Chapter 31 Damn it... fate!

Su Meng: "Okay!"

Mo Xiaoli gratefully clasped her hands together, "Su Meng, seeing you, I knew I was saved."

Hehe! I ran all the way off the boat just to get here to you.

Su Meng: "...Thank you!"

That night, Su Meng, Mo Xiaoli, and Su Xiaoman stayed at a guesthouse next to the police station.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, there was a knock on the door.

"Su Meng, my cousin has come to pick me up." Mo Xiaoli stood outside the door with a smile, already dressed in neat clothes.

She handed me a roll of banknotes. "Here, take this back. My cousin bought me new clothes, thank you!"

Su Meng stuffed the extra money back, saying, "That's too much! Well... until we meet again!"

Just as she finished speaking, a man in military uniform walked up from the corner of the stairs.

"This is my cousin, Nie Ronghua. He serves in the Southeast Military Region." Mo Xiaoli smiled and leaned closer. "Su Meng, what do you think of my cousin?"

Su Meng: "......"

Isn't he the soldier in the white vest on the ship?

His name is... Nie Ronghua?

Could it be her childhood betrothal?

I didn't see him when I disembarked yesterday, but I didn't expect to run into him again now.

Damn it... fate!

When Nie Ronghua saw Su Meng, his expression stiffened and he looked awkward. His fingers, which were hanging by his sides, twitched a few times. He parted his thin lips slightly and said, "I'm sorry!"

Su Meng was completely confused.

Before I could even react, I heard him say, "Thank you!"

Su Meng was even more puzzled.

But Nie Ronghua had already looked away. He said to Mo Xiaoli, "I've arranged for someone to take you back. They're downstairs."

Mo Xiaoli immediately withdrew her gossipy gaze, and after catching a glimpse of the blood dripping from Nie Ronghua's hand, she exclaimed, "You're bleeding!"

As she spoke, she grabbed the person's sleeve and hurriedly left, saying, "Su Meng, see you another day!"

Nie Ronghua had originally run away from the hospital; his brothers were waiting downstairs for him to go on the mission together.

Time was short, and he couldn't explain much. He turned around firmly and looked back apologetically.

But Su Meng had already gone back to her room.

He asked helplessly, "Do you know Su Meng?"

Mo Xiaoli raised her chin: "Of course! Everyone knows she's the daughter of the richest man in China."

As Su Meng closed the door, she overheard the siblings' conversation and found it inexplicably amusing.

Her encounter with Mo Xiaoli, two strangers, was dramatic, stemming from Zhong Wanrou and Wang Guangming's affair.

However, she and Nie Ronghua were betrothed as children, yet they did not recognize each other when they met.

Haha! That's fate!

After parting ways with Su Xiaoman and her son, she boarded a train heading south, staring blankly at the receding platform. Only when she heard the familiar clanging sound did her heart finally settle down.

I can finally head south with peace of mind!

This is a sense of security that passenger ships cannot provide.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the train has stopped at another station.

The person sitting next to me got off the bus.

Su Meng stood up and stretched her arms and legs, curiously observing the various passengers getting on and off the train.

Suddenly, I saw a familiar figure walking past the connecting area between the carriages.

She stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the departing figure.

Was it him?

Could it be him?

Su Meng grabbed her handbag and chased after him.

With a whistle, the train slowly began to move.

Su Meng carefully avoided pedestrians and trolleys selling goods, passing through the crowded aisle, chasing after the figure ten meters away.

The train suddenly accelerated, and everyone lost their balance, swaying and frantically trying to regain their footing.

In just that short time, Shen Wuyang disappeared without a trace.

She was so angry she was practically fuming, her heart was pounding, and she ran to the front of the carriage, carefully searching each seat.

But there was no trace of him.

If you keep looking, you'll find the sleeper carriages.

At the connection point leading to the sleeper carriages, there is a train attendant holding ticket tongs and standing in front of the end door.

"Comrade, may I pass through, or can I buy a sleeper ticket?"

Su Meng wasn't sure if Shen Wuyang had entered the sleeper car, nor was she very clear about the management system of domestic railway operations, so she had no choice but to ask directly.

The train conductor said sternly, "Please show your identification and letter of introduction."

Su Mengyi took out the street certificate as instructed.

"I'm sorry, comrade, you do not meet the eligibility requirements for boarding."

Su Meng: "......"

She turned away with a regretful expression, but inwardly she was delighted.

Shen Wuyang definitely couldn't get into the sleeper car; he must be hiding in this one.

Su Meng began another thorough search.

What she couldn't understand was how Shen Wuyang, a murder suspect with charges of stealing public property and accepting bribes, could still go out at will.

Who helped him obtain the letter of introduction?

Who paid for his expenses?

Who's behind him?

What exactly is his identity?

A series of question marks flashed through Su Meng's mind, and her two beautiful eyebrows almost twisted into a pretzel.

"Little girl, why aren't you watching where you're going? You stepped on someone's hand."

"Hey! I'm talking to you. How can you be so rude? Don't you know how to apologize for stepping on someone?"

Su Meng continued her search relentlessly, completely unaware that the person she was referring to was her.

There was no other reason than that everyone in the carriage was sitting properly in their seats, and there was no one in the aisle.

Saying your hand was stepped on is a joke!

"Hey! What's wrong with you? Are you deaf?"

A kind person nearby reminded her, "Little girl, someone is calling you from behind."

"What's up?"

Su Meng turned around blankly and subconsciously stepped aside to avoid the young man who came from the sleeper car, his hands in his pockets and an unlit cigarette in his mouth.

She stepped aside to avoid him, but the young man swaggered over.

They inevitably collided in the narrow passageway.

Su Meng was knocked so hard she almost fell on top of someone else.

"Oh dear! You..."

Su Meng retorted with dissatisfaction, but when she looked up, she met a pair of dangerous eyes, and the words she was about to say stopped abruptly.

Then, she recalled the moment of the collision, the outline of the hard object around the man's waist, and her heart sank.

What kind of world is this?

Why is there danger everywhere?

Never mind! It was just a bump.

"Little girl, you stepped on my daughter's hand. You'd better pay for it."

She had barely steadied herself when someone grabbed her by the back of her collar, speaking in a harsh tone.

Su Meng laughed in exasperation. What kind of mess is this?

Is she cursed with bad luck?

If you step on someone, you should apologize or compensate them.

But Su Meng disliked being threatened by being grabbed by the collar. "Are you sure you want to pay? Why don't we go find the train conductor and settle this?"

Just then, she saw the little girl who had crawled out from under the seat, holding her fingers and looking at her with teary eyes.

"Let's settle this! I'm not afraid of anything going wrong." The man was very assertive as he met Su Meng's gaze.

Su Meng looked at him calmly, "Your child is over 1.2 meters tall, so you need to buy a ticket."

But you evaded paying the fare and hid her under the seat, which is your first crime;

The second crime is that you used your power to bully and threaten people, and to harass women;

The third crime was harassing female comrades. "What do you want to do by grabbing my clothes?"

Just grabbing any one of them will be enough to make you suffer.

Before Su Meng could finish speaking, the man took several steps back, a fleeting hint of admiration in his eyes, but coldly said, "Fine, you're ruthless!"

Su Meng smiled calmly and beckoned to the little girl, "Come here, let me take a look."

The little girl hid far behind her father, timidly extending her injured hand.

Su Meng handed over two yuan, saying, "I'm sorry! It was my fault, I apologize."

The man grinned as he took the money, then suddenly pulled Su Meng close...