Chapter Thirty-Four: The Train of Terror (Part One)

  I chatted and laughed with Sun Heng, occasionally recalling some recent events. When we talked about something funny, we couldn't help but laugh together.

  Just then, I heard the phone ringing. My phone was given by Old Chen, who said it was to commend my bravery and specially bought for me.

  The phone number is still the one I used when I was in school, and this was also helped by Old Chen, otherwise, I would have had to change the number.

  The phone number was unfamiliar, and I hesitated for a long time before answering: "Who is this?"

  A woman's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Are you Jin Cang?"

  I listened to the voice and found it very familiar, so I said: "I am Jin Cang, who are you? What brings you here?"

  On the other end of the phone came a very happy voice: "Jin Cang, it's Du Yifei! Do you still remember me?"

  I was surprised: "How did you know to call me? This phone has only been activated for a few days, how did you know I was still using this number?"

  Du Yifei fell silent for a moment, then said with some sadness: "I just wanted to try it out, didn't expect to get through. Jin Cang, are you okay? Why don't you ever ask if I'm doing well..."

  I just thought of asking about Du Yifei's recent situation, so I said: "I'm fine. How about you? When are you going back home?"

  Du Yifei's voice was somewhat low: "After our school was attacked, I left the school and prepared to go home. Unexpectedly, on the way, I was deceived by someone, I lost my money, and could only find a place to work while waiting for an opportunity, so... I only returned home the day before yesterday."

  I remembered that Dongfang Yu said, Du Yifei's parents came to my home to find her. Probably because Du Yifei had an accident before and lost contact with her parents.

  "Fortunately, I met a good person, which is my boss. He not only took me in but also helped me contact my parents who were looking for me everywhere. So I'm still okay. How about you? What's going on with you? Where are you now?"

  I smiled and said, "Don't worry, if I were in trouble, would I be able to call you? I was captured by the Wanlong Society as a hostage, but fortunately, I escaped and was rescued by a soldier. The soldier's name is Sun Heng, and he's now my brother. With soldiers protecting me, do you think I'll be in trouble? Hehe..."

  Du Yifei also smiled: "You're fine, that's all that matters. I'll stay at home for a few days and wait until the school side recovers normally before going to school. During this time, if you go to school, be sure to pay extra attention to safety, I heard it's still not very safe over there."

  I murmured: "I'll be careful, don't worry. Once school resumes classes, I'll give you a call and you can come to school then."

  Du Yifei smiled: "It's rare for you to be so good to me, so I won't say thank you. Let's chat again, this is a long distance call, it's too expensive."

  I quickly hung up the phone and said to Sun Heng: "This is still long distance plus roaming, it's even more expensive!"

  Sun Heng smiled and said: "Is she your friend? Judging from her voice, she's still a young girl."

  I was just about to ask who called when I heard Dongfang Yu say on the side: "Her name is Du Yifei, she's Jin Cang's girlfriend."

  I felt that Dongfang Yuhua had something to say, but it wasn't convenient to talk in front of the people in the carriage, so I pretended not to hear and only asked Sun Heng: "How long have we been walking?"

  Sun Heng raised his wrist to look at the time and said, "It's now one o'clock in the afternoon. We set off at ten o'clock, so it's already been three hours. Don't worry, if we're heading to your school, it'll take at least six or seven more hours."

  I nodded and said somewhat awkwardly: "How come I feel a bit hungry?"

  Sun Heng smiled and said: "Actually I'm feeling hungry too, why don't we go to the dining car to eat? The little food from this morning has already been digested."

  I immediately agreed, and Dongfang Yu had no choice but to follow us towards the dining car. The dining car was at the end of the train, we were in the middle, not far away, but there were many people standing in the aisle, making it difficult to move, and it took a lot of time to get there.

  It was already past one in the afternoon, and there were very few people having lunch. We chose a seat where no one was sitting, ordered some food, drank free water, and waited for our meal to be served.

  At this time, Sun Heng suddenly said to me: "Do you really like Chen Jing?"

  I was taken aback: "Don't talk nonsense, be careful..." I glanced at Dongfang Yu and lowered my voice to say: "I don't want to be scolded for being a two-timing, flirtatious radish."

  Dongfang Yu said with a huff: "Even if you want to have your cake and eat it, Chen Jing won't let you get away with it... Not to mention anything else, just looking at you, how can you be worthy of someone like Chen Jing?"

