242: Chapter 242 Classmates

Meanwhile, for Chen Mo, once he understood what the Otherworld Projection Dungeon was all about, he emerged from the Main God Space, heated up the remaining barbecue to satisfy his hunger, packed the dried medicinal pills, and headed out to deliver them to Old Li.

Come to think of it, with his current speed, even without exerting his full effort, it would only take him ten to twenty minutes to get from downstairs to the Sanatorium affiliated with the Jiangnan First People's Hospital. The half-hour arrival time he had messaged Old Li about was already a rather conservative estimate.

After sending the message, Chen Mo glanced at the time displayed on his phone. He estimated that by the time he arrived, it would be just in time for lunch. Although he hadn't seen what the food was like inside the Sanatorium, he figured that given Old Li's status and position, the food provided to him certainly wouldn't be bad, and he might even be able to snag a meal.

Thinking this to himself, Chen Mo's pace unconsciously quickened.

Just then, he heard the roar of a car engine behind him, along with the shrill screech of tires gripping hard against the concrete road. Chen Mo instinctively turned his head and saw a low-chassis red car roaring and whistling toward him at breakneck speed. Chen Mo couldn't help but click his tongue inwardly, 'Driving so fast on a city road in broad daylight, they've got some nerve.'

However, living standards had improved, and there were more people with a death wish. Chen Mo couldn't be bothered to stop someone just because they were driving a bit fast, as long as they didn't hit him. He was currently following traffic rules, walking strictly on the sidewalk, while the red car was speeding along the main road; no matter how fast it was going, there was no reason for it to hit him.

So, thinking it was none of his business, he turned his head back to continue on his way. However, he discovered that the owner of the red car seemed to have locked onto him. The car suddenly swerved, rapidly crossing the wide main road onto the auxiliary lane. It looked like the front of the car was heading straight for him. Chen Mo was stunned, thinking, 'I haven't offended anyone, have I?'

Just as he was hesitating about how to respond, he noticed someone in the car waving at him, "Chen Mo, Chen Mo!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Chen Mo squinted and finally noticed that sitting in the driver's seat of the red convertible was his classmate, Ye Chen. His hanging heart finally settled.

Even though he wasn't particularly close to Ye Chen, they were still classmates for three years; there was no reason for him to intentionally drive his car to hit him. Thinking this, Chen Mo let most of the Qi and blood and Internal Strength he had mobilized subside. Of course, he didn't relax his body entirely; he still kept some energy in reserve to guard against unexpected situations. After all, he didn't know how good Ye Chen's driving skills were. If he failed to brake at such a high speed and crashed into him, that would be a huge disaster, so it was better to be prepared.

As Chen Mo was thinking this, he saw Ye Chen driving the red convertible quickly across the road and the auxiliary lane. Ye Chen slammed on the brakes, and a teeth-grinding screech of brakes rang out right beside Chen Mo.

Chen Mo glanced at the charred black skid marks dragged out by the red convertible's tires on the road and couldn't help but twitch his eyes. Based on his superficial understanding of cars, such friction between tires and the hard concrete surface would definitely cause some damage. If this happened a few more times, repairing the tires would certainly be a significant expense. This guy Ye Chen was really immature, wasting things so recklessly.

Fortunately, the car stopped steadily at the curb and didn't fly onto the sidewalk to crash into him.

"Chen Mo, come on, hop in and squeeze in," Ye Chen greeted Chen Mo, one hand on the steering wheel and the other resting on the rolled-down window.

Chen Mo then noticed that the red convertible had four seats, two in the front and two in the back. All four seats were occupied. Sitting in the passenger seat was a girl he didn't recognize, clearly wearing makeup. She was dressed in a black camisole top and short denim shorts, exposing large patches of fair skin. Chen Mo felt dizzy just looking at it, and thinking it was impolite, he quickly averted his gaze to the back seat.

