As the boy stayed on Hua Jingmin's side longer and longer, the middle-aged couple sitting by the window seemed a little uneasy.
Their uneasy gazes always lingered in the direction of Hua Jingmin and the boy, and finally, they couldn't help it.
The middle-aged woman forced a smile and said, "Xiaobao! Uncle asked you to sit down for a while, but you can't be so ignorant and sit there all the time! Uncle also needs to sleep, so come back to grandma and sit in her seat."
Hua Jingmin immediately said, "It's okay. The child is still young and can easily fit in the same bed with me. The child has had a hard time on the journey, so let him have a good rest."
His eyes suddenly became sharp, staring at the two people so that they dared not to make any rash moves.
The middle-aged man was obviously very anxious. He looked at the boy for a while, then moved his buttocks from time to time. He couldn't sit still as if he was pricked by needles and always wanted to take some action.
Hua Jingmin seemed to have seen nothing. He calmly took out the snacks he had brought with him from his bag and smiled gently.
"Eat something first, it's okay."
The boy timidly glanced at the gloomy couple, then picked up the food and stuffed it into his mouth to chew without any taste. The sour, sweet, salty and spicy tastes seemed to be separated by a layer of membrane, unable to penetrate his taste buds through his uneasy emotions.
The sound of the train whistle came faintly through the window, and the train body swayed regularly as the wheels moved on the rails.
The boy's mood gradually calmed down and he didn't say much. He turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window, and occasionally he could catch a glimpse of the couple's deep eyes reflected in the window.
Hua Jingmin looked at the garbage piled up on the plate, frowned, and complained: "Why hasn't the conductor come yet? The garbage is full."
At this time, the middle-aged woman hurriedly reminded with a smile: "Comrade, you can dump the garbage at the connection point of the carriages."
Hua Jingmin glanced at her, seemingly unsatisfied, and glanced at the garbage on the table, still without touching it.
Zhou Baozhen put the child into Hua Jingmin's hands and said, "I'm going to pour it and go to the toilet at the same time."
As she spoke, she stretched her neck and looked around, and saw people queuing at the toilet door: "Hey, the toilet is full, then I'll go to another car to check."
Hua Jingmin's dissatisfied expression seemed to ease a little at this time, and he smiled gently at Zhou Baozhen: "Go quickly, I'll wait for you to come back."
The couple looked at Zhou Baozhen's departing back, a trace of unnaturalness flashed across their faces. The man even wanted to follow her, but when he saw Hua Jingmin's dark eyes staring at him, he had to give up the action.
After waiting for a long time, Zhou Baozhen finally came over with a flight attendant. When the couple saw the flight attendant coming, their faces changed.
But at this time the train was still some distance away from the next station, and they did not dare to reveal their identity, so the woman stood up first.
She looked calm and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."
The man cursed in response: "Lazy bitch, you have a lot of shit and piss."
Hua Jingmin watched Zhou Baozhen walking towards him and sat there without moving.
When the flight attendant came over, he glanced at the seat next to him with a stern look. Before he could speak, the man smiled honestly and explained:
"She's gone to the restroom. Comrade flight attendant, what can I do for you?"
The attendant turned to look at Zhou Baozhen and said, "We've received a report that a child is missing, and we suspect the kidnapper is on this train. Please cooperate with our investigation."
The man's eyes flashed, but his face remained honest. "Oh, who is so careless that they even lost their child?"
He smiled again as he said this: "Alas, fortunately my grandson is still here, so we should be careful as a couple."
The boy suddenly shouted: "Uncle, I am not their grandson, I was kidnapped!"
The man was not at all flustered. His sinister eyes swept over the child without leaving any trace, and then he smiled innocently at the flight attendant:
"Our child is ignorant and we are a bit strict with him, so he often cries and says we are not his real grandparents. But we can't do anything about his own child, so we can only continue to discipline him strictly."
At this time, the woman seemed to have returned from the toilet and happened to hear this, so she continued, "Oh, that's right! You don't know how naughty this guy is!
He didn't even think about it. If he was really a kidnapper, how could he still follow me with a clear mind? It must be that his grandparents allowed him to do something stupid! "
The flight attendant frowned slightly, appearing a bit skeptical. "Whether it's true or not, we need to investigate first. We won't wrongly accuse an innocent person, nor will we let a bad guy go!"
The man stood up and chuckled, "Then we'll definitely have to assign a flight attendant to investigate. That's as it should be."
As he spoke, he glanced at the woman, who gave him a look of understanding.
Seeing their cooperation, the flight attendant didn't make things difficult for them and softened his attitude somewhat: "Then follow me."
He turned around and was about to take the couple away, but the couple turned around at the same time and ran to the next car.
Hua Jingmin suddenly jumped up, kicked the man down, and then chased after the woman.
Not long after, he came back with the woman.
His eyes were calm. "Flight attendant, there's something fishy about these two. You must investigate them thoroughly. It would be best if you could call the police."
After saying that, he held the woman down with one hand and took out the note from his pocket with the other hand and gave it back to the boy.
"Little boy, where are your parents? Can you ask the flight attendant to take you to find them?"
When the boy secretly slipped him a note, he realized something was wrong.
But the space on the train was narrow, and he had a baby who was only a few months old with him, so he couldn't move freely, and it would be easy for the couple to find an opportunity to harm his family.
The couple was staring at him, and he couldn't go find the flight attendant alone. No flight attendant passed by for a long time. Fortunately, Zhou Baozhen noticed that something was wrong.
She went to call the flight attendant, who then subdued the unruly couple.
The little boy was silent for a moment and then said, "My aunt deliberately sold me to these two human traffickers."
Zhou Baozhen asked: "What about your parents?"
The boy looked sad, his eyes red: "My parents just passed away."
"Can you take me to see my grandfather? I want to tell him about this!"
Hua Jingmin and Zhou Baozhen looked at each other and were both in a dilemma.
They have a child with them, so they need to get home early to settle down. Adults are not afraid of trouble, but children are afraid of setbacks.
The flight attendant said, "Son, can I take you to see your grandfather? This uncle has something else to do."
The boy was very stubborn: "No, I want this uncle!"
The flight attendant was somewhat helpless: "Even if you don't want to come with us, you still have to cooperate with the investigation. In the end, you still have to come with me."
Seeing that the boy was obviously unwilling to cooperate, Zhou Baozhen said, "Then can I go with you? This uncle and I are going together."
After hesitating for a moment, the boy nodded.
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