As we drove through Xuzhou, the colors outside the window began to change, becoming greener and more moist and shiny; the pattern of the village buildings along the way also changed, with black roofs showing through a hazy green, which was different from the red tiles and gray tiles common in Shandong countryside.
The tiles are distinguished.
Night gradually fell, and the scenery outside the window faded into darkness.
The Mingzhu train from Beijing to Shanghai is a red leather air-conditioned train, and the fare is much more expensive than the green leather train.
It was late autumn, and there were not many passengers traveling in this season. Car No. 16 was a soft-seat car. In the evening, the savvy of southerners showed itself. Many passengers who were originally in the soft-seat car went to the car No. 15 in front to get their tickets.
The sleeper berth not only allows you to have a good sleep and avoid the bumps of the journey, but also gives you the energy to start the day's hard work when the train arrives in Shanghai early tomorrow morning.
As a result, there were a lot of empty seats in the carriage. In the booth near the north end of the carriage, four young people, three men and one woman, occupied seats for six people and were killing time with poker.
As soon as he got on the bus from Beijing, Zhu Tong kept changing seats. It was only after the bus passed Jinan that he settled down. It was better to travel with three young girls than to look at the sparse lights outside the window alone; besides, the person next to him who was close to the window was better.
The girl is still very attractive. The plain hand-knitted sweater outlines her youthful lines very well. The black hair on one shoulder is dark and smooth, not dyed yellowish or golden like her two companions.
In the first hour, Zhu Tongdu read quietly, holding a thick book of medical skills in his hand; what mattered was not whether he could understand it, but whether others thought he could understand it.
Zhu Tong has a standard academic demeanor, and wears rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose. The frames of this brand are valuable. The girl opposite with the same eyes has already traced Zhu Tong several times.
During dinner, the three girls made bowls of noodles. Since the other two passengers had not yet gone to the sleeper berth, the cabin was a bit crowded. Zhu Tong stood up and read a book in the aisle, looking like a gentleman.
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"Aren't you going to eat?" When there were finally only four people left in the booth, the concern of the girl with eyes on the other side kicked off the scam. This was Zhu Tong's favorite method.
"I just don't eat convenience food. It's best to eat more fruits when riding in the car." Zhu Tong opened his travel bag, first took out a small Dell computer, and then put a bunch of fruits on the table.
"I can't finish this big glaze by myself. Please help me, beautiful ladies. I don't want to carry them around the streets of Shanghai." The temptation of fruit is almost invincible. When Zhu Tong uses it delicately,
When the Swiss army knife sliced open a huge glaze, the sweet and sour taste and the crystal pulp made the originally quiet and artificial atmosphere be replaced by relaxation and laughter.
Everyone is an actor wearing a mask. If we know how to be a good audience with an interest in appreciation, others will trust you more. This is what Zhu Tong’s deceased master said. The year before last, he was arrested for gambling fraud.
A man was thrown into the sea on a cruise ship from Shanghai to Qingdao, so Zhu Tong thought he was dead.
Zhu Tong has good eloquence, which he has practiced since childhood. At this time, he showed a slight stutter, which made the three girls feel more friendly. He had mastered these little tricks ten years ago. At that time, Zhu Tong, theoretically
I'm only fifteen years old.
After the two glazes finished eating, they were already familiar with each other. When the conductor pushed the sales cart past them, Zhu Tong reached out and took two decks of playing cards: "There is still most of the night, so why not kill the time by playing cards for a while? I think
You can’t sleep now either.”
The three girls all said no, but as soon as they started playing Zhutong, it was obvious that all the words they said were kind words.
The train passed one stop after another, and the passengers in carriage No. 16 were changing up and down. Some of them were already sleeping there. A pair of lovers on the other side of the passage were also hugging each other and resting; only the four of them were still playing cards and joking.
When the car passed through Nanjing, it was already late at night. Every time Zhu Tong stopped the car, he would get out of the car to stretch his legs, and this time was no exception. The person who got off the car with him was a card player wearing a plain sweater. Just now, Zhu Tong was in the card game.
The indolence shown in had its effect.
"Why are you going to Shanghai?" the girl asked, stomping her feet as active as Zhu Tong. High-heeled shoes were not suitable for train travel, and her feet were a little bruised.
"Looking at my friend, I haven't had a vacation in two years, so I just took this opportunity to travel to the south of the Yangtze River. There is no scenery in the north now, but I like the south of the Yangtze River." Zhu Tong took off his glasses, lit a cigarette and took a deep breath, squinting his eyes slightly to look at the girl;
In fact, he could see more clearly now that the girl had a good figure and a soft waist, but her buttocks were greener, so she probably didn't have much sexual experience.
"I don't think there's anything good about Jiangnan." The girl's feet seemed to be numb. A passenger carrying a large bag passed by and glanced at her shoulder. The girl staggered and almost fell. Zhu Tong reached out to hold her arm, and immediately
open.
"Thank you." The girl was a little embarrassed. When she ran into Zhu Tong's arms, her plump breasts were pressed under the man's shoulders.
