Westward All the Way (Revised)

Zhu Juntang excitedly moved over on the sofa, grabbed Liu Chang'an's pants, and looked at him with shining eyes.

"What?" Liu Chang'an pinched her fingers aside and patted his pants.

"What equipment do you need? Do you want a helicopter? Besides that slow, big one, I also have a very agile little cutie, perfect for tracking and dodging in the city! If you don't want a helicopter, then drive my car. Qin Yanan's car is big and clumsy! Do you need any people? I have tons and tons of van Bread Man... no, men in black!" Zhu Juntang has become a trainee gang member again. Although she might switch sides at any time if outsiders provoke a fight, she had said from the beginning that she could be the "fat sheep"!

Liu Chang'an pressed Zhu Juntang, who was eager to stand up, down onto the sofa. "Shake your head. No need. Qin Yanan's car will suffice."

"Then I want to go too." Zhu Juntang was still very eager to participate.

"The fat sheep are all kept in the back mountains to graze. Have you ever seen any organization take action and still lead the fat sheep into battle? Doesn't that mean that if the operation fails, even your own fat sheep will become someone else's... If you fall into the enemy's hands, you will definitely betray them immediately... Don't deny it, you said it yourself this afternoon." Liu Chang'an waved his hand.

Zhu Juntang pouted and stammered for a long time, really regretting that she had revealed herself too early this afternoon. So she sat on the sofa with her arms crossed, sullenly angry with Liu Chang'an.

Qin Yanan finished clearing away the dishes and came out.

"The car has been driven away," Liu Chang'an said to Qin Yanan.

"No way?" Qin Yanan walked to the window and peeked at her car, which was parked neatly to the side of the hotel lobby.

The car parked in front of my house.

Qin Yanan then realized what was happening and gave Zhu Juntang a serious look.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something I can't say?" Zhu Juntang was already angry, and Qin Yanan's gaze also annoyed her.

Qin Yanan didn't doubt or distrust Zhu Juntang; she just subconsciously felt that it was best for Zhu Juntang not to get involved in this matter.

"Who did this?" Qin Yanan asked Liu Chang'an.

"Have no idea."

"Regardless, let's check the surveillance footage first. I'll find someone to help with the investigation." Qin Yanan had no intention of calling the police. If she could get people to cooperate with the investigation without following procedures, then of course she wouldn't bother with procedures.

"No need, I know where the car is." Liu Chang'an shook his head.

Qin Yanan was relieved, but at the same time had some questions about the details of the matter.

"Is that the black car that looks like a big coffin?" Zhu Juntang was angry, but it was impossible for her not to get involved, so she couldn't help but ask... She had been to Liu Chang'an's house many times, so of course she had seen that car. She also knew that it was personally escorted by Qin Yanan when she came to Junsha in May.

Qin Yanan nodded. Putting aside why the car disappeared, the most important thing was to find it. The car itself wasn't important; what mattered was the coffin inside. Although she sensed that Liu Chang'an hadn't told her all the secrets related to the coffin, Qin Yanan could imagine that this coffin was different from the national treasures enshrined in museums. It was a different type of national treasure that couldn't be made public or opened for research.

Qin Yanan's own condition was undoubtedly related to this coffin, and she felt that even because of her own situation, she couldn't let the coffin go missing.

Zhu Juntang said the vehicle looked like a large coffin lid, not because she knew there was a coffin inside, but because seeing Qin Yanan's expression, Zhu Juntang felt that it was probably not an ordinary armored transport vehicle, otherwise it would only be worth a few hundred thousand to a few million. If it's lost, so be it, what's there to be nervous about?

Zhu Juntang wanted to get involved even more.

"Shall we set off now?" Qin Yanan was concerned, but she still wanted to respect Liu Chang'an's opinion, because Liu Chang'an always had a similar expression, so Qin Yanan couldn't tell whether he was confident or just as indifferent as usual.

"Okay." Liu Chang'an glanced at his phone again. "We need an off-road vehicle with high ground clearance."

"I have some!" Zhu Juntang immediately raised her hand, even though she didn't actually know how many cars she had in her garage or what types of cars they were, but she figured she must have some. If she didn't, then her subordinates were incompetent.

"Okay, was the car driven to the countryside or the mountains?" Qin Yanan asked.

