Chapter 1366 The Girl Who Can Make Zhou Chen Gentle
Peng Mingjie took the initiative to open the topic, and Zhou Chen naturally followed his words.
"Do you also work in the police system? Hello, hello."
Zhou Chen took the initiative to shake hands with Peng Mingjie, and then said: "This matter is not troublesome. Although passengers are not allowed to enter the dining car except during meal times, exceptions can occasionally be made. What's more, you also work in our police system, so you can drive a There’s no problem with the mouth.”
"Thank you very much, but just let Lili pass. I won't go. I want to stay there and look after the luggage. There are people coming and going on this train. It's not okay if no one is watching and saluting."
Peng Mingjie said with a grateful face. As for letting his daughter go with Zhou Chen alone, he was not worried at all.
On the one hand, it is because of Zhou Chen's identity as a police officer, and on the other hand, it is because of Zhou Chen's attitude and image.
The identity of a police officer is easy to make people believe and awe, and a person's image and attitude can often have the same effect.
The word "judging people by their appearance" doesn't sound good, but in fact, most people have this habit. A person with outstanding appearance and gentle attitude is definitely more convincing than someone with ordinary or ugly appearance.
After agreeing, Peng Yongli followed Zhou Chen to the dining car.
"Actually, our police officers and the conductors on board have their own rest cars. There are sleepers there where you can lie down. It's just not convenient to take you there, so we can only let you rest in the dining car. The conditions are limited."
Peng Yongli said softly: "It doesn't matter. It's much quieter here than in the carriage. I'm very satisfied to be able to sit here. Originally, we wanted to buy sleeper tickets, but we couldn't get them at all. Sleeper tickets are really It’s too hard to buy.”
Zhou Chen said: "It can only be said that the time is wrong. Except for the Chinese New Year and holidays, otherwise, as long as the conditions are sufficient, it is not difficult to buy sleeper tickets. This period is entirely because colleges and universities are starting one after another. Not to mention sleeper tickets, even Both hard seats and standing tickets are in demand. ”
Taking advantage of the light, he saw that Peng Yongli's face was not very good, so he said softly: "You sit down for a while, and I will pour you some hot water."
"I don't……"
Peng Yongli was about to refuse, but Zhou Chen had already walked to the small kitchen over there, and she could only swallow her words.
After a while, Zhou Chen came over with a black water glass and placed it in front of Peng Yongli.
"Drink some hot water. This water bottle is new and has never been used once."
One sentence dispelled Peng Yongli's worries. She opened her mouth and finally showed a polite smile to Zhou Chen.
"Thanks."
After taking the tea cup, she lowered her head and blew it, then she looked surprised: "This tea?"
"I put some brown sugar in it to replenish energy. I have to take a long train. It's hard to have no physical strength or energy."
A warm feeling flowed through Peng Yongli's heart, holding the water glass in both hands, and said thank you again.
In fact, the reason why she couldn't sleep at night was not only because the carriage was too noisy, but also because she felt unwell. She had relatives visiting in the past two days, and she was already feeling very uncomfortable. And being in a crowded and noisy carriage, she naturally felt uncomfortable. It’s harder to fall asleep.
Zhou Chen took her to the dining car to rest and made her a cup of brown sugar water. She was young and simple-minded, and she couldn't help but develop a great impression of Zhou Chen.
Holding the tea cup, she took a sip. The water was a little hot, but it was very comfortable for her now. It seemed that her mental and physical condition had recovered.
"It's delicious. Thank you, comrade police."
"I'm not a few years older than you, just call me Zhou Chen."
Peng Yongli just hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said: "Okay, Zhou, Zhou Chen, you can call me Lili. My dad and friends all call me that."
"Okay, Lili." Of course Zhou Chen called out smoothly.
"Are you sleepy? If you are, just sleep here. No one else comes here except the staff at night. If anyone asks you, just tell me my name."
"Okay, thank you, Zhou Chen, but I suddenly don't feel sleepy anymore."
Brown sugar water is not a panacea. It is impossible to cure your discomfort by drinking a few sips.
Zhou Chen said softly: "Since you are not sleepy, then I will talk to you. It just so happens that I am not very busy right now."
But someone unexpectedly appeared, and Qin Yan suddenly came to the dining car.
"Brother Chen, we..."
Qin Yan, who was about to report the situation to Zhou Chen, saw Zhou Chen sitting with a girl, and his voice suddenly stopped. When he saw Zhou Chen's glance, he suddenly understood, and suddenly he had an idea.
