"Mine is a stir-fried pork bento box, it's quite flavorful."
Gu Xiaoxiao had also developed a liking for spicy food under Ruan Qiushui's influence, and when she saw the stir-fried pork with chili peppers, she swallowed hard.
Looking at the tomato and egg rice bowl with a large chicken leg in his hand, Gu Changfeng thought that his wife was still the best to him.
Ruan Qiushui: You got it randomly, you were just lucky.
Ruan Qiushui also took a bowl of boxed lunch, ate it with hot water, and then started feeding the children.
The train journey was a bit boring; all I could do was look at the scenery and chat.
"It's getting late, you should all get some rest."
Gu Changfeng checked the time; it was almost ten o'clock.
"Third Brother, you should go to sleep too. I'll keep watch."
Gu Changshu volunteered.
He's a man now, and he can help his third brother.
"No need, you go to sleep."
For Gu Changfeng, who was often on missions and staking out enemy positions, staying up all night was no big deal.
"Third Brother, I want to help you."
Gu Changshu persisted.
The way my third brother is acting makes him seem useless; he's really grown up.
"Alright then, I'll keep watch for the first half of the night, and you keep watch for the second half. I'll wake you up when it's time."
Gu Changfeng thought for a moment and nodded.
"Great! Remember to call me, Third Brother."
Gu Changshu was very happy to receive his third brother's approval.
"Third Sister-in-law, I'm going to bed now. Call me if anything happens in the middle of the night."
Gu Xiaoxiao rolled over, climbed onto the top bunk, and closed her eyes to sleep.
Gu Changshu slept on the upper bunk, Gu Changfeng kept watch at night, sitting by the bed to take care of the two children, while Ruan Qiushui slept on the lower bunk.
In the middle of the night, Ruan Qiushui vaguely heard footsteps outside the carriage, as if someone had come in.
She groggily opened her eyes and saw Gu Changfeng still sitting warily in the carriage, then fell asleep again.
The three people and two children slept soundly until dawn.
"Third Brother, why didn't you wake me up last night?"
Gu Changshu looked at the bright sun outside the car window, feeling somewhat annoyed.
"I didn't call out, you just didn't wake up."
Gu Changfeng saw that Gu Changshu was sleeping soundly, so he didn't wake him.
To avoid disturbing my wife and children with my movements in the bunk beds.
"Looks like I was sleeping too soundly."
He needs to learn from his third brother and stay vigilant at all times when he's out and about.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to react in a real emergency.
Did anyone come to our carriage last night?
Thinking of the footsteps from last night, Ruan Qiushui made formula for her child while asking Gu Changfeng a question.
"It's an older woman. She looks like she got into the wrong carriage, but we should still be careful."
Although the action didn't seem deliberate, Gu Changfeng still felt it was better to be cautious.
"Understood."
Ruan Qiushui nodded.
When traveling with two children, safety is of paramount importance.
"After you finish eating, you should take a nap."
Ruan Qiushui felt sorry for Gu Changfeng for not sleeping well, and knowing that she still had to stay up all night, she urged him to catch up on his sleep.
Ruan Qiushui took out steamed buns and pickled vegetables with braised meat, and told Gu Changfeng and the others to eat them with hot water.
"Sister-in-law, I'm so lucky to be able to take the exam in Beijing with you."
Gu Changshu sighed.
Along the way, there will be people to look after you, and you'll be able to eat good food. Even when you go to school, you won't be afraid of being all alone, and you'll have someone to talk to if anything happens.
His third brother and sister-in-law were his source of confidence and his support.
"Me too."
Gu Xiaoxiao was still thinking that if she hadn't met her third sister-in-law and hadn't listened to her advice to stay away from Wang Qiaohui, how would she have had this opportunity today?
She will definitely study hard and become a help to her third sister-in-law.
"Alright, alright."
Ruan Qiushui patted the two of them on the shoulders.
After finishing his meal, Gu Changfeng went to rest on the upper bunk.
Ruan Qiushui, Gu Xiaoxiao, and Gu Changshu played with the children's toys.
"Mom, I need to pee."
Xiao Bao whispered in Ruan Qiushui's ear, looking embarrassed.
"Mom, I need to pee too."
Da Bao was more direct.
When he heard his sister want to pee, he also wanted to pee.
"Okay, Mother will take you to the toilet now."
She also needed to use the restroom.
"Third sister-in-law, I'll go with you."
Gu Xiaoxiao stood up, ready to go with them and lend a hand to her third sister-in-law.
"Changshu, you watch the luggage in the carriage. We'll be back in a bit."
It would be more convenient for Gu Xiaoxiao to go with her.
She didn't have much cash in her bag, but Xie Xiuying and Gu Guangrong's kindness was priceless. She would be furious if someone took the local specialties.
"Don't worry, Third Sister-in-law, I will take good care of the luggage."
Gu Changshu solemnly guaranteed.
As a man, it was indeed inappropriate for him to go to the toilet with his sister-in-law.
"Xiaoxiao, let's go then."
Ruan Qiushui and Gu Xiaoxiao each led a bouncy little dumpling towards the carriage toilet.
I don't know if it's because we've passed through several major stations, but there are noticeably fewer passengers on the train. Right now, there's no one outside the restrooms, and there's no need to queue.
"It stinks."
The moment Ruan Qiushui opened the toilet door, Gu Xiaoxiao was almost overwhelmed by the stench.
This smell is even stronger than the old dry toilets in the brigade.
"It smells terrible."
Ruan Qiushui nodded affirmatively.
If she hadn't been experienced enough to hold her breath the moment she opened the door, she would have been overwhelmed by the stench.
"Xiaoxiao, wait for me at the door, I need to use the restroom."
She felt a bit of an urge to urinate and was going to go to her spatial dimension to relieve herself.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'm not going anywhere."
Gu Xiaoxiao, holding one of her nephews in each hand, waited for Ruan Qiushui at the door.
"Phew, that feels much better."
Having resolved her needs within the space, Ruan Qiushui quickly left.
"Xiaoxiao?! Xiaoxiao, what's wrong?"
Ruan Qiushui opened the toilet door and saw Gu Xiaoxiao lying on the ground, bleeding from her head and unconscious.
The children were no longer around her.
Ruan Qiushui was extremely flustered and immediately took out silver needles from her spatial storage and inserted them into Gu Xiaoxiao's acupoints.
"Third Sister-in-law, Da Bao and Xiao Bao have been taken away. You should go find them quickly."
Gu Xiaoxiao opened her eyes and, seeing that her nephews and nieces were not around, burst into tears.
"What?!"
"Tell me properly, what exactly happened?"
Ruan Qiushui felt as if the sky had fallen.
She tried to calm herself down, but she still couldn't stop her trembling hands.
"Third Sister-in-law, after you went into the restroom, Da Bao, Xiao Bao, and I waited outside. Suddenly, two masked men ran over from the left. One of them covered my mouth with a handkerchief and tried to take me away, while the other also covered Da Bao and Xiao Bao with a handkerchief."
"After I realized that the two men were human traffickers, I quickly dodged away and ran with the children. Then the man pushed me and I hit the wall, and I lost consciousness."
Gu Xiaoxiao slapped herself in self-reproach.
It's all her fault for being useless and not taking good care of Da Bao and Xiao Bao.
"Xiaoxiao, calm down."
Ruan Qiushui grabbed Gu Xiaoxiao's hand, stopping him from continuing to hit her.
She entered and exited the space in less than a minute, so the human traffickers must not have gone far.
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