Chapter 531: The Lost Child

After a long while, Yang Yin lay on the bed, pursing her lips and smiling.

Lu Cheng asked her what she was laughing about, and Yang Yin said, so this is what kissing feels like.

Lu Cheng tried to kiss again, but Yang Yin dodged and said, "No, stop. You're not gentle at all; I'm short of breath, and my head is still fuzzy."

Lu Cheng wouldn't give up, so Yang Yin began to act coquettishly: "Please, next time."

Lu Cheng had to give up, and sleepiness came over him; Yang Yin then lay on his body, not letting him sleep.

"Are you hot? Do you want the fan turned up higher? Speak, no sleeping! Are you thirsty? I'll treat you to chilled watermelon, okay…"

Lu Cheng opened his eyes and said, "Is it pulled from well water?"

"No, it's from the refrigerator."

Lu Cheng raised an eyebrow: "Your family really is capitalist, having both a fan and a refrigerator."

Yang Yin giggled: "Well, you're right. My brother is abroad, making money under a capitalist system."

Lu Cheng lay on the bed in large letters: "Your family is so rich, I'm starting to worry; your family looks down on me, a poor kid."

Yang Yin quickly shook her head: "That's not what you think. My dad is named Yang Kaiming, and just like his name, he is a very open‑minded person; our family is also an open‑minded family."

My father has told me many times that you should look for someone you like because you like that person; as long as that person has ambition, the material things will come eventually, one day.

Even if you don't have them, you will still feel happy simply because you love him.

After interacting with Professor Yang so many times, Lu Cheng indeed has that feeling—he is a person with free thought.

Yang Yin got up, smoothed her skirt, tied her hair, then went downstairs; after a short while, she brought up a plate of sliced watermelon.

Lu Cheng was about to take it to eat, but Yang Yin stopped him: "Lie down, I'll feed it to you."

Lu Cheng inhaled lightly: "If you keep this up, how could I ever bear to leave you in the future?"

Yang Yin gave a faint smile: "I haven't thought about what kind of ending you could give me, but I believe it will be a beautiful ending.

And before the final ending arrives, I will cherish every day we spend together."

Listening to Yang Yin's words, Lu Cheng suddenly recalled the sentence Cai Shengjing had said: Yang Yin is a girl who likes to fantasize about beautiful things.

She is so clean, pure.

At this moment, Lu Cheng felt that any further lewd thoughts would be a desecration.

After spending a wonderful afternoon with Yang Yin, until the evening sunset, when Lu Cheng left, his mouth still tasted sweet watermelon.

If possible, Lu Cheng wishes to see Yang Yin every day, but lately the number of Returning Youth heading back to the city has increased, and the Train Service Line has grown accordingly.

Until December, with the New Year approaching, the Returning Youth rush back to the city also reaches its peak.

On the day he went on duty again, it was still Yang Yin who saw him off; although Lu Cheng was just going to work, Yang Yin stood there as if sending off a traveler, her eyes already red.

Lu Cheng was extremely busy at that moment, and after finally finding a spare moment, he looked at her flushed eyes and couldn't help but say.

"What's this? I'm just going to work, why make it sound like a life‑and‑death separation, as if I might not come back?"

Yang Yin glanced and said, "Don't speak recklessly! You must return safely… I just… I'm used to having you by my side, being able to find you at any time."

Then when I think of it, you'll be away from the Capital City for half a month, and I don't know how I'll get through those half a month.

Lu Cheng couldn't help but laugh, but since this is at the station, he couldn't kiss her for a while; now he could only give Yang Yin a hug.

"Next time you come back, I'll take you ice skating at Shichahai Ice Skating Rink."

The train whistle blew, and Yang Yin realized Lu Cheng was about to board for work, so she could no longer linger for the warmth in his arms.

"Hmm, wait a moment, I'll give you a gift."

Yang Yin took a blue Wool Yarn scarf from her satchel: "Look, I had my mother teach me to knit it. Try it on, do you like it?"

Lu Cheng took it and wrapped it around his neck; it felt warm, and Yang Yin helped adjust it: "It seems a bit short…"

Lu Cheng didn't mind: "It's fine, as long as you knitted it, I like it."

Yang Yin pursed her lips: "Whoa, your words sound so nice now… I guess you have a conscience, but this is my first time knitting anything, and I accidentally pricked my hand, see…"

Lu Cheng took Yang Yin's finger and gently stroked it.

"Then you go back first; this Platform is quite cold. I can't escort you back, the train is about to depart."

"Hmm, then you board." Yang Yin reluctantly released Lu Cheng's hand; until the train left, Lu Cheng stood at the carriage doorway, waving his hand to Yang Yin in farewell.

Only after she gradually disappeared from view did Lu Cheng return to the carriage, and indeed, his heart felt empty.

Touching the warm scarf around his neck, he was certain he had fallen for Yang Yin, without weighing pros and cons.

…

The train was chaotic, and Lu Cheng put his thoughts aside, immersing himself in work.

After passing Shanhai Pass, on the opposite Iron Rail track, a passenger suddenly shouted.

"Hey, look, there's a huge iron thing clearing snow."

The passengers near the window all looked, and Lu Cheng glanced as well; it turned out to be the Roller-type Snow Removal Machine he had helped develop.

After more than a year of field testing and further improvements on the original design, it can now fully adapt to complex cold environments.

Listening to the passengers' amazement, Lu Cheng felt quite proud; he recalled that the internal combustion engine development was also nearly finished, and when that happens, the train will enter a reform period.

Thinking this way all the way, when they arrived at the destination Ha City, there were many stranded Returning Youth, all hoping to return before the year's end, and no one wanted to stay after.

Therefore, all the staff on the train, to allow more Educated Youth to reunite with their families, rested only one day before boarding the train back to the city again.

"Don't crowd, don't crowd, our Railway has added multiple train lines; the next train is arriving soon, we will definitely ensure everyone gets back to the city…"

Lu Cheng, holding a megaphone, shouted; the scene was chaotic, and he fully understood the Returning Youth's urgent desire to go home, but safety also had to be ensured.

"Everyone, please queue and enter through the doors one by one; stop trying to pry open windows. I'm talking to you—the window is almost ripped off by you. When the train starts moving, see if you're cold…"

While Lu Cheng was maintaining order on site, a comrade from the local Railway Bureau ran over.

"Lu Jingzhang, Lu Jingzhang…"

Hearing the shout, Lu Cheng finally put down the megaphone; he recognized the person who had run over.

It was the Deputy Bureau Chief of the Railway Bureau, surnamed He, with whom he had shared a few meals.

"He Juzhang, you're just in time; this batch of stranded Educated Youth aren't obeying any order at all, I'm even afraid a stampede could happen. Send me more police over…"

He Juzhang glanced at the scene; it was indeed quite chaotic, and having too few police really won't do.

"No problem, Lu Jingzhang, I'll have them dispatched shortly; first, let me ask you, two children are missing—have you seen them at this station?"