"Thank you for what? I should go and thank him." Zhu Tong pointed at the departing passengers and smiled with his eyes crossed. The meaning of his words was a bit ambiguous, but it was still within the acceptable range of the other party.
"We'll arrive in Shanghai at dawn, how about we get to know each other?" Zhu Tong took out a business card and handed it over. Only then did he realize that the other person was also short-sighted, but he didn't have any eyesight.
The platform was brightly lit, and Zhu Tong could see the details of two lovers kissing each other dozens of meters away, but she placed the business card very close to her eyes and struggled to read the fonts on it.
"Tongren Hospital, Mr. Li Xiang, are you really a doctor? We went to Beijing to intern in the hospital. We will graduate after studying for another half a year." The girl had a look of envy on her face.
If it weren't for the smell of disinfectant on these bodies, I wouldn't have approached you. Zhu Tong muttered in his heart, but his face showed shyness: "Are you also studying medicine?"
"Yes, but we studied nursing, and we were also junior nurses in the hospital, which is far worse than your doctors." The girl felt a little inferior, took another look at the business card, and carefully stuffed it into the pocket of her casual pants.
"Similarly, as long as you work hard and study while working, you can become a doctor." Zhu Tong comforted the girl, although he knew that the possibility was almost zero; as soon as such a beautiful girl enters the hospital, she will become a doctor within two years.
The bride of a doctor or patient; she spends the rest of her life basically submerged in her children and husband.
"Can I know your name? This is my first time in Shanghai. I don't know anyone except a few classmates. They are all as busy as grandchildren. Maybe they will trouble you to be a tour guide." Zhu Tong started to attack.
The identity of traveling together invisibly shortened the distance between us. The girl blushed and said softly: "My name is Qin Miao. I am not very familiar with Shanghai. My home is over in Hangzhou."
This was a girl who was born in the countryside of Hangzhou or in a small town. Zhu Tong made a judgment; Jiangnan girls have their own water town style, and are even more lovely than girls who really come from the city.
"Call me when you have time. We are not busy with homework at this time." A bell rang on the platform, Qin Miao whispered her phone number, and returned to the train with Zhu Tong.
When Zhu Tong and Qin Miao were talking on Zhantai Mountain, the girl with eyes kept looking at them in the car. They were a little suspicious at this time, but both of them behaved normally, so they didn't ask any more questions.
As the car drove off and the card game continued, Zhu Tong and Qin Miao got closer. Their arms often touched each other. It seemed that both parties enjoyed the contact.
Not long after the train started, a few people walked over from Car No. 17. Zhu Tong frowned, and a fat man in his thirties sat down opposite him and squeezed his glasses inward.
As soon as the fat man sat down, he leaned over to watch them play cards, and began to direct his glasses to play cards. Judging from his clothes, the fat man was also a gentleman. The imported suit should be authentic, and the gold watch on his wrist was somewhat questionable; Zhu Tong was playing cards.
Analyzing the situation at hand, it was obvious that the fat man was here to build a wall. The passengers in Car No. 16 were still in a daze even if they were not asleep. Only the four of them in this booth were still awake; these few people who came in were a group of train-eating people.
The charlatan.
Glasses rolled his eyes a few times at first, and then he got back into the game. Suddenly he admired the fat man. He seemed to be able to guess everyone's cards, and he won three games in a row by pointing his eyes.
Qin Miao was a little annoyed. He glanced at the fat man but said nothing, but his glasses were very happy. He no longer felt that the fat man's body was annoying anymore.
Zhu Tong still looked dull, but he had already sensed Fatty's suspicion of him. In the carriage, Fatty's accomplices had already touched the clothes of more than a dozen people, but they seemed to have gained nothing. One of them came over and sat next to Zhu Tong.
, this is a thin man who smells like low-quality tobacco.
The set of brand-name casual clothes Zhu Tong is wearing was given by Yanzi last month. The top is hanging next to Qin Miao, and under the mid-collar sweater is a dark gray pure cotton strip; the thin man sitting next to him puts his hands on the seat,
The blade between his fingers was close to the back pocket of Zhu Tong's pants, and he said: "Brother, you made a mistake."
There was more than 2,000 yuan in the wallet in his back pocket, the money in several credit cards did not exceed five digits, and the tickets were in the pocket on the other side. Zhu Tong judged the situation and was ready to pretend to be stupid until they succeeded.
The blade was about to come into contact with Zhu Tong's pants. Qin Miao couldn't bear it anymore and threw the card down: "There are so many seats in the carriage, why are they all crowded here?"
The thin man quickly retracted his hand holding the blade and looked at Qin Miao with an innocent face. The fat man also glanced at Qin Miao and said helplessly: "I'm bored in the middle of the night. I'm watching you guys playing cards and let's join in the fun. What's the matter, miss? I'm disturbing you.
Yet?"
"Do you want to disturb me? You should know it yourself. We are not going to play anymore. You can go, right?" Qin Miao blushed a little and turned to look out the window.
"What a pity that the good card game has ended. Miss, please come out and play for a while. I'll play for you for a while." The fat man winked at the people around Zhu Tong, stood up and grabbed the cards Qin Miao threw on the table with one hand.