"Uh, let me get a water glass."
After saying that, he quickly picked up a water glass from the table nearby. He didn't even have time to pour the hot water, turned around and left the dining car.
Qin Yan came suddenly and left very quickly. Zhou Chen didn't react at all, but Peng Yongli's face turned slightly red. She was a girl after all. It was so late and she was alone in the dining car with Zhou Chen. No one knew. It was okay. When people see it, they inevitably feel shy.
Seeing Peng Yongli's shyness, Zhou Chen took the initiative and said: "I just heard you say that you were admitted to Ningyang University. You are so awesome. It happened to be 1977 when I started working. The college entrance examination had just resumed that year. I didn't It’s time to catch up, otherwise, I might take the college entrance examination.”
Peng Yongli was surprised when he heard this: "You started working in 1977?"
"Yes, I was just nineteen that year. After graduating from the police academy, I was assigned to work as a police officer at Ningyang Station. In the blink of an eye, it has been four years."
"Then you are really amazing. You have only been working for four years and you have already become a conductor."
Peng Yongli was full of admiration. She didn't know much about the duties of conductors, but she knew from the title of conductor that it must be higher than the ordinary conductors.
Zhou Chen said modestly: "It's just so-so. You college students are better. You can become cadres after graduation, and your college life is rich and colorful, which will be very interesting."
"Is that so?"
Peng Yongli is very ambitious about college, but she has no idea what college life is like.
"But I heard that the study pressure in college is also very high, and... ..."
Peng Yongli may rarely communicate with boys of similar age, so when she met a man like Zhou Chen who was both heroic and gentle, she was immediately interested in chatting. She chatted with Zhou Chen for more than an hour, and finally couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep on the table.
Zhou Chen put the clothes she brought on her, sat for a while, and then left the dining car quietly.
As soon as she walked out of the car, she saw Qin Yan leaning against the door in front.
"Why are you standing here? Why don't you take a rest?"
"I'm not sleepy yet."
Qin Yan replied, then approached Zhou Chen with a gossipy look on his face and asked, "Brother Chen, who was that girl just now?"
Zhou Chen glanced at him and snorted, "You're quite gossipy."
Qin Yan laughed and said, "I'm just curious. I've been with you for two months, and I've never seen you treat any girl so well."
He has been in this group for two months, and naturally knows a lot about Zhou Chen. There are several people from the railway compound on the car, so some of Zhou Chen's situation is not a secret in the car.
Not to mention the past, just the two months he has been in contact with him, although Zhou Chen is very polite to passengers, and there are also beautiful girls of the right age who have approached Zhou Chen, but he has never seen Zhou Chen be so friendly to any girl, so of course he is very curious.
Zhou Chen is so friendly to Peng Yongli, naturally because of her appearance that resembles Hua Lan, but he is not interested in explaining so much to Qin Yan.
"Stop talking nonsense, go and have a rest, I'll watch over the train first."
Qin Yan was a little disappointed that he didn't get to eat the melon he wanted to eat. He didn't dare to ask more questions. Zhou Chen's majesty in his heart was still very strong.
"Oh, then I'll go and have a rest first."
"Go ahead."
Peng Yongli woke up in a daze. It was really uncomfortable to sleep on her stomach. She didn't know how long she had slept, but her hands were stiff and numb. She slowly raised her head and moved her hands.
The train was still moving, and it was still dark outside. Then she saw Zhou Chen sitting on the side, leaning against a chair with his eyes closed.
Zhou Chen heard the movement and slowly opened his eyes.
"Are you awake?"
Peng Yongli asked rather embarrassedly: "How long have I slept?"
Zhou Chen looked down at his watch and replied: "Two hours and eighteen minutes."
Hearing Zhou Chen report such a precise number, Peng Yongli was stunned.
"Have I slept that long?"
"Well, we'll be at the next stop in a while, do you want to move around?"
"Okay, thank you so much just now." Peng Yongli said gratefully.
"It's a small matter, don't worry about it, then you sit for a while, I'll go to the carriage first, someone will get off later, I need to maintain order."
"Go ahead, don't worry about me."
Zhou Chen didn't leave immediately, but picked up the thermos cup on the table and made Peng Yongli a cup of brown sugar water.
"Take the cup and drink it."
Peng Yongli hurriedly refused: "No, you have helped me a lot."
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, this is the spare cup I bought before, since I gave it to you, it's naturally difficult for me to take it back, you can take it and use it, don't be so polite."