He saw two more girls in the back seat. Their attire wasn't as revealing as the girl in the passenger seat. One had a black ponytail, and the other had a light golden wavy mushroom cut. Although they were both wearing makeup, it wasn't too heavy, so it wasn't hard for Chen Mo to recognize that these two were also his classmates. The girl with the light golden wavy mushroom cut was their class study committee member, Zhang Luoluo. However, Chen Mo remembered that this classmate Zhang Luoluo always wore a simple chin-length bob at school; how had she permed her hair like this after just a few days?

Of course, this thought only flashed through Chen Mo's mind for a moment. Although it had only been a few days, they had already graduated from school and completed a change in status within those few short days. Never mind Zhang Luoluo perming her hair; hadn't Chen Mo himself gone from a failed student to an Apprentice Main God within a few days? Who could have imagined such a transformation?

So, thinking of this, Chen Mo just smiled and stopped dwelling on these things. He moved his gaze to the side and looked at the girl with the black ponytail sitting next to Zhang Luoluo. After thinking for a moment, he recognized her as Zhang Luoluo's good friend, Ran Na, if he remembered correctly.

Having recalled both their names, Chen Mo inwardly nodded and gave himself a thumbs up for his good memory. At this moment, he noticed the two female classmates were also looking at him, their expressions somewhat dazed.

Just as Chen Mo was feeling a bit strange, he saw Zhang Luoluo look at him and then avert her eyes, actively scooting over toward Ran Na to make a little space near the car door. She then patted the seat and, with a shy, soft voice, beckoned to Chen Mo, "Chen Mo, the class monitor is right, come on up and squeeze in."

The class monitor Zhang Luoluo referred to was naturally Ye Chen, who was in the driver's seat. Originally, their class monitor was the excellent and virtuous Tang Yao. It was only after Tang Yao's unfortunate accident that Ye Chen, who came from a very wealthy family, took over the position of class monitor.

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo didn't hesitate at all and hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, "No, no."

Seeing Chen Mo refuse without a second thought, Zhang Luoluo, who had already mustered the courage to take the initiative once, felt disappointed and embarrassed, silently lowering her head and saying nothing. Not only did Ran Na, sitting beside her, shake her head and sigh, but even Ye Chen, sitting in the driver's seat, couldn't help but point at Chen Mo, lowering his voice and speaking in a tone of exasperation, "You, you, I say Brother Mo, you really are a blockhead. The study committee member has already taken the initiative to invite you, what would it hurt to squeeze in?"

'I can't squeeze in at all.' Chen Mo thought silently to himself. Actually, he didn't dislike his classmates, but he had just seen Ye Chen's driving speed. When encountering someone driving like this, he would avoid them if he could, so how could he foolishly get in the car? Of course, he couldn't say this to Ye Chen's face, so he just gave an awkward smile.

At this time, Chen Mo also roughly guessed why they appeared here, because after a little thought, he remembered that today was the day of the class reunion they had agreed upon a week ago. The location they had agreed upon was in the most prosperous place in Jiangnan, Huanghe Road, which was not very far from here. At his walking speed, he estimated he could reach it in about twenty minutes.

At this moment, he heard the scantily clad girl in the passenger seat cling to Ye Chen's arm and say in a sweet voice, "Brother Chen, since this classmate Chen doesn't want to ride in our car, let it be. Let's head to the hotel first."

"Alright, whatever you want." Ye Chen reached out and stroked the girl's cheek, speaking in a tone he thought was doting. Then, he turned to look at Chen Mo, "Chen Mo, if you're too shy to squeeze into my car, then forget it. Just wait here; Chaozi and the others are in the car behind, you can go with them."

After speaking, regardless of Chen Mo's reaction, Ye Chen restarted the engine. The red convertible made a sputtering sound like a tractor starting up, the whole car body lurched backward, and with a stomp on the gas pedal, it roared and shot off. The gust of wind and exhaust fumes left behind made Chen Mo secretly rejoice, 'Hmm, it's fortunate I didn't get in this car. But with Ye Chen driving like this, I fear something will happen sooner or later. It seems I need to find a chance to advise him; as for whether he listens or not, that's his own business.'

