It seems that the villain is targeting me.

After that, Xiaoniao didn't have to bother dragging her anymore. Chen Xiaoya stood up by himself and followed her obediently.

The 3 o'clock train was about to depart in more than ten minutes, so Xiao Niao was not in a hurry to find fault.

she even

I still had some free time to buy some milk and snacks at the store and put them in a small plastic bag to take on the train.

The bus ticket from He County to Taoyuan District of Province X takes a day and a night, so it would be better to buy some food to bring with you.

Soon, it was their turn to check their tickets and enter the station.

The red tickets were folded together and handed to the conductor, who glanced at the two people standing together and slashed the tickets hard with a pair of pliers.

Neither of them brought any luggage - Xiao Niao only prepared the most necessary identification documents and money and hurried out of the house, while Chen Xiaoya didn't have much belongings and could take everything with him in a small schoolbag.

The train only stopped for three minutes, but fortunately there were not many people on the night train, so they boarded the train quickly.

Unlike the empty platform in He County, the train carriages were packed with people. The aisles were so crowded that there was no place to stand. People were lying all over the floor at the connection between the carriages, and some even climbed onto the shelves and fell asleep.

Chen Xiaoya almost vomited because of the smoky smell inside.

Her face suddenly turned pale. There were too many people here, which made the little girl subconsciously a little timid. She instinctively held on to the bird beside her.

Xiao Niao lowered his head to take a look, then put his arm around her back and said, "Follow closely, don't get lost."

Chen Xiaoya buried his face in the bird's waist, and the familiar warm smell slightly soothed his restless heart.

She nodded.

Xiao Niao felt a little itchy when the child rubbed her. She looked at the carriage where there was almost no place to stand, then looked at the little boy who buried his face in her, and sighed unconsciously.

The people around him didn't move for a long time. Chen Xiaoya was feeling strange when he suddenly felt a pair of hands passing through his armpits, and then he felt a sense of suspension from the soles of his feet.

It took her a long time to realize that she was being picked up by someone.

I’m already fifteen, Chen Xiaoya thought dizzily, and subconsciously wanted to struggle.

"Hold on tighter." Xiao Niao said.

Chen Xiaoya suddenly stopped moving.

Her cheeks flushed inexplicably, she nodded silently, and put her arms around Xiao Niao's neck.

...She smells so good, Chen Xiaoya thought dizzily.

The two of them fought their way to the soft sleeper car.

The air here is slightly better than in the previous carriages. Xiao Niao bent down, put the child down from her arms, and brought her to her own bunk.

Chen Xiaoya suddenly remembered something. She glanced at the bird beside her and whispered, "I, I'm not in this car..."

Xiao Niao pointed to his bunk and said, "Sit down."

Chen Xiaoya didn't say a word. She sat down on the lower bunk according to Xiaoniao's instructions, and then she realized that she was caught in an atmosphere of accusation.

This was a sign of impending disaster. Chen Xiaoya swallowed his saliva and raised his head blankly.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Xiao Niao looked down at her condescendingly, as if ready to eat a child.

Chapter 37: I only bought a sleeper ticket, what can I do?

The green train started quietly in the night, shaking slightly as it ran on the rails, and slowly began to accelerate.

Perhaps because it was a night train, there were no other passengers in the soft sleeper compartment, and for the time being, it was just the two of them.

Xiao Niao noticed that the noise of the train starting made the little boy a little distracted - the child unconsciously turned his eyes to look at the moving scene outside the window.

She immediately reached out and ruthlessly turned Chen Xiaoya's cheek back towards her.

"Huh? Tell me, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Niao said in a bad tone.

The serious expression of the man in front of him made Chen Xiaoya realize that he was about to be in great trouble and that a scolding was inevitable.

Xiao Niao had never seen her with such a fierce expression before - this man had a strange murderous aura when he frowned, which was very intimidating - so she was a little scared.

Chen Xiaoya subconsciously sat up straight.

She held her schoolbag carefully and, in line with the universal principle of "leniency to those who confess", honestly explained her entire psychological journey of escaping from home and preparing to go alone to find Aqiong.

...He also explained his illegal fundraising method of writing summer homework for others.

After Xiao Niao listened to her, he felt that this brat was really bold. Compared with her, his record of bullying relatives' children in the past was just like a bad little sister.

"Chen, little boy."

Xiao Niao started the story in a way that even old Chinese people would be afraid of. She glared fiercely at the child on the bunk who almost buried his head in his collar.

"You're really good. You even learned to run away from home in the middle of the night."

"You're so impulsive that you want to run off to another province. If you get kidnapped, I'll see you crying everywhere!"

Xiao Niao was so angry that he reached out to pinch the other person's cheek, but Chen Xiaoya not only did not resist, but instead offered his face, looking like he was listening obediently and allowing himself to be pinched and twisted.

The child pursed his lips and looked up at her, looking pitiful and with a very obedient expression.

Xiao Niao's strength in his hands weakened involuntarily, and in the end he just pinched her face lightly.

Observed the entire system: [……]

Birdie: "Hmm...it feels pretty good?"

System: [Be serious! We're teaching a child.]

She coughed as if to cover up, and was about to say something else when the soft sleeper car

The door of the compartment was opened, and a passenger walked in with a suitcase making a clanging sound.

Xiao Niao stopped talking and silently gave up his seat.

It’s not good to scold the child in front of outsiders, she thought, I will deal with it slowly when I get home.

Xiao Niao lowered his eyes, glanced at Chen Xiaoya who was feeling uneasy on the bunk, and then sat down on the lower bunk.

No one spoke for a long time, only the sound of the passenger in the same compartment putting his suitcase away could be heard.

Chen Xiaoya didn't dare to breathe. He held his schoolbag tightly and secretly observed the bird's expression out of the corner of his eye.

