Chapter 69 - Extremely Quick Train 2: Couple (1/2)

Chapter 69 – Extremely Quick Train 2: Couple

The 3 of Hearts secret room had the help of the police. Those who didn’t know what to do could follow the police’s footsteps to find clues. The score might be low but they could still clear the instance.

4 of Hearts didn’t have the help of the police. They had to rely on themselves to reason things out and find clues, making the difficulty obviously improved.

The ident.i.ty of a train attendant was of great convenience to the challengers. They could check the pa.s.sengers’ ticket at any time to confirm the person’s name. If a case occurred, they could a.n.a.lyze and reason things out by asking the pa.s.sengers questions.

Xiao Lou had a lot of experience in ‘remembering names and faces’ so it wasn’t difficult for him to remember the names of the people.

The hair style, height and appearance characteristics, combined with the seat number. Xiao Lou checked the tickets while memorizing several special aspects of the people he was focused on.

For the family of five, the child was called Yu Xinxin and she was around six years old. The child used a lovely voice to call out ‘Uncle’ when she saw Xiao Lou and was polite. Her teachings obviously weren’t bad. Her parents smiled and her grandparents were kind and gentle. The family was the only one with the surname ‘Yu’ in the entire carriage and it was very easy to remember. Based on Xiao Lou’s subjective view, the probability of this family having a murderer was small. The family was warm and harmonious and there was no reason to kill.

Out of the two couples, the boys were called Zhao Quan and Zhao Zheng. Perhaps they were brothers.

Zhao Quan’s girlfriend was called Yue Xiaoquan. There was a ‘quan’ in the name and the p.r.o.nunciation was consistent. It wasn’t easy to be confused. The girl’s voice was very good and there were two shallow dimples when she smiled. She had long black hair, beautiful facial features and clear and bright eyes. It was a type of aura that made people feel good and it was a fresh, natural beauty.

Zhao Quan and Yue Xiaoquan wore a light blue T-s.h.i.+rt with cute kittens printed on them.

Zhao Zheng’s girlfriend was called Mo Jiaran and she was the one who changed seats to avoid sitting with that shy young man. Her hands were covered with beautiful nail polish and she was wearing a necklace, bracelets and earrings. Her curly hair was dyed dark brown. The upper body was the same s.h.i.+rt as her boyfriend but she wore a short skirt that deliberately showed off her long legs. She was obviously a girl who loved to dress up.

This couple’s T-s.h.i.+rt was in white with a cute puppy printed on the chest.

The T-s.h.i.+rts printed with a kitten and a dog as well as the combination of handsome men and beautiful women was a good match.

The four of them had bought half-price student tickets.

Xiao Lou noticed this and said, “Please show me your student cards.”

The four people cooperated to take out their student ID cards.

Zhao Quan and Zhao Zheng were both science and engineering. They were from the University of Science and Technology and the former learned computer science while the latter studied materials physics. The student ID cards had the date of birth written and the two people were born on the same day.

Xiao Lou pretended to be interested. “Your birthdays are on the same day, are you twins?”

Zhao Quan nodded. “I am the older brother and Ah Zheng is the younger brother. We are fraternal twins.”

Xiao Lou smiled. “No wonder why. You don’t look exactly the same.”

Both Yue Xiaoquan and Mo Jiaran were from a medical school. The former studied clinical medicine and the latter was nursing.

Xiao Lou glanced at Mo Jiaran’s red nail polish with surprise. The nursing profession was to train nurses and many practical cla.s.ses were needed, such as injections, changing bandages, changing medicine etc. A girl with long nails and nail polish would certainly be scolded by the teachers. She was probably on holiday and put fake nails on her nails. This further confirmed how much this girl liked being beautiful.

The four people were similar in age and were currently in their junior year. Their relations.h.i.+p was very close. After changing seats, the two females sat together and whispered in each other’s ears.

Xiao Lou learned about their situation, then smiled and returned their student cards to them.

The four people collected their student ID cards. Xiao Lou continued to the boy sitting in 8F. “Please show me your ticket.”

