The train conductor quickly found Yu Yao's berth and frowned deeply as he watched Zhao Jiabao stuffing a handful of beef jerky into his mouth.
Where are your parents?
"My stomach hurts, I'm going to... I'm going to the toilet." Zhao Jiabao said this familiarly the whole way, without even looking up.
The jerky and saliva in his mouth fell to the ground, and he picked them up without wiping them and stuffed them back into his mouth.
The train conductor had no choice but to check the other passengers first. He looked at Yu Yao and said, "This comrade, your ticket is being checked. Please show it."
Yu Yao took out her sleeper ticket from her pocket and showed it to the train conductor.
After the train conductor finished checking, she put the ticket back in its original place.
She caught a glimpse of Zhao Jiabao's actions, froze, and quickly blocked Tianya's curious gaze, afraid that she would be influenced by bad habits.
Seeing that Tianya had finished the last bit of mung bean cake, Yuyao wiped her mouth and hands.
Sweetie licked her lips, still wanting more, and touched her pocket as she said to Yu Yao, "Auntie, I'm sleepy, I want to go to sleep."
"Your aunt will carry you upstairs to sleep."
"Why go upstairs? Just sleep on the lower bunk." Ge Jinhua moved to the side and said to Tianya with a smile, "Come on, come to Grandma's."
The little girl leaned closer and smiled sweetly at Ge Jinhua.
Yu Yao took a coat from her luggage bag and covered her chest with it.
After the train attendant left, Zhang Cuie sneaked back and snatched the bag containing the beef jerky.
"You little rascal, I was only gone for a short while, and you've already eaten so much."
Zhang Cuie was so angry that her chest ached when she saw that a large part of the dried meat was missing. She couldn't bear to hit her precious grandson, so she kept nagging.
There wasn't much to do on the train, so Hu Lingyu brought them newspapers when she came over, worried that Yu Yao and the others might be bored.
Yu Yao found the latest newspaper, opened it, and read it carefully.
Suddenly, Ge Jinhua, who was next to her, exclaimed and pointed to the back of the newspaper: "Yu girl, look at this."
Yu Yao looked at the spot the woman pointed to and saw that the headline was about the major case on July 15th.
The newspaper reported that the masterminds behind the case, including Li Weibing and other wicked individuals, were sentenced to death by firing squad.
Han Fenglan and Yu Honglan were involved in harboring wanted criminals and human trafficking; one was sentenced to ten years and the other to three years.
They deserved what they got for their crimes.
When Ge Jinhua returned, she heard about what happened that day and was about to ask her about it when she heard a loud hiccup coming from the side.
Yu Yao looked in the direction of the sound.
Sweetie had somehow gotten inside and covered herself with her coat to sleep.
She walked over and lifted her coat.
Sweetie covered her mouth with one hand and held half a piece of mung bean cake in the other. Seeing her, she couldn't help but burp again.
"Where did you get these mung bean cakes?"
After some questioning, Yu Yao learned that the girl had secretly hidden two pieces in her pocket when they weren't looking, pretending to go to sleep while secretly eating them under the covers.
While helping her catch her breath, Yu Yao fed her water, saying, "You won't be able to eat in a little while, so the rest of the mung bean cakes are confiscated."
Sweetie knew she was wrong, but her aunt's mung bean cakes were really delicious; she had never eaten such beautiful mung bean cakes before.
I can only eat a small piece each time, it's never enough.
The thought of not being able to eat mung bean cake made the little girl's eyes redden, and tears hung on her long eyelashes, threatening to fall. She then pouted and acted coquettishly towards Yu Yao.
"Auntie, I won't steal any more, please don't confiscate my mung bean cakes."
"That won't do!"
Children are like blank slates; they rely entirely on adults to teach them from a young age.
Yu Yao feigned a cold expression, "Playing the victim won't work. If you eat well on the train these past few days, I can reward you with half a piece of mung bean cake each day. That's all. If you don't eat well, you won't get even half a piece."
Seeing that Yu Yao wouldn't budge, the little girl drooped her head and let out another loud burp.
Just then, a slender hand reached out from the side, with several hawthorn pills in its palm.
"The little girl probably ate too fast and didn't drink enough water, so she has indigestion. I have some hawthorn pills here, you can give her some and she'll be fine."
Yu Yao looked up and saw the young man in the Lenin suit in the middle bunk opposite her.
He looked to be about twenty-four or twenty-five years old. Like Lu Ze, he had striking features and a handsome face. However, he had a gentle, scholarly air about him, which was different from Lu Ze's cold and tough demeanor. They each had their own style.
Personally, Yu Yao admires Lu Ze's strong and resolute strength more.
At this moment, the man handed her hawthorn pills, and his gentle, peach-blossom eyes made Yu Yao feel inexplicably close to him.
Wu Huaiqing, fearing she might worry about the origin of the hawthorn pills, specially took out his work ID and letter of introduction.
"Comrade, look, this is my work ID and letter of introduction. I am the director of the Haidao Food Factory, and my name is Wu Huaiqing. You can use these hawthorn pills with confidence."
Even so, Yu Yao still intended to refuse.
After all, this is an era with many pickpockets and human traffickers on trains, so it's always better to be careful.
Just then, Lu Ze's voice came from behind, "What happened?"
When he saw Tianya looking guilty and hiccuping incessantly, he knew what was going on.
Wu Huaiqing glanced at Lu Ze, somewhat uncertain, "You are... Commander Lu of the island garrison?"
Upon hearing this, both Yu Yao and Lu Ze were somewhat stunned.
The people around him were also very surprised. They didn't expect that Lu Ze, who looked so young, was already a regimental commander.
He's so young and promising!
Even Zhang Cuie, who was on the other side, couldn't help but cast a curious glance when she heard the words "island" and "regimental commander".
Lu Ze's gaze fell on Wu Huaiqing's excited face, and his eyes gradually cleared from initial doubt. "Are you Director Wu from the Island Food Factory?"
Wu Huaiqing was overjoyed to see that he recognized him. "It's me! Our factory was damaged during the last typhoon, and Commander Lu brought people to help. I was the one who received you. I didn't expect you to remember me."
He smiled at Yu Yao, "Comrade, now you can trust me, right? Here, take this!"
Yu Yao glanced at Lu Ze, and Lu Ze nodded.
"Thank you, Comrade Wu!"
Yu Yao took the hawthorn pills and fed them to Tian Ya using the military water bottle that Aunt Ge handed over.
Sweetie stopped hiccuping not long after eating a hawthorn pill.
With Lu Ze as a mutual acquaintance, Wu Huaiqing's acquaintance with Yu Yao didn't seem so abrupt.
"Judging from your accent, Comrade Yu is from Qin Province?" Wu Huaiqing inquired discreetly.
Yu Yao nodded. "That's right, I'm from Qin Province."
His younger sister was lost in Qin Province, so he has to come to Qin Province to look for her every time he goes on a business trip!
Yu Yao is from Qin Province, and she looks so much like her aunt.
She might really be my cousin!
Wu Huaiqing suppressed his heart pounding in his throat and asked with feigned composure, "I've heard that a type of red mushroom is produced in Qin Province, and that locals born in the summer especially love to eat it. Is that true?"
Yu Yao didn't understand why Wu Huaiqing was so curious, but she still replied politely.
"I don't know about that. I was born in the summer. I like all kinds of mushrooms, but I'm allergic to red mushrooms."
Lu Ze frowned, feeling that Wu Huaiqing was acting strangely, especially when he saw Wu Huaiqing staring intently at Yu Yao.
He felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Could it be that Wu Huaiqing is trying to pursue Yu Yao?
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