"Not yet, but it's very possible. Their driving route is towards western Xiangnan Province, where the roads are mountainous to the south. Once they exit the highway and take regular roads, your car will have trouble navigating." Liu Chang'an turned to look at Zhu Juntang, "Xiao Yang, it's not that I don't want to take you, but this pursuit could take a whole night's drive. Can you handle it?"

Hearing that Liu Chang'an's tone didn't seem so adamant about not taking her along, Zhu Juntang immediately perked up, "Am I really that incapable of enduring hardship?"

Liu Chang'an and Qin Yanan both gave her an approving look.

"It doesn't matter, let her go if she wants. Anyway, she already knows quite a few secrets. If something happens to her one day, I'll just kill her to cover it up." Liu Chang'an walked out the door without caring.

Zhu Juntang hesitated for a moment, then grabbed Qin Yanan's finger.

"What? You can still regret it now." Qin Yanan's attitude towards Zhu Juntang was somewhat different from that towards Liu Chang'an. To Liu Chang'an, Zhu Juntang might not even be considered an important friend, but Zhu Juntang was a sister who had slept with Qin Yanan since childhood. They usually spoke without restraint, and Qin Yanan, being so much older, naturally had some sisterly affection for her younger sister.

"He wouldn't really kill me to silence me, would he?" Zhu Juntang became somewhat worried. She wasn't foolish enough to want to betray Liu Chang'an... From the moment she wanted to subdue Liu Chang'an, Zhu Juntang's thinking had been largely correct. Someone as superhuman as Liu Chang'an couldn't possibly be the only one who knew his secrets, Zhu Juntang. The fact that he was still so nonchalant about her knowing his secrets couldn't possibly be because he trusted her.

"That's possible, so you'd better behave. I can't protect you." Qin Yanan pulled Zhu Juntang away.

"I'm not that stupid. Keeping a secret is much more beneficial to me than revealing it." Zhu Juntang thought about it and wasn't too worried. Besides, no one would believe Liu Chang'an's secret if she just casually told them.

Qin Yanan and Zhu Juntang caught up with Liu Chang'an together.

"When she can't take the long journey anymore, I'll knock her out and fasten her seatbelt," Liu Chang'an confessed to Zhu Juntang.

"No, that won't happen." Zhu Juntang confidently. "We'll take Yaya's car down the mountain first, and I'll have someone bring a car over. We'll switch cars at the parking lot at the foot of Mount Lu."

Liu Chang'an had no objections; he never complained when someone offered help.

Qin Yanan drove down the mountain and waited in the parking lot for about ten minutes before the car Zhu Juntang had called took her from her private garage at Baolong Center to the foot of Mount Lu in River East.

Liu Chang'an and Qin Yanan also understood why Zhu Juntang was so confident that he could withstand the long journey. It was because this was an ultra-luxurious civilian armored off-road vehicle. In addition to explosion-proof and anti-toxic systems, oxygen supply systems, and standard satellite positioning devices, the two seats in the cabin were spacious and comfortable. The perfect support meant that even if the vehicle rolled over a few times, the people sitting in it could lie there safely.

"As long as this car isn't sunk to the bottom of the sea and can't be located by a GPS system, we can be rescued no matter how dangerous the situation." Zhu Juntang thought for a moment, and she still remembered this car. Zhu Xianshu felt that even though Zhu Juntang often came to the mainland before, she mostly traveled to big cities and was with Qin Yanan. But later, when Zhu Juntang wanted to live in Junsha in the central and western regions of the mainland, Zhu Xianshu insisted on putting this car on Zhu Juntang's travel list. Zhu Xianshu had always been by the old lady's side, and her impression of the mainland was also influenced by TV dramas like "The Suppression of Bandits in Western Hunan".

"Couldn't you have found a more ordinary car? Do you have to read the manual before you drive this car?" Qin Yanan could complain to Zhu Juntang at any time.

"The driver is still here, isn't he? Let him drive. You guys sit in the back, I'll lead the way from the passenger seat," Liu Chang'an said.

Qin Yanan had no objections to Liu Chang'an's arrangement.

Zhu Juntang obediently sat in the back. She was supposed to sit in the boss's seat; she wasn't used to sitting in other seats.

The driver was a young man in his thirties, with a light mustache and a strong, muscular build that suited the car well. He didn't talk much, but displayed very professional politeness and respect. "So, which way do we go now?" he asked.

Liu Chang'an showed the driver a location on his phone. The driver found the location in the navigation and started the car. He noticed that Liu Chang'an's phone had more than one location, so he figured this location wouldn't be the final destination.

