As he spoke, he hurriedly pulled out a thick stack of tickets from his pocket. Waving them around, he explained, "Look, no matter where you want to go, north or south, I have tickets for everything! And, these are much cheaper than what they sell at the ticket office! You can save a few bucks and buy some snacks. How great!"
As Wang Xiaolan listened to his words, her mind involuntarily emerged from a movie she had seen in a movie theater in the future, in which there was a scene describing people of this era using fake tickets to cheat others.
She thought to herself, maybe these so-called cheap tickets in the hands of the person in front of her are fake train tickets! In other words, one seat ticket will have several tickets with the same number printed on them.
As a result, when passengers holding the same ticket number board the train one after another, fierce conflicts and disputes will inevitably ensue over the same seat. Each passenger has their own reasons, and no one will admit that they bought their ticket from a scalper. Even if the train attendant rushes to mediate, it is probably useless and it is difficult to determine who is right and who is wrong.
In Wang Xiaolan's eyes, this kind of ticket is not difficult to distinguish between real and fake. No matter how real the ticket is, there will be flaws, not to mention that she still has room for improvement.
Thinking of this, she wanted to buy a fake train ticket and throw it into the space for identification. Just as she reached into her pocket to take out money to buy it.
Suddenly, a deafening roar came from behind! The roar was like thunder from the plain, drowning out the noisy sounds around. The man saw the tall and majestic Zeng Cheng.
His heart skipped a beat, and the words "Public Security Officers in Plain Clothes" popped up in his mind. Instantly, fear surged into his heart like a tide, causing him to tremble all over.
In his extreme fear, he stumbled, lost his balance, and nearly fell to the ground. Simultaneously, his hands began to shake violently, as if under a spell. As if driven by some mysterious force, the fake train tickets he'd been tightly gripping began to scatter, scattering all over the floor.
However, at this moment, he had no time to care about the fallen fake train tickets. He rolled and crawled, running away in panic.
Zeng Cheng ran over breathlessly, looked at Wang Xiaolan with concern, and said, "Little sister, are you okay?"
Wang Xiaolan shook her head and said, "I'm fine." After that, she bent down and picked up a train ticket. This fake train ticket was made very realistically, and people with low awareness of prevention would be fooled.
Zeng Cheng warned worriedly, "Little sister, places like the train station are full of people of all kinds. Don't talk to strangers and don't easily believe what they say."
Wang Xiaolan felt a little proud when she saw her elder brother caring about her so much, and said with emotion: "It's great to have a brother!"
Zeng Cheng couldn't help but rubbed Wang Xiaolan's hair, and said with endless love and pampering: "Little sister! If I, as a brother, don't pamper you, who else in this world can treat you like I do? It's just..."
Having said that, he paused for a moment, an imperceptible sly smile flashed across his face, and then he continued: "Of course, except for your husband, Zhao Lihan! After all, he is the one who will accompany you through your life." After saying that, he couldn't help laughing out loud, and his laughter was full of love and care for Wang Xiaolan.
Led by Zeng Cheng, Wang Xiaolan took a detour to the staff passage of the train station. Zeng Cheng told the gatekeeper his name and he let them in.
Zeng Cheng found his acquaintance, Xiao Tian, who was the train conductor on this trip! Zeng Cheng quickly introduced Wang Xiaolan to him. When he heard that she was Zeng Cheng's younger sister, he became even more enthusiastic.
Without hesitation, Oda walked swiftly, leading the two of them straight toward the platform. His sturdy figure seemed to carry an invisible force, making people follow him involuntarily.
Under Xiaotian's guidance, Wang Xiaolan felt the wind under her feet, and the journey was smooth and unimpeded. Soon, they arrived at the platform. At this time, a long train was quietly parked, waiting for its departure time.
Xiaotian took Wang Xiaolan onto the train with ease. A faint, mixed smell filled the carriage, but this did not affect Wang Xiaolan's relaxed and cheerful mood. She followed closely behind Xiaotian.
After a while, they successfully found Wang Xiaolan's sleeper seat. At this time, there were not many people in the carriage, only a few waiters who were cleaning.
After Zeng Cheng settled Wang Xiaolan's luggage, he looked at his watch and saw that it was still early, so he sat down and chatted with Wang Xiaolan and Xiaotian until more and more people got on the train.
Xiaotian looked at his watch and realized that he had to start work, so he said goodbye to Zeng Cheng and went to another carriage to get busy. At Wang Xiaolan's urging, Zeng Cheng reluctantly got off the train.
When Wang Xiaolan saw Zeng Cheng get off the bus, she also stood up and walked towards the toilet not far away.
After she came out of the toilet, she slowly returned to her own carriage. However, when she approached her berth, she was surprised to find that a strange middle-aged woman was sitting upright on the lower berth that originally belonged to her.
The middle-aged woman's complexion was sallow, her eye sockets slightly sunken, and her face looked somewhat haggard. However, surprisingly, despite her face full of fatigue, her eyes flickered with an elusive, floating expression. Even stranger, there was no trace of the warmth and kindness of maternal love in her eyes.
The most eye-catching thing was the baby in her arms. The little one was tightly wrapped in a red floral quilt, revealing only a pale face with eyes tightly closed.
Wang Xiaolan, seeing this, whispered, "Sister, the bed you are sitting on is mine."
The haggard, slightly overweight middle-aged woman glared at Wang Xiaolan, who was standing beside her, with a look of contempt and disdain. She then yelled at the top of her voice, "Humph! How could this seat be yours? Just because you said that, do you think this seat is yours? That's ridiculous! Who would believe that? There's no name engraved on this seat! Whoever sits on it first will get it. Besides, look at me, I'm holding such a small child in my arms. I'm exhausted from the whole journey. Do you still have the nerve to ask me to give up my seat to you?"
After he finished speaking, he didn't even look at Wang Xiaolan, as if she was invisible. Then, he deliberately patted the child's quilt in his arms, trying to cover up his inner panic and guilt.
Then he took off his shoes and fell directly on the bed, ignoring Wang Xiaolan.
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