As the Dodge pickup truck left, the two women from Extraordinary Journeys started shouting.
Huo Yu: "What kind of plane are we planning? There's no discussion at all!"
Su Tina looked at Song Wenbin and said quietly: "I've been waiting for you for three days. It turns out you can speak English yourself."
Song Wenbin didn't bother to care about Su Tina's inexplicable resentment. He looked directly at Hua Jianchen and said dissatisfied: "Can you please stop interrupting when I am talking."
"I just..." Hua Jianchen wanted to argue.
Boom! !
Song Wenbin picked up a stone without warning and threw it at the bus in the distance. The stone fell on the side of the bus, causing an uneasy exclamation.
The flower girl carrying a basket and several teenagers jumped out from behind the bus and ran hurriedly into the distance.
Huo Yu immediately grumbled from the side: "You can smash the car if you don't let me hit people?"
Hua Jianchen reacted faster. He looked closely at the girl who sold him flowers before and asked in confusion: "Why is she still nearby..."
"Can you please stop being so naive? Do you think they are just here to ask for an extra five hundred dollars?"
Song Wenbin said calmly: "As long as you agree to come to them this time and follow them on their journey, they will continue to ask you for money in various ways, and the amount will get bigger each time."
"Say it as if you've seen it before."
Sutina said disapprovingly. What Song Wenbin said had not occurred in her past travels, which led to her disapproval of his words.
Song Wenbin was too lazy to explain this kind of thing to Su Tina. He had witnessed extreme school violence when he was in junior high school. And what often begins with horrific violence is just a slap on the head without resistance.
"The reason why principles are principles is because they are unwavering." Song Wenbin took a deep breath and said seriously.
"Pfft." Huo Yu sneered disdainfully after hearing this. Obviously, there was something else in his laughter.
Sutina's face didn't look good.
Hua Jianchen didn't know about the acrimony between these people, and said confusedly: "Then... if you don't follow the snakehead, how are you going to get through, Teacher Yan?"
"Take a car there, walk there, ride a bike there."
Song Wenbin said calmly: "We can go there no matter what, why do we have to pay and let others take us there? Is the money enough?"
"But our theme is smuggling."
Hua Jianchen whispered: "Smugglers do not have visas. It is like traveling. If there is no one to take them, we will not be able to pass those checkpoints."
"Do you really think you are a stowaway? Please, even if you can stowaway, can the people from the program team follow you to stowaway? They can hide in the city with cameras, but if they really go to the rainforest, what can they hide? He will be found hanging up and beaten in a minute!"
Song Wenbin's words silenced the others. Indeed, if they were smuggled in, the identity of the film crew would become a big issue. No one wants the content of the smuggling to be directly filmed, and the planning team did not seem to have planned these things at the beginning.
Song Wenbin added: "Since we can easily come to Colombia from Ecuador, it means that the management here is not as strict as imagined. My suggestion is to go all the way north first, and take it step by step. Anyway, as long as you can get to the border in the end, you can What do you think?"
Hua Jianchen looked at the two girls and saw that they were both silent. He immediately raised his hand and said, "Then just do what Teacher Yan said. Where to go first? Is it Panama? Is it also visa-free for Chinese people there? ?”
"It seems... yes? It seems not. I don't know. Don't ask me." Huo Yu muttered.
"It's visa-free. Let's go to Panama first." Sutina said gloomily.
Seeing that everyone agreed with his plan, Song Wenbin felt a little more comfortable: "That's very simple. Let's find a bus tomorrow."
…
That night, the four of them found a small, inexpensive hotel and stayed there. In order to save money, Song Wenbin and Hua Jianchen stayed together for one night. After the camera stopped working, Hua Jianchen kept chatting with Song Wenbin casually, asking him some interesting things. But Teacher Yan was not satisfied with Hua Jianchen's previous interruption of his negotiation process, so he only exchanged a few polite words with him, and then began to pretend to sleep.
Early the next morning, the four people left the hotel with their bags on their backs. After some questioning, they got on the bus again and headed towards Panama amid the heat wave and palm trees.
Song Wenbin had nothing to do in the car, so he started to look through his backpack. There were some junior high school English textbooks he had brought out. Seeing Song Wenbin like this, Hua Jianchen on the side couldn't help but curiously asked: "Teacher Yan, are you working so hard now? I remember it was Teacher Su who helped you translate before."