Thinking this, Chen Mo looked down at the wooden box tucked under his arm. It was long and flat, with the appearance of ebony. This was a box he had bought from a pharmacy specifically to store the medicinal pills. Inside now were naturally the water-processed pills he had specially refined for Old Li. He was hesitating about whether to send the pills to Old Li first before doing anything else, when he saw two more cars driving along the road, signaling and turning from the main road onto the auxiliary lane, then stopping in front of him.

Leading the way was a relatively large commercial van. Even though Chen Mo had little exposure to such knowledge, he could recognize at a glance that the three-pointed emblem represented the famous Mercedes-Benz logo. The entire body of this Mercedes commercial van was jet black, looking very impressive, and the price was likely not cheap.

As for the SUV following behind, it was the recently launched and much-hyped Dami car. It wasn't cheap either, and being a new car, it looked shiny and bright, not losing out at all to the Mercedes commercial van in front.

It seems these classmates of his are not simple. Just graduated and already driving these luxury cars; who knows when they even got their driver's licenses.

Just as Chen Mo was thinking this, the door of the leading black Mercedes commercial van opened. A tall, thin boy with a buzz cut stepped out. It was his classmate Wang Chao, the one Ye Chen called 'Chaozi' earlier.

Before Chen Mo could speak, Wang Chao pulled out a cigarette, handed it to Chen Mo, and said, "Chen Mo, I saw you from far away just now. Brother Chen's Porsche is a bit small, so it's normal that you couldn't squeeze in. Come, sit in my car; mine is spacious."

Wang Chao greeted Chen Mo very enthusiastically. Seeing him wave his hand to indicate he didn't smoke, he didn't say anything, but instead opened the back door for him and pushed him to get on. It was only then that Chen Mo saw that the Mercedes commercial van was not only large on the outside but also had quite a spacious interior. It had three rows with six seats in total, and each seat was larger than the seats in an average car. If they squeezed in, the whole car could hold ten people.

In fact, there were already seven or eight people in the car. Besides Wang Chao's girlfriend, who was also Chen Mo's classmate, sitting in the passenger seat, the back two rows were filled with male classmates. When these male classmates saw Chen Mo, they all laughed and dragged him into the car, squeezing him in among them. Wang Chao then pushed the door shut. Because the door and frame had shock-absorbing Materials, it only made a light 'clack' sound as it closed. Wang Chao himself returned to the driver's seat, released the handbrake, gently stepped on the gas, and slowly started the car.

The whole process from the car stopping on the side of the road to starting up and getting back on the road took only three to five seconds. Chen Mo was still in a daze, having been dragged onto the car without any explanation and seated among a group of classmates.

Chen Mo tightly tucked the wooden box containing the Small Restoration Pills under his arm to avoid it being accidentally damaged. He still had some doubts in his heart and couldn't help but ask, "Wasn't the reunion supposed to be tonight? Why are you all here in the middle of the day..."

Wang Chao drove carefully without turning his head and said, "Oh, you're talking about that. We did originally set it for tonight, but didn't we discuss it in the group chat yesterday? We thought that since everyone is on summer vacation and has nothing to do during the day, and now that we can meet fewer and fewer times, why not arrive early and have some fun together? That's why we changed the time to noon. But what's up with you? We tagged you several times in the group chat and you didn't respond. If we hadn't happened to bump into you on the side of the road, were you just going to walk all the way there? I fear the food would have been cold by the time you arrived."

Chen Mo listened and nodded. He knew he remembered the original reunion time was tonight, and the location was the Huanghe Hotel on Huanghe Road. That's why he had planned to deliver the pills to Old Li at the Sanatorium during the day, take the opportunity to tell him about the points to note in the Tai Chi manual he had improved, and ideally watch him practice for a cycle or two to ensure there were no problems before leaving to attend the class reunion. He just hadn't expected this group of classmates to suddenly change the reunion time to noon.