Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 723 - 437: The First Time Taking a Train_2

After he finished speaking, he apologetically looked towards the others.

Yu Wen silently counted in her mind—they were a total of five boys and five girls. There weren’t enough rooms to go around.

In her heart, Yu Wen screamed, "I can share a room with the class monitor. I won’t take up much space!"

Jiang Ning, however, said, "We’ve already booked the hotel. You guys go ahead and divide up."

After confirming the process, Dong Qingfeng created a WeChat group to facilitate communication and conveniently added Tang Fu’s contact information.

...

The wait was lengthy. It was past 10 AM and Xue Yuantong was hungry. She had only eaten a small breakfast due to her excitement.

She took out instant noodles from her bag, but there were too many strangers around, and she hesitated to make them.

Seeing her timid demeanor, Jiang Ning found it amusing. He asked Xue Yuantong to watch the luggage while he went to McDonald’s and bought a hamburger meal.

Xue Yuantong watched eagerly—she had never eaten at McDonald’s before.

Jiang Ning tasted a french fry, and Xue Yuantong looked even hungrier, but she was never the type to ask for food.

She asked tentatively, "Is it tasty?"

Jiang Ning held a fry up to her face, "I’ll let you smell it. Does it smell good?"

Xue Yuantong, already famished, nodded like a pecking chick, "Yes, yes."

Being out and about, the only person she trusted was herself. Jiang Ning didn’t tease her like before and gave her the whole meal.

Xue Yuantong smiled joyously and shared half of her fries.

After eating, the waiting room broadcast announced that the train had begun checking tickets. Xue Yuantong hurriedly grabbed her bag, ready to leave, fearing she might miss her train.

Jiang Ning lounged with one leg crossed over the other, calm as ever, "No rush, let’s wait a bit."

Seeing him like this, Xue Yuantong tried to sit calmly until most of the queue had moved, and then Jiang Ning leisurely made his way over.

The current ticket-checking process involved ticket punches, leaving a small notch on the ticket after being clipped.

After passing through the checkpoint, they entered the overpass and followed the stairs down to the predicted arrival location of their train, surrounded by passengers waiting for the train.

Xue Yuantong’s eyes roved about, taking in the unfamiliar surroundings.

Suddenly, a distant train whistle sounded, and Xue Yuantong saw a massive train approaching from afar, like a ferocious steel beast.

She hastily stepped back, keeping a considerable distance, and stared at the silhouette of Jiang Ning, who still stood there, seemingly otherworldly.

Xue Yuantong always thought Jiang Ning’s posture was especially cool, indescribably elegant, and she wished she could mimic it, but unfortunately, she could not. freёnovelkiss.com

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Carriage Number 9.

As soon as he entered the carriage, Jiang Ning activated his "Divine Sense," locking onto his lower bunk. A wave of "Spiritual Power" followed, sweeping through like an all-pervading ultrasound, cleaning the sheets and pillows of all dust, stains, and bacteria.

The carriage was crowded with many passengers, a distinct train smell wafting over them. Xue Yuantong clung to Jiang Ning’s backpack.

Finally finding her bunk, Xue Yuantong sat down on the bed and sighed in relief.

She shook out the blanket again and found it very clean, thinking the train environment was quite good.

Jiang Ning was in the bunk across from her. Watching him, Xue Yuantong felt the discomfort of being in a strange place diminish significantly. As long as he was there, she felt inexplicably at peace.

In the neighboring bunk, a little boy struggled to climb to the middle bunk while his parents urged him from below.

The train staff also hurried the parents along. It turned out they had only bought a sleeper ticket for their child, while they themselves were in a hard-seat carriage.

Snoring sounds came from the upper bunk across them but soon stopped. A young lady, after glancing at Jiang Ning a few times, surprised at the young man’s appearance, took off her shoes and climbed onto the middle bunk.

Xue Yuantong observed and realized that the lower bunk was the most spacious, surely Jiang Ning had the foresight to pick such a good spot.

After a brief chaos accompanied by noise, the train slowly started moving, and the scenery outside began to retreat.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Xue Yuantong watched as Yuzhou City grew distant—not just Yuzhou but all she was familiar with, her family and friends.

Everything she faced now was unfamiliar.

Just like the first time she took a train from Hu Miao Town to Yuzhou City.

She couldn’t suppress a sense of melancholy, even though she had just left, she already wanted to go home.

