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The corridor was deep and the little boy stood timidly in the corner.
The dark sky outside the castle was devoured by dark clouds, and the pale lightning shattered the darkness in the blink of an eye.
The thunder was dull. The little boy didn't dare to stare at the bad weather outside, but he didn't dare to look up at the wall even more.
The oil lamp burning on the wall seemed a little weak, as if it could be crushed out with one breath.
The little boy pursed his lips and looked down at his feet. Occasionally, he would tilt his head to look deep into the corridor, then lower his head in disappointment.
"Squeak~"
Deep in the corridor, it seemed that a door was pushed open, but from the little boy's perspective, it was pitch black there.
"Wow~"
The faucet was turned on, and the sound of rushing water came from deep in the corridor.
The little boy could hear the woman's heavy breathing. She was washing her hands fiercely, and a low roar on the verge of collapse was heard in her throat.
Perhaps the wind was too fierce, or perhaps the windows of the castle were too old, the glass facing the little boy began to shatter into spider-web-like patterns.
"Boom~"
With a dull thunder, the glass finally collapsed, and the biting cold wind stabbed in like a dagger.
Under the little boy's feet, white papers covered with various red seals were flying all over the sky, blown by the wind.
The seemingly decadent flame of the kerosene lamp ignited all the white papers. The flames spread freely in the air, and the paintings on the entire wall appeared clearly in front of the little boy:
Sticky blood scabs on the ground, rotting corpses cover pale skeletons, and broken limbs lie in the cracks.
The bones were piled up into a skyscraper, and a man covered in blood with a strange expression stood on it with a smile in his eyes.
"Tao'er, come with me!"
A woman came running from the other side of the corridor, pulling the little boy's hand and stumbling into the depths of the dark corridor.
In the bathroom, the sound of the faucet spraying water is still loud.
A beautiful woman had a distorted expression on her face. She rubbed her hands frantically and murmured mechanically: "Dirty... so dirty..."
The white clothes were covered with black bloodstains. The moment the little boy and his mother ran in, she slowly turned her head to look at them.
The spots like blood beads on her face looked hideous, and when her eyes met the little boy.
I discovered that the look in his eyes was not of fear, but of helplessness.
The seemingly tangible feeling of powerlessness made her heart tremble slightly.
This was the first time Liu Renna met Li Tao. She was in a state of embarrassment, and he was confused. It seemed like they were destined to meet...
Chapter 22 Driver's License
There were three cars parked on the flat road.
One of the cars was painted with a striking mark "Test Car". At this time, Li Tao was sitting in the driver's seat with a helpless expression.
The uniformed examiner in the passenger seat was sweating profusely and kept wiping his sweat with a towel, as if he had been terribly frightened.
He looked at Li Tao, his little eyes filled with pleading that was about to burst out.
"Let's do it again. Remember the turn signals, horn, and seat belts."
The examiner's voice was filled with endless humility. You know, usually when he was driving a car, he would sit in the passenger seat without saying a word. It was all up to the machine to judge. If the driver got zero points, he would kick him out.
Who would have thought that one day he would face the examinees with such a humble face.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he was hit on the head.
"What's wrong with you! My baby has been taking the exam for the whole morning. Shouldn't he take a break?"
Liu Renna's eyes were wide open and she stomped on the passenger seat again. The examiner, who had just unbuckled his seat belt, almost fell headfirst into the glass.
"Yes, yes, Madam Liu is right. I was not thoughtful enough."
The examiner didn't dare to complain and just had a smile on his face, but he quickly fastened his seat belt without saying a word.
"If it weren't for your age, I would have punched you in the head. You spent the whole morning and didn't let my baby pass the third test. Who are you looking down on?"
The examiner smiled awkwardly and said, "Good things come to those who wait. The harder it is to pass the driving test, the safer you will be on the road in the future."
Liu Inna's eyebrows slightly curved, obviously she was very satisfied with this sentence.
"My baby has only been learning for a few days, you should remind him on time! He has climbed to such a high position in vain, but he is not much better than the idiot who fed the fish this morning."
The examiner bowed his head in regret. He hoped that Li Tao would pass quickly more than anyone else, but the test car had a monitoring system and there was nothing he could do about it.
And he didn't think Liu Renna was joking at all, because the person sitting in the passenger seat at the beginning this morning was not him, but a newcomer from the vehicle management office.
Li Tao failed the third subject twice in the morning. The newcomer actually wanted to use the rules for ordinary people and asked Li Tao to make another appointment a week later.
This naturally fits Li Tao's idea, but Liu Renna doesn't agree. This means that Li Tao has a reason to practice driving in the car every day before school starts.
After that day in the cave, Li Tao had been learning to drive with the four experienced drivers for a week.
There is only a week left before school starts, and he originally wanted to finish the driver's license test until the first day of school, or the day before.
