Chapter 47 An Eccentric Grandparent and Grandchild (Two Chapters Combined)
Gu Qinglang originally wanted to help Gu Yin put the hair that had fallen in front of her back, but as soon as his hand touched the hair, a sudden sound from behind startled him. He turned around and looked at the people in confusion.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Yin looked at them with a puzzled expression.
The train conductor glanced at Gu Qinglang, then reassured Gu Yin, "Young lady, are you alright? Come over here, don't be afraid!"
Gu Qinglang's eyes widened: "If we're not comrades, why are you calling my daughter over? What is she afraid of?"
"Shut up!" the train conductor shouted sternly, then turned to Gu Yin with a change of expression: "Come here right now."
Gu Yin looked at the four men, her lips twitching slightly. "Uncle, are you sure you're not mistaken? This is my dad, my biological father. If you don't believe me, you can check our household registration book. We bought the tickets using our household registration book." With that, she got up, took out her bag, opened it, and handed them the household registration book.
The four people took the train with a puzzled look, examined it, and then looked at Gu Qinglang.
Gu Qinglang was both amused and exasperated: "The one inside named Gu Qinglang is me, my brother Gu Qingming. He took my nephew to check out the other carriages. This is my eldest daughter, Gu Yin! Colleagues, you don't think we're kidnappers, do you?! This really is my daughter!"
The train conductor glanced at the household registration booklet, then at the ID card Gu Qinglang had produced, and finally at the man who had made the report.
The man scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "Since we came in, this girl has either been sleeping or sleeping. When she wakes up, she hasn't said a word. She looks silly, just like the girl from our village who was abducted and rescued said. So, so I reported her."
Seeing that Gu Yin was lucid, the train conductor didn't say anything more, but was still a little worried.
Gu Yin noticed his predicament and gave him the village chief's phone number: "This is our village committee's phone number. You can call and ask."
The train conductor took the phone, took out his phone, and made the call.
After two rings, the call was answered: "Hello, this is the Lijia Village Committee of Wanli Town. Who are you looking for?"
The train conductor's brow relaxed upon hearing this. He glanced at the people around him, then went out. A few minutes later, he came back in.
"I've found out, it's not a human trafficker, it's a misunderstanding, I'm sorry." After saying that, the train attendant smiled and shook hands with Gu Qinglang, then looked at the person who reported it: "If you encounter something like this again next time, you must continue to report it. Even if it's a misunderstanding, you can't let go of anyone with a problem. You did a great job this time!" Then he patted him on the shoulder and left their carriage with his colleagues.
Gu Qingming and Gu Shu had just returned when they saw the train conductor leaving their area. Thinking something bad had happened, they quickly came in.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Qingming smiled and explained the misunderstanding from earlier.
Gu Shu couldn't help but laugh: "Uncle, you don't look like a human trafficker at all, so why are people misunderstanding you?"
The man in the upper bunk chuckled: "You can't say that. We had human traffickers around here, an old woman, very kind-looking! But she was vicious and cruel, specializing in abducting girls and selling them to the mountains! I heard she was beating a girl to death when she was caught."
The carriage fell silent. Gu Yin lost her appetite and climbed into bed before heading to the library or school. In her past life, she had witnessed too many such incidents. Every time she rescued those people and saw the human traffickers cursing their victims as they were being arrested, she wished she had the strength to bring all those scum to justice on the spot. But she couldn't, and the law wouldn't allow her to do so.
Gu Qinglang and the others were also in a bad mood, after all, Gu Le might have been one of them. With a sigh, he also went to bed to rest.
Seeing their reaction, the man wanted to say something, but his companion stopped him, so he quieted down and climbed up to the upper bunk to rest.
Gu Yin slept until dawn, then went to the bathroom to wash up briefly. She stood in the aisle for a while before returning to the carriage.
Taking the eggs Gu Qinglang handed her—which she had also bought—Gu Yin peeled them while wondering, "The person in the upper bunk is gone?" The luggage on the table was missing.
Gu Shu nodded: "I got off at the station in the middle of the night last night, I don't know if anyone else came in."
After breakfast, around 10 a.m., the bus stopped at a station in a tourist city. Looking out the window, there were more people getting on than at any of the previous stops, and of course, there were also more people getting off.
Before long, the curtain of their carriage was lifted, revealing an old woman and a boy with non-mainstream hair. The boy looked about the same age as Gu Yin and wasn't very tall. He didn't carry any luggage; the old woman carried it all. He was holding a tape recorder and listening to it the whole time.
Seeing so many people in the carriage, the old lady's expression turned sour: "Whose things are on the table? Could you move them aside? I need to put my things down."
Gu Shu turned to face outside and kindly pointed to the space under the lower bunk, suggesting, "Grandma can put her luggage under the bed; there's plenty of room there."
The old lady glanced under the bed and frowned: "It's so dirty. If you don't put it there, I'll throw away the things on the table if you don't take them away."
Gu Shu frowned, sat up, and was about to retort when he saw his father shaking his head at him. So, holding his anger, he took the water and bread from the table.
After the old lady put a large bundle on the carriage, she looked around the entire carriage.
