The two of them entered the sleeper car one after the other. When they saw the three siblings in the lower berth, their brows furrowed slightly.
As his gaze fell on Gu Wanwan, his eyes were filled with deep admiration and jealousy.
What a beautiful young girl! She is the kind that will captivate you at first sight. If any bachelor in the army sees her, he will pursue her madly.
Fortunately, the girl was not from a military family compound, nor was she a female soldier in the art troupe, and she had never met Fu Jingchen. Otherwise, who would not be moved by her seductive beauty?
Even so, somehow, the girl in front of her gave her a strong sense of threat, and she always felt that she would meet her again in the future.
"Is there no lower bunk? I'm afraid of heights and I hate climbing stairs the most..." The woman said this while glancing at Gu Wanwan arrogantly, as if suggesting that Gu Wanwan give up the lower bunk.
The woman next to him understood what he meant and asked in a friendly manner, "Hello, comrade. My name is Lin Manman and her name is Jiang Linglong. We are female soldiers in the art troupe and she is the mainstay of our troupe. The thing is, my friend is carsick and can't get used to sleeping on the upper bunk. Can he switch with you?"
Gu Wanwan saw through the malice in the two people's eyes and said without thinking, "No."
Blame it on her, blame her for being too beautiful.
Being good-looking is really... a sweet burden.
Jiang Linglong claimed to be the pillar of the art troupe and was used to looking down on others. Except when she met Fu Jingchen, others always accommodated her and no one ever rejected her. "Don't you people respect soldiers very much? We are on the front line defending our country and should enjoy special treatment. Why don't you let me?"
Lin Manman was quite embarrassed. Under normal circumstances, no matter men, women, young or old, they would give in. They had been doing this all the way. After all, soldiers were admired more these days. "Little sister, the military and civilians are one family. I hope you can understand our hard work. Without us carrying the burden, you wouldn't have the wonderful life you have now."
But she happened to meet Sister Wan, a rare and wonderful girl. It was impossible for her to give up her position. "Being a soldier is great and glorious. I agree with this very much, but it is not a reason for you to ask us siblings to give up our positions. You are just a cultural troupe. Have you ever fought in a war while dancing and singing? If you have fought in a war, captured enemy spies, and made contributions, then I admire you and I will definitely let you go, because you are a great hero and deserve it!"
Jiang Linglong choked. She was able to become the mainstay of the art troupe because the troupe leader saw her father, the brigade commander, in the light of her father's appearance. Of course, she herself was talented and worked very hard, otherwise she would not have stood out among all the female soldiers.
Lin Manman frowned, thinking that the girl was sharp-eyed and sharp-tongued, comparable to Fu Jingchen. She did not have a good family background, but was stuffed into the art troupe by Brigade Commander Jiang because she flattered Jiang Linglong. In fact, she and Jiang Linglong had only been in the troupe for two months and had just been made full members.
Apart from training in singing and dancing, and promoting performances, they spend the rest of their time looking beautiful.
Fighting is not within their job scope. Once a war breaks out, Jiang Linglong will definitely run faster than anyone else. It's because she was the spoiled daughter of the brigade commander before she joined the regiment.
In fact, with Jiang Linglong's background, she could have just laid down her dream, but she fell in love with Fu Jingchen at first sight. She joined the art troupe to prove her charm.
"You are totally unreasonable. You don't want to change because you want money. Can I buy the berth ticket from you?"
Gu Wanwan remained unmoved as usual, "No, I don't need money."
"What's wrong with the girl?" The passenger in the next berth came forward to ask in confusion.
Jiang Linglong came up with a plan and said with some grievance, "It's like this. I'm a female soldier in the art troupe, and my father is the brigade commander. I'm not feeling well, so I want to exchange the lower bunk with this female comrade. It's not that I don't want to pay, but I didn't expect her to be so heartless and watch me suffer..."
She tried to launch a public opinion attack, and the passenger really took the bait. "This girl is beautiful, but why is she so cruel and mean? Can't she just look at her as the daughter of the brigade commander and give her a lower berth? It won't kill you!"
"You have no love, no morals, I really don't know how your parents taught you. It will be difficult for a person with such bad character like you to find a husband in the future."
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Jiang Linglong wished that Gu Wanwan would be drowned in the passengers' saliva.
Lin Manman was happy to see this happen. In her opinion, the little girl was ignorant and deserved a beating when she went out. She had to be allowed to experience the beatings of society so that she would deeply realize that there are some people who should not be provoked!
Gu Wanwan watched their performance with a half-smile, "Auntie, are you sleeping in the lower bunk?"
The gossipy old woman who chimed in replied subconsciously, "Yeah, what's wrong?"
Gu Wanwan said as a matter of course, "You are so kind and helpful, so why don't you give her the lower bunk?"
The gossipy woman refused in a hoarse voice, "Why should I give way? I'm older. If you let me sleep on the upper bunk, what if I fall down?"
Gu Wanwan was not used to her. To deal with the best, she just had to confront her directly. "Then why do you want me to give in? The fire didn't find you, so it's none of your business, right? You didn't give in yourself, and you have the nerve to ask me to give in? You are not my elder, do you have the right to lecture me?"
Jiang Linglong couldn't stand Gu Wanwan's arrogance, so she warned and threatened him, "How can you be so mean to your aunt? You don't even know how to respect the elderly and love the young. Believe it or not, I'll have someone arrest you and teach you a lesson. If you don't want to, apologize to me and your aunt immediately, and maybe I'll consider giving you a lighter punishment."
The gossipy old woman supported Jiang Linglong, "Yes, apologize immediately."
Seeing that Gu Wanwan was really difficult to deal with, Lin Manman decisively ran to find the flight attendant to resolve the situation.
Gu Wanwan clicked her tongue twice, "I bought the ticket with my own strength, what's the point of exchanging it? You don't have to exchange it because you're old. My younger siblings are only two and a half years old. I sleep on the lower berth so that I can take care of them. Is that a problem? Who can guarantee that there won't be human traffickers on the train? My younger siblings were stolen in the middle of the night. Can you afford it? You're just uncomfortable, but the price I pay for exchanging berths with you is to give human traffickers an opportunity to take advantage of you!"
"Is the art troupe so powerful? Can the daughter of a brigade commander bully the people and be aggressive? Do you have the right to arrest me and put me in jail?"
"Sister, don't smear the army. You should serve the people, not vent your anger on them. Do I have a grudge against you? I didn't provoke you, but you are targeting me for no reason. What do you want? Do you think I am beautiful and threaten your position? Don't worry, I am not joining the art troupe."
"I'm not bragging, but if I get in, you won't have any business. Unfortunately, I'm not interested in that. If it's yours, it will be yours sooner or later. If it's not yours, don't think about it."
The passengers were speechless. Although the little girl's words were unpleasant to hear, some of them were true. In recent years, human traffickers have been too rampant and there have been countless incidents of children being lost on buses. The little girl's younger siblings were white, plump and cute, and they were obviously the type that human traffickers liked.
If the human traffickers took the girl sleeping on the upper bunk away in the middle of the night and there was no time to retrieve her, and if she was really lost, then these passengers who supported her would be accomplices. If the girl wanted to hold them accountable, wouldn't they be doomed?
"The female soldiers in the art troupe are of high quality, so they shouldn't compete with the little girls for positions. The safety of their brothers and sisters is more important."
"You..." Jiang Linglong was furious. She saw Lin Manman bringing the flight attendants out of the corner of her eye and was secretly happy.
Unexpectedly, the conductor looked at Gu Wanwan with surprise, "Comrade Gu, what a coincidence..."
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