  I could only smile bitterly, not daring to say anything more. Sun Heng, however, was unbridled and laughed loudly: "Yu'er is right, although you're a great person, it's too difficult to get Chen Jing to notice you... the Shu Road is hard, harder than ascending to heaven!"

  I felt belittled and said angrily, "What's so great about Chen Jing? She looks down on me, I look down on..." I suddenly stopped here, changed the subject and said, "I'll go see if the dishes are ready, I'm really hungry..."

  Sun Heng grabbed me: "You little rascal, you can't just leave without finishing what you're saying!"

  I feel that Sun Heng is getting more and more fond of making fun of me, so I gritted my teeth and said: "I just said Chen Jing wasn't anything special, what's the big deal?" Pausing for a moment, I continued: "Besides, she's not here, whatever I say she can't hear. Sun Heng, your scheme is doomed to fail..."

  Sun Heng smiled and said: "What trick do I have? You're the one who said it, I'll just help you convey it at most, I won't do anything else, so rest assured!"

  I stared at him with wide eyes: "You can't be so ungrateful, can you?!"

  Sun Heng nodded: "I won't go back on my word, but some things aren't up to me to change. You'd better think about what you're going to do yourself!"

  I felt a sense of unease and couldn't help but say: "What are you talking about? What's going to happen in a moment? I haven't done anything out of line, have I...?"

  Sun Heng made a ghostly face, pointed at me from behind, and smiled very mysteriously.

  I hastily turned my head back, and immediately opened my mouth wide. Sweat also started to flow on my forehead. Right in front of me stood Chen Jing, who was smiling at me with a hint of mischief in her eyes.

  Sun Heng said to Dongfang Yu at this time: "Let's go and see if the rice is cooked."

  Dongfang Yu nodded and gave Chen Jing a strange smile before leaving with Sun Heng.

  I feel very embarrassed, looking at Chen Jing and don't know what to do. Those two unscrupulous guys, I'd rather not see them again in the future...

  Chen Jing was still smiling, but there was something in her smile that made me feel very uneasy.

  I tried to remain calm and said cautiously: "How are you also on the bus? Where is this going?"

  Chen Jing still smiled at me, without saying a word.

  I had no choice but to ask again: "Are you on a business trip?"

  Chen Jing finally spoke up: "If I weren't here, would you still say something even more unpleasant?"

  My face began to burn as I muttered: "I didn't say anything unpleasant..."

  Chen Jing took a step forward, staring into my eyes and said: "If you think I'm not good, you can tell me to my face and I'll humbly accept your criticism. But now you're talking behind my back, don't you think you should apologize to me?"

  "I quickly said: 'Sorry, it's my fault, I shouldn't...'"

  Chen Jing suddenly burst out laughing: "I was just joking with you, how could you take it seriously? You're really adorable..."

  I was stunned for a moment, and then I felt a little angry. How could this person be like this? It almost scared me to death!

  Chen Jing continued: "I have something to go out, just happen to be on the same bus as you. Originally planned not to meet with you, did not expect to see you again. How about it, shall we eat together?"

  I took a glance at Chen Jing, mustered up my courage and said: "Alright, what do you want to eat? We'll order a few dishes, if it's not enough we can order more."

  Chen Jing smiled and agreed, I quickly called back Sun Heng and Dongfang Yu to avoid the awkwardness of Chen Jing being together with her stomach. Sun Heng and Dongfang Yu returned to their original positions at this time, smiling and pretending that nothing had happened, making me want to go up and give them a slap each.

  The four of us sat down to eat, Sun Heng's face was filled with incredulity, and he whispered: "How is that possible? Jin Cang said such things, why didn't Chen Jing get angry?"

  When I heard this, I was both angry and annoyed in my heart. I couldn't help but say to Sun Heng: "I'm really disappointed in you, you're truly a good brother of mine... I have nothing more to say."

  Sun Heng's face was full of grievance, and he deliberately smiled: "It's what you said yourself, I didn't force you to say it, how can you blame me?"

  Dongfang Yu also chimed in, "Sister is such a good person, you can bear to speak ill of her. If it were me, I would never forgive you so easily. And now you still have the nerve to blame Sun Heng..."