His body was squeezed between Zhu Tong and Qin Yao.
"Click!" With a sound, a silver lighter appeared in Zhu Tong's hand, and the flame was extinguished in a flash. The fat man dodged with agility that did not match his body shape, and stood firm in the passage of the carriage, with his hands in his trouser pockets, his eyes
A cold light flashed out, staring at Zhu Tong.
"What's your name, sir?"
"Me?" Zhu Tong nodded his nose, also looking confused; "I'm not a gentleman, I'm a doctor, a traditional Chinese medicine doctor from Xinglin Zhu family. My surname is Li, how about you?"
"Passers-by, our surname is Wang, King Zhou Wu and Zheng, and our surname is the fourth among hundreds of families. Since the lady doesn't want to welcome us, we won't bother you. You can play." After the fat man finished speaking, he walked towards the direction of carriage No. 17, and his
My companion, the thin man, sat there for a while longer. Seeing that he had no intention of continuing the game, he whispered in a low voice: "I really don't want to play any more, go back to sleep." Then he left.
"What do they mean?" Glasses looked at the outsiders and grabbed the cards again: "Miaomiao, don't be angry, let's continue playing."
"I'm sleepy." Zhu Tong stood up, walked to Car No. 15, washed his face at the water table, and glanced at Car No. 17; the fat man and three others were muttering there, looking towards him constantly.
Zhu Tong touched the silver lighter in his pocket. It was carefully modified by him. Only ZIPPO lighters have enough space to install these mechanisms. There is hallucinogen in a small compressed gas tank, and the weight is not very heavy.
, but it was enough to make the person who smelled it sleep for several days. He had to take action. This trip to Shanghai was related to a big deal. The things in the coat pockets hanging by the car window could not be touched by the fat man.
That piece of clothing was also needed to save his life.
However, the other party is obviously targeting him. They are ranked fourth among the 100 families. Fatty and the others are members of Sipinhonghuo. This is a group of people who specialize in eating trains, and eating black people is their favorite.
Yes, Zhu Tong is a professional liar. He was born in the seventh-grade Zhu sect of Jianghu sect, but he is a liar who specializes in big "business". His current identity is a doctor who went to Shanghai on vacation, and the "business" he does is related to the hospital.
"Brainless trash." Zhu Tong cursed in a low voice. He was in a bad mood now, and he couldn't fall out with the other party on the train; there were at least four people on the other side, and Zhu Tong had no confidence in bringing down all these desperadoes.
But he didn't cause any trouble. Now he can only be patient and wait until the train arrives in Shanghai.
After washing his face, Zhu Tong glanced out the car window. It was dark with few lights on. Looking at the time, it should be three hours before dawn.
When Zhu Tong walked back to his seat, Qin Miao looked at him with concern. Zhu Tong smiled, picked up the glasses on the table and put them on, but felt that the fat man also started to move this way.
Time was tight, Zhu Tong had no choice but to take risks; he stretched his hand through Qin Yao's body from behind, took out his mobile phone and a small bag from his jacket, put his mouth to Qin Yao's ear and whispered: "I'll get a berth, please."
Take care of something for me."
Qin Miao's ears turned red. He didn't nod or shake his head. He turned around and looked at Zhu Tong in confusion. If it was to save money, there were all empty seats in the carriage at this time, and he could sleep somewhere; if it wasn't for money,
The sleeper berth tickets on this train are not tight, and the train's announcement started reminding everyone to fill up the sleeper berth almost as soon as it started driving.
The fat man was getting closer. For a moment, Zhu Tong wanted to stand up and greet him, but thinking of "business", he decided to find a place to hide. Master said that a little impatience will mess up a big plan, and people in the world are also divided into three, six and nine.
Don't take yourself too seriously when it comes to those desperadoes.
He couldn't risk taking his own bag, and there was nothing important in it; the important thing was that his "business" needed a companion to cover it. Sixteen days ago, Yanzi had a big quarrel with him, and now he doesn't know where he is.
City. In Shanghai, the layout has been laid out for half a year, and it’s time to close the network. If we delay any longer, we will be ruined.
As soon as he stood up, Zhu Tong felt that the fat man had retreated back to Car No. 17. He knew without looking that two railway police officers were walking over from Car No. 15, and the night patrol had begun.
"I just thought that I have to meet an elder tomorrow morning. It would be rude to look sleepy. I think you are sleepy too. If I have more tickets, can I give you a replacement one?" Zhu Tong took this opportunity to ask Qin Miao.
Whisper a few words of explanation into your ear.
The fat man had already disappeared into carriage No. 17. Zhu Tong thought that this was a good opportunity. There were still two stops ahead. If he disappeared at this time, they would not be sure of their destination. It would be easy to get the bus to Shanghai.
It should be easy to get rid of these fools in the big city.
Qin Miao shook his head, his glasses giggling across from him: "What did you say to our Qin Miao? Wouldn't it be better to be louder?"
Qin Miao stood up and sat over, leaning on his eyes and shoulders and whispering a few words. The three girls looked at Zhu Tong with a chuckle.
Zhu Tong could hear everything they said, but he pretended to be shy, with a slight blush on his face.