She missed her mother, missed Chuchu, missed her own soft bed, missed Jiang Ning’s sofa, Jiang Ning’s computer, and also her family’s fridge because it had lots of snacks.

She looked at Jiang Ning across from her, watching the scenery together.

Jiang Ning, noting Xue Yuantong’s mood, reached into his backpack and took out a well-sealed bag. Gently unwrapping it, a cool breeze from the ice cubes wafted out.

"Eat." Jiang Ning handed it to her.

Xue Yuantong held the wooden stick, in disbelief, he had actually brought the mung bean ice cream.

The familiar taste of mung bean instantly dissolved Xue Yuantong’s worries. Now, she just felt that home was always by her side.

Fear and confusion, all gone.

Xue Yuantong happily ate the ice cream, which she had made herself—it was delicious.

Jiang Ning brought six or seven ice cream sticks. He messaged Yang Sheng in the next compartment to ask if she wanted any, and if so, she could come and get them.

In less than a minute, Yang Sheng appeared, "Thanks! I’ll treat you to a cold drink at the station!"

With that, she took two ice cream sticks and returned to her compartment. When Yang Sheng showed the ice cream, the passengers in their section were a bit stunned. Wouldn’t the ice cream melt on the train?

Yang Sheng shared one with Tang Fu and sat on her lower bunk to eat together.

The ice cream tasted vaguely familiar to Tang Fu, so she asked, "Did you buy this?"

"Jiang Ning gave it."

"Oh." Tang Fu’s sealed memories instantly unlocked. She remembered the campus anniversary ceremony, when the brutal sun was beating down and Jiang Ning in the adjacent team was handing out ice creams to eat.

Extremely infuriating!

Unexpectedly, one day, she had the chance to partake as well.

Across from Tang Fu, on the lower bunk, sat a sophisticated lady, well-dressed and cultured, skilled in social interaction, who had just been chatting with two male college students above.

"Being able to bring ice cream on board is pretty impressive," the lady complimented.

With someone joining in the conversation, Tang Fu obviously couldn’t pretend not to hear, "A classmate gave it."

"Are you guys in university?" the lady continued.

"No, I’m just starting eleventh grade," Tang Fu didn’t hide the fact, seeing no malicious intentions from the lady. Besides, the public security was good.

Moreover, she was gifted in sports, standing six feet tall with physical fitness better than her male peers of the same age.

And besides, she was no fool; no one could deceive her!

"You’re only in eleventh grade?" The middle bunk college student jumped into the conversation; they truly hadn’t expected that.

Yang Sheng continued eating her ice cream, staying out of the conversation. She didn’t like talking with strangers.

Seeing Tang Fu’s unusual height, the lady asked curiously, "Young lady, how old are you? What year were you born?"

Having just finished the last bit of her ice cream and feeling the coolness on her tongue, Tang Fu initially intended to say ’98, but then she thought, since she was born in December ’98, rounding up, it was almost like being born in ’99.

After a bit of hesitation, Tang Fu said, "I was born in ’99."

"Same age as my daughter," the lady said, possibly noticing her hesitant reply, the lady curiously asked another question,

"What’s your zodiac sign?"

Tang Fu was about to say "Tiger," but stopped herself; ’98 was the year of the Tiger, but she had claimed ’99. What was the zodiac for ’99 again?

Tang Fu pondered for a long time, struggling to remember what the zodiac sign for ’99 was.

The lady and the college students from the middle and upper bunks all focused their attention on Tang Fu.

For a moment, the atmosphere got a bit tense.

Yang Sheng glanced at her, finished her ice cream, and said, "She’s born in the year of the Rabbit."

Tang Fu, "Ah, right, the Rabbit."

The lady chuckled dryly and didn’t continue the conversation.

...

At three in the afternoon, the train had been traveling for over four hours.

Those in sleeper compartments were comfortable; however, those in the hard seats were getting a bit tired.

Huang Zhongfei rested by sleeping.

Dong Qingfeng slept on the table.

The Dan Kaiquan brothers also slept.

Jiang Yanan and Yu Wen weren’t sleeping; they communicated with glances. Yu Wen indicated that travel was the best opportunity to enhance relationships. She had been quiet for too long. This trip, she was determined to close the gap with the class president.

Jiang Yanan wished her luck.

Yu Wen had everything planned perfectly, planning for a barbecue in the evening, which would inevitably involve drinking.

And alcohol was the easiest way to lead to accidents.