After a mont of silence, Zhao Qianqian leaned towards Luo Ye and whispered, "Knowing that the other person will never like you but still persistently clinging on will only hurt yourself and make others look down on you. My greatest strength is once I analyze things clearly, I’ll change course right away."
Maybe he’ll stay in so corner of my heart forever, but I’ll no longer do things that bring little reward and annoy people.
When Wen Bao and Mr. Zhu were competing in driving skills, they were so manly. I like that kind of cool, principled man," Zhao Qianqian smiled shyly, "also, he feels especially similar to Captain Feng."
"..."
Feng Tianzhi is so flamboyant, while Wen Bao is so simple-minded. They’re two completely different kinds of n, and yet Zhao Qianqian said they’re similar? Luo Ye really didn’t know what to say.
Zhao Qianqian blinked her charming big eyes, "Luoluo, think carefully, aren’t their eyebrows quite similar?"
Luo Ye rubbed her forehead without saying anything.
Indeed, Feng Tianzhi and Wen Bao both have thick black sword-shaped eyebrows, but the sa eyebrows on Feng Tianzhi’s narrow seductive eyes and Wen Bao’s upright big almond eyes give a completely different feeling.
"Luoluo, you don’t think they look alike?" Zhao Qianqian asked again.
"Yes, yes, quite similar."
"Why did you answer so reluctantly?" Zhao Qianqian pondered a mont with a frown, "They really do look quite similar, the more I think about it, the more alike they seem. If you don’t believe , you can ask Mr. Zhu."
Luo Ye knew very well the real purpose of Zhao Qianqian discussing this topic. She didn’t want to argue but also didn’t want to agree, so she simply lay down to pretend to sleep.
"Luoluo, there’s still a long way to go. If you sleep now, you won’t be able to sleep at night. Get up, I won’t get stuck on this issue with you anymore." Zhao Qianqian pleaded while shaking her, "Get up and chat with ."
Chatting might circle back to the sa topic. Not chatting would make Zhao Qianqian think too much. After so thought, Luo Ye decided to be blunt: "Qianqian, I really admire your carefree attitude. Not many girls can pick up and let go like you.
But you also know that you don’t actually like Wen Bao yet, you’re just trying to quickly find soone to replace Captain Feng, which isn’t fair to Wen Bao."
"Sorry," Zhao Qianqian lowered her head.
"Why say sorry to ?" Luo Ye jokingly poked her finger, "I’m already very happy that you didn’t get mad when I pointed it out so bluntly."
As they talked, the train slowly started, the scenery outside the window gradually receding, then flickering past rapidly...
By noon, half an hour after the train left, the carriage was filled with the sll of instant noodles and sausages.
Zhao Qianqian took down the hanging convenience bag, opened it, leaned down to sll it and swallowed: "Slls so good, Luoluo, I’m lucky to have you along."
The convenience bag contained takeout packed from Pizza Hut before boarding the train, four boxes of pizza, two boxes of steak, and two boxes of oxtail soup.
"Hurry up and eat."
Before Luo Ye arrived, Feng Tianzhi had soone book two soft-sleeper tickets, but she forced him to cancel them. Yet he wouldn’t compromise on this takeout, claiming, "Two young girls can afford to sit in hard sleepers, naturally they can afford pizza, especially two pretty girls like you. If you gnaw on instant noodles like everyone else, that’s actually false."
Zhu Hongyu also agreed, and in the end, the takeout was brought along. Now looking around, Luo Ye agreed with Feng Tianzhi’s view. The young girls in sight were all eating quite well. So in this regard, they were going with the flow.
In the upper bunk was a woman in her thirties who, slling the pizza aroma, glanced down and smiled, "Little sister, is it from your boyfriend?"
Zhao Qianqian smiled and nodded, "Sort of."
"Being young is truly wonderful. When I was your age, lots of n were attentive. Now, I can’t keep it up!" the woman sighed and retreated her head.
"Would you like so?" Zhao Qianqian raised the box in her hand.
"Thank you, little sister," the woman took a small piece, smiling brightly, "I’m Lin ili. What’s your na?"
"Zhao Qianqian."
The woman nodded and praised, "Good na, quite fitting for you, little sister."
Zhao Qianqian quickly said, "Sister Lin’s na fits Sister Lin well too."
Lin ili looked at Luo Ye, "What’s this little sister’s na?"
"She’s Luo Ye."
"Fallen leaf? That na’s not good. A beauty like you should be called Luo Yuhuan or Luo Ziwei instead."
Uh, this lady’s obviously a loyal fan of Taiwanese dramas.
Luo Ye glanced at her lightly: "I like my na."
"Ah?" Lin ili was stunned, chuckling twice, "That’s right, little sister’s na is easy to rember, and anyway, a na given by parents is always good. By the way, are you two going ho, visiting relatives, or..."