  I interrupted Dongfang Yu's words: "You should call Sun Heng 'brother', without being too polite or casual."

  Dongfang Yu was taken aback: "You're being evasive again, changing the subject! Of course I'm going to call Sun Heng brother, you...you'd better explain what you just said, or else my sister Chen Jing will never speak to you again!"

  I looked at Chen Jing for a moment, unsure of how to explain it, and just stared blankly at her, unable to say anything for a long time.

  Chen Jing smiled slightly and said, "I didn't mean to blame him, Yuer, don't be awkward with your brother. By the way, the dishes are ready, let's eat before they get cold."

  It's almost the end of the year now, and the temperature is very low. Chen Jing said it right, we should hurry up and eat, otherwise it will really get cold.

  I buried my head and ate, not daring to speak with Sun Heng and the others again, afraid that they would bring up what had just happened, making me continue to feel embarrassed and humiliated.

  Dongfang Yu and Chen Jing were eating and chatting, looking very happy. Sun Heng occasionally chimed in with a few words, and didn't mention what happened earlier again. I slowly put my mind at ease, listening to them chat, and unintentionally saw the small number of people eating on the other side, who would occasionally glance over at us.

  I heard a younger person whispering to his companion: "Those two girls are so beautiful, they're goddess-level super beauties..."

  His companion stared blankly at Dongfang Yu and Chen Jing, muttering to himself: "Yeah, I really haven't seen such a beautiful beauty, it's truly goddess-level..."

  I couldn't help but secretly smile and think to myself: "It turns out it's not just me who gets stunned when I see a beauty, everyone has a love for beauty, this saying isn't wrong."

  Sun Heng also noticed that people around us were staring at us and whispered to me, "If something happens later, you should pay more attention to protecting yourself."

  I was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said: "What's going on? We're just having dinner..."

  Sun Heng glanced at the two young men who had just spoken and made a gesture to me, saying in a low voice: "A commoner is not guilty, but he is guilty of having jade."

  I was stunned again, looked at Dongfang Yu and Chen Jing, suddenly thought of something, and hastily said: "I know, so you're talking about..."

  Sun Heng hastily stopped me: "Shut up, don't talk nonsense! What I said is what you should know."

  I nodded and asked Dongfang Yu and Chen Jing: "Are you full?"

  Dongfang Yu shook her head: "I've only eaten a few bites, how can I be full already?"

  Chen Jing immediately realized something and said after a moment's consideration, "I've brought some delicious food, Yu'er, save your appetite and come with me to eat."

  Dongfang Yu looked at Chen Jing with a puzzled expression. Chen Jing pulled her up and lowered her voice, saying: "There are bad people, don't make a sound, let's hurry and leave here."

  Dongfang Yu was startled and almost cried out. Chen Jing quickly covered Dongfang Yu's mouth and said, "Don't make a sound."

  Dongfang Yu opened her eyes wide and looked at me with a frightened expression, still very afraid of this situation, and once again showed a terrified face.

  I nodded at her and indicated that nothing would happen, then turned to Sun Heng and said: "I'll send them back, you eat first!"

  Sun Heng nodded and looked at the two young men who had already stood up and were walking towards us. He said, "I'm afraid we can't leave now. Jin Cang, you protect Yu'er, I'll go with Chen Jing to deal with them."

  I was taken aback and couldn't help but say: "Why arrange it this way? It should be me and you taking care of them, while Chen Jing protects Yu'er."

  Chen Jing smiled and said: "At this time, don't argue anymore. I'll protect Yu'er, Sun Heng and Jin Cang, you go up and deal with them."

  I exchanged a glance with Sun Heng and we both took a step forward. I looked at the two young men who had already arrived and smiled, "Are you two looking for us?"

  The two young men were stunned and looked at me with a strange expression. The one on the left said, "We're not looking for you, we're looking for the beautiful girl behind you."

  "I deliberately put on a serious face and said: 'Looking for them is looking for us, they are our people...'"

  "Huh?" The young man on the right laughed: "Are you sure they are your people? I don't think they look like it."

  The young man on the left also smiled and said: "Exactly. I think they look more like our people, and have nothing to do with you..."

  Sun Heng suddenly shouted in a cold voice: "What kind of people are you?"

  The young man on the left replied, "We... my name is Ma Shangfei, and this is my brother Wu Yu. How about you? Introduce us to the beautiful woman behind you?"

