Even at this time, the train station is still noisy.
"I want a train ticket to Fengwu."
"Give me your ID card."
"..."
Xiaolan took the money and looked at the night shift conductor's impatient look.
"I...I'm too young and I don't have an ID card yet."
Lies came out of her mouth. Xiaolan felt that Aunt Lin still had reservations when she said that she was not a lying child. She must be a good liar.
The conductor raised his eyelids and looked at Xiaolan, who looked innocent, and waved his hand outside.
"You can't buy a train ticket without an ID card, kid. There is a passenger terminal next to it. You can buy a bus ticket. There are also direct buses to Fengwu."
Xiaolan looked in the direction pointed by the conductor and put the money into her pocket.
"Thank you sister."
"Yes, just turn right when you go out," the conductor shouted through the glass, "There are few cars in Fengwu, please watch the time!"
Xiaolan waved her hand and walked out of the ticket hall. She felt that the conductor sister was also very nice and kind.
"Little girl!"
Suddenly a strange girl's voice came from behind.
Xiaolan turned around, and saw a beautiful sister with long hair walking towards her carrying a big bag. When she saw her turning around, she waved to her.
Looking around, Xiaolan was sure that her sister was calling her.
Xiaolan smiled unconsciously, feeling a little happy. Her sister was wearing sportswear and a military green jacket, but she looked very gentle.
"Little girl," my sister ran a few steps and stopped in front of her, "are you going to Fengwu too? I'll see if you are alone."
Xiaolan nodded, "You too?"
"Yes! We are also going to Fengwu."
them?
Only then did Xiaolan see several men in black clothes standing behind her sister. The words "Then we can go together" that were already on her lips were swallowed by her.
"Why are you traveling far away by yourself? Where are your parents?"
Sister naturally stood next to Xiaolan, and a group of people walked toward the passenger terminal in a mighty manner.
"I'm going to find my brother," he said again, "my parents asked me to go."
"Huh?" My sister showed an unbelievable and strange expression, "Are you so relieved that uncle and aunt let you, a pretty girl, go out to find someone by yourself?"
Xiaolan didn't manage her expression well. When her sister complimented her on her beauty, the corners of her mouth raised unconsciously.
"There are so many of you, do you want to go to Fengwu together?"
My sister looked behind her and showed the badge on her chest.
"The six of us are members of an online interest group. This time we made a special trip to Fengwu... uh... for an offline gathering."
Xiaolan looked at the people behind her sister. They were not all dressed in black. Among the six people, there were four men and two women, and they seemed to be of varying ages.
"You... don't have ID cards either?"
Several people looked at each other and laughed. As soon as Xiaolan started laughing, she discovered that everyone except her sister was quite friendly.
"The train ticket to Fengwu is too late," said a young boy. "We want to leave as early as possible in the morning and arrive at Fengwu before dark."
"Well..." Xiaolan nodded as if she didn't understand.
When we arrived at the passenger terminal, there were still forty minutes before the nearest bus. It was almost dawn. There were very few people in the passenger terminal. The adults did not let Xiaolan pay anyway. The seven of them sat together and waited.
Take the bus.
My sister took off her military green jacket and held it in her hand. The exquisite badge looked shiny. Xiaolan leaned over and looked at it carefully, feeling that the shape looked familiar.
"What is this interest group about?"
My sister put her coat on her lap, held the badge with her fingers, and straightened it up.
"This is...this is the boundary marker."
In an instant, Xiaolan felt as if she was electrocuted. Not only because of the familiar words that her sister suddenly said, but also because of the shape of this badge.
The badge is an irregular rectangle, carved into the shape of a small stone tablet. If you don't look carefully, you might think it is an ordinary piece of stone, but there is an oil film on the outside, so it looks shiny under the light.
What's important is that the shape of the stone tablet badge reminded her of the strange dream she had that afternoon in the toilet of Yangjiang No. 3 Middle School.
The stone tablet in the dream seemed to look like this.
