After noon, He Wenting felt increasingly upset and uncomfortable after sitting on the train for a long time, probably because she was pregnant. Fortunately, Xuemei brought some oranges and gave her two. He Wenting also smelled the orange peels from time to time, and she felt much better. She slowly leaned on Mingwen's shoulder and fell asleep.
Xuemei also felt a little carsick, but she was fine after eating a sour orange.
At dinner, Mingwen saw that He Wenting looked unhappy, so he went to the restaurant on the train and bought a hot aluminum lunch box for He Wenting. The others still kept a low profile and soaked the food they brought from home in boiling water before eating.
It was a little after seven in the evening and the train was completely dark. Xuemei and Mingzheng both took flashlights and waited until the carriage was quiet. After everyone went to the bathroom, they prepared to go to bed.
Xuemei and the others were worried that someone might take advantage of everyone's sleep and do something unscrupulous. Although everyone's luggage wasn't stored on the overhead shelves or under the table, they would generally be able to detect any movement. However, to be cautious, Xuemei and the others decided to arrange for someone to keep watch.
People were sent to keep watch starting at eight o'clock in the evening. He Wenting did not participate. First, He Jing and Xuemei each kept watch for an hour and a half, until eleven o'clock in the evening. Then Mingwen, Han Chen and Mingwu each kept watch for two hours, until five o'clock in the morning. At this time, He Wenting was almost awake, and many people in the carriage had also woken up, so the thieves did not dare to act.
Before the night watch, Xuemei and Han Chen switched seats because Han Chen was afraid that Xuemei would be too cold sitting by the window at night.
Xuemei had already taken out a thin blanket and spread the long side across the three of them, so that all three of her row could be covered. He Wanting and the other two did the same thing across from her. However, Mingwen, taking advantage of the darkness and the lack of visibility from the other passengers, asked He Wanting to sleep with her head resting on his legs, so that her stomach would be more comfortable.
After Xuemei finished her night watch, Han Chen let her sleep on his lap, leaning against his chest. Xuemei looked at the dark carriage, Mingwu beside her also asleep, touched her numb buttocks, and looked at the quilt in front of her. She thought she would hide her head under the quilt later so that no one could see her. So Xuemei agreed. Before going to bed, she asked Han Chen to put her on the chair when it was his turn to watch the night, so as not to numb his legs.
Xuemei woke up at around 1:00 a.m. and found herself still on Han Chen's lap. It was Han Chen's turn to keep watch.
Xuemei slowly moved down from Han Chen's legs, sat down, and whispered in Han Chen's ear, "Are your legs numb?"
Han Chen moved his legs carefully and replied, "It's okay, you can still sit on my lap!"
Xuemei did not answer Han Chen, because Xuemei knew that she had been sitting on Han Chen's legs for almost four hours, and anyone's legs would be numb.
Under the quilt, Xuemei stretched out her chubby hands and lowered her head to rub Han Chen's thighs. Han Chen's legs were already numb, and they became even more numb after Xuemei rubbed them. Slowly, they got better, but a tingling sensation began to spread in his thighs.
Han Chen looked down at the blurry little head in front of his eyes, stretched out his hands and touched Xuemei's head, then lifted Xuemei's face and touched her face. After touching Xuemei's rosy lips, Han Chen lowered his head and kissed her.
Xuemei didn't expect Han Chen to kiss her suddenly. She was stunned for a few seconds, then quickly pushed Han Chen away and said angrily: "Han Chen, what are you doing? We are in the car!"
In the darkness, Han Chen touched Xuemei's lips with his finger, then said, "It's okay, Xuemei. Everyone is asleep. Besides, it's so dark now. No one can see what we are doing!"
Xuemei shook her head after hearing this. Han Chen suppressed a sigh, pressed Xuemei's head against his chest, and whispered, "Go to sleep! If you don't, I really can't help but kiss you again!"
Under the quilt, Xuemei's face was already red with shame. Although the carriage was dark and snoring was everywhere, Xuemei always felt that someone had seen her kissing Han Chen just now. She reached out her hand and pinched the flesh on Han Chen's waist and abdomen in anger.
At around 11 o'clock the next morning, Mingwen and his three companions took all the things down, and after a few minutes they all got off the car.
He Wanting had previously discussed with her uncle and aunt that after they got off the train, she would call her uncle's factory, and her uncle would take leave and bring his two cousins to the train station to pick them up. This way, after they got off the train, they could find a place to rest near the train station, allowing the Mingwen brothers to recover before seeing people again.
Xuemei looked at the people who were already prepared and asked, "Second brother, do you want Han Chen to take you down?"
Mingwen looked at He Wanting, who shook her head. Mingwen then replied, "Mingwu and the others are the ones who carry most of the things. I'll just carry a backpack, and my main task is to protect your sister-in-law. We're not in a hurry. We'll get off the bus after everyone else has gotten off!"
When Mingwen and the others left, they left their four remaining corn cakes to Xuemei and Hanchen. Xuemei and Hanchen only had three corn buns left, and they had also eaten all the eggs.
Han Chen and Xuemei really wanted to eat some hot meals. When Mingwen and his companions arrived at the station, everyone sitting around Xuemei and Han Chen got off the bus. Xuemei and Han Chen discussed it.
Han Chen went to buy two lunch boxes, one for braised pork and one for vegetables, spending four taels of miscellaneous grain coupons, one tael of meat coupons, and forty cents.
The two of them ate before the other people in the carriage got on, and hurriedly finished their two lunch boxes. When Han Chen came back after returning the lunch box, he found that the three seats where Mingzheng and his friends were sitting were occupied by a family of four, with a middle-aged couple sitting on both sides and two men sitting in the middle; a girl of sixteen or seventeen was sitting in Mingwu's seat. The girl looked young and lively, and her clothes were ordinary.
As soon as Han Chen walked over, the girl's attention was attracted by him and she stared at him infatuatedly.
Han Chen didn't like the look in the girl's eyes. He felt a little unhappy and said coldly, "Comrade, please move aside. I want to go in!"
The girl stared at Han Chen shyly for a few seconds, then stood up and said, "Comrade, please come in!"
But he didn't expect that Xuemei saw all of this from beginning to end.
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