  I nodded and smiled: "Okay. But I think your name has a bad meaning, it needs to be changed. Otherwise, when introducing you to the beauty later, there might be misunderstandings."

  Ma Shangfei said: "What do you mean by this?"

  I'm still laughing: "Think about it, you're called 'Ma Shangfei', right? If people misunderstand it as 'Ma Shang Fei' (which sounds like 'being kicked to fly'), wouldn't that be terrible? And you, Wu Yu, right? Wu Yu... 'Wu Yu' (which sounds like 'no good words'), isn't that just asking for beautiful girls to ignore you?"

  Ma Shangfei and Wu Yudun were speechless for a moment, and after a long while, Ma Shangfei said: "I see what you mean, you're not going to introduce us to these two beauties?"

  I nodded seriously: "You're right, we really didn't plan on introducing you guys."

  Ma Shangfei sneered and said, "Do you think you're someone who can make decisions for them? Maybe the beauty likes to get to know us, so you'd better not interfere with other people's business!" As Ma Shangfei spoke, he suddenly reached out and pushed me away.

  I didn't expect this seemingly refined young man to be so reckless, caught off guard, he suddenly retreated several steps and almost fell.

  Sun Heng took a step forward, grabbed Ma Shangfei with one hand, and with a flick of his wrist, Ma Shangfei really flew up, then crashed into a dinner table, heavily falling to the ground.

  I originally intended to go forward and teach a lesson to this Ma Shangfei who pushed me, but now it seems I don't need to take action.

  Wu Yu, who was with Ma Shangfei, was frightened and looked at Sun Heng's eyes which were full of terror. I saw that his head was a bit higher than Ma Shangfei's, and he was thinner, and also spoke less. Now it seems that Wu Yu is even more timid than Ma Shangfei, and didn't dare to speak for Ma Shangfei, just staring blankly at Sun Heng.

  Ma Shangfei scrambled up, rubbing his left arm while rushing towards Sun Heng, and angrily cursed: "You dare to hit me? I'll fight you!"

  Sun Heng simply raised his hand and said, "If you want to die, come on up!"

  Ma Shangfei immediately stopped in his tracks, a hint of fear flashing across his eyes. But he still forced himself to say: "What can you do to me? I haven't broken any laws."

  Sun Heng said in a cold voice, "If it weren't for the fact that you don't look like bad people, I would have..." Sun Heng deliberately exposed his holster a little, letting Ma Shangfei see it, and then said, "I believe you're an understanding person, no need for me to say more. Hurry up and leave here, don't make me see you trying to get close to us again."

  Ma Shangfei was startled and his face changed greatly. He pulled Wu Yu, who was standing stupidly beside him, and hastily left.

  Ordinary people see a gun and their first reaction is to hurry away, which is also human nature.

  I feel like you're making a big deal out of nothing, so I whispered to Sun Heng: "It's not that dangerous, why are you so tense?"

  Sun Heng shook his head and said, "These two people are not dangerous, but take a look at the person in the innermost part - that gray-clothed person who is drinking."

  As I turned my head to look, I was shocked and couldn't help but say: "How could it be him? Weren't they all caught?"

  "Did you know this person?"

  I lowered my voice and said: "His name is He Lao Wu, he's under the old boss of Wan Long Hui, I've seen him before and had some contact with him."

  Sun Heng furrowed his brow: "We must inform the train police immediately and take measures to prevent any accidents."

  I looked at He Lao Wu who was still leisurely drinking wine and shook my head, saying: "It's probably too late. Look under He Lao Wu's table, that black leather suitcase."

  Sun Heng nodded: "You suspect there's a bomb in the suitcase?"

  I took a deep breath: "It's not suspicion, it's certainty! And there must be more than one person on this car, we're probably being hijacked..."

  Chen Jing listened to what I said and whispered: "How can you be so sure? What makes you make that judgment?"

  I recalled the various things that happened not long ago when I was with He Lao Wu and his gang, and said to Chen Jing: "This He Lao Wu has some feminine tendencies, what we usually call a transvestite... His personality is very unstable, and he's extremely violent. Last time, he even smashed one of our military trucks loaded with soldiers... He's also very skilled at blasting, and in the Wan Long Society, he's a demolition expert."

