After sensing the darkness, Jin Shu picked up her bag and stood up.
Still shaken, Shen An'an hadn't quite grasped the situation, but seeing Jin Shu get up, she quickly followed and whispered a question as she kept up with Jin Shu.
"Why are you running? What's wrong? Where are we going now?"
Xiao Pai immediately followed, catching up without a second thought.
Jin Shu strode forward, silently counting down in her mind.
"Can't you remember any of the rules when you get on the bus?"
Shen An'an muttered something, feeling a little wronged and pitiful.
"I was so scared at the time..."
It was Xiao Pai who reminded her.
"10 PM is bedtime, and it's already 9:57..."
Jin Shu reminded her from the side, "9:58."
The small car quickened its pace.
"We must be in bed by 10 o'clock, otherwise... the consequences will be dire."
Upon hearing this, Shen An'an felt an urge to rush forward using both her hands and feet.
However, the only way to get to the sleeper area is through the first-class carriage. Fortunately, the paper puppet attendant was no longer inside. But there was something else that made Shen An'an afraid.
That is... she watched helplessly as Wang Juanli died in the first-class carriage.
Is he dead?
She didn't know.
At that moment, all she could think about was the white rice topped with two bloody ears.
In her dazed state, someone suddenly pushed her from behind.
Like a frightened bird, Shen An'an pounced on Jin Shu's back. When she turned around and saw Le Xin, a surge of anger welled up inside her.
What are you doing!
"Hurry up! The aisle is so narrow, are you trying to slow us down?"
"I'm fast enough! If you want to leave, just fly there!"
Shen An'an wasn't without temper either, and she retorted without holding back.
Le Xin laughed in exasperation. It was all Jin Shu's fault for reacting too quickly and for sitting a little closer to the first-class carriage than hers, which led to her being blocked at the back by them.
She knew she had to go to bed at 10 p.m., but there was no time reminder on the tram, her watch and phone were all malfunctioning, and many things that happened that day were beyond her expectations, so she completely forgot about preparing to go to bed in advance.
"But it's okay to be at the back of the line," Le Xin asked, puzzled.
"Why aren't these first-class passengers moving?"
Sure enough, Shen An'an subconsciously turned her head to look, and there were seats on both sides of the aisle, and she could see the guests sitting on them with just a turn of her head.
Then, just as she saw the faces of those guests, a terrified scream rang out.
"ah-!!"
Jin Shu turned to look at her and frowned.
"You'd better keep your voice down."
Shen An'an covered her mouth, her voice trembling and choked with sobs, as she clutched Jin Shu's sleeve.
"These people, these are all dead!"
Jin Shu glanced sideways and saw a woman in a floral dress sitting in the seat right next to her arm. The woman's body was stiff and straight, and her exposed arms were covered with grayish-black lividity. Even so, her eyes were still wide open, staring straight ahead. Her mouth was also sewn shut with dense cotton thread, and the blood had dried and changed color, making her look horrifying.
No wonder Shen An'an was terrified. Anyone who suddenly saw rows of corpses sitting on the chairs with their eyes wide open would be scared out of their wits.
Just as Shen An'an finally came to her senses after her panic and fear, she looked up and found that Le Xin and Gao Linjun, who had been standing behind her, had appeared in front of her at some point.
"You! Do you even know what 'first come, first served' means?!"
Lexin didn't care at all.
"The rules you mentioned don't apply to this car."
Shen An'an was so angry that she wanted to rush up and tear her face off, but the situation was urgent and she didn't have time to continue arguing with her.
With only two minutes left, she had to get back to her sleeper berth to rest before 10 o'clock.
In the darkness, no one cared about the grotesque corpses around them; they were focused solely on rushing forward.
The narrow passageway was filled with the sounds of hurried, chaotic footsteps.
Just as the sleeper area was in front of her, Shen An'an suddenly heard a pitiful cry behind her. The sound seemed to be right next to her ear, and the hair on the back of her neck stood on end. She was so frightened that she almost fell to the ground.
The crying grew closer and more mournful, and the sound became increasingly familiar.
At that moment, a terrifying thought flashed through my mind.
Shen An'an's heart jumped into her throat, and her steps, which were originally able to move forward, suddenly froze in place due to the great panic.
"It hurts so much... Waaaaaah... It hurts so much..."
"My ears are gone, my ears are gone..."
"Has anyone seen my ears?"
"Please, please save me, sob sob sob... Jin Shu, Jin Shu, please save me..."
Jin Shu, who was walking forward with her head down, suddenly saw a pair of feet appear in front of her.
She paused for a moment, then raised her head.
Immediately afterward, Wang Juanli appeared before her, her hair disheveled, her face covered in blood, with blood still dripping from the hair on both sides of her cheeks. Wang Juanli looked at Jin Shu with a pleading and terrified expression.
"Jin Shu, save me, please save me."
"Fifty-five, fifty-four..."
The countdown in my heart continues.
Jin Shu glanced at Wang Juanli, then pushed her away without hesitation.
"You are dead."
Wang Juanli looked down at her hands, then glanced at Jin Shu in disbelief.
What happened?
how so?
Of course she knew she was dead.
But why, why was Jin Shu able to push her away so easily?
Wang Juanli still remembers the thought that flashed through her mind before she died.
If she can take someone down with her, she'll have a chance to leave this place.
Otherwise, she would be like the other ghosts in this carriage, forever stuck here with no chance to leave.
Therefore, she chose Jin Shu.
Because Jin Shu and she have the best relationship, right?
If two people with such a good relationship suddenly see their friend, who died tragically, reappear before them, wouldn't that maximize her chances of succeeding?
But to her surprise, Jin Shu looked at her without any panic, or even a trace of sadness or self-blame.
Jin Shu shook her bracelet. The bracelet that had been with her for tens of thousands of years was no pushover. She could kill three people like Wang Juanli with one punch.
However, Jin Shu didn't have time to waste on her. After pushing her away, she continued walking forward without hesitation.
(End of this chapter)
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