Gu Yin was flipping through the original travel guide in the carriage. They would be getting off in a few hours, so there was no need to get into a conflict with someone like her. Otherwise, it would be endless and the remaining time would be unbearable. She could just ignore her.
As a result, when you ignore them, they insist on ignoring you.
"Young lady, could you switch places with me? I'm too old to sleep on top!"
Gu Yin looked up and blinked: "Sleep here with me?"
The old lady nodded.
Gu Qinglang stood up: "You're getting old, it's really not easy for you to climb up and down. How about we switch? You can sleep here, and I'll sleep on the top bunk?"
The old lady objected: "No need. The lower bunk is so dirty. People step on it from both sides, and everyone has to sit down after getting off. Who knows what diseases they might have? It's disgusting."
Gu Qinglang's smiling face immediately fell. Without saying a word, he lay down and went to sleep. Since his sleeping position was right in front of the dining table, and he was a very large man, the old lady's bundle was almost knocked off when he lay down like that. Perhaps because Gu Qinglang was a big man and his complexion was not good, she did not dare to say anything. She wanted her grandson to help, but her grandson had already climbed up to Gu Yin's upper bunk.
The boy was shifting around on the upper bunk, making a constant creaking noise, and his feet were even hanging down to the lower bunk. Gu Yin frowned and looked at the old lady: "I'll switch with you."
So he moved to the upper bunk of Gu Shu's.
The train started moving, and the carriage fell silent again.
There were many tunnels nearby, so Gu Yin stopped reading, put the booklet over her head, closed her eyes, and entered the library.
When Gu Yin entered the library, 001 would not come out to disturb her. But today was different. Gu Yin had just finished two sets of test papers and was preparing to continue practicing when 001 suddenly flew in.
Gu Yin asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
001 said angrily, "That guy across from you has been staring at you, sizing you up. He even reached out his hand just now, but the aisle is a bit long, so he couldn't reach you! His eyes are so lewd and disgusting! Get out of here right now, he's still watching you!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yin immediately left the library, grabbed the book from the top, and turned to look at the man opposite her. The man's eyes were fixed on Gu Yin's chest. When he saw Gu Yin looking at him, he was stunned for a moment, then he smiled at Gu Yin, and then looked her up and down again, even lingering on her private parts.
Gu Yinshu slammed the book directly into the other person's face.
A sharp "snap" broke the silence in the carriage.
"Fuck your mother! What are you doing!"
Before anyone could react, they heard the boy cursing, and the curses became increasingly vulgar.
Gu Yin looked down at the lower bunk: "Brother, can I have your water?"
Gu Shu saw the boy glaring angrily at A Yin, so he quickly handed her the water, and sure enough.
With a loud "thud," the man was hit again.
"What are you doing, you old hag! Try hitting me again!" The man rubbed his head, which was throbbing from the blow, and sat up.
Gu Yin raised an eyebrow: "Since you have such a hobby, I have no choice but to indulge you." After saying that, she reached down to the lower bunk, and Gu Shu handed her a water bottle.
Gu Yin raised the bottle, and the man immediately covered his head and turned around. This time, the bottled water hit his back.
The old lady on the lower bunk finally realized what was happening and launched into a tirade against Gu Yin.
Gu Qinglang immediately stood up, frowning as he looked at the old lady: "Try cursing again!"
The old lady choked, and Gu Qingming stood up and looked at her. She didn't dare to make a sound for a moment.
But thinking of her grandson being beaten, she straightened up again, looking at Gu Qinglang and saying, "What's wrong with me scolding her?! Didn't you see her hitting my grandson?! Are you just going to take her side because she's pretty?! I'm telling you, you're already this old..."
Gu Qinglang slapped her bed and scolded, "I'm her father! She's my own daughter! If you keep spewing nonsense, I'll hit you! I don't care how old you are!"
The old lady was startled and dared not make a sound. She looked at Gu Qinglang stammeringly.
Seeing this, Gu Qingming looked at Gu Yin and asked, "What did he do?"
Gu Yin looked at the boy with a cold gaze and said in a cold voice, "He kept staring at me, looking me up and down with a lewd look in his eyes. When I looked at him, he provoked me and continued to look at me."
As soon as Gu Yin spoke, everyone's expression changed. Gu Shu immediately got out of bed, grabbed Xie, climbed up, and started beating him: "I'll teach you to be a jerk! I'll teach you to be a pervert! You son of a bitch, you dared to make a move on my sister, you damn pervert!"
The man's howling and the old woman's cries rang out at once. Perhaps their voices were too loud, because they attracted the attention of the train conductor.
It was the same train conductor who stopped Gu Shu, frowning and scolding, "Why are you fighting? What are you doing!"
The old woman sat on the ground, grabbed the train conductor's arm, and cried out, "They're bullying us! Their whole family is bullying us, an old woman and a child! I don't want to live anymore!"
Gu Shu took a sip of water, and upon hearing this, immediately pointed out the window: "If you don't want to live, you can jump!"
"Shut up!" the train conductor shouted helplessly.
