Chapter 635
Chapter 635: Chapter 627 The Old, the Weak, the Sick, and the Disabled Chapter 635: Chapter 627 The Old, the Weak, the Sick, and the Disabled She held a child in one arm and reached into her own bag with the other, pulling out several large bills as if to insult someone, and placed them in front of Gu Ning.
She even deliberately held the money down low, so that one would have to bow and stoop to pick it up.
“All right, take the money and leave immediately,” she said, as if she were bestowing charity, clearly very impatient now.
“Why should we leave?” Tang Yuxin peeked out with just a pair of eyes from over Gu Ning’s shoulder.
Although Gu Ning was resolute in character, she wasn’t the type to engage in arguments with others.
But Tang Yuxin was different, she was a woman, and arguing was, after all, a natural talent for women.
Men disdained to argue with women, so isn’t it normal for women to argue with each other?
In the half-year she had been trafficked, she hadn’t really learned much, but had unwittingly picked up several of Old Madame Song’s skills in scolding others.
It wasn’t that she had deliberately learned them; it was just that Old Madame Song had a habit of cursing all the time, and Tang Yuxin had grown accustomed to hearing it, had even memorized it.
“Why leave?” The woman’s face contorted with anger at the question.
“Didn’t we already agree on this?”
“Who agreed with you?” Tang Yuxin interrupted the woman, “The sleeper tickets were bought by us.”
“I’m offering you the full price of the tickets now.
You should realize, by accepting this money for the tickets, you’re making a clear profit.”
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No sooner had the woman begun to speak than Tang Yuxin interrupted her again,“We are only two people, yet we bought four tickets.
Do you really think we’re short of money?”
Short of money, what a joke!
If they were short of money, they would have bought hard seats instead.
Two people buying four tickets either meant they were out of their minds or truly indifferent to the cost, simply willing to pay for comfort.
If their own requirement was to have a more comfortable stay, then why should they exchange tickets with someone else?
Wasn’t that just being foolish?
As expected, the woman was left speechless by Tang Yuxin’s retort.
“Shouldn’t you show respect for the elderly and love for the young?”
The woman was so frustrated that her face turned red and her neck swelled, it seemed like the money wouldn’t do the trick.
So, what now, was she trying to play the sympathy card?
Tang Yuxin wrapped her arms around Gu Ning’s waist, hanging her entire body on Gu Ning without realizing Gu Ning’s body had stiffened.
She just assumed that Gu Ning was always like this, always as rigid as a piece of stone.
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Tang Yuxin had to stand on tiptoe to see these people from behind Gu Ning.
“Madam, we do respect the elderly and love the young, but haven’t you also heard of the weak, the sick, and the disabled?”
“You…” The woman sneered with a twisted mouth, “Young people like you, how are you the weak, the sick, and the disabled?”
“How are we not the weak, sick, and disabled?” Tang Yuxin released Gu Ning’s waist, then squeezed past Gu Ning to show her face to everyone.
She was already as skinny as a ghost; how could she possibly regain the lost flesh in just a few days?
Moreover, her eyes were extremely dark, and her face was as white as a ghost.
One glance and you could tell she was gravely ill.
“Do you see?” she leaned on Gu Ning’s arm, cracked a smile, but it looked like a grin on a living skeleton, “I’m ill, seriously ill.
Why else would we book a sleeper compartment?
You have the elderly and the young with you, but I am still sick.
Don’t impose your moral guilt on us.
I don’t want to suffer in the hard seat compartment, where it’s crowded and the air is stuffy.
You want me dead, don’t you?”
With that, she coughed violently, unable to straighten her back, and her face turned pale as death.
All the woman’s words had been frightened into silence by Tang Yuxin’s desperate cough, and they didn’t dare to speak again.
The family scattered as if they had seen a ghost, disappearing without a trace.
Now, even if they sat in a dirty, chaotic, hard, and uncomfortable seat, they didn’t dare to covet our sleeper compartments anymore.
This woman was so sick, all skin and bones; who knows what illness she had.
In such a state, she must be critically ill.
They didn’t know if her disease was contagious, but the elderly and young among them had no such resistance.
Only after the people had vanished did Tang Yuxin straighten up, no longer looking half-dead.
She was still thin and bony, but her spirit was surprisingly good.
Of course, one could feel a strong aura of vitality emanating from her.
“What’s with your face?” Gu Ning frowned and pointed at Tang Yuxin’s face.
“What did you put on it?”
“Eyeshadow,” Tang Yuxin touched her face.
It was makeup she had applied herself.
Fortunately, the cosmetics were ready to use; a few simple strokes were all it took.
Look, it scared them away, as far as they could run.
Gu Ning took a towel and carefully wiped the makeup off Tang Yuxin’s face bit by bit.
Soon after, her clean face was revealed, and although thin, it was indeed delicate and pretty.
Tang Yuxin laughed lightly.
Then, she lay back down on the soft bunk and began flipping through a book.
To give up her comfortable sleeper to someone else and take a hard seat or even stand instead—she really did not possess such noble self-sacrificing virtues.
She read on and fell asleep again, occasionally hearing the sound of the train wheels running over the tracks.
The sleeper was quiet and surprisingly smooth, and certainly free from excessive odors, like that of instant noodles.
Tang Yuxin slept deeply, utterly exhausted.
She didn’t wake throughout, only aware that someone had covered her with a blanket several times during the night.
Every time she felt cold, immediately someone would cover her, and then she would be warm again.
She slept solidly all night and didn’t wake until morning.
She woke up early, and although it wasn’t yet light outside, she felt refreshed.
The train kept moving forward unceasingly, and the person across on the opposite bunk was gone.
The blankets were neatly folded into cubic shapes, precisely and sharply—the handiwork of Gu Ning.
Tang Yuxin took out her toiletries and went to the washbasin outside to wash up and brush her teeth.
Since it was still dark, most people on the train were asleep.
No one was at the washbasin, but lights were on in the carriage.
She hurried over, cleaned up swiftly, and when she returned, Gu Ning had also come back.