Reborn in 2006, I met Mr. Zhou from the past.

She opened her backpack, took out a food container, and asked softly, "Xia, are you hungry?"

"I'm not hungry," Su Fengxia shook her head.

"Then let's sleep for a while, and eat after we wake up." Su Fengnan put the food container away again.

"Okay," Su Fengxia replied obediently, then leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes.

At 10 p.m., most people in the carriage were already asleep. Su Fengnan took out egg rolls, and the two sisters took turns eating them, making do with a simple dinner.

"Are you full? There are still eggs here." Su Fengnan casually handed an egg to her younger sister.

"I can still eat a little." Su Fengxia hesitated for a moment, holding the egg, then sighed, "Oh well, never mind, I won't eat it."

"What's wrong? Eat if you're hungry."

"Let's eat less, so we don't have to go to the toilet so often."

Su Fengnan chuckled: "Hmm, good awareness. Eating until you're seven-tenths full in the car is indeed the most comfortable."

The night was deep, and time seemed to pass exceptionally quickly.

The next morning, Su Fengnan awoke to a ray of red light. She rubbed her sleepily and looked out the window—a vast expanse of flat land stretched out before her, covered in crops and shrouded in a thin layer of morning mist. A red sun hung in the sky, a scene that perfectly captured the sentiment: "The morning glow on the horizon is as red as fire, its radiant light illuminating the vast world."

The people in the carriage gradually woke up and began to look out the window.

"Wow, Mom, look! It's sunrise!" The little girl in the next seat excitedly pulled her mother's hand and pointed out the window.

The woman glanced at it and gently cautioned, "Don't stare at it for too long, it'll hurt your eyes!"

"Where are we?" the male passenger on the other side asked his companion.

"We're still in Hunan Province; we'll arrive this afternoon."

Hearing the passengers' conversation, Su Fengnan fully woke up. She pulled Su Fengxia along to admire the magnificent sunrise that stretched for miles in an instant as the train sped by.

Su Fengnan gazed out the window and murmured to herself, "If only I had a camera, I could take some pictures of this hazy, beautiful sunrise. It's a pity that such a beautiful moment is being captured on a train."

"Sis, there will be other opportunities in the future. Maybe you can see a sunrise like this when you get to Mom and Dad's place."

"I hope so."

At night, everyone was sound asleep and didn't notice anything, but now that it's broad daylight, all sorts of sounds are coming out of the carriage. There are people playing cards, children crying, and people chatting in various accents. The carriage is quite lively.

However, before boarding the train, Su Fengnan specifically instructed Su Fengxia: Talk less and observe more. Don't easily talk to strangers who strike up conversations. People who seem like good people on the train may not actually be good people.

So, although the couple across from them and the older woman next to them occasionally struck up a conversation throughout the morning, the two sisters only responded politely and didn't engage in deep conversations, or simply closed their eyes to rest. And so, the morning went by normally.

By afternoon, people began to show signs of drowsiness, and most were dozing off. At this time, the train stopped at a small station for five minutes. No one got off, but several strong men boarded.

As soon as these people got on the bus, they looked around, instantly putting Su Fengnan on high alert. She whispered a few words in Su Fengxia's ear, and Su Fengxia immediately leaned against the window, closed her eyes tightly, and pretended to be asleep. Su Fengnan, on the other hand, pulled up her baseball cap and lowered her head, feigning sleep.

These people did not stop as they passed through the carriage, but Su Fengnan, with her sharp eyes, noticed that several people's bags had been silently slashed open with blades.

At this moment, Su Fengnan's suspicions were confirmed—this was a group of pickpockets operating in gangs. But she gritted her teeth and dared not utter a sound. In this crowded carriage, she knew she was outnumbered and outmatched, and with her younger sister by her side, if she made a sound, she might not even be able to save her life.

A while after the train started moving, the passengers belatedly realized that their bags had been slashed and their valuables were gone. One woman, upon discovering the theft, burst into tears that instantly filled the entire carriage.

"Ma'am, don't cry. When you travel long distances, you should keep your valuables close to your body. There are plenty of pickpockets on trains these days. The person who picked your bag has already gotten off the train. Be more careful next time," the woman opposite her advised.

"Yeah, did you guys see that? That group of people was a team; they came and went quickly," the middle-aged man diagonally across from us chimed in.

"Huh? You mean there was a pickpocket in the carriage just now?" The older woman's crying suddenly stopped, and she asked in astonishment.

"Yes, they got on at that stop just now. Those guys were strong and burly, they didn't look like trouble. You were asleep and didn't see them," the uncle explained.

Upon hearing the man's words, people around him began checking their luggage, fearing that their money would be stolen.

"These damned bastards deserve to die a horrible death! I curse those guys to have babies without anuses and to go to the eighteenth level of hell after they die!" the eldest sister cried and cursed.

The people around looked at each other, speechless, and could only silently check their belongings again.

Su Fengnan saw all of this, but said nothing. Pickpockets and human traffickers were everywhere and extremely brazen on the train. She was traveling with her younger sister and two other girls, and she dared not let her guard down for a moment.

She leaned close to her younger sister's ear and whispered, "Are you scared?"

Su Fengxia nodded, then shook her head, and said softly, "I'm afraid, but I'm not afraid with my sister here."

It seems that her younger sister, whom she raised from a young age, is indeed very dependent on her older sister.

"Yes, I'm here, don't be afraid."

After this little incident, it got dark and the carriage became dark. A strong, unmistakable smell of stinky feet permeated the swaying carriage.

After sitting for a day and a night, Su Fengnan's back ached and her legs were swollen. She wanted to stand up and stretch her legs, shoulders, and neck, but when she saw people in the aisle who could fall asleep standing up, she gave up.

Her gaze drifted to the night outside the window, and Su Fengnan began to imagine the scene at her parents' place, as well as how to proceed with her future work. As she thought, her eyelids grew heavy. She woke up in the middle of the night to use the restroom, and after confirming that everything was alright, she fell back asleep.

When I opened my eyes again, the train was almost at its final stop—Jinshi Railway Station. By then, half of the passengers around me had left, and they were all getting up to pack their things.

Su Fengnan then stood up to stretch her muscles, rotating her ankles and wrists, rubbing her sore lower back, and kneading her swollen calves. Afterward, she took her bag off and, together with her sister, slung it over their shoulders, waiting for the train to arrive at the station.

Su Fengxia looked out the window and said, "Sister, it's not fully light yet."

"Um."

"Sis, who do you think will come to pick us up?"

"You'll find out when we get out."

Su Fengxia looked at her sister's calm demeanor and was speechless, thinking to herself: My sister is such a boring person.

Ten minutes later, the train arrived at the station. The two sisters had only a few bags, each with a backpack hanging around their necks. After getting off the train, they followed the bustling crowd toward the exit.

As soon as I reached the exit, I heard a familiar voice:

"Xiaonan, Xiaoxia, over here!"

Su Fengnan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a tall, thin, and handsome man standing at the exit, wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans, looking very clean and good-looking.

"Uncle!"

The two sisters walked over quickly, and Wen Xiaozhou came to greet them.

"Uncle, is it you who came to pick us up? I thought it would be my mom!" Su Fengxia said happily.

With a broad smile, Wen Xiaozhou hurriedly took Su Fengxia's bag: "Your mother has to go to work and take care of your father, so she really couldn't get away and asked me to come instead."