The smell on the train was not pleasant; it was very complicated.
The sounds of babies crying, people trying to soothe children, arguing, and loud conversations.
When Ye Zhiyu transmigrated, she was already in the Red Flag Brigade. In her previous life, when she went out, she either drove herself or took the high-speed rail or airplane. She had never actually taken a train.
Nowadays, hard seats on trains are available to the general public, hard sleeper tickets are only for those with connections, and soft sleeper tickets are reserved for leaders and foreign dignitaries.
Lu Chen bought the ticket; it was a hard sleeper. After passing through the crowded carriages, the hard sleeper section was a bit more spacious. The ticket cost 25.8 yuan, which was expensive for many families. Hard seats were cheaper.
They both have bunk beds. They could have bought two lower bunks so they wouldn't have to climb up and down, but people come and go on the lower bunks, and Ye Zhiyu probably wouldn't like that, so they bought one upper bunk and one lower bunk.
He was right. Ye Zhiyu liked the top bunk because it offered a wider view and she didn't have to face so many people.
The main problem is that many people with standing tickets or those in upper berths will want to sit in your berth. If you don't allow it, they will definitely complain that you have no intention of doing this or that. Only one person is in the lower berth, so it's just right for the two of them to sit there.
Lu Ze dropped them off at their seats and then got out of the car and left, reminding them to be careful before he left.
Ye Zhiyu looked around. Unlike soft sleeper berths, hard sleeper berths were not small rooms with doors; they were completely open.
She and Lu Chen stuffed all their belongings under the bed so they wouldn't get in the way.
Facing them was a couple with two children. The man looked like a very simple and honest person, with dark skin and sunburns on his face from working in the summer sun that hadn't healed yet.
The woman was a little impatient, and even somewhat disgusted with the man.
She glanced at Ye Zhiyu with disdain, as if she looked down on her.
Ye Zhiyu: ? ? ?
This is absolutely outrageous! It's ridiculous that they opened the door for someone so outrageous! It's outrageous to the extreme!
What surprised Ye Zhiyu the most was that she actually saw Li Xi and Fu Tingshen.
I was wondering why I hadn't seen them today; turns out they were also returning today.
Fu Tingshen walked ahead carrying his suitcase, while Li Xi followed behind with a grim expression.
Struggling to drag her suitcase, she didn't have many clothes. When she went to the countryside, she brought all her decent clothes with her, and she had to take them back this time, as her winter clothes were thick and heavy.
She had noticed Ye Zhiyu long ago, and she felt jealous seeing that Ye Zhiyu didn't have to worry about anything and that someone was protecting her from the wind and rain.
The moment Ye Zhiyu saw her, she tried her best to straighten her back, but Ye Zhiyu only glanced at her in surprise before looking away.
It was as if she didn't care about her at all. In fact, Li Xi never quite understood why Ye Zhiyu, who loved Fu Tingshen so much in her previous life, could be so calm when Fu Tingshen was taken away by her, as if she had never cared.
She had indeed established the relationship she had always dreamed of with Fu Tingshen, and she had even decided during her trip back home for the Chinese New Year that she absolutely had to get a marriage certificate with him.
But why didn't she feel so happy?
Fu Tingshen paused for a moment, noticed Lu Chen, and pursed his lips.
Realizing what Ye Zhiyu meant by bringing Lu Chen home, a deep sense of resentment welled up inside him. How was he inferior to Lu Chen?
"It's so annoying. These two are always staring at me. Am I that good-looking?"
After everyone left, Ye Zhiyu complained to Lu Chen.
As a fellow man, Lu Chen naturally understood Fu Tingshen's thoughts; it was just belated regret, for what one cannot have is always the best.
"Don't look at him." Lu Chen was exceptionally domineering in this matter.
"Where's this strong sour smell coming from? Did someone spill their vinegar?" Ye Zhiyu teased with a smile, even sniffing the air as if to impress.
Lu Chen readily admitted without any hesitation that he did not consider jealousy to be a shameful thing.
"You've spilled your vinegar jar, how are you going to appease her?"
This conversation was more like sweet nothings between a young couple, so their voices were very low and soft. The carriage was noisy, and even the family of four sitting opposite them couldn't hear what they were saying. It was just that the two of them were sitting a little close together.
To outsiders, it looks like flirting.
Before Ye Zhiyu could answer Lu Chen's question,
Then the woman across from them spoke in a sarcastic tone, "Can't some people be a little more mindful of their image? There's a child here, trying to lure people away to other places."
The sound was loud and shrill. One second it was making noise in the carriage, and the next it was quiet. Many people craned their necks to see what was going on.
Ye Zhiyu was stunned, seeing the woman staring straight at her.
Pointing to herself, Ye Zhiyu asked, still unsure, "Are you talking about me?"
The man next to the woman hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, my wife didn't mean it, she misspoke, I'm so sorry."
The man's face turned bright red. He had been busy running around since he got on the bus, and the two children were very well-behaved, quiet and not annoying at all.
The man pulled the woman away, saying, "Honghua, don't do this, apologize to him quickly."
The woman shoved the man: "Get lost, who gave you permission to touch me?"
Then, pointing at Ye Zhiyu, she said, "I'm talking about you. Who else on this bus flirts with men like you? Go somewhere else if you're feeling horny. You're just an eyesore."
Lu Chen stood up abruptly, and the woman took a few steps back. "What are you doing? What are you doing? You want to hit someone now that you've been exposed?"
Ye Zhiyu pulled Lu Chen back. If she really fought with her, she would have to pay for her medical expenses, which wasn't worth it.
More and more people gathered around, whispering among themselves.
"Madam, I hope you understand. My partner and I are having a normal conversation. Which eye of yours saw me seducing someone or being aroused? If normal conversation is seduction, then why are you making such a loud noise and calling everyone in the carriage over to watch? Are you trying to seduce everyone? Well, you're really something. I'm only seducing my partner. You... tsk tsk tsk, not bad at all."
Some people who know the truth can tell at a glance that the woman is deliberately causing trouble.
"Tch," he said. "What are you talking about? What does it have to do with your partner's business? Mind your own business."
"That's right, let's disperse, the carriage already smells bad, don't gather together."
"You bitch, how dare you slander me..."
Lu Chen threw a punch, and the woman closed her eyes tightly in fright, her voice disappearing as well.
She waited for a long time but felt no pain. Trembling, she opened her eyes and found her fist just two millimeters away from her.
Lu Chen's cold words rang in her ears: "If there's a next time, it'll be you. I have a habit of hitting women. I'll just pay you back. You can try me."
The man quickly pulled her back, apologizing repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my wife just doesn't think things through and speaks without thinking, please don't take it to heart."
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