So he used various methods to slow down the progress, but even so, he had already passed subjects one and two.
Even so, Liu Inna was still not satisfied.
Li Tao stayed in the car all day, so she couldn't harass him. When it was dark, Li Tao returned to the hotel, looking exhausted. He took a shower and fell asleep on the bed, which deprived her of the opportunity to tease her Baoer.
She bought that bikini a long time ago, but she has never worn it for him to see.
So no matter what, she asked Li Tao to pass the driving test today.
As a result, the newcomer was upright and didn't give her face. The director, who had been idle in the office for a long time, came over to be the examiner.
By the way, he also took people to the sea to salvage the young man.
With Liu Renna's identity, it would be no problem for Li Tao to have his own examination room and an examiner.
But this was the best privilege he could offer. At most, he could let Li Tao take the exam an unlimited number of times until he passed.
But asking their vehicle management office to directly issue a driver's license obviously cannot be made legally effective.
The road test for Subject 3 is also connected to the national network, and the system in the car is the essential examiner.
"I'm telling you, if Li Tao doesn't pass the driving test today, you won't be able to leave work."
Li Tao felt a little sorry for the examiner, so he said, "Aunt Liu, I'm a little hungry. Can you help me get something to eat?"
Liu Renna rolled down the window and called Tang Bo, then looked at Li Tao and asked, "Baoer, what do you want to eat?"
"I want to drink crucian carp soup."
Liu Renna waved to Tang Bo, indicating that he should go buy it immediately, as it would be troublesome to let her baby starve.
Li Tao turned his head and took her hand, saying shyly: "Aunt Liu, I just want to drink the one you made yourself. Yours tastes the best."
Tang Bo said in a nonchalant manner: "Master, I'll go to a five-star hotel and book a room for you. The taste is absolutely..."
He was interrupted by Li Tao before he could finish.
"It's absolutely not the same! Compared to what my Aunt Liu makes, the things made in a five-star hotel are nothing but shit!"
Liu Renna poked Li Tao's nose and said with a smile: "I have spoiled your little mouth. Do you have to eat what your aunt made for you?"
Li Tao lowered his head and said shyly: "I have been ordering takeout during driving practice these days, mainly because there are those teachers. Aunt Liu made it herself, and I don't want other men to eat it, so I didn't open my mouth. Today I am really greedy."
The smile on Liu Renna's face became even more intense. When did her Baoer become so smart?
She doesn't let other men eat the food she cooks. She's so domineering. She loves it so much~
Doesn't this mean that Li Tao treats her as his own private property!
Very nice!
She just wants to be Li Tao's exclusive woman~
"Baoer is different now that he's grown up. He knows how to protect his food~"
"Don't worry, not to mention Aunt Liu's cooking, Aunt Liu is only for you to eat, other men don't even think about it, no matter how greedy they are, they have to stand aside."
Liu Inna happily opened the car door and went to cook. She jumped and skipped, and her steps became much lighter.
Tang Bo gave Li Tao a thumbs up. It took some skill to be able to say such words with such a thick face.
Watching Tang Bo and Liu Renna drive away, Li Tao and the examiner breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
"Li..."
"You can just call me Xiao Li, but you can't call me that since my Aunt Liu is here."
Li Tao's apologetic look made Zhu Kun feel emotional. How could such a good child end up with an elder like Liu Inna?
"Xiao Li, I see you are a little reluctant to pass the exam."
Zhu Kun is no fool. He started out as an examiner and worked his way up over many years to a position that is neither too small nor too small.
He had long seen that Li Tao was making those mistakes on purpose, but in his estimation, even if he pointed this out.
Liu Renna wouldn't believe it either. She would just think that the examiner was shirking responsibility.
Li Tao sighed and said, "Almost. I wanted to wait until school starts before getting my driver's license."
Zhu Kun's face turned pale, "Xiao Li, don't joke with me, I will die before that time."
"Well, I just thought so at first. When Aunt Liu comes back in the afternoon, I can just drag it out until dark, and I will definitely pass this subject three."
Zhu Kun heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. He asked curiously, "Why do you want to delay this on purpose?"
Li Tao pursed his lips and said nothing.
Zhu Kun saw that he was not going to say anything, so he smiled and said, "It's okay. It's normal to have inconveniences. I won't ask any more questions."
Li Tao nodded. He really didn't want to tell outsiders about Aunt Liu.
"You want to delay getting your driver's license, but you don't have to do it here. After the third subject, there is the fourth subject. There is someone I know very well over there. I'll give you his phone number later."
"Subject 4 is to be done on the computer. When the time comes, you can discuss it with him. There should be a way to delay it for two or three days."
Li Tao thanked him gratefully, and only then did Zhu Kun remember what Li Tao had just said.
"By the way, you just said school is starting?"