The good days for the two of them came to an end when they got off the train from the provincial capital to Suifeng.
They couldn't get sleeper tickets or even seat tickets for the next train they took.
The train they boarded was probably for sending educated youth to the countryside; the carriages were full of young people from the city.
They must have been on the train for many days before, and they were all exhausted.
Almost everyone fell asleep shortly before boarding the bus, and many couldn't resist lying down in the aisle or under the seats.
Soon the entire carriage was filled with snoring.
That's not a big deal, the problem is that they don't even leave people a place to put their feet.
He Lixuan and Shiyue sat close together, pressed against the edge of their seats.
After standing like that for almost two hours, Shiyue really couldn't stand it anymore.
He Lixuan tugged at her and said, "Let's go."
The two squeezed through the crowd and walked to the connection between the two carriages.
This place was actually full of people.
But He Lixuan walked up to two rather burly-looking men, whispered something to them, and secretly slipped them some things. The two men then stood up with chuckles.
One of the men pointed to where he had been sitting and said to Shiyue, "I won't take that newspaper. You can sit there; it's still warm."
After saying that, he grabbed his companion and, laughing, squeezed into the carriage.
He Lixuan naturally wouldn't let Shiyue sit on a newspaper that someone else had sat on.
He placed the bundle containing the quilt on the newspaper, then took off his military overcoat and handed it to Shiyue, saying, "You sit down here, I'll stand outside to shield you from the wind."
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