Who are you looking for?
"I live here!" The woman was very assertive. Qin Xiaoyu couldn't see any signs that anyone had stayed in any of the beds, but since she said that, she couldn't refuse to open the door.
She opened the locked door, and a woman squeezed in.
Qin Xiaoyu's hair stood on end when she saw the woman in front of her clearly. The woman was wearing a tattered cotton-padded jacket of an unknown color, with the cotton batting showing in many places. She was wearing a woolen hat, and her face underneath was so dirty that its original color was unrecognizable.
She entered the room, placed a dirty flour sack on Qin Xiaoyu's bed, and lay down directly on it.
"That's my bed..." Qin Xiaoyu exclaimed hurriedly.
"Mine," the woman said bluntly, without taking off her shoes, and simply put her legs on the blanket.
"How can you be so unreasonable? I have a room number here." Qin Xiaoyu rolled up her sleeves and showed her the room number on her wrist.
"These arms are so white, so smooth and delicate." The woman suddenly grabbed Qin Xiaoyu's wrist.
"What are you doing! Let go!" Qin Xiaoyu felt a chill run down her spine and her whole body stiffened. The woman's hand was as cold as ice, clamping down on her hand tightly, refusing to let go no matter how much she struggled.
"Such beautiful hands, I'll eat them, they'll taste delicious." The woman examined them for a moment, then lowered her head and bit down on Qin Xiaoyu's wrist.
"Help!" Qin Xiaoyu screamed, her body falling backward. The woman was pulled down by her, and the two of them fell to the ground.
Chaotic footsteps echoed down the corridor, and two figures rushed in, one grabbing Qin Xiaoyu and the other pulling at the madwoman.
"I want to eat meat! I want to eat meat!" the madwoman shouted.
"There's meat! Come on, I'll take you to eat meat!" Deng Jianyan and the guesthouse staff who arrived at the scene carried the crazy woman out.
Qin Xiaoyu stared in disbelief as they threw the crazy woman outside and locked the building door.
"Xiaoyu, are you alright?" Zhou Xing looked Qin Xiaoyu up and down carefully, but couldn't find any injuries.
"Won't she freeze to death outside?" Qin Xiaoyu turned her head and said as if in a dream.
"Never mind her, as long as you're alright!" Zhou Xing said resentfully.
"I told you not to open the door, why didn't you listen!" Deng Jianyan turned around and said angrily.
"I'm sorry." Qin Xiaoyu lowered her head timidly.
"Is 'sorry' all you want? You're playing with your life! Do you know what virus she has? This world isn't as clean and simple as you think. Everyone has to be careful. You're playing with your life, don't you understand?" Deng Jianyan's face was ashen. He sat on the iron bed, his hand trembling as he reached for a cigarette.
"Don't scold her, she didn't do it on purpose." Although Zhou Xing knew he was right, he couldn't bear to see Qin Xiaoyu looking so pitiful, so he pleaded.
"Shut up! You're a grown man, and you can't even take care of a woman when you go out with her. What kind of man are you?" Deng Jianyan's words were quite impolite. Zhou Xing's face first turned red, and then quickly turned pale. He hugged Qin Xiaoyu's shoulders tightly.
"Yes, I am incompetent, I am sorry."
"You didn't do anything wrong to me! You did wrong to her! I'm going to sleep, you can stay in this room." Deng Jianyan slammed the door shut and walked out.
"Eat meat! Eat meat!" Suddenly, the face of a madwoman appeared on the window, pounding on the glass.
Qin Xiaoyu pushed Zhou Xing aside, quickly pulled the light cord, and the room was plunged into darkness. The madwoman outside the window couldn't see inside, and after lying there for a short while, she left dejectedly.
"I'm so useless, my legs went weak with fear." Qin Xiaoyu leaned against the wall and slowly moved toward the bed.
Zhou walked over, picked her up around the waist, and was about to put her on the bed.
"No!" Qin Xiaoyu sprang from his arms to the ground with incredible agility, completely forgetting that her legs had gone weak. She felt nauseous at the thought of the madwoman lying on her bed.
"How many people are in your room?" Qin Xiaoyu asked.
"Me and Lao Deng."
"Can I go over there? I won't sleep, I'll just sit here," Qin Xiaoyu said pitifully. Now she was much more dependent on Deng Jianyan than on Zhou Xing.
Deng Jianyan gives her a greater sense of security.
Deng Jianyan was still awake and hadn't turned on the light; in the darkness, only the glowing of his cigarette butt could be seen.
"Come in. I can't sleep either." Deng Jianyan spoke after Zhou Xing relayed Qin Xiaoyu's request.
"What's wrong with that crazy woman?" Zhou Xing couldn't help but ask.
“Many years ago, there were very few people here, and wolves would occasionally appear. She was an educated youth sent to the farm, and she took her child home to visit relatives. When she returned, she stayed at the guesthouse. Somehow, she couldn’t keep an eye on the child, and the child got lost. When they found him, it was a terrible sight…” Deng Jianyan couldn’t continue.
Qin Xiaoyu listened with wide eyes, wishing she could cover his mouth.
"Some animal must have ripped out his internal organs, and he's now hard," Deng Jianyan said, and the room fell into a deathly silence.
The next morning, they went to the courtyard of the guesthouse to look for a car.
There were two vehicles going to the farm, both large trucks. Only the cabs were big enough for people to sit in, so it would be too crowded for four people to squeeze into one. Therefore, Deng Jianyan got into one vehicle, while Qin Xiaoyu and Zhou Xing got into the other.
Deng Jianyan's car drove out of the yard first, while Qin Xiaoyu's car driver was a little later, as he had to deliver goods to someone and had to wait for a train.
They left Nenjiang County at around 10 a.m., but they figured they could reach the farm before dark, so they didn't have to worry about walking at night.
The driver's surname was Qu, and he was in the same fleet as Ge Laosao; they knew each other.
"I'm just wondering, how did Brother Ge, who's so afraid of his wife, get this nickname?" Qin Xiaoyu smiled.
"He's all talk and no action. As soon as Sister-in-law Ge glares at him, he immediately cowers. That nickname is an insult to him. He's not a man at all, he's too cowardly!" Daqu laughed heartily.
"My sister has been staying at Brother Ge's house for a while now, have you seen her?" Qin Xiaoyu tried to get some information out of her.
"You mean Wenwen? I've met her before. She even drives her convoy over for fun." Daqu actually knew her.
"How is she?" Qin Xiaoyu asked as soon as she heard that someone knew Wenwen.
"What do you mean, 'what happened'? What's wrong with her?" Daqu was confused by the question. Qin Xiaoyu then realized that she had misspoke. In winter, people dress like bears to hide their bellies. It must have been Sister-in-law Ge's arrangement to keep Tang Wenwen from finding out that she was pregnant.
"I mean, is she adjusting to the new environment? She used to get rashes and vomit whenever she went to a different place." Qin Xiaoyu made up a lie on the spot.
"I don't know, but she has a big appetite. Our team has good food, and she's closest to Old Sun from the canteen. Whenever they cook meat dishes, Old Sun always saves her a big bowl," Da Qu said enviously.
Qin Xiaoyu and Zhou Xing exchanged a glance, surprised that Tang Wenwen's social skills had been brought to their fullest potential.
They got up early, ate a bite at the canteen, and were getting a little hungry by noon. But with no villages or shops nearby, they could only grab a bite in the car.
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