Chapter 60

Li Xuewu felt his way in the dark, placed the infant on the bed, opened the bundle, re-wrapped it, and then placed it on the inner side of the bed.

Because the train he was on had killed someone, Liu Guoyou was in a bad mood.

Seeing that the others were in a bad mood, Li Xuewu took out a pack of Daqian Sect cigarettes, handed one to him, lit it, and then handed one each to Wang Yimin and Han Zhan, and took one out for himself to light.

The four of them sat in the pitch-black guard car, sitting opposite each other, watching the infant on the bed and smoking in silence, with no one saying a word.

After finishing a cigarette, Liu Guoyou threw the butt into the stove and then said, "Are you a bit confused about what I did just now?"

Wang Yimin nodded and said, "Yes, Train Captain Liu. I've been working for so many years, and this is the first time I've encountered this situation. Please tell us the reason behind it."

Liu Guoyou said, "According to the regulations, if a train hits someone and they aren't dead, the operating train captain must actively try to save them. In today's situation, the only way was to lift the injured person into the guard car and wait until we reached the next stop to hand them over to the station to be sent to the hospital for treatment."

"However, you saw the situation just now. The person was hit so badly that even if an immortal came, they couldn't be saved. Lifting her onto the guard car would just mean she'd die there. If she died on the guard car, it would not only be very unlucky, but also frightening."

"Today, the four of us are on duty. If it were a short-distance escort, what would you do if you were alone on duty with the train captain?"

"In the middle of the night, two people facing a stiff corpse in the guard car—think about how you would feel."

When Liu Guoyou said this, even though Li Xuewu was a reborn person, he didn't dare to think any further, and his body shivered uncontrollably.

Bidige.

Han Zhan was young after all and was a bit afraid of these things, so he asked with a dry voice, "Train Captain Liu, according to you, what should we have done?"

Liu Guoyou said slowly, "Actually, people are just a matter of one breath. Sometimes, even when it looks like they aren't going to make it, they just can't let go of that breath for a while."

"The reason I moved her body just now was because that breath was stuck in a part of her body and couldn't come out."

"As soon as I moved her, that breath came out, and she was done. Not only did we save ourselves a lot of trouble, but she was also relieved! Don't you think so?"

"Hmm!"

Li Xuewu nodded thoughtfully.

The train stopped at the next station not far away for 2 minutes. Train Captain Liu and Li Xuewu carried the infant to the operating room.

Liu Guoyou explained the ins and outs of the matter, and Li Xuewu handed the infant over to the attendant on duty.

After letting go, perhaps awakened by the sound of talking, the child who had been sleeping soundly started to cry.

The attendant on duty was also in his forties and should have held children before; he opened the corner of the bundle, revealing the infant's little face.

"Oh! This... this child..."

Li Xuewu thought something was wrong with the child and hurriedly leaned over to look, only then seeing the child's face clearly.

It was chubby, fair and tender, with deep eye sockets and slightly yellowish hair; perhaps this was the reason for the attendant's surprise.

When rescuing at the accident site, Liu Guoyou was kind-hearted and didn't shine his flashlight on the infant's face. Li Xuewu had also only looked by the light and hadn't seen the features clearly at the time, and there were no lights in the guard car, so he couldn't see either.

Liu Guoyou was in a hurry to leave, came over, glanced at it, and said, "Our country is vast and has abundant resources, with 56 ethnic groups. It might be a child from an ethnic minority; what's there to be surprised about? We're in a hurry, you handle it properly."

Li Xuewu looked at the infant who was still crying and looking at him, placed a note with a phone number and address in the infant's bundle, put in another 20 yuan, and instructed the attendant, "If the child's relatives can't be found, or if the relatives and the local area can't afford to raise it, then call this number to notify me."

From the first moment he saw this child, Li Xuewu's heart had fluttered. In his previous life, when his daughter was full-term, he would coax her not to cry, and she would look at him with a sweet expression.

He really couldn't bear to look at the infant again, and accompanied by the sound of the attendant coaxing the child, he left the duty room.

The two of them, having finished the handover, hurried back to the train and continued their journey into the dark night.

That night, Liu Guoyou never mentioned the experiences he had encountered before, and Li Xuewu was also reticent. That night, the few of them were either on duty or sleeping.

Because it was an extra-long train, whether it was a passenger train or a freight train, they would all yield to the freight special train.

After running for more than ten stations and six and a half hours, the freight special train finally stopped at a station whose name Li Xuewu couldn't see.

By this time, it was already broad daylight. Train Captain Liu Guoyou told Li Xuewu that the freight special train would change locomotives at this station, and asked Li Xuewu to follow him to hand over the locomotive, and also took their three lunch boxes to give to the stoker to get food.

When changing locomotives, Li Xuewu had to supervise the train captain in re-filling out the small ticket.

The train captain re-filled out the small ticket so that the driver of the newly attached locomotive would be clear about the length and total weight of the train, so that he could operate and run it in a targeted manner.

Li Xuewu watched Liu Guoyou give the small ticket to the driver, asked for the driver's name, recorded it in the escort log, returned to the rear, and stepped onto the guard car.

Han Zhan, who was eating in the guard car, handed the two hot lunch boxes to Li Xuewu and said, "The stoker just sent them over, saying they were bought at the station's small canteen. We can't get off the train along the way, and we can't leave the carriage, so we can only have the stoker buy the food and send it over."

Han Zhan didn't get off the train last night, so he could eat now. If...

Looking at the lunch box in his hand, this was a benefit of taking the freight special train, and Li Xuewu naturally wouldn't refuse.

He had only eaten a hasty bite yesterday noon and then hurried to Wen San'er's house just to save time. He hadn't eaten until now, and his stomach was already growling with hunger.

"No choice, it's my duty. Let me see how the food at this station's small canteen compares to Sha Zhu's craft!"

Li Xuewu took the lunch box, joked with Han Zhan, then sat at his duty position and opened the two large lunch boxes.

One box was half rice and half braised pork with potatoes, and the other was half rice and half chicken stewed with mushrooms.

"Hey! We've really passed Shanhai Pass; these dishes even have a Northeast flavor! These two dishes are really hearty!"

Han Zhan had eaten early and had already finished. He poured some water from a water bucket modified from a military oil drum in the corner to rinse the lunch box. Seeing Li Xuewu's words, he was also full of smiles.

"Section Chief Li, you should escort more in the future; you can eat all kinds of delicious food from all over the country. You eat, I'll go replace Uncle Yimin."

"Good, good, you go."

The benefits of taking this freight special train were really not ordinary!

Li Xuewu was already hungry. He scooped up a spoonful of braised pork and put it in his mouth; it was stewed very fragrantly, not greasy at all, and even had a creamy taste.

Li Xuewu was not affected by last night's events at all; he didn't care after seeing so much.

At this time, Wang Yimin came in, greeted Li Xuewu, picked up his own lunch box, and started to eat.

It was obvious that Wang Yimin had been affected; he basically didn't touch the braised pork and only ate a few mouthfuls of rice.