Woo—woo—
The train whistled twice, its wheels clattering as it began to move.
Inside the green-painted carriage, the smell of foot odor, sweat, and various other indescribable scents mingled together.
Fang Muyu frowned and endured it for a few seconds before finally carrying her suitcase into the carriage.
At the end of the carriage, Fang Muyu found her seat—by the window, a good spot.
However, a burly, rough-faced man was sitting in her seat.
“Comrade, this is my seat,” Fang Muyu said calmly.
The man pretended to be asleep, ignoring her.
Fang Muyu took a deep breath and raised her voice sharply, “Comrade, please move. This is my seat.”
The entire carriage fell silent instantly, with everyone’s eyes focusing on them.
The man could no longer pretend. He sat up and rolled his eyes, “Whoever sits first gets the seat on the train. How is it yours?”
Fang Muyu took out her ticket, “I have a ticket for seat number 13. Where’s yours?”
The man snatched the ticket from Fang Muyu’s hand and casually tossed it out the window, “Now it’s gone.”
The carriage grew even quieter.
The middle-aged man sitting opposite immediately picked up a newspaper to cover his face, and the female comrade beside him lowered her head, pretending to drink from her military-green canteen.
Fang Muyu didn’t move, just looked calmly at the man.
Just as the man and the other passengers thought this pretty female comrade was about to cry,
Fang Muyu walked directly toward the connecting area of the carriage.
There stood a figure in military green.
“Comrade, excuse me, sorry to bother you.”
A clear, pleasant female voice rang out.
Lin Guodong was leaning against the door, smoking a cigarette.
He turned around to see a fashionable, beautiful female comrade standing before him, looking like a movie star from television.
“I’d like to ask you to be my witness.”
Fang Muyu’s voice was soft but steady,
“Someone took my seat and threw my ticket away. With so many people on the train, I’m afraid it’ll be hard to explain later.”
Lin Guodong was taken aback for a moment, then nodded,
“Alright.”
…
The man who had taken the seat thought Fang Muyu had been driven away by him and was feeling smug when,
“This soldier comrade was smoking outside just now and happened to see you throw my ticket away.”
Lin Guodong’s eyes filled with surprise—he had been facing away from the carriage and hadn’t seen anything!
Fang Muyu didn’t need any reaction from Lin Guodong. She turned to the others around her,
“I believe some of the kind-hearted comrades here must have seen it too.”
An elderly man sitting diagonally across spoke up quietly, “I saw it. He snatched the ticket and threw it.”
A thin, frail educated youth beside him nodded, “I… I saw it too.”
Many passengers also spoke up, saying they had seen it too.
Fang Muyu was very satisfied, “Thank you all for speaking up for justice.”
In an instant, her eyes turned sharp as she looked at the man, who had shrunk like a quail,
“Comrade, do you have a ticket?”
“No ticket, taking someone else’s seat, throwing away someone else’s ticket. Which of these three things do you think the train police will ask about first?”
“Oh, right!”
Fang Muyu added coolly,
“My husband is in the military. I’m on my way to visit him.”
In a flash, the man immediately stood up, trying to run, but Lin Guodong blocked his way.
The commotion in the carriage quickly attracted the train police.
“What’s going on here?”
This time, before Fang Muyu could even speak, a kind-hearted passenger had already explained the whole incident to the train police officer.
The officer glanced at the evasive burly man, then looked at Fang Muyu.
“Comrade, is what the other passengers said true?”
Fang Muyu nodded earnestly.
“It’s true.”
“This male comrade occupied a seat without a ticket, threw away his ticket, bullied a female comrade, and disrupted public order. Officer, please see how this should be handled.”
In the end, the burly man was taken away by the train police.
“Comrade, thank you for today. If it weren’t for your testimony, things wouldn’t have gone so smoothly.”
Fang Muyu was very polite.
“It was the right thing to do.” Lin Guodong waved his hand, pausing for a moment. “I didn’t really help much. May I ask which unit your husband is in?”
Fang Muyu smiled. “Comrade, are you afraid I’m tricking you?”
Lin Guodong didn’t say anything, thinking to himself, Didn’t you just trick me earlier?
“My husband is the company commander of the island garrison force.” Fang Muyu’s eyes crinkled with a smile. “His name is Lu Yancheng.”
“You’re Company Commander Lu’s wife?” Lin Guodong’s pupils widened in shock.
He never expected that the lovely lady before him was actually the wife of that ice block.
“You know him?” Fang Muyu blinked her beautiful eyes.
“I do.” Lin Guodong’s smile stiffened slightly.
More than just knowing him—every time we have a competition, your husband beats me to a pulp.
Suddenly, Fang Muyu’s face turned pale.
“Sister-in-law, what’s wrong?”
Lin Guodong noticed Fang Muyu’s unusual state.
“I…”
The next second, Fang Muyu hurriedly rushed toward the restroom.
“Ugh—”
After retching for a while, Fang Muyu couldn’t bring anything up, feeling utterly miserable.
“Sister-in-law, are you okay?”
Lin Guodong had never encountered such a situation before and was at a loss.
“It’s fine, it’s just the baby in my belly acting up.”
Fang Muyu shook her head.
This time, Lin Guodong was genuinely shocked.
That ice block really stays quiet until he makes a move—and what a move it is! He quietly got married and even has a kid on the way.
When they returned to their seats, Fang Muyu looked listless.
Lin Guodong thought for a moment, then turned and went to find the train police chief.
Soon, Lin Guodong returned with the police chief.
“Comrade, hello.”
“We checked, and there’s an empty attendant rest berth in the sleeper car. Normally, it’s not for passengers, but given your discomfort, we’ll make an exception for this special circumstance.”
“If you don’t mind, you can move there.”
Fang Muyu knew from when she bought her ticket that sleeper tickets had long been sold out. Having one available now was already a great relief.
“Thank you so much, comrades. I’m sorry for the trouble.”
The female comrade sitting across from them immediately stood up upon hearing about the sleeper berth, deliberately puffing out her slightly swollen belly.
“Comrade, I… I’m also pregnant, and I’m feeling a bit unwell. Could I…”
Fang Muyu lowered her eyelids, hiding the urge to roll her eyes sky-high.
Also unwell?
Is she just trying to take advantage now that there’s a benefit?
She may not be pretty, but she sure thinks pretty highly of herself.
Lin Guodong and the train police chief looked at the female comrade, noting her rosy complexion and strong voice, and felt somewhat conflicted.
Seeing everyone silent, Liu Mei groaned a couple more times. “I… I feel like my stomach is a bit uncomfortable!”
In the carriage, many others began to stir.
If this precedent were set, what would happen if others followed suit?
The train police chief’s expression instantly turned grave.
Lin Guodong was also in a difficult position.
Fang Muyu, however, remained perfectly calm.
She slowly took out money from her bag.
“Chief conductor, do I need to pay for the upgrade to a sleeper berth first?”