Xiao Niao noticed the child's little trick, turned his head, lowered his voice, and asked with a fierce face: "Will you dare to do it again in the future?"

Chen Xiaoya was distracted for a moment, then realized that he was going to be let off temporarily.

She nodded quickly: "I don't dare anymore."

Xiao Niao didn't say anything, but just hit the child on the forehead with a coin. After hearing the child's cry of pain, he turned around and put the small bag on his shoulder next to the pillow.

"Okay, take a rest," she said.

However, Chen Xiaoya did not relax. Instead, he stood up with his schoolbag tightly in his arms and looked at Xiao Niao with some uneasiness.

The silly kid, still remembering that he had bought a standing ticket, stammered, "You, you go to sleep, I'll just stand..."

Xiao Niao said, "Lie down and sleep."

Chen Xiaoya shrank her neck. She was fifteen years old and no longer a child, but she felt inexplicably weak when standing in front of this man.

With her shoulders drooped, she still held her schoolbag carefully, touched the bed with her knees, and climbed onto the not-so-wide bed in the soft sleeper compartment very cautiously.

Perhaps because it was her first time taking a train, Chen Xiaoya's movements seemed very clumsy. Her entire back was pressed against the wall, and her body was lying stiffly on her side.

"Sleep well." Xiao Niao reminded.

Chen Xiaoya adjusted his posture obediently.

It was already past the time when the train lights were turned off, and the carriage was very dark. Only very thin moonlight came in from the window, illuminating a small area.

Chen Xiaoya's gaze passed through the dim night and fell on the bird's cheek.

Under her gaze, the latter took off his coat and covered her with it, and then he slowly lay down on the bunk.

The bed in a soft sleeper is slightly larger than that in a hard sleeper, but it is not designed for two people to sleep in. Xiao Niao had no choice but to hunch his shoulders in grievance, with half of his body sticking out of the bed.

Chen Xiaoya noticed that Xiaoniao quickly closed his eyes after lying down, with a look of deep fatigue on his face.

She then slowly remembered that she had run out of the house at around one in the morning.

When he left, he only left a note, not saying where he was going or when he would be back.

I guess the other person was also very scared when he woke up in the middle of the night and found that I was gone.

Chen Xiaoya thought: I didn’t want to involve this person.

But in the end, I would only cause her more trouble.

The half-grown child curled up his legs and leaned against the wall, staring at Xiao Niao without blinking, and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "...I'm sorry."

The person she was apologizing to was lying quietly beside her, without any movement, as if he had fallen asleep.

Chen Xiaoya waited quietly for a while, then slowly lowered his head.

She covered most of her face with Xiao Niao's clothes, and secretly hooked her little finger on the cuff of his shirt - such a small gesture made her feel much more at ease.

But the bed was too narrow, and the girl's quiet movements could not be hidden from the other person lying on the bed.

Xiao Niao, who was originally lying quietly, suddenly turned his body to the side, put one hand on Chen Xiaoya's shoulder through a layer of cloth, and patted him a few times like coaxing a child.

"It's almost time to sleep..." Xiao Niao said vaguely, so sleepy that he didn't even open his eyes.

Chen Xiaoya hummed in a depressed tone and stopped moving.

In fact, she was already used to sleeping alone. When she was a child, she was sick, had nightmares, or was too scared to sleep on thunderstorm nights. Chen Xiaoya would lie in bed alone and endure it silently.

Her childhood experiences destined her to hate physical contact with others, and any unauthorized touch would cause her to tremble physically.

But when Xiao Niao touched her just now, she didn't feel any discomfort.

Chen Xiaoya buried his face in Xiaoniao's clothes, took a deep breath slowly, and felt the familiar smell lingering at the tip of his nose.

She felt a vague sense of security in her heart.

Chapter 38: Dark Human Heart

Arjun felt her mouth dry and she huddled in a corner of the cage, shivering unconsciously because of the cold.

She hugged her knees and buried her cheek in her arms, trying to retain a little body temperature.

Above the head is a dark brown plastic roof.

She blinked and realized it again: she was locked in a cage like an animal!

There were two other people in this small cage, both of them were girls of the same age as herself, neither too young nor too young.

The two men looked very scared, with empty eyes. One of them had a huge bruise on half of his face, which was gradually turning into a muddy yellow, but the edges were still blue.

Based on this, she judged that the other party at least

Stayed here for several days.

Arjun tried to talk to them at first, but the two girls were obviously very timid and ignored her at all. They just turned their backs on her in fear.

The surroundings were filled with the smell of cold metal, a strange dust mixed with the smell of disinfectant. Feelings of fear and terror surged into her brain uncontrollably, making her almost crazy.

I really want to go home. I have been abducted for several days. I don’t know what’s happening to my grandma and sister now. Will they call the police? Are they worried because of my disappearance?

And the little one...

Arjun hugged his knees and couldn't help sobbing softly.

She thought, the girl already knew that I was abducted, she must have called the police, and the police would come to rescue me soon.

Arjun felt a little relieved in his heart: Fortunately, I still remember the landline number she mentioned.

Zheng Qiong's family doesn't have a landline phone installed, and the cost is a bit too expensive for her family.

Besides, the only person at home who can answer the phone is my elderly grandmother. She is hard of hearing and needs to shout to answer the phone. Even if I call her myself, it may not be helpful.

That's why she held on to a faint hope and called Chen Xiaoya.

She is my best friend since childhood, and I will definitely not leave her alone.

Of course, the girl probably didn't expect that Chen Xiaoya would be so bold as to bravely venture into the dangerous situation alone.

...If she knew that the boy was so impulsive, she would probably change her mind and call the police.

Arjun didn't know how things turned out like this.

She still had some vague memories of coming here, and remembered that she was abducted here by a relative.