The boy who was late was called Jing Weiguang. This surname ‘Jing’ was relatively rare and easy to remember. Since he was in a hurry to catch the train, he was dressed very messily. The young man kept his head down and arranged his crumpled clothes. Once Xiao Lou walked over to check the tickets, he hurriedly searched his pockets and found it after a long time, saying with a blush, “No, I am embarra.s.sed…”

Xiao Lou smiled and spoke gently, “It doesn’t matter. Don’t worry.”

The ID number on the ticket was covered with a mosaic but the year of birth could still be seen.

Compared to the students nearby, this young man was born six years earlier than them. He should be around 26 years old but due to his baby face, Xiao Lou almost mistook him for a student. Now it seemed that 26 year old Jing Weiguang was a worker and this time he was in a hurry to take the train. He was probably on a business trip.

Xiao Lou returned the ticket to him and continued to check the back row.

The group of five females saw Xiao Lou checking the tickets with a smile and couldn’t help speaking quietly.

“This train attendant is so handsome!”

“I like this type of warm person. He smiles so nicely.”

“Do you want to inquire about his phone number?”

“Is this okay?”

“There is nothing wrong with hooking up with a handsome guy. It isn’t breaking the law.”

“You’re right. Then you go!”

Xiao Lou might not be able to hear what they were saying but from time to time, the females would look at him. He probably guessed that the other side was talking about him. Xiao Lou didn’t mind either. They were sitting in the last row and after checking the tickets in front of them, Xiao Lou went over and smiled. “Please show me your tickets.”

The females took out the tickets they had prepared.

Liu Xiaoyan, Zhang Xiaozhu, We Xiaofei, Song Xiaoyu and Cheng Xiaoli.

Xiao Lou, “…”

They were very neat and unified names.

How did the parents of these five girls happen to give their daughters the ‘xiao’ character?

Fortunately, the five girls had different hair’, wore a skirt or different coloured clothing. Some were tall, fat or thin. He could remember them based on their hairstyles, figures and clothes.

Xiao Lou joked while checking, “Your names are really similar. If it was a surname, I would think you are sisters.”

The girl sitting in the aisle said, “We grew up together and are like sisters.”

Xiao Lou pretended to casually ask, “Is this a group trip?”

Another girl replied, “Yes, every year, we take annual leave to go out together to play.”

The other three people didn’t speak but they were looking at Xiao Lou with smiles, not in a malicious manner. Xiao Lou didn’t want to chat with them for too long so he returned the tickets and told them, “Females travelling together should pay attention to safety.”

All five nodded with understanding.

The train slowly moved forward. The LCD screen at the top of the carriage showed that the current time was 18:30.

Just now, the start time of the train was 18:00 sharp. Xiao Lou took half an hour to check the tickets and he checked it very carefully, getting to know the pa.s.sengers in the carriage. The focus was still on Jing Weiguang in 8F who was late, the Zhao Quan Yue Xiaoquan and Zhao Zheng Mo Jiaran couples in the eighth row and the group of five girls with the name ‘X Xiao X.’

Just then, Xiao Lou heard the train broadcast in his ear. The female announcer spoke in a gentle voice, “Dear pa.s.sengers, it is now dinner time. We have prepared hearty fried vegetables, hot and sour potatoes, celery fried beef, braised pork ribs…”

She named a large number of dishes and followed up with the words, “You can eat in the middle of the train in the 5th carriage. In addition, we offer simple packages. The chicken rice set is 5,000 gold, and the beef set is 5,500 gold. Pa.s.sengers who need to use this package, please talk to the attendants in each carriage. We will send the dinner to your seat…”

Xiao Lou was hungry. He had eaten instant noddles in the 3 of Hearts room every day. It seemed that the food in the 4 of Hearts secret room had been greatly improved. He wondered if the train staff got to eat free food.

The pa.s.sengers inside the carriages heard the broadcast and started drooling.

However, the food on the train was more expensive. Most pa.s.sengers didn’t intend to buy food in the carriage but took out pre-prepared snacks from their own bags.

The two couples got together to discuss it and looked for Xiao Lou to register two chicken sets and two beef sets.

The group of five females took out a bag of snacks. They often travelled and well prepared.

Jing Weiguang sitting in 8F took out a bowl of instant noodles and spoke to Zhao Zheng sitting next to him, “Can I trouble you to…”