Although most of the stone tablets look similar, and in the dream I only saw things similar to the tablets from a distance, this badge gave Xiaolan a strong feeling, which overlapped with the tablet in the dream.
"This is the identification badge of our group, designed by the Taoist Priest."
Seeing Xiaolan staring blankly at the badge, her sister simply took off the badge and put it in Xiaolan's hand.
Xiaolan frowned and turned the badge upside down to look at it, but she didn't see anything interesting about it.
"The Taoist Priest is...which Taoist Priest?"
Several people laughed again, and a man in his thirties coughed awkwardly twice and smiled along with everyone.
"It's not a real Taoist priest, it's just an online ID!" Another girl smiled and shook her phone, "We are not an online interest group. We all call each other by ID."
The long-haired sister rubbed Xiaolan's hair and looked at her like she was looking at a cute little animal.
"For example, my ID is canned pineapple. They all call me Pineapple. You can call me Sister Pineapple." My sister said and pointed to the man just now. "Taoist priest is this brother's ID. We all call him Taoist priest.
He designed the badge."
Xiaolan looked at the slightly shy middle-aged man.
Although his temperament and appearance look like that of a mature man, the man's eyes are gentle and sparkling, giving him a youthful and energetic look.
"What's your name?" The man smiled, not seeming to have a secret, "Let's exchange names."
Xiaolan hesitated for less than a second and decided to get closer to them by exchanging identities, hoping to see their next move.
"My name is Liao Yilan, everyone calls me Xiaolan."
The man nodded, still with a gentle and decent smile on his face.
"Xiaolan."
"Have Xiaolan ever heard of the boundary monument?" Sister Pineapple's words brought Xiaolan back to the boundary monument. "When I mentioned the boundary monument, I saw something wasn't right about your expression. You looked very interested in the badge.
."
"Ah..." Xiaolan's thoughts began to change, and she quickly made up for the previous lie with a lie, "My brother left home just to find the boundary marker."
Everyone was a little surprised. They were waiting for Xiaolan to continue, but she stopped abruptly. After all, they couldn't make up any more details at once.
"I... I actually don't know what the boundary monument is at all. I just want to go back to our hometown first to see if I can find any clues." Xiaolan blinked and looked at the curious people around him sincerely, "It's really wonderful to meet you.
Very good."
The implication is, please take me with you next!
"Well...that's quite a coincidence."
Sister Pineapple thought for a few seconds and didn't react. She looked at everyone with questioning eyes.
There were worries and doubts in everyone's eyes, as they didn't expect such an accident to happen.
"Then what were you going to do first when you returned to your hometown?"
The Taoist priest glanced at his watch, confirmed the departure time, put his backpack on himself again, and asked.
Xiaolan shook her head.
"I don't know what to do. I don't know anything. I just want to find my brother."
The Taoist priest walked around Xiaolan, looked down at the schoolbag Xiaolan put on his lap, and showed a strange expression.
"Otherwise...just follow us!" Sister Pineapple said, looking at the Taoist priest, "Xiaolan is a lonely child. If you follow us, you can learn something, and it will also be easier for her to find her brother in the future."
Several other people looked at each other.
"Isn't it inconvenient?" The young boy's face wrinkled up. "She doesn't know the boundary marker is..."
The boy's words ended here. Xiaolan looked back at the boy, her big eyes eager for the truth blinking.
"The car is almost here..." another girl said weakly.
After hearing this, everyone began to pack their bags and put their backpacks on their backs. Xiaolan also picked up her mountaineering bag, which was a bit too big for her, and prepared to get in the car.
"Are you willing to follow us?" The Taoist priest put away his smile and looked at Xiaolan a little seriously.
Everyone stopped talking. The Taoist priest was obviously a leader in this small team, and the decisions he made were usually the final ones.
Xiaolan raised her head and stared at the man's face.
"Please take me with you!"
The gentle smile returned to the Taoist priest's face. Without hesitation, the Taoist priest directly picked up Xiaolan's backpack and patted her head with his other hand.
"Let's go, Xiaolan, we're leaving now." This chapter has been completed!