Gu Qinglang tugged at Gu Shu and explained, “Comrade, we’re not troublemakers, but when trouble comes our way, we’re not afraid anymore. This old lady came in and started picking fights, which we tolerated. We even changed their beds. And what happened? This little bastard actually molested my daughter! Right here, across the aisle, while we were still here, he dared to stare at my daughter up and down for a long time. My daughter warned him, but he not only didn’t stop, he continued to molest her! Can you believe it? We adults didn’t lay a hand on him; we knew our limits. It was my daughter who hit him, throwing books and water bottles at him. Not only did she not apologize, but she also cursed my daughter with all sorts of filthy words! And this old lady, she not only didn’t care, but she joined in the cursing! My nephew is still a child, and he couldn’t help but hit him with his shoe. Even so, we were all restraining ourselves! What would you do in her shoes?”
Gu Yin added, "He kept staring at my chest and even reached out his hand, but he was too skilled to reach there."
The room fell silent for a moment.
"Fuck your grandpa!" Gu Shu grabbed the shoe and started fucking again.
Gu Qinglang and Gu Qingming were also furious, their anger boiling in their chests. If the train conductor hadn't been there, they would have definitely gone up and beaten the man up!
The train conductor, disgusted by the boy, stepped forward to stop Gu Shu and angrily said to him, "Apologize immediately! Otherwise, we'll blacklist you and report it to the entire train!" He didn't think Gu Yin was lying; for her to say something so damaging to herself, it was clear she had reached her limit.
Gu Shu was tall and strong, and the beating hurt him terribly. Plus, the two men looked like they wanted to devour him. He quickly lowered his head and apologized, "I'm sorry! I was wrong, I won't do it again!" He had assumed the woman was alone, and with so many men around, he figured even if he reached out and touched her, she wouldn't dare make a sound. Several female classmates were like that. He never expected this woman to not only dare to hit him, but that everyone here was her family! He'd kicked a hornet's nest!
Gu Qinglang looked at the old lady: "And you? You just used such foul language, shouldn't you apologize?"
The old lady moved her lips, then whispered, "I'm sorry."
Seeing this, the train conductor told the two to pack their things and come with him to other seats. He didn't dare let them stay together, lest they start fighting again.
Seeing that the person had left, Gu Shu said angrily, "The trash is finally gone, what bad luck!"
Gu Qinglang looked at Gu Yin: "Are you alright?"
Gu Yin smiled and shook her head: "It's okay, I smashed him, but I didn't hold back!"
Gu Qinglang laughed upon hearing this: "That's exactly how it should be!"
I originally thought I would just wait quietly until I got off at the station.
As a result, the grandfather and grandson walked over in a huff, accompanied by several other people.
Gu Qinglang frowned: "What, trying to cause trouble again? Called in reinforcements?"
The old woman, her brows furrowed and hands on her hips, shouted, "Thieves! Did you steal our things during the chaos? Hand them back now! Or don't blame me for being ruthless! Everyone, look at these people, they look respectable, but they do such despicable things!"
People around them spoke up: "The old lady said you stole her things, did you know that?"
"He doesn't look like a thief."
"Maybe they're just pretending?"
Gu Qingming stepped forward: "Then you'd better explain clearly, what did we steal from you!"
The boy shouted from inside, "My tape recorder! I was listening to it when I came in! That's when I noticed he was staring at my radio the whole time, he must have stolen it!" The boy pointed at Gu Shu and shouted.
Gu Shu: "...Looks like you weren't beaten enough, so you're trying to frame someone again! I'll beat you until you question your existence today, or I'll believe you're Gu!" With that, he stepped forward.
The boy hid behind the crowd, out of Gu Shu's reach.
Seeing their expressions, Gu Yin figured they weren't lying. So, she looked at the opposite bed from the top bunk. The boy's bed was empty. Then she looked at the middle bunk and saw a black line in the corner. Gu Yin got off the bed and looked down. Sure enough, the thing had fallen under the bed, but it hadn't fallen completely; it was stuck. The earphones were also stuck between the wall and the bed. She didn't warn the boy and instead took out her own bags.
Not wanting to get into a pointless argument with these people, Gu Yin took the bag out to everyone and opened it one by one: "Do you think we'd want your secondhand stuff? If my brother wants this stuff, he can take as many as he wants. He saw your radio and thought, 'Why are people still using such ugly radios these days?' The current market trend is for this kind of sky-blue radio. We have hundreds of these here. Do you think we'd want your worthless junk? Hmm? You tell me."
When everyone saw so many electronic products, they all fell silent. The grandfather and grandson's expressions also changed drastically. These things sell for 70 yuan in their local stores, but the grandson's only cost 30. They already had so many, so they definitely wouldn't want his thing. For a moment, they didn't know what to say.
"Hey, do you sell these things? I want three!" someone nearby said.
"How much are they? I want one too!"
"I want one too! Mine is broken, and I was just thinking of getting a new one! Is yours cheaper than in the mall?"
Gu Yin: "..."
Gu Qingming quickly called out, "Sell it! Sell it! Come on, line up! We're definitely cheaper than the mall! We just got this brand new stock from S City! There aren't many left! Don't rush!"
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