"How can that be possible, you have helped me so much, how can I take your things, no, how about I buy it with money."
As she said, Peng Yongli was about to take money out of her pocket, but Zhou Chen directly put the cup in her hand.
"It's just a water cup, and it's not worth much money. You just talked to me for so long. Although we just met by chance, we are also friends. Just consider this as a small gift from me. Okay, don't postpone it. I'm going to get busy first."
Without giving Peng Yongli a chance to refuse, Zhou Chen immediately picked up his hat and walked out of the dining car quickly.
Peng Yongli held the tea cup in her hand and stared at the direction Zhou Chen left. She felt that she shouldn't accept the water cup, but for some reason, she was reluctant to return it.
After waiting for half an hour, when Zhou Chen returned to the dining car again, Peng Yongli had already left, but after a while, she came back.
"Here, the money for the water cup."
"You take it, otherwise I'm embarrassed to take your water cup. I gave you the money and it's considered as my purchase, so I'm embarrassed to take it."
Fearing that Zhou Chen would not accept the money, Peng Yongli explained seriously.
Seeing the serious expression on Peng Yongli's face, Zhou Chen did not refuse again, but did not accept all her money, but took part of it.
"It's just a water cup, it's not worth much, these are enough."
"Oh."
Peng Yongli smiled and took back the remaining money. She didn't know how much the water cup cost, so she could only take as much as possible.
"Zhou Chen, you said I can find you if I need to buy train tickets in the future, so how should I contact you?"
Her cheeks turned red as soon as she said this. It was the first time she had asked for contact information from the opposite sex since she grew up.
Zhou Chen said: "I don't have a phone at home. I'll leave you the phone number of our police team. If you want to find me, call our police team. If I'm not there, leave me a message and I'll call you back when I know."
Peng Yongli smiled happily, took the note with Zhou Chen's phone number, and whispered: "Thank you, I will call if you need me. Now I won't disturb you from work and go back to my seat first."
"Okay, if you need anything on the bus, you can come to me again."
Zhou Chen did not hide his kindness at all. Peng Yongli gave him a good impression, and with that familiar face, he didn't mind getting close to this girl at all.
"Goodbye."
Peng Yongli waved her hand, and then happily went back to her compartment with light steps. She kept the note with the phone number close to her body, looked at the thermos in her hand, and the smile on her face became brighter.
After more than ten hours, the train finally arrived at the final destination, Ningyang Station.
Before the train arrived at the station, the passengers on the train had already begun to crowd and prepare to get off. There was another round of busyness. When everyone left, Zhou Chen's train was over.
What surprised Zhou Chen was that Peng Mingjie finally brought Peng Yongli to greet him and thank him for his previous help before leaving.
This train was very worthwhile for Zhou Chen because he met Peng Yongli. He knew that they would have more opportunities to meet in the future, so he did not show any emotions in front of them.
As soon as Zhou Chen returned to the compound, he saw Wang Xin sitting in the yard feeding chickens.
"Hey, busy man, why are you so idle today?"
Wang Xin said cheerfully: "I just finished a case and can rest for a few days, but it's boring to rest at home without you."
"Then how do you think it's fun? As a criminal policeman, you can have a few days off, so take a good rest. Why are you complaining?"
Zhou Chen said, and then went back to his home, while Wang Xin scattered the chicken feed in his hand on the ground and followed Zhou Chen.
"Zhou Chen, let's go out and play, call Xiaonian, Ma Yan and Dali to join us?"
"You really have a good idea. We just came back from a trip. We are not sleeping at home. What are you thinking about going out with you? Go find them by yourself. I need to take a shower and have a sleep."
"No, you are not just going out with me to play. I also have business."
"No matter how big the business is, it is not as important as my sleep now."
Zhou Chen did not even let Wang Xin in through the door of his house. After entering the house, he simply washed up and lay down on the bed to rest.
Wang Xin stood outside the door, muttering very depressedly: "It's so boring. I wanted to tell you about my heroic image in handling cases."
Zhou Chen lay in bed, but he couldn't fall asleep for a long time. He couldn't help but think of Peng Yongli, whom he met in the car. It can be said that she was the biggest surprise since he came to this world.
Just seeing Peng Yongli, he couldn't help but think of Hua Lan in the world of Knowing, the wife who had been with him for decades and one of the women who had been with him the longest.
In such a crazy thought, Zhou Chen slowly fell asleep.