Chapter 332: Caught

"Is it convenient for you to go up there?"

An Yinan saw the elderly woman climbing the ladder, and it was truly a bit frightening.

People of advanced age have to get up more often at night, and having to climb up and down from the upper bunk is truly too troublesome.

"It's fine, young lady, I'll just go up slowly." The elderly woman was very kind.

There was also none of the moral kidnapping by the elderly seen in later generations.

"Let me swap with you. I'm quiet when I'm up there, and I quite like it. Do you think that's okay?"

She proposed the swap truly because it was inconvenient for the elderly woman, and also because of the elderly woman's attitude.

"No need, no need, my legs and feet are still quite good." The elderly woman smiled and waved her hand.

That young girl had been supporting her from the side the whole time, and finally bit her lower lip.

"Big sister, let me swap with you, I'll pay you the difference." The young girl spoke up.

An Yinan nodded, "Okay."

She could tell that the young girl was very worried about the elderly woman.

"Xiaoya!" the elderly woman called out.

Xiaoya said, "Grandma, you can't climb to high places. If I'm asleep at night and you bump into something or fall, what will I do?"

The elderly woman finally turned her head and said to An Yinan, "Young lady, thank you. How much money? I'll give it to you."

An Yinan threw her bag onto the upper bunk, then smiled, "You can treat me to dinner."

"Alright, alright, alright." The elderly woman agreed.

The number of people boarding the train gradually decreased, the train whistled, and it began to move with a "clack-clack-clack" sound.

For a moment, although there were many people, it briefly became quiet.

An Yinan sat on a stool to the side, then took out that book and began to read it seriously.

Until the sun set, and the intense golden color dyed the entire sky, casting beautiful hues.

"Morning glow means don't go out, evening glow means travel a thousand miles," the elderly woman said with a smile.

"Tomorrow will be a good day."

"How old is the old sister?" the second middle-aged person to board the train asked.

The elderly woman laughed, "Sixty!"

"Then the old sister's health is truly robust," the middle-aged person replied with a smile.

"It's not what it used to be. In the past, climbing high to look into the distance was nothing, but now, I'm old!"

The two didn't say much more, and everyone looked at the colors outside, feeling the beauty.

A while later, the food cart came by, and the girl bought three meals, handing one to An Yinan as promised.

"Big sister, thank you so much."

Grandma had a stubborn temper and had never taken advantage of others in her life; if this big sister hadn't offered, Grandma absolutely wouldn't have spoken up.

"I have already accepted your thank-you gift," An Yinan said, lifting the boxed meal.

Xiaoya smiled, and there were dimples on her face, which was very cute.

Before the fragrance of the meal had faded, the sky had already turned completely dark.

An Yinan put away her book, climbed onto the upper bunk, rested her hands behind her head, and then thought about the blueprints in her space.

Chen Xun, where have you gone?

In the past, wherever she went, there was always someone by her side; only this time, being all alone allowed her to think about many things.

Watching the bright stars racing along with the train, her thoughts drifted very, very far away.

The train was very peaceful all night. Staying overnight outside, although she didn't have anything valuable, she was also very attentive to the movements around her.

"Xiaoya, Grandma will go with you," the elderly woman said as she prepared to get up.

Xiaoya, however, hurriedly held her back, "Grandma, I'm just going to wash my face, I'll be right back."

The elderly woman was still uneasy, "There are too many people, is it okay for you to go alone?"

The girl named Xiaoya comforted the elderly woman, "It's okay, I'll be back soon. Don't walk around randomly, there are too many people."

"Don't treat me like a child," the elderly woman said, tapping her forehead.

Xiaoya hurriedly ran out.

But ten minutes...

Twenty minutes...

That girl still hadn't returned.

An Yinan looked at her watch and realized something seemed wrong.

And the middle-aged person in the lower bunk also glanced at their watch.

"I'll go look for her, don't worry." An Yinan comforted the elderly woman; fearing that time was running out, she didn't say much else.

The middle-aged person, however, stopped her, and An Yinan looked up in confusion.

"I'll go find her, you go find the train attendant, quickly." After the middle-aged person arranged this, they ran quickly toward one end of the carriage.

An Yinan ran in the other direction, and on the way, she met a middle-aged woman with a smile on her face and a red string tied in her hair.

"Little sister, where are you going?" the middle-aged woman blocked An Yinan's path.

An Yinan was just about to wave her hand, but she stopped.

Because she saw something familiar.

A silver bracelet.

It was the same one Xiaoya was wearing yesterday.

Either it was stolen last night, or Xiaoya was in their hands.

"Sigh, why won't you say anything, girl!" the older woman said.

The one in front of her was the real quality goods!

Much better than the one they just grabbed; look at this appearance, this skin, it will definitely fetch a good price.

"Auntie, I'm going to the restroom," An Yinan said.

"Hey, why didn't you say so earlier? Auntie will take you." Her enthusiasm was so intense that anyone who didn't know better would truly think she was a kind-hearted person.

An Yinan arrived at the restroom, endured the nauseating stench, locked the door, and went straight into her space.

She first grabbed the anesthetic she had prepared earlier, along with some peppermint leaves; she was afraid the human traffickers would use drugs, so she had to be on guard at all times.

"Little sister, why are you so slow?"

"Are you done yet?"

"Hurry up."

The people outside kept knocking on the door, but An Yinan was unhurried.

After she finished her preparations, she quickly pulled the door open.

"Auntie, what are you shouting for!" An Yinan said, displeased.

The woman outside gave a sheepish laugh, "I was just worried you were having trouble."

An Yinan didn't pay it any mind, but just as she turned around, she felt her mouth and nose being covered.

She quickly held her breath, then flailed her arms and kicked her legs in a panic.

In that very instant, she discovered there were actually four or five of their people around.

It was a good thing she hadn't acted rashly.

Otherwise, she wouldn't even know how she died; she didn't know if this gang had weapons, and furthermore, there were so many people on the train.

This gang didn't care, but she couldn't afford not to.

Afterward, she kicked for a dozen seconds or so, then went straight unconscious.

"This girl has quite a lot of strength!"

"Dead ghost, come over and give me a hand."

The woman pulled her hand away and kept shaking it up and down; she had almost failed to hold onto her just now.

"Sigh, this piece is good!" The man looked at her up close, then revealed a strange expression on his face.

"Dead ghost, what? Do you have your eye on this little girl?" The woman had been in this business for so long, how could she not know what he was thinking?

The man moved An Yinan to a corner and then covered her with a burlap sack.

He then grabbed the woman's chin and gave her body a feel.

"Who I have my eye on, don't you know?" the man teased.

The woman twisted her waist, "Dead ghost, you're annoying!"

The man grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and chuckled, "When we get to the place, I'll let you know how capable your master is; you'll be crazy about me!"

An Yinan frowned; this was a train, and these two were openly making lewd remarks.

It wasn't that she was angry or couldn't bear to hear it.

In her previous life, she had heard plenty.

However, being able to be so brazen, what did that signify?

The people all around were their accomplices!