  Chen Jing's face gradually turned solemn: "So he really might want to hijack this train. What should we do?"

  I quickly thought of a solution, but for the time being it was difficult to think of a good one, so I said: "I don't have a good solution either, they haven't made a move yet, it seems like they want to wait for an opportunity. We can take this chance to think of a solution and see if we can come up with a good one."

  Sun Heng was also helpless at this time, bowing his head in deep thought.

  I watched He Lao Wu slowly eating and drinking, when suddenly I had an idea. So I lowered my voice and said to Sun Heng: "Before He Lao Wu discovers us, let's have Chen Jing and Yu Er go find the conductor, control this section of the train car. Then we'll go deal with He Lao Wu, try our best to subdue him before he detonates the bomb."

  Sun Heng thought for a moment before saying, "In that case, we're afraid He Lao Wu will take the risk of detonating the bomb. We don't know the power of the bomb, and if it's powerful enough to harm the front carriages, the passengers in those carriages will be in danger."

  I sighed secretly and whispered: "You have a gun, don't you? If things go wrong, fire immediately... um, I don't know if this will work?"

  Sun Heng shook his head: "We can't just fire our guns, unless we have permission. Besides, if He Lao Wu wasn't planning to blow up the train, how could I have shot him?"

  I thought so too, and I didn't insist on my idea anymore. But Chen Jing and Dongfang Yu had already gone to find the traffic police by then, after all this was within their jurisdiction.

  I stared at He Lao Wu with Sun Heng, we didn't dare let him discover us because he knew me. If he found out about me, who knows what he might do ahead of time.

  After waiting anxiously for a while, Sun Heng received a text message on his mobile phone. He looked at it and whispered to me: "The police have evacuated the passengers in the two carriages ahead of us, just wait a little longer and they should be done."

  I nodded: "Then shouldn't we wait until the evacuation is complete and then..."

  Sun Heng shook his head: "Let's wait until the police arrive, I'm worried about his accomplices. If we act rashly, we might provoke them and that would be troublesome."

  I glanced at He Lao Wu, who was still eating and drinking, and felt that something was not quite right, but I couldn't put my finger on the specific reason: "I... I think we should go take a look at He Lao Wu, maybe it's just our imagination..."

  Sun Heng looked at me with a puzzled expression: "Didn't you say that this person was He Lao Wu of the Wan Long Society, why are you saying this now?"

  I closed my eyes and carefully recalled the situation when I was in contact with He Lao Wu, and then remembered that Sun Heng told me that they received a mysterious U disk from someone, from which they found the personnel information of the Wanlong Club and caught all the members. But now, the problem arises: if all the members of the Wanlong Club have been arrested, where did this He Lao Wu come from?

  I felt something was off, and that's why I hastily asked Sun Heng: "Among the members of the Wanlong Association you've arrested, is there someone named He Lao Wu?"

  Sun Heng was taken aback, then immediately understood my meaning: "Specifically, I don't know, but the notice I received said that all members of the Wanlong Society were arrested. I think it should include this He Lao Wu... he is one of the leaders of the Wanlong Society, and won't be forgotten."

  I feel a bit of a headache: "That's right, so I said it wasn't quite right. How did this He Lao Wu escape? Don't you have the contact number of your military department? Hurry up and get in touch to see what's going on!"

  Sun Heng hastily turned around and faced away from He Lao Wu and their troops to make contact, while I still stared at He Lao Wu, not daring to be slightly careless.

  After contacting Sun Heng and their troops, I quietly asked him: "What's going on?"

  Sun Heng said in a somewhat bewildered tone, "How did this He Lao Wu end up here? They say He Lao Wu is still being held at the place where Wan Long Society members are concentrated and hasn't escaped."

  I felt a bit incredulous and said, "Why don't we go and capture He Lao Wu right now and see if he's the He Lao Wu from the Wan Long Hui. If not, then we've mistaken him for someone else."

  Sun Heng furrowed his brow and thought for a moment: "I'll go alone, it's too dangerous for you to go. Stay here, if anything unexpected happens, hurry up and run."

  I was stunned and didn't have time to speak, Sun Heng had already walked towards He Lao Wu.

  I tensed up instantly, staring fixedly at Sun Heng and He Lao Wu. If anything unexpected happened, I would rush over to help immediately instead of leaving right away.