"If you don't pay, then I'll have to do what I said before," the train attendant threatened, hoping to resolve the matter quickly.

Hu Xianghui was afraid that his workplace would find out about this, so he reluctantly paid the money.

Yan Hong felt much better after receiving the money, and said to the train conductor with a fawning expression,

"When will the train depart? When will we be able to refill our water supply?"

The train conductor wanted to know too, but he couldn't say it.

"The situation is still being resolved. Please bear with us for now. We can't keep everyone trapped here. Just be patient!"

After saying that, he turned and left, thinking to himself that he was constantly running into bad luck.

Lu Zhixia watched the commotion, then, feeling hungry, opened her lunchbox to eat. She discovered it was fried rice with lard, topped with greens and a golden-brown egg pancake.

"This food looks delicious."

"It's a bit cold now, but it was warm when I bought it."

"Let's hurry up and eat. I'm so hungry after taking a nap." Lu Zhixia picked up her chopsticks and started eating.

Watching them eat, Hu Xianghui thought, "If water can't solve the problem, can't we at least eat?" So he jumped down from the upper bunk, snorted at the woman, and then put on his shoes.

"I'm going to the dining car to eat and drink soup!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Hong remembered that the car offered this service. She grabbed her bag, glanced at them before leaving, and felt indignant.

On what grounds?

They're so lucky, while I'm incredibly unlucky!

With the two eyesores gone, Lu Zhixia ate her meal with even greater relish.

After finishing his meal, Gu Lingxiao returned to his berth and lay down. He had given them face before because he thought they could stay in the same carriage and look after each other, but now he wouldn't give them any face at all.

The closer Hu Xianghui got to the dining car, the more uncertain he felt. He was only one car away from his destination when he realized there was a long queue in front of him.

There was a long queue, and it looked like there were seventy or eighty people.

Looking back, besides that annoying woman, there were another thirty or forty people in line, so now they were in a dilemma and could only continue to wait in line.

——

After finishing her meal, Lu Zhixia picked up a newspaper and started reading. She found the novels in it to be quite good and interesting.

Gu Lingxiao was also reading a newspaper, but it was a news newspaper.

Lu Zhixia then remembered meeting the old lady at the train station, so she put down her newspaper, put on her shoes,

"I'll go to another carriage to check on the old lady and bring her some fruit."

"Okay, go ahead!" Gu Lingxiao said, "But be careful, and if anything seems wrong, come back and call me."

"Okay!" Lu Zhixia picked up the bag and walked out of the carriage.

After turning left and walking through one carriage, I arrived at the old lady's carriage. When I got there, I found that it was a very happy place, with a group of people sitting together eating sunflower seeds.

They were chatting and laughing, and the old lady was sitting right in the middle.

“It’s so lively here!” Lu Zhixia said.

When the elderly woman saw the girl who had helped her at the station arrive, she immediately and warmly moved aside.

"Come and sit down, we're having a chat!"

Lu Zhixia didn't stand on ceremony and went over to sit down, casually placing her bag on the table.

"Auntie! These are grapes I brought for you."

"You're so kind as to come all this way, and even brought me food. I'm not worried about food sitting here in this carriage." The old woman smiled as she looked at the group of young people in front of her. "I'm so happy chatting with you all. I feel like I've instantly become 20 years younger."

Lu Zhixia looked around and found that everyone there was a woman. No wonder they were having such a good time chatting. She quickly joined in and chatted with everyone while eating sunflower seeds.

Later, I learned that these people were all from the same place; they worked for a newspaper and had just returned from a business trip.

They were all in their early twenties, some with children already several years old. They were all talking about things that made them happy, so they chatted for more than an hour without realizing it.

until.

Gu Lingxiao appeared at the door, and she realized she had forgotten the time, so she quickly stood up.

"I'm going back now!"

"Let's chat a little longer!" one of them said reluctantly. "We're all quite interested in doing business, and what you're saying is really interesting!"

Another person nearby chimed in, "It's only 10 o'clock, let's chat a little longer."

Lu Zhixia said, "Let's stop chatting, it's so late, everyone should go to sleep!"

The old woman smiled and said to them, "Didn't you see that she's already found her boyfriend? You'd better be sensible!"

Only then did they notice the man standing at the door. He was tall and handsome, and seemed very well-matched with Lu Zhixia.

Lu Zhixia returned to the carriage, quickly opened her cup and took a big gulp of water, before she began to chatter on and on.

"I didn't know we'd chat for so long. They're all so interesting. They were classmates in school, then worked together, and some even live in the same building. They can even taste each other's dishes when they cook."

Gu Lingxiao saw her smiling happily, "And then you forgot about me—"

Lu Zhixia found it rather amusing to see the man jealous.

"Okay, I was wrong, I won't do it again next time."

"There will be a next time?"

"No, no, absolutely not!"

"That's more like it. Hurry up and lie down to rest and sleep!" Gu Lingxiao's resentment had long since disappeared after the woman coaxed him.

Lu Zhixia was not sleepy at all. She looked up and saw that the upper bunk was empty.

"Were they gone for that long too?"

"He hasn't come back yet." Gu Lingxiao yawned. "Probably because there are too many people in line."

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