The zipper of the bag was pulled open halfway, and the student looked very nervous. His hand was gripping something, but he did not take it out from the bag.
"A fruit knife?" Xiao Gu saw something reflecting light through the opening, but he could not tell whether it was a mirror or a knife.
The bus started to move. Xiao Gu returned to his seat. His eyelids twitched, and he felt uneasy.
The rain outside the window became heavier, and the buildings outside could no longer be seen through the glass.
The bus was quiet, and no one spoke. The atmosphere was oppressive.
"The people on this bus are so strange."
Xiao Gu leaned against the window, and the doctor who was across the aisle from him would occasionally turn to look at him. There was a strange smile on his face like he had discovered an exquisite piece of art, and his expression was very strange.
Taking out his phone, Xiao Gu swiped the screen and clicked on the selfie option.
He raised the phone to look at the male student who sat at the last row.
The boy appeared to be carsick. He placed the bag on his knees, and his face was paler than ever. His forehead was covered in cold sweat, but his hands were still inside the bag.
"Not feeling well?" Xiao Gu was worried about the boy, but before he stood up, the student who sat at the last row noticed Xiao Gu looking at him through his phone.
The boy did not seem to want to be photographed. He used his hand to cover his face and silently pointed at the doctor in the white coat next to Xiao Gu. Then he waved his hand lightly.
"Is he giving me a hint? Is there a problem with the doctor? "
After the gesture, the student lowered his head. He hugged the bag and did not say a word.
Xiao Gu put down his phone and glanced at the doctor out of the corner of his eyes. He was suddenly reminded of a news article that he had seen before he got on the bus — Central Hospital's Body Theft Case. The surveillance caught a crawling shadow.
Clicking on the webpage, the article was accompanied by a very blurry picture. It looked like it was taken from the hospital's surveillance.
A person in a white coat crawled quickly on all fours into the morgue.
"A white coat?" Xiao Gu zoomed in on the picture. The light inside the car was dim, and he focused on the picture. "I can't see the face clearly, but the body shape is similar."
Suddenly, a phone rang in the car. Xiao Gu, who was highly focused, was startled. He covered his phone and raised his head.
The ringtone came from the bag of the woman in business attire in front of Xiao Gu. The woman took out her phone and glanced at the caller ID. Her mood seemed to instantly turn sour.
Answering the phone, a man's anxious voice came from the other side of the phone: "Huang Ling, where are you? Are you still working overtime? I see that all the lights in your company's building are off. "
"I came out a long time ago. Where are you? You said you would pick me up, but I've been waiting for you for half an hour! " Huang Ling also felt very wronged. It was raining, and she had worked overtime until late. She was exhausted and had waited at the entrance of the company until now.
"You're out? Why don't I see you? "
"Stop pretending. This is not the first time you've been late. You've never kept your promise to me. I've had enough of you!"
"I know I've been bad in the past, but this time, I'm really not late. I've been waiting at the entrance of your company since 6 am. I watched as all the lights in the building slowly went off, but I didn't see you come out." The man on the other side of the phone sounded even more anxious. "Where are you? You don't sound right. Did that old dog give you a hard time again? "
"He didn't give me a hard time. I just feel tired." Huang Ling slowed down. She looked out the window at the city that was covered in rain. "Jia Ming, I'm not afraid of the tiredness of life, but at least you have to give me something to look forward to. I'm almost thirty, and I don't want to work until 7 or 8 pm every day. I don't want to take the last bus with only three or four people to return to the rented apartment to cook for you. "
"Xiao Ling, I've found the way to get rich. We've come to Jiujiang together from our hometown, and we've survived for so many years. Just give me some more time. "
Huang Ling looked out the window at the rain, and her eyes were numb. "Fine."
"Where are you? I'll go get you now … "
Before the man finished, Huang Ling hung up and shoved the phone into her backpack.
"Every family has its own problems." Xiao Gu sighed internally. When he saw how fashionable Huang Ling was earlier, he had thought that she was a rich person, but upon closer inspection, he realized that most of the clothes she was wearing were cheap knockoffs. However, due to her good demeanor, she looked pretty.
"Ding! We've arrived at Hong Restaurant. Passengers, please bring your personal belongings and alight from the backdoor. "
The bus arrived at the next stop, and the doors opened.
This time, no one got on the bus. Xiao Gu looked out the window. The crazy woman in the red raincoat was still at the stop, and she seemed to be closer to the bus.
"What the hell?" Xiao Gu was panicking. He sat close to the backdoor. If the woman in the red raincoat got on the bus, he would be the first person she would see. This woman won't follow me home, will she? She appears at every stop, so will she wait for me at the last stop?
The doors started to close, and just as they were about to close, a child's coughing came from the middle of the bus.
The middle-aged woman who was carrying the child patted the child's back lightly, but it was useless. The child coughed even harder.
"He looks like he has a fever. Do you know how to take care of a child? The temperature difference between day and night is huge. Why are you only giving the child a shirt?" Huang Ling heard the child's coughing, and she was agitated.
"I'm helping my relative look after the child …" The middle-aged woman's voice was coarse, and it sounded like a man's. She forced an ugly smile. She did not feed the child any medicine or water but only patted the child's back lightly.
The child's coughing became worse, and his body trembled slightly.
"In this situation, it's better to send him to the hospital." Xiao Gu stood up, took off his jacket, and passed it to the middle-aged woman. "Put this on the child first."
"Okay." The middle-aged woman hesitated before accepting the jacket. She put it on the child, but the child kept coughing.
Xiao Gu grabbed his phone and the seventeen RMB that he took out from his jacket pocket and walked toward his seat.
The door was already closed. Just as he was about to reach his seat, there was a pop from the backdoor. A thin human hand was pressed against the door.
"The bus is starting to move. Please sit tight. Welcome to the driverless bus on Route 104. Please move to the backdoor. The next stop is Li Wan City Mall."
The electronic voice rang out, and the bus started to move. The hand soon disappeared.
"Can't the other people see the woman in the raincoat?" Xiao Gu returned to his seat. He turned back to look at the stop, and the red figure was slowly becoming blurry.
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