The man glanced at Jiang Chunlin and Shen Qinghe indifferently, sat on the berth opposite, took out a newspaper from his briefcase and started reading.
Shen Qinghe withdrew her gaze.
Only a few people can afford sleeper tickets these days, and even if you have money you can't buy one. If it weren't for Deputy Director Tang's help, she and Jiang Chunlin would definitely have to fight for hard seats.
After eating the cucumber, Shen Qinghe just raised the kettle to drink water when she saw Cai Li walking in. The water in her mouth almost spurted out.
Cai Li looked at the three people in the berth as if they were strangers, and said with a smile, "Comrades, where are you all going?"
"Capital!" Shen Qinghe spoke politely to Cai Li as if she was looking at a stranger.
Jiang Chunlin pointed at Shen Qinghe and said, "Let's go together!"
Cai Li nodded and looked at the other man.
The other man seemed not to hear Cai Li's question, nor did he look at anyone, his eyes fixed on the newspaper.
Cai Li smacked his lips and touched his head with his hand. "Thanks to my son, I, an old man, can also ride in a sleeper berth for once."
The corner of Shen Qinghe's mouth twitched slightly. She glanced at Jiang Chunlin. He said nothing and stuffed the rolled pancake into Shen Qinghe's hand.
Shen Qinghe had eaten a full meal at the police station and was not hungry at the moment. But faced with such a strange combination of boxes, she chewed the pancake slowly and glanced at the man reading the newspaper.
One of her portraits from last night!
She glanced at Jiang Chunlin again, wondering if he noticed it or not, but he didn't seem surprised at all to see Cai Li here, and he looked at Cai Li as if he were a stranger.
Shen Qinghe thought, he is so smart, he should be able to notice it.
The train started moving. Jiang Chunlin looked at Cai Li and then at Shen Qinghe.
Cai Li, who was sitting on the upper bunk opposite, raised his eyebrows.
Jiang Chunlin went out with a towel and a kettle.
After a while, he came back with a wet towel and asked Shen Qinghe to wipe her face. After wiping her face, Shen Qinghe yawned.
"Go to bed if you're sleepy. It's still early." Jiang Chunlin looked at Shen Qinghe deeply, sat beside her, holding a tomato in his hand and biting it slowly.
Shen Qinghe was a little scared, but looking at Jiang Chunlin's tall and strong back, she felt inexplicably at ease.
I couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep soon after lying on the berth.
When she woke up, it was almost dark.
"Are you hungry?" When Jiang Chunlin saw Shen Qinghe wake up, he stuffed a wet towel into her hand for her to wipe her hands. He then peeled a boiled egg and handed the plump white egg to her.
Shen Qinghe took a bite and looked across.
The man was sleeping with his back to the crowd.
Shen Qinghe looked up at the bunk above. Cai Li was half lying there, also looking at her.
She mouthed, "Is it him?"
Cai Li nodded, signaling her not to ask any more questions and just do what she had to do.
Seeing that Jiang Chunlin was not surprised at all, Shen Qinghe looked at him meaningfully.
Jiang Chunlin raised his eyebrows, approached Shen Qinghe, and said in a low voice, "I'm not stupid. Cai Li can appear here, so that man must be extraordinary.
Don't be afraid, I'm here, just sleep when you feel tired."
Shen Qinghe pursed her lips and said, "I'm not a pig." How could she fall asleep again right after waking up?
Jiang Chunlin chuckled and handed her the kettle.
Shen Qinghe sat on the berth and drank slowly.
Seeing that Jiang Chunlin's eyes were red from staying up late, he must have not slept last night, so he reached out and poked him in the lower back.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Chunlin asked Shen Qinghe in a normal voice.
Shen Qinghe glanced at the man opposite her. The man was motionless and probably fell asleep.
She pursed her lips and said, "You should get some sleep too."
"I'm not sleepy." Jiang Chunlin shook his head.
He appeared to be calm and composed on the surface, but in fact, his heart was tense.
The man who could be followed personally by Deputy Director Cai, and considering Shen Qinghe's performance, this man must be one of the portraits she was asked to draw last night.
How could he be so calm as to be able to sleep in the same berth with such a dangerous person?
Some desperate criminals can do anything when they are pushed into a corner.
He needs to be extremely alert.
Shen Qinghe understood what Jiang Chunlin meant and stopped persuading him.
After a while, Cai Li took the teacup and went outside to get some water, and came back after a long time.
The man opposite was sleeping the whole time.
Shen Qinghe slept for a while, and when she woke up, it was already dawn.
"We'll be there in ten hours." Jiang Chunlin said to Shen Qinghe, "Are you hungry?"
Shen Qinghe shook her head. She took out toothpaste and toothbrush from her cloth bag and put a towel on her shoulders. "I'm going to wash my face."
Jiang Chunlin wanted to go with her, but if they both left their luggage behind and went out, he was afraid that the man opposite would become suspicious and ruin Cai Li's plan.
There are a lot of thieves on the train, and no one would leave their luggage behind and walk away.
"Be careful." Jiang Chunlin frowned and warned.
Shen Qinghe nodded, walked through the crowd in the corridor and walked forward.
As soon as I walked to the area where I was washing my face, I heard a loud noise.
She turned around and saw the suspicious man running towards her. Cai Li was chasing him, and there were two people following behind him, probably his colleagues.
The man's eyes met Shen Qinghe's. Shen Qinghe's body stiffened and she saw the man rushing towards her.
She threw away the toothbrush she had just picked up and engaged in close combat with the man.
The man didn't expect Shen Qinghe to be so capable, and snorted coldly, "I was blind, I thought you were not in the same group with them."
"People are not allowed to fight!" Shen Qinghe replied while fighting with the man.
The man was stunned, looked at Shen Qinghe fiercely, took out a dagger from his waist, and stabbed Shen Qinghe hard.
The crowd around was screaming and running away, the scene was a mess.
Just as Shen Qinghe raised her foot, a man ran between them. She had missed the best opportunity to kick the dagger in the man's hand.
There was a huge disparity in strength between men and women. No matter how skilled she was, she couldn't compete with a desperate criminal and was subdued by the man in an instant.
The man put one arm around Shen Qinghe's neck and held a dagger against her neck with the other hand, looking at Cai Li and others who were chasing after them.
"Everyone, step back, or I'll kill her with a single blow!"
Cai Li made a gesture, and he and his two colleagues stepped back together, staring at the man.
Jiang Chunlin saw the man and Cai Li go out one after another. He didn't pay attention at first, but after a few seconds he realized something was wrong and hurriedly chased after them.
When he ran over, he saw Shen Qinghe being held hostage by a man.
His pupils shrank suddenly!
"Don't be impulsive, trust me!" Cai Li saw Jiang Chunlin running over and was afraid that if he rushed over impulsively, he would irritate the man and easily hurt Shen Qinghe.
Jiang Chunlin frowned and glanced at Cai Li, with ruthlessness in his eyes.
Cai Li was stunned.
Cai Li came back to his senses in a second. This was not the time to be distracted, so he stared at the man closely.
He said to his subordinates behind him, "Notify the crew immediately, evacuate the people, and minimize the damage."
"Yes!" Cai Li's subordinate responded, turned around and ran away.
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