"Take a picture for me... I want that high-level political elite feel." Zhu Juntang handed his phone to Qin Yanan from behind. Many heads of state or political figures facing threats choose this kind of car when traveling or when they are in a critical situation.

"What high-ranking political elite would wear such a cute princess dress?" Qin Yanan rolled her eyes at her and handed the phone back. Qin Yanan wasn't in the mood for joking around; Qin Yanan was wondering who had stolen the car.

"Me? If I became the leader of Taiwan, I would still dress like this," Zhu Juntang said dismissively.

"But you're trying to fake that feeling now, and the feeling you're trying to fake isn't like you at all."

"I'll just ask you to take a picture for me!"

"Alright!"

After taking the photos, Zhu Juntang tried various filters to edit them, but she still felt that it wasn't the look she wanted. So she just randomly picked a pink filter, used it, and posted it in the class group.

Qin Yanan received the notification because she was also in the class group. In order to take care of Zhu Juntang's university life and worry that she might cause trouble, Qin Yanan set Zhu Juntang as a special contact in the group.

She also paid special attention to Liu Chang'an, but Liu Chang'an has not said a word in the group so far.

"Show-off." Qin Yanan glanced at it and then turned off her phone. There was no point in thinking about the coffin now; with Zhu Juntang and the driver around, it wasn't convenient to discuss it with Liu Chang'an.

Zhu Juntang chuckled, leaned over, put her arm around Qin Yanan's shoulder, took a picture, and then posted it to the class group chat.

Qin Yanan didn't have time to stop her. It wasn't because Zhu Juntang hadn't edited the photos; in fact, she was good-looking enough that she would look good even without editing. Besides, the key to the photos was the lighting, and the light in the carriage was quite bright.

After posting the photo, Zhu Juntang ignored the praise from her classmates in the group chat, and she never expected that someone would see the photo and have some lewd thoughts about whether it was a "threesome".

"They're already on the highway; we won't be able to catch up with them anytime soon," Liu Chang'an said, turning around.

"They still dare to drive on the highway?" Qin Yanan asked, somewhat puzzled. "Aren't they afraid we'll block the road? Then they'll have nowhere to escape."

"They've definitely changed cars by now, but they just didn't expect to be able to track them down. However, we don't know what kind of car they changed to or what the license plate number is. We can only keep tracking them down."

Qin Yanan had actually thought of this as soon as she finished speaking. The car thieves' purpose was certainly not the car itself. Even the greediest and most daring car thieves wouldn't steal an armored transport vehicle. They should have already moved the coffin to another vehicle... Since Liu Chang'an could locate the location, he could be found relatively easily if he cooperated with the inspection. However, it seemed that Liu Chang'an had other plans.

The driver took the car onto the highway and soon arrived at the vicinity of Dongting Lake. Liu Chang'an realized that he hadn't been to Dongting Lake in a long time and hoped to take An Nuan to catch fish in Dongting Lake when he had a vacation.

Although Dongting Lake is not as vast and boundless as it was hundreds of years ago, it has never been completely dry. This means that there are huge aquatic beasts hidden deep within it that have never left... Even fish, if they are unusually large, can be called "aquatic beasts" with a hint of demonic aura.

Whales are certainly large, but humans are familiar with them, so no one calls them "water beasts" anymore... The undiscovered spherical tentacle creatures in the Mariana Trench could also be called "water beasts," but we wonder how they are doing now, whether they are happy or not, and whether they still habitually use their countless tentacles to caress their fellow creatures, gaining a hundredfold pleasure because each tentacle possesses a complete set of **.

Perhaps they have evolved, perhaps they have degenerated. Liu Chang'an pondered these random thoughts, then glanced at the latest location he had just received. The other party had already transported the coffin to the territory of the Bow Family Realm.

The coffin is still on the highway. The highway from Junsha to the Bow Family Realm is more than 300 kilometers long. It is unknown whether their final destination is Bow Family Realm.

Even the best car can make you drowsy on a long Mercedes. By the time the car reached the birthplace of Jinshi beef noodles, Zhu Juntang was already asleep. Qin Yanan was definitely not mentally unstable; she was texting Liu Chang'an on her phone... It's just that Liu Chang'an was replying too slowly. He was actually talking to the driver about cars, not luxury cars or sports cars, but about car repair and manufacturing. It was amazing that the driver could keep up with Liu Chang'an's conversation, as if he had actually worked as a car mechanic.