"Yes." Song Wenbin replied.
"Why not continue to let her translate, or let others translate. Although my English is not very good, I can handle these conversations during the trip."
"Then what do you think I should do?" Song Wenbin asked.
"You just need to concentrate on the whole job." Hua Jianchen said, "Professional people do professional things, right?"
Song Wenbin was stunned, handed him the backpack, and said: "Look at the bag for me, I can recite the words."
Hua Jianchen didn't get the answer and wasn't annoyed. He took the backpack kindly and put it at his feet.
Song Wenbin leaned on the car chair and memorized the words silently, eyes closed. But Su Tina, who was sitting in the corridor next door, was a little restless. Her eyes drifted in the direction of Song Wenbin from time to time, and the corners of her mouth kept twitching as she watched him mutter something.
The journey from Colombia to Panama is not very short, and the journey in between is also very boring. People keep getting on and off the bus. In addition, this old-fashioned bus has no air conditioning and the road conditions are poor. Song Wenbin was shaken while sitting in the bus. After a while, his consciousness gradually became blurred. He tilted his head and fell asleep while carrying it on his back.
Huo Yu on the other side also dozed off in a daze, nodding his head.
Sutina, who had been restless, finally couldn't bear it anymore. She pushed Hua Jianchen quietly. Hua Jianchen was startled and looked at her.
Sutina made a gesture and pointed at Song Wenbin's backpack.
Hua Jianchen was stunned for a while and looked at the director Baoli behind him who was holding a small camera to install the passengers. Then he pointed at Song Wenbin's backpack and spread his hands.
Sutina didn't care whether these were there or not. She turned directly to her side, lifted up Song Wenbin's backpack, pulled it to her, and then rummaged around inside. Soon, she found an English dictionary inside. , and an English notebook full of notes.
She couldn't help but open the notebook, and saw that it was densely packed with English words. At first they were very simple sentences, but as she went back and forth, the words began to become more and more complex, and more and more complex. Something like that. Looking at those notes, she bit her lip. They were obviously evidence of learning, but they were particularly dazzling in her eyes.
At this time, she turned to one of the interlayer pages of the notebook. In the interlayer was a crumpled piece of paper with simple words written repeatedly on it.
I like short hair
She widened her eyes and looked at the back of the paper. It actually said, I don't like long hair.
Sutina felt as if she was petrified for a moment.
At this time, the bus passed a pothole and bumped a bit. Huo Yu, who was dozing next to him, suddenly stood up and opened his eyes dimly. Sutina was so excited that she immediately put the pages back into the notebook.
Huo Yu saw Su Tina holding a notebook, rubbed his eyes drowsily, and asked, "What are you doing?"
Sutina wiped the corners of her eyes and whispered coldly: "Check Teacher Yan's learning progress."
Huo Yu suddenly became more energetic and stretched his head to look at Sutina's backpack. However, Sutina stuffed the notebook into the bag at the speed of light, and then kicked the bag back to Hua Jianchen next to her.
"He really learned English..." Huo Yu muttered quietly.
"snort."
Sutina snorted coldly.
"Did you teach him? See how fast he has improved?" Huo Yu asked quietly from the side.
Creak.
The girl made a tooth-grinding sound from the corner of her mouth.
"You think I'm that compassionate?" she whispered viciously.
"It's also...teaching the disciples to starve the master to death..."
Huo Yu glanced at Song Wenbin, who was sleeping on the right side by the window, and said casually: "If this continues, no one will be able to do the translation job..."
Sutina couldn't bear it anymore. She turned her head sharply and stared at Huo Yu.
When Huo Yu saw her sulky face, her hands clenched into fists, and her eyes still a little red, he couldn't help but be startled, and whispered warily: "Why are you staring at me like this?"
"Old…….six…………."
Sutina squeezed out two words through her teeth.
Huo Yu was a little confused. Although they had quarreled at the beginning, it was a long time ago. To be honest, she wasn't angry anymore after working as an English teacher for a short day. It was just hard for her to understand when Sutina was so angry.
Just when she was about to ask Su Tina what she wanted, Hua Jianchen on the side suddenly said nervously: "Hey, Teacher Su, Teacher Huo, look, there are several police cars coming from behind."
