Chapter 144 Train Ticket
Su Xia said "oh".
She actually wanted to treat this as an ordinary New Year's greeting call, but the news she heard from Su Lijun was lingering in her mind, and her heart was tense, and she had no other thoughts.
Su Xia took a deep breath and his tone became serious, "...I have something to tell you."
Xu Jiqing paused, "Okay."
"Yesterday, my uncle took me to piano practice. We passed by the entrance of the attached primary school. There were two... very strange men loitering at the school gate. I didn't get out of the car. I asked my uncle to take them to the security guard and call the police."
"My uncle came over today and said one of the people there was a human trafficker," she pursed her lips, weighing her words, "and the other one, from what I've described, looks like your dad."
Xu Jiqing said, "Are you done?"
His tone was calm, just like usual.
"Well," Su Xia was a little confused, "You don't..."
Isn't he surprised?
Aren't you angry with her?
Xu Jiqing said, "Xu Jiaojiao told me about it yesterday when she got home."
Su Xia was even more confused. "What did you say?"
"A bad guy came to the primary school gate and arrested two bad guys. The bad guy drove a big black car."
Xu Jiqing said, "I guessed it."
Probably to appease her.
The boy, who was always cold and hard, deliberately imitated the child's wording, which made her laugh and cry.
The corners of Su Xia's mouth rose and fell slightly, then fell back.
She didn't know what else to do, and helplessly knelt down with her knees together. "I just want to say, the New Year holiday is only a few days away, if you can stay at home, don't go out. When the New Year holiday is over and the streets are crowded, he won't dare to do anything."
She thought for a moment and then said, "Is there enough food at home?"
"I have so much at home. My aunt bought a lot of vegetables, and my uncle brought a bunch of local specialties. Give me the address of the community and I'll ask my uncle to deliver it to you tomorrow."
Every Chinese New Year, Su Xiaojuan drinks a lot with her friends via video chat.
She definitely wouldn't be able to get up on the morning of the first day of the new year, so she could take advantage of that time to get up early and pack all her things.
"Everything has been prepared in advance," Xu Jiqing said, "It's okay."
The girl became more and more anxious as she spoke, and her words were full of sincerity.
Xu Jiqing blamed himself after hearing this.
He was silent for a moment, "Xu Jiaojiao will start school on the 16th of the first lunar month. I made an appointment with her to stay at home first, and my mother will be watching her."
“Xia Xia——”
"I re-baked the snacks Auntie left behind. Want to have a bite?"
Su Xiaojuan's voice sounded outside the door.
Even though Su Xia was in the bathroom of her bedroom, two doors away, she almost dropped her phone in fright.
She looked up and shouted, "No more eating, Mom. I'm still full."
Wait until the woman's footsteps fade away.
He squatted back down, covering his phone, and spoke again, "When does the training team leave for Beijing?"
"The afternoon of the sixth day."
It is natural for provinces to participate in the final winter camp and travel with the training team, and most of the tickets have been booked in advance.
But as the day approached, Su Xia could no longer care about these things.
I wish I could pinch Xu Jiqing into a small gingerbread man, put it in my pocket and fly to Beijing, then let him out at the entrance of the examination hall and soak him in water until he returned to his original shape.
"I'm leaving on the afternoon of the fifth day, and plan to go check out the exam venue on the sixth," she said tentatively. "Can you take the same high-speed train with me?"
Xu Jiaojiao was protected by someone, and she also wanted to see him with her own eyes and protect him with her own hands.
Even if it's one day earlier, it can ensure that he will be fine during the day.
Well worth it.
The receiver was very quiet, with only the faint sound of breathing from the other end being heard.
Xu Jiqing didn't refuse, "Okay."
Su Xia finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled her first heartfelt smile of the night. "Then, for the next few days, as long as you're awake, you must send me a message, one every two hours."
"I won't affect your review, just send a 1."
Xu Jiqing said again, "Okay."
"Photos are fine too."
She thought for a moment and said, "Let's take a photo. That way I can find out where you are and whether you've lied to me about being at home and then sneaked out."
Xu Jiqing said slowly, "No."
The lights in his bedroom were dim and the heating was off, so it was far less warm than outside.
But the girl's voice was obviously happy, like a gentle breeze in April, blowing everywhere and making sparkling little flowers bloom.
"I almost forgot."
"Happy New Year, Xu Jiqing," Su Xia's voice was sweet, warm enough to melt the ice, "all the bad things will pass, this year will be a very good year, let's go to college together."
The future is just one step away.
Even if the person standing opposite her is the gear of fate.
She won't let go either.
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The high-speed train from Jiangcheng to Beijing departs at 1:30 p.m. on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
Su Xia woke up at around four in the morning.
Part of it was because of the ironclad biological clock of my senior year of high school, and part of it was because my heartbeat was too fast. I even had a dream that I hadn't had in a long time.
In her dream, she was chased by a man in black whose face she couldn't see until she reached the end of the platform and stepped on empty air.
After opening my eyes, I was covered in cold sweat.
In winter, the sun rises late and the sky outside the curtains is still pitch black.
She fumbled to turn on the bedside lamp, brought her phone in front of her and turned it on, then reflexively clicked into the chat interface with Xu Jiqing.
Everything works fine.
They said goodnight and the other person sent a report of the whole day.
The picture shows Xu Jiaojiao doing her homework while doing splits and biting the end of a pencil, Xu Jiqing's packed backpack, and even a dried apple still placed on his bedside in a corner.
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