Chapter 185 Meeting an Acquaintance on the Train
Zhou Lin immediately perked up, "Then I'll go buy the train ticket tomorrow."
Zhizhi hugged his strong waist tightly. "Mmm, I can't be gone for too long. I can't bear to leave you."
These words made Zhou Lin blush, his ears turn red, and even the back of his hands unconsciously turn red.
Zhizhi bid farewell to Zhou Lin and boarded the train to Beijing.
I didn't expect to run into an acquaintance when I was almost in Beijing.
Zhizhi remained in the premium sleeper berth, but this time there was a commotion at the entrance to the premium sleeper berth passage.
Having been on the car for so long, Zhizhi couldn't resist going to see what was going on.
I was surprised to see someone I knew.
Xu Shanshan, her hair disheveled, pointed at a thin man and accused him, "He stole my money, he's the one who stole it."
"When I opened my eyes, I saw him take my wallet."
The thin man, with his neck hunched and head drooping, was being pulled by the train police officer who was rummaging through his pockets. "I really didn't have any. She's mentally ill. I was just looking for someone, and she insisted that I stole her money."
The thin man turned all his pockets inside out, but there was no wallet Xu Shanshan had mentioned.
Xu Shanshan stared wide-eyed, unwilling to believe what she was seeing. "Impossible! I saw him take it with my own eyes. It was just in his pocket a moment ago. It can't be..."
As Xu Shanshan spoke, she tried to search the man's pockets herself.
The man appeared to be avoiding the question, but his eyes showed no fear whatsoever.
Zhizhi guessed that there was an accomplice in the car, and the wallet had been inadvertently thrown to his accomplice during the man's escape, so he wasn't afraid at all.
Xu Shanshan personally searched the pockets of the man she had seen containing his wallet, and then searched the man's other pockets, but found neither of them contained her wallet.
Xu Shanshan was on the verge of a breakdown.
Her wallet contained all her savings, money she needed to pay rent and find a job, and now it's been stolen...
“He must have hidden it somewhere else on his person,” Xu Shanshan shouted, pointing at the man again.
“Make him take off all his clothes, and I will search him piece by piece.”
She said it as a matter of course, but the train police officer looked troubled and said, "Comrade, this is not in accordance with regulations."
"Here's what you'll do. Let me record what your lost wallet looks like and the amount of money inside. We'll contact you as soon as we have any leads, okay?"
The train police officer said this and released the man.
The man glanced at Xu Shanshan and said sarcastically, "What? So what if you're from the city?"
"Does being from the city give you the right to bully others?"
"A frame-up?"
As he spoke, he defiantly shook his clothes again, "Really? Really?"
Do you have your wallet?
"I already told you, you just wanted to find someone, but you insist that someone stole your money."
"How much money do you have? Why would I have to steal from you?"
"You have money, why don't you stay in a nicer carriage?"
As the man spoke, he pointed in Zhizhi's direction and said, "Anyone who didn't know better would think you were from the premium sleeper section!"
Following the man's finger, Xu Shanshan turned her gaze and unexpectedly met Zhizhi's eyes.
Zhizhi: ...Uh, what a coincidence.
Upon seeing that it was Zhizhi, Xu Shanshan instinctively tried to hide, but seeing that she couldn't escape, she quickly used her hands to tidy her clothes and hair.
Seeing that Xu Shanshan was no longer bothering him, the man said to the train police officer, "Comrade, can I go now?"
The train police officer nodded, staring at him as he said, "Don't do anything bad on the train."
The man immediately nodded, "Don't worry, I've always been an honest person."
Seeing that the man was about to leave, Xu Shanshan finally came to her senses and withdrew her hand from fixing her hair. "He's the one who stole my money..."
But the man immediately slipped away.
The train police officer stopped Xu Shanshan and said, "Comrade, shall I make a record for you?"
Seeing that it seemed hopeless to get her money back, Xu Shanshan turned to look at the carriage behind her, where Zhizhi was no longer there.
Zhizhi didn't want to eat the melon that Xu Shanshan had recommended, fearing it might contain worms and upset her stomach.
So, seeing that the matter was over, she naturally slipped back into her own carriage.
Xu Shanshan looked at the deserted place, her expression becoming somewhat wistful. In the past... in the past, she always slept in a luxury sleeper car when she went out.
However... ordinary people can't buy a deluxe sleeper berth, so she can't buy one now.
Even if she could buy it, she's currently short of money.
Of course, this time it was even worse; they didn't have a single penny left.
She had never encountered anything like this when she stayed in a premium sleeper car, so much so that she hadn't bothered to conceal herself at all since boarding the train, which is why she was being watched, even though she was about to get off...
Xu Shanshan was exhausted and in pain.
She didn't understand why God would treat her this way when she was already in such a miserable state.
Why is that?
What heinous things has she done?
She was born a young lady, destined to be a princess.
But... but how come times have changed? She lost her destiny as a noblewoman, and she accepted meeting someone like Wen Changyu.
Now, she just thinks that all these things are due to her poor judgment, and she accepts her loss. Why... why won't God let her go?
Thinking of everything that happened to her after she was released from the detention center, Xu Shanshan slid down the train carriage and sat on the ground, covering her face and crying bitterly.
After she was released from the detention center, she took the 300 yuan given to her by Wen Changyu and found a house in a hutong. It cost eight yuan a month, and there was only one single room. It was cold and there was no heating. The landlord also charged her half a year's rent at once.
She wanted to look for something better, but there were no good houses available for rent.
She had no choice but to move in.
After all, her pride wouldn't allow her to linger in the Wen family's house for too long.
She moved all her belongings out of her original three-bedroom apartment, leaving the key there, and moved into a small, unheated house by herself.
The room was too small, and her belongings almost filled the entire room.
The landlord's wife kept asking her, "Why are you renting a place all by yourself?"
"Did you have a fight with your man?"
"Judging from your clothes and appearance, you don't look like a poor person. What does your husband do for a living?"
Xu Shanshan ignored her and was even less willing to reply to her.
The landlady always gave her sideways glances, saying, "What's with the arrogance!"
Then, as the Chinese New Year approached, I would always ask her, "Aren't you going home for the New Year?"
"Are you divorced?"
“Oh, I’m not trying to be mean, but at our age, we shouldn’t be following this trend. That’s a trend for young people. We’re old, and our kids are all grown up. If we keep doing this, it will embarrass them.”
She added, "Could it be that your husband sold all the things in the house, took the money and went abroad, and is just lying to you, waiting for him in the country?"
"Then you're in trouble. The emperor is far away, and you're afraid you won't be able to wait for him to come back."
She suddenly remembered Wang Jinghui's deception, and she couldn't stand the landlady's nagging any longer, so she packed her things and bought a train ticket to her sister's place. She really had nowhere else to go.
Xu Junjun was surprised to see her, but still warmly welcomed her into the house.
Her honest and simple brother-in-law was also very warm towards her at first.
Including her nephews and nieces.
But after they learned that she had been divorced, they all changed their attitudes.
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