Chapter 96: They are actually one family?
The carriage that survived the disaster was filled with a faint smell of gunpowder, the smell of tea splashed with boiling water, and the strong smell of sweat and blood.
The passengers were in shock, and the sounds of sobs, whispers and painful groans were mixed together.
The train police and conductors were nervously trying to calm everyone down, and were handcuffing the subdued criminals one by one and taking them away.
After Shen Yuchuan confirmed that the scene was safe, he immediately strode towards Shen Lingning.
There was still dust and a little blood on his forehead from the fight, and his breathing was a little rapid, but his eyes were clear and sharp, with an excitement and inquiry that was hard to conceal.
He stood in front of Shen Lingning, looking at her pale but unusually calm face, and the little girl in her arms who was looking at him curiously with her big black eyes.
He looked at Shen Lingning who was a little excited, then calmed down and smiled.
Shen Lingning stood up and asked in surprise, "Excuse me, who are you?"
Shen Yuchuan's voice was slightly hoarse from his outburst just now: "I'm Shen Yuchuan. You saved me twice a few months ago. Don't you remember me?"
Shen Lingning then remembered that there was such a person who wrote a note saying that he didn't want to implicate her when he was saved by her for the first time and left.
The second time I saved her was also on the train, but this person didn't look like the one in front of me...
She then asked hesitantly, "It's only been over half a year, why do you feel like a different person?"
The man in front of me had dark and rough skin, a strong and upright body, eyes as sharp as an eagle, and his old work clothes that were washed white could not hide his tempered bravery. He was completely different from the gentle scholar in my memory.
Shen Yuchuan pursed his lips and smiled: "It is true that there are some opportunities, but I also want to thank Comrade Xiao Shen. Without Comrade Xiao Shen, I would probably still be being hunted..."
But seeing that he didn't want to say more, she changed the subject: "Just now... Thank you so much! If it weren't for your timely creation of chaos and... your prompts, we wouldn't have been able to resolve this issue so smoothly today. The consequences would be disastrous!"
His gratitude came from the bottom of his heart.
If it weren't for the scream that attracted attention, if it weren't for the subtle gesture pointing to the tea bucket, their original plan of attack would have been much more dangerous, and the casualties would have been unpredictable.
Just as Shen Lingning was about to say something humble, Fubao in his arms seemed to understand the compliment. He raised his little face, looked at Shen Yuchuan, and muttered clearly: "Uncle...beat the bad guys..."
The babyish words seemed particularly abrupt and full of childish innocence in this environment.
Shen Yuchuan was stunned. The child's sudden call of "Uncle" made his heart soften inexplicably, and then he burst into laughter.
Shen Lingning also chuckled a little embarrassedly. Calling him uncle was a bit presumptuous.
The smile on Shen Yuchuan's face deepened, and with the feeling of meeting an old friend in a foreign land, he nodded affirmatively, "Comrade Shen. My family is the Shen family in Beijing, and I'm the third child. Sister Lingning, a few months ago at the southern Shanxi border, you saved me once; last time you found me in danger on the train, and today on the train, you cleverly helped me, which is equivalent to saving me once again.
I cannot thank you enough for your kindness! I am happy to acknowledge this little niece as my 'uncle'."
Shen Lingning was a little surprised this time and tried to confirm: "Shen family in Beijing? Does Shen Zhizhi know if it is you?..."
Shen Yuchuan looked at Shen Lingning in even greater surprise: "It's my father! You..."
Shen Lingning burst into tears all of a sudden, and said with a choked smile: "My grandfather is Shen Songxian, I am his granddaughter, and my mother is Shen Qiaonian..."
The huge surprise and the painful blood relationship instantly overwhelmed the two of them!
Shen Yuchuan, a tough guy, had his eyes red instantly. He nodded heavily, his throat seemed to be blocked by something.
After a long while, he said hoarsely, "Yes... yes! I was wondering why you looked familiar. There was a shadow of Aunt Qiao Nian in your eyebrows and eyes... I didn't expect... I didn't expect to actually meet you here!"
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly changed from being grateful for surviving the disaster to being extremely sad and warm.
The hustle and bustle around them seemed to fade away, leaving only the cousins who had unexpectedly reunited.
Shen Yuchuan tried hard to calm his excitement and explained in a low voice: "Beijing and Shanghai were originally one family, brothers from our great-grandfathers' generation. It was only after the founding of the People's Republic of China that the two families reconnected. Grandpa often talked about his relatives in Shanghai... I didn't expect that later..."
He paused, and it was not convenient to say the rest of the words. They both knew it, so there was no need to say more.
Shen Lingning nodded with tears in her eyes.
Shen Yuchuan looked at her plain appearance, and recalled the incident he had heard about. His tone was heavy with sorrow and a hint of guilt: "When I heard that something had happened, my father immediately sent someone to pick you up...
I originally thought I would use my connections to find out your whereabouts after settling down, but ended up offending someone and was in danger myself, so the clues were completely cut off... Over the years, my family has been worried about you, thinking that you..."
He didn't finish his words, but Shen Lingning truly felt the regret and concern for not being able to lend a helping hand in time.
She wiped the tears from her face and tried to put on a smile, but that smile was filled with tears.
But her expression was unusually bright: "Don't talk about this, Third Brother. You see, fate has not given up on us. In some mysterious way, every time in the most dangerous moment, we saved each other and recognized each other again."
She thought of the accidental rescue at the southern Shanxi border, the thrilling and tacit cooperation on the train just now, and an indescribable sense of fate came over her.
Shen Yuchuan was also infected by her words and nodded heavily. He looked at her and Fubao in her arms, his eyes full of cherishment and a brotherly sense of responsibility.
"Yes, God has left a root for our Shen family after all. With Third Brother here, I will never let you and your children suffer any more!"
"Uncle...Okay..."
Fubao seemed to sense the excitement between his mother and this new uncle, so he stretched out his little hand and gently touched Shen Yuchuan’s fingers, which were still stained with dust and blood.
Shen Yuchuan's heart was instantly melted by this little guy. He carefully touched Fubao's little hand with his fingertips, and his voice was more gentle than ever before: "Hey, uncle is here."
Shen Yuchuan turned sideways and introduced the two companions who had followed him: "These are my two comrades, Ma Xuejun and Chen Lei."
The two comrades immediately straightened their backs. Although they were in casual clothes, they still subconsciously revealed their military demeanor and gave Shen Lingning a standard military salute.
His expression was serious and grateful. "Comrade! Thank you so much! Thanks to your quick reaction just now, you created an opportunity and disrupted the bandits' rhythm. Otherwise, this situation today would have ended badly, and casualties would have been unavoidable."
As he was speaking, the train conductor and the chief train attendant came over, their faces still grave. The chief train attendant added with lingering fear, "This is more than just a bad ending!
Just after the inspection, the front and rear doors of this carriage were blocked by these damn bandits with iron bars from the outside! They planned to rob the entire carriage!
Ten minutes later, once they had everyone under control, the consequences... would have been unimaginable!"
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