Chapter 529: Unexpected Encounter in the Carriage
Because it was too late in the day, Gu Fan could only find a sleeper ticket, and took an overnight train with his data to meet Boss Ding in another city.
This soft sleeper cabin had four berths, and Gu was the first to arrive. He sat quietly on his bunk, listening to music, and contemplating his first time spending a night on a train. He wondered if he could sleep soundly.
At that moment, the door to the cabin opened and a woman roughly Gu’s age entered. Her clothing and demeanor suggested she wasn’t a student, but rather, someone who had worked a few years. She glanced at Gu Fan, and then placed her bag on the bunk across from him.
Gu Fan didn’t mind, and continued to enjoy his music. When the train started moving, a third passenger, a bespectacled man, entered the cabin. After greeting everyone, he picked a bunk.
Soon a fourth person entered the cabin. He had a shifty look, with small, dishonest eyes. As soon as he entered, he took a long look at the woman, and then chose a bunk.
Though they were strangers, Gu Fan decided to initiate a conversation. Only the bespectacled man responded, while the woman only said a few words. The shifty-eyed man didn’t utter a sound, and just lay on his bunk to sleep.
That evening, Gu Fan, the bespectacled man, the woman, and the shifty-eyed man all fell asleep, one by one entering the realm of dreams.
In the first small hours, Gu Fan woke up and wanted to use the restroom. To his astonishment, he found the rowdy man from the upper berth using his phone to film the sleeping woman in the lower berth.
Gu Fan detested these kinds of people. So, he coughed softly as a warning, but the shifty-eyed man only gave him a dismissive look. It was as if the man was telling Gu Fan not to meddle.