Huo Yu followed his finger and saw several black and white police SUVs approaching in the rearview mirror. Approaching the bus quickly.
Sutina also obviously sensed that the atmosphere was a little bad. She put away her angry expression briefly and looked at the police car approaching quickly from behind.
Creak.
With the sound of tires scraping against the sand, the dusty bus was stopped by the roadside by a police car.
The Central American aunts and uncles in the car looked at each other in confusion. No one knew what happened. Song Wenbin was still sitting in his seat, sound asleep.
Bang bang bang!
Several policemen wearing sunglasses got out of the car and knocked on the bus door unceremoniously.
The driver opened the door.
Haha haha.
Two slender police dogs were led out of the car by another black police officer, and started sniffing around. An officer began checking the driver's license.
The passengers stood up one after another, looking nervous.
…
Song Wenbin was sleeping soundly when he suddenly felt someone shaking his body, so he woke up reluctantly and was about to ask Master Huajian Chenxing next to him, but the next second he saw a standing man. Next to him was a big white man wearing sunglasses, wearing a police uniform, earplugs, and holding a submachine gun. He said a few words to him and Hua Jianchen.
Song Wenbin was frightened by the gun and the opponent's posture. Before he heard clearly, Hua Jianchen quickly stood up and bent down next to his ear and said: "Teacher Yan, they are here to search. Please stand up."
search?
Song Wenbin didn't understand.
Hua Jianchen added: "These people seem to be searching to see if anyone is carrying drugs..."
When Song Wenbin heard what he said, he suddenly realized that Colombia is the largest producer of cocaine in the world. Such searches are probably a local specialty and must be tried.
So he didn't dare to neglect, stood up quickly and raised his hand.
The policemen were not idle either. They pulled Song Wenbin and searched him politely. Song Wenbin could see the thick body hair on the strong man's body and the English letters on his body.
DEA…
Seeing the letters, Song Wenbin was slightly shocked. He thought he was encountering a routine search at the border station, but what he didn't expect was DEA police. You know, these people are much more powerful than the local police. After all, they are well-equipped Americans.
After a search, nothing was found. The DEA waved to Song Wenbin and said, "Get the things, get out of the car and wait."
Song Wenbin didn't dare to say anything, so he quickly took his things and got off the bus. There was already a row of Latin Americans standing under the bus. They were holding big bags and looking at the car with numb and dull expressions. The inspections carried out seemed to be used to this kind of thing.
Not long after, Sutina, Huo Yu and Hua Jianchen were also kicked out of the car. They gathered at the cactus beside the road and whispered.
"Are you looking for a drug dealer?" Hua Jianchen asked in a low voice.
"It seems so." Sutina replied.
"Isn't the DEA from the United States...?" Huo Yu frowned: "Why is it here?"
"They followed the source of drugs in the United States. This must not be a small case, otherwise so many people would not be mobilized..." Song Wenbin touched his chin and looked at the police cars thoughtfully.
"Ah?" Sutina made a confused voice: "How do you know such a thing?"
"Learned it." Song Wenbin said.
Indeed, during this period of time, he did nothing else but just study this stuff.
Su Tina was shocked to see Song Wenbin suddenly become so eager to learn. Huo Yu shook her head and crossed her arms. To be honest, Song Wenbin's behavior made her feel a little strange and alienated.
A few people were chatting, and suddenly the police dog that had been sniffing everywhere started barking. It dragged the police officer to the tires of the bus and barked at the tires.
Woof woof woof! !
Without warning, among the crowd waiting outside, the truck driver turned around and ran lifelessly into the desert. Before Song Wenbin could react, screams and continuous gunshots came from the car.
boom!
boom!
boom!
Several bullet holes appeared in the glass of the window instantly.
The police inside and outside the car seemed to have pressed some kind of start switch at this moment. They all pulled out their guns, pointed them at the people standing there, and roared: "Get down!! Hold your head with your hands. !!”
Song Wenbin has never seen such a posture before. He has been to so many countries and has never experienced such a sudden change. I was stunned for a while.
Huo Yu reacted quickly and kicked Song Wenbin and Su Tina directly in the calves, pressed their heads, and crawled on the sand with their shoulders.
As soon as he lay down, a DEA standing next to the car opened fire.
