang Yuxiu waved everyone aboard.
They had been busy all day and had spent several hours rushing onward. Everyone was already exhausted. Sitting in the minibus's soft seats, they could no longer hold