Chapter Fifteen: The Enemy on the Train

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  This train to Baoding departed from Fengtian, and when Xu Shaowen and his group boarded the train, there were already many passengers on board. However, the space was still relatively comfortable, after all, China's population in the Republic of China era had not yet reached the crazy levels of the 21st century. To sum it up, seats were scarce, so the three instructors had to scatter the students into different cars, and everyone managed to get a seat.

  Xu Shaowen and Guo Songling, along with two other students from the Step School, sat in the same train car. This car was relatively clean, with most of the passengers being autumn semester students and middle-class people who dressed neatly, even including blond-haired blue-eyed foreigners.

  The train stopped for a short while, and after replacing the steam water and sand, it sounded the starting whistle and slowly started moving forward.

  Not long after the train started, some vendors began to sell snacks in the carriage corridor with their carrying poles. There were melon seeds, fruits, peanuts and so on. The types of goods were very diverse. The railway vendors at that time were not employees of the railway bureau. They just gave some benefits to some railway station staff and got permission to do business on the train.

  "Wen Yuan, I suddenly feel that the little girl at the train station is a beauty," just as Xu Shao was staring out of the window at the moving scenery in a daze, Guo Songling, who was sitting next to him, suddenly said with a smile, "Big eyes, small nose, small lips, very sexy, only seems a bit flat-chested."

  In Xu Shaowen's impression, although during the late Qing and early Republic of China period, all people of the Chinese nation were actively embracing new democratic and liberal ideas, they would not be free and open to the point where even women's * could be openly discussed. He looked at Guo Songling with a hint of surprise, clearly this guy was an old rascal.

  "Maosen, you're going a bit too far with that comment!" Xu Shaowen sighed and said with a hint of reproach.

  "Hey, Wen Yuan, you're still young now, but when you reach my age, you'll see things more clearly," Guo Songling chuckled and continued, "Women didn't have much status in ancient times, but I won't look at them with the same eyes as before. I'm enjoying a kind of aesthetic pleasure!!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to make a gesture, as if emphasizing that being casual with girls was a social contribution.

  "Alright, alright, stop it," looking at Guo Songling's non-stop talking, Xu Shaowen couldn't help but interrupt him, "I have to go to the bathroom, excuse me for a minute."

  "Alright, you go first," Guo Songling saw that Xu Shaowen was being teased by him and burst out laughing knowingly. He waved his hand to let him leave. However, after patting his own pocket, he suddenly added a sentence, "Wenyuan, I just saw a small vendor selling cigarettes in the next two cars, can you buy a pack of Hademen on your way back?"

  "Alright, alright, I know," Xu Shaowen helplessly shook his head. He himself didn't smoke, but he bought the most cigarettes for the entire Physics class, pitying his own wallet.

  Xu Shaowen got up and walked to the junction of the carriage, where there was a small toilet. However, just at this moment, he suddenly saw a lone figure standing in the empty space at the junction. He subconsciously took a closer look and found that it was actually the arrogant rich girl he had met at the train station. At this time, the girl was alone, leaning against the carriage wall, staring blankly out of the window.

  Xu Shaowen couldn't help but feel a little moved. If he were an artist, he would definitely think this was excellent material - a beautiful woman, lost in thought by the window. He also felt that the rich young lady now had a hint of pitifulness to her, with no one to accompany her, yet still having to maintain her noble status, how embarrassing.

  He didn't want to bother with the girl anymore, after all it was just a fleeting encounter, and besides, the girl was so unreasonable and impertinent, so he turned around and prepared to walk into the restroom.

  But who knows, suddenly, the girl might have been staring blankly at the car window and turned her head to look back, just in time to meet Xu Shaowen's gaze. The girl recognized this officer as someone she had seen at the train station, and he looked refined and much better than other officers.

  Xu Shaowen was somewhat at a loss, so he could only nod politely with a smile to the girl and then continue on his way into the bathroom.

  The girl widened her eyes and immediately walked forward, pulling Xu Shaowen out with one hand as soon as he had half a foot in the toilet. Her white face was filled with a thick suspicion, and she asked Xu Shaowen: "Why are you smiling at me with ill intentions?"

  "Ah?" Xu Shaowen was taken aback, staring at the girl with wide eyes, "Miss, are you... mistaken? I nodded to you out of politeness, I didn't have any ill intentions towards you!"

  The girl smiled coldly, still holding onto Xu Shao Wen's hand. The pitiful expression she had earlier when staring out the car window was gone, replaced once again by her spoiled rich girl attitude. "Hmph," she said, "I don't know you and you don't know me, so why are you being so polite to me?"

  "Although so, at least we've met at the station before, that counts as having a connection, right?" Xu Shaowen was being pulled by a girl in such a public setting, feeling very uneasy and worried that passersby would misunderstand him as an unscrupulous person. At the same time, he was also puzzled by this girl, he just smiled politely, no need for such a big show, right?

  "I knew you'd try to curry favor with me, my father is the supervisor of the Ministry of War, it's natural for you small soldiers to want to fawn over him. But I warn you, don't have any designs on me, I won't pay attention to you." The girl said this with a very self-satisfied expression on her face.

  "Miss, would you please let go of my hand? It's not proper for men and women to touch each other." Xu Shaowen was embarrassed by the girl's logical thinking, his facial expression was also a mix of laughter and tears. Your father is the supervisor of the Ministry of War, and my uncle is Premier Xu Shichang. I really can't understand what's wrong with this rich girl's brain, she might even be a fantasist.

  The girl suddenly found herself still holding onto Xu Shaowen, and quickly let go of his hand, a faint blush flashing across her face as she looked rather shy.

  Taking advantage of the opportunity, Xu Shaowen hastily rushed into the toilet without looking back. He didn't want to get entangled with this crazy girl anymore. However, just as he was about to turn around and lock the toilet door, the girl outside suddenly shouted and asked: "What are you going to do?"

  "What am I doing?" Xu Shaowen almost dropped his jaw, pointing to the toilet and saying, "What did you say I came here for?" After he finished speaking, he quickly locked the door as if avoiding a plague.

  What an idiot. Xushaowen secretly defined the girl in his heart.

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