This business trip was quite far, lasting about three days and three nights on the train. I packed a few extra layers of clothing, a raincoat, and an umbrella. I also packed some cooling oil and motion sickness medicine, some snacks, and picked out two books.
I had to bring these things with me so they wouldn't be seen. I put on my backpack and grabbed the net bag for my water bottle and lunch box. I rushed to the train station early and bought some bread and sunflower seeds in the waiting room.
The train was incredibly crowded, and after squeezing onto it, my braids were all crooked. Several people were searching for a "child," only to find a pair of shoes instead.
I climbed into my favorite upper bunk. I'd have to stay there for the next three days; just thinking about it made my butt hurt. One of my fellow passengers hadn't arrived yet, and no one spoke. Some were saying goodbye by the window, others were packing their belongings.
Jiang Cha sat in her upper bunk, lost in thought. She had gotten up too early and was still a little dazed. The train started moving slowly, and the person sleeping across from her finally arrived.
He was wearing a neat military uniform and holding a large briefcase. After he came in, he easily stuffed the luggage onto the luggage rack. In no time, he got on the berth. What a skill!
The train rattled along, shaking her as she dated Zhou Gong. "Ah! You rascal, you have no shame..." A scream startled her awake.
Looking down, they saw that they were not in their compartment. Everyone was awakened by the noise. The corridor suddenly became lively, with people shouting "hooligan" and "catch the hooligan".
The sound of "ping pong pong" clearly indicated a fight had begun. Jiang Cha planned to climb down to take a look, but before she could even get off the ladder, the soldier on the opposite bunk suddenly flew down from the upper bunk.
By the time she came out, the man had been pinned down. The men in the opposite bunk had acted swiftly. When the train police came over, they saw the man had already been beaten twice, and everyone watching gave him a thumbs-up.
Back in the train, everyone was talking about this incident. In those days, train crime was rampant, with gangs even committing crimes, and the number of serious cases was particularly high.
The uncle in the lower bunk held a cup of tea and told everyone, "A few years ago, a strange murder occurred on a train to Harbin. An unidentified female corpse was abandoned on the railway track.
It was said that she was thrown from the middle of the train and was found incomplete. When the police received the report, they found that the female corpse was wearing very thin clothes.
The weather in Harbin was still quite cold at the end of April, so they concluded that she had come from the south. They found her luggage nearby, which contained letters and an ID card.
She was from Hunan and had come to meet her boyfriend's parents. The man's name on the letter was Wu Guoqing, and there were 27 people with the same name in the city.
The police compared their notes and found no one who matched the letter. The only person who had similar content was Wu Guoqing, formerly the secretary of the director of the Housing Authority, but he had been transferred to a grassroots level a year ago and had not returned to Harbin for a long time.
Later, while sorting through the documents, they stumbled upon a person named Cai Jian, who worked in the Housing Authority's mailroom. His handwriting matched the handwriting on the letter. After questioning, they learned that someone had given her Wu Guoqing's address so they could get acquainted, as if to introduce her.
Cai Jian, who worked in the mailroom, secretly opened the letter and from then on, he pretended to be Wu Guoqing and started dating the girl. This time, when he came to meet her parents, he was caught on the way and was strangled to death and thrown onto the train tracks.
After the uncle finished talking about Jiang Cha, I got goosebumps all over the floor. It was too scary. His pen pal was impersonated and even murdered to silence him. You need to be careful when dating online!
This opened up everyone's chatterbox. The older woman in the middle bunk also shared what she had heard: "On her way back to her hometown, there was an old lady sitting opposite her. The old lady was very talkative. Along the way, she became closer and closer to the people around her.
There was a particularly pretty girl who happened to get off the train at the same place as the old lady. They chatted animatedly and left together at their destination. After they had passed four or five stops, a train police officer came over and asked us to give our statements.
When the group entered the police station, they learned that the old lady was a human trafficker. The girl was the prettiest one that day, and the traffickers had been targeting her for a long time.
After getting close to them, they surrounded the girl after she got off the bus. They pulled her aside, saying she was a runaway daughter-in-law. They asked her her name and where she lived, hoping to see what the family members were. Since everyone knew how many people there were in her family, they thought it was a real family conflict.
Luckily, the girl's family came to the platform to pick her up, and then they quickly called the police. Several of us had spoken with the traffickers before we were called in to record our statements."
It turns out she wasn't the only one who'd encountered a bad guy; everyone knew about it or had encountered it before. Jiang Cha secretly felt lucky that she didn't have "Conan's physique." Fortunately, fortunately!
Even with all the equipment, the long train journeys still couldn't be solved. Lying in bed, drinking ginger tea, I yearned deeply for the high-speed trains and airplanes of the future.
Eat, sleep, and take a stroll at the stop. The long journey is almost over, so I pack up, prepare to park, and run out. These past few days have been unbearable, with the sweltering heat and the crowds. Finally, we're here.
After all the train hustle and bustle these past few days, I'm in dire need of some spicy, fresh food to whet my appetite. I love ginger tea, and I'm looking forward to this trip to Sichuan.
Who would have thought that this trip to Sichuan Province would be so exciting!
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