Zhao Qianqian shook her head: "Neither."
"I’m going ho." Lin ili sighed, "It’s been seven years since I left my hotown. I don’t know how it looks now, my parents must have aged a lot, alas."
Zhao Qianqian asked: "Where is your old ho?"
"In Ludong."
"Are you coming back this ti to visit, or?"
"I miss my parents, coming ho to see them. Don’t laugh at , back then, I fell in love with a man but my parents didn’t agree, so I eloped with him.
In the end, three years ago he dumped and got involved with a wealthy woman from the south. After fighting and fussing, I finally realized that if a man’s heart isn’t with you, no amount of fussing will help.
I genuinely believe my parents’ judgnt was correct, but I couldn’t set aside my pride to return ho until recently when I t soone from our village.
He said my parents have aged a lot over the years, and have always been thinking of . I finally made up my mind to co back, sigh, thinking back to those days when I just ran away, so many n were good to , but I was just devoted to that scoundrel, and in the end..." Lin ili sighed heavily, bit into her pizza fiercely, "If it weren’t for my bad back, I wouldn’t have bought this sleeper ticket."
She’s really a chatterbox, and a super talker at that, spilling her family affairs like beans from a bamboo tube as soon as we t. Luo Ye smiled at her, took an unopened box and handed it to her: "You look hungry too, we can’t finish it, don’t feel embarrassed."
Lin ili waved her hand repeatedly: "What’s little sister saying, how could I be embarrassed, little sister is really kind-hearted." Seeing the old man in charge of the beds quietly swallowing a mouthful, she quickly opened the box and handed it over, "Uncle, have a piece."
"No, no." The old man waved his hand repeatedly, "I’ve eaten, not hungry."
"Take it, I saw you swallowing just now." Lin ili forcibly handed a slice of pizza to the old man’s hand, he slled it and swallowed again, "I want to take it ho for my little grandson to eat, is that okay?"
"It’s okay, but the train runs for thirteen hours, it might go stale."
"I can soak it in cold water, it’s fine." The old man said as he took a large mug to the hot water station, when he returned, wrapped the pizza in a plastic bag, carefully soaked it in the mug, Lin ili couldn’t help but say, "Uncle, you can afford a hard sleeper, why not buy so good food for your little grandson?"
"This ticket money was paid by my boss." The old man sighed, "People like us who work can’t afford such expensive tickets.
I originally wanted to change to a hard seat and refund so money, but they said no, sigh, what a waste, really a waste, enough for my son’s family to spend for half a month."
"Your boss is really good to you."
"The boss is quite nice, but it’s also urgent. My younger son is sick, I’ve heard it’s quite serious, my elder son called and told to hurry back." The old man said and sighed, "I don’t know what illness it is, no matter how much I ask on the phone, my eldest doesn’t say, it’s worrying to death."
Zhao Qianqian looked at him: "How many als have you not eaten?"
"I had a bun this morning, maybe because I usually do heavy work, by noon I was starving." The old man rubbed his stomach, "When you’re poor, even your stomach can’t cooperate."
"Where are you from?" Lin ili asked again.
"From Yuanzhou."
Luo Ye and Zhao Qianqian exchanged a glance, and joined the conversation, "Uncle, Yuanzhou mine is quite famous, why didn’t you stay in the mine to work?" Zhao Qianqian said.
The old man sighed, "When I was young, I worked in the mine digging coal, later got silicosis, couldn’t stay in the mine anymore, so I went to work in other places. Can’t do heavy work, can only sift sand, plaster walls.
Luckily the boss is an acquaintance from our place, takes care of , otherwise, with my health problems, no one would dare to hire, afraid of taking responsibility if sothing happens."
"I heard that if you get silicosis the mine is responsible for treatnt, isn’t there anyone taking care of you?" Luo Ye joined the conversation.
"Yes, but only treatnt fees are covered, I can’t just idle at ho, I have two sons..." The old man hesitated, "the burden is heavy."
Zhao Qianqian gathered the snacks in her bag, kept a small part, and packed the rest into a large plastic bag to hand to the old man: "Take these, we can’t finish them anyway, you’re going ho from afar, your grandchildren are expecting, don’t disappoint them."
"Child, you’re so kind-hearted." The old man said while waving his hand, "Girl, we’re poor but we understand, I really can’t take these."
"Uncle, you’re helping us too..." Zhao Qianqian placed the bag on his bed, "To tell you the truth, my classmate and I are headed to Yuanzhou.
We offended our boss and were sent to Yuanzhou mine’s Cultural Troupe, over there, we don’t know anyone, we were just worried, didn’t expect to et you, knowing more people is always good, don’t you think?"
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