CHAPTER 459 - DEATH
A Little Girl
It took four and a half hours to get back to Beijing from Shanghai by high-speed rail. Qin Sheng did not choose to fly. He preferred to take the train and enjoy the scenery along the way. Chang Baji and Hao Lei sat in the back row of Qin Sheng. On the right side was a little girl who looked like she was in junior high school. She was watching a movie with an iPad in her hand.
Qin Sheng just thought that the little girl was quite cute. Judging from her dress and temperament, she should be a child from a rich family. However, how could the elders in her family let her take the high-speed rail alone? Were they not afraid that something would happen to her on the way?
Qin Sheng looked at the little girl who was watching the movie with interest. The little girl should also feel Qin Sheng's gaze. She raised her head and showed a bright smile to Qin Sheng. She greeted him, "Hello, uncle."
Qin Sheng did not know whether to laugh or cry. He said, "Shouldn't you call me brother?"
The little girl was a little surprised. She immediately understood what was going on and changed the way she addressed him. "Hello, brother."
Qin Sheng almost laughed out loud. She was really thick-skinned. As expected, no matter men or women, when they were old, they did not like to be called too old. Qin Sheng did not know how to evaluate the first half of his life. Thirty years flew by in a flash. He did not have many achievements so far. Qin Sheng did not know how to evaluate the first half of his life.
Qin Sheng had nothing to do and asked casually, "Are you going to Beijing alone? Is there no one to accompany you?"
The little girl's voice was very sweet. "Grandma and grandpa are old, and uncle and aunt are busy with work. I am old enough to take the train alone. Mom and Dad will pick me up at the station."
"Then are you going to play?" Qin Sheng asked thoughtfully. What a sensible child.
The little girl shook her head and said, "No, I am studying in Beijing. I went back to Shanghai during the holidays. The day after tomorrow, the school will start, so I came back to Beijing today."
The little girl was very cute. She had a round face and big eyes. Her hair was black and shiny. She tied her hair into a ponytail with a flower hairband. She would definitely be a big beauty when she grew up.
Qin Sheng deliberately teased her. "Then have you finished your winter vacation homework?"
The little girl blinked and replied, "Brother, we don't have winter vacation homework."
Qin Sheng was speechless. Kids nowadays were really lucky. They didn't even have to do homework during the holidays, unlike when he was in junior high school, where he had a lot of homework. Fortunately, Qin Sheng was very good at learning. Sometimes, there would be teachers who would make an exception that he didn't have to do homework. He only needed to get into the top ten of the whole grade.
After chatting casually with the little girl for a while, Qin Sheng took out his computer and continued to supplement on the topic assigned by the old professor of the advanced studies class. It was a classic case of capital acquisition in the country, which involved a lot of unknown secrets.
At noon, the little girl got up to go to the toilet, but she was bumped into by a middle-aged woman who was probably also going to the toilet. If it were not for Qin Sheng's quick reflexes, the little girl would have hit the seat in front of her. When the middle-aged woman saw that it was a little girl, she did not apologize to the little girl at all. She did not know whether it was because she was in a hurry to go to the toilet or something else.
The little girl shouted unhappily, "Auntie, you bumped into me!"
Unfortunately, the middle-aged woman had already walked far away and did not hear the little girl's voice at all. The little girl felt wronged and was about to cry. She had to sit down obediently, pouting and looking unhappy.
"Brother, why didn't she apologize to me?" The little girl could not understand. She tilted her head and asked Qin Sheng.
Qin Sheng said lightly, "Then you can ask her later. She should apologize to you."
The little girl thought for a while and then nodded. "Okay."
A few minutes later, the middle-aged woman came back from the toilet. The little girl directly blocked the middle-aged woman's way and said, "Auntie, you haven't apologized to me yet."
The middle-aged woman said disapprovingly, "Whose child is this? She is so uneducated. She just bumped into you. It's not like she lost an arm or a leg."
Qin Sheng had to admire how thick-skinned she was. Where did she get her confidence from? Who was the one who was really uneducated? There were all kinds of people in this day and age.
"Auntie, you bumped into me. You should apologize to me." The little girl did not let the middle-aged woman go. She continued to insist. Her mother said that if you did something wrong, you must admit your mistake and apologize. This was basic manners. But why didn't this auntie apologize?
The middle-aged woman did not know whether it was because of menopause or her period. She pushed the little girl away in a bad temper and said, "Go away. Don't block my way. You don't care who the child is."
The little girl was directly pushed to sit down by the middle-aged woman. She felt wronged and cried. Maybe it was the first time for her to go out alone. She did not know who she should tell and could only bear it alone.
This made Qin Sheng very distressed. Adults all taught children to be polite and follow the rules. Some adults just did not follow these rules. Then how should children face this world? Their hearts must be full of contradictions.
Qin Sheng directly grabbed the middle-aged woman's arm and said, "Big sister, you bumped into my sister. You don't even apologize. Are you going to leave like this?"
The middle-aged woman snorted and said, "You are so annoying. I just bumped into her. Do you need to be so entangled? Do you want to extort money? Come on, come on. Tell me, how much should I compensate you?"
Qin Sheng squinted and said, "Since you like to reason with money, then I will reason with you with money. Now I am going to break your arm. How much money do you want? I will compensate you."
When Qin Sheng said these words, he also secretly exerted strength in his hand. The middle-aged woman's face changed slightly in pain. Maybe she had met a tough opponent. She immediately admitted defeat and said, "I apologize. I apologize. Little girl, I am sorry. I did not mean it."
When Qin Sheng chose to fight, the little girl had stopped crying. She did not expect that this big brother would stand up for her. However, after hearing the middle-aged woman's apology, the little girl just said "oh" and ignored her. Obviously, she was still very unhappy in her heart.
Qin Sheng did not intend to be unreasonable. This kind of self-righteous woman would naturally pay the price for what she had done one day. Therefore, after the middle-aged woman apologized, Qin Sheng let her go. The middle-aged woman left happily, leaving only people in the carriage pointing at her.
Qin Sheng sat back and asked in a low voice, "Still unhappy?"
The little girl had already wiped away her tears. She nodded and said in a low voice, "Yes, she is not a good person."
Qin Sheng touched the little girl's hair and said, "No matter whether others are good or bad, as long as you are willing to be a good person, there will be one more good person in this world."
The little girl blinked and looked at Qin Sheng with her eyes still full of tears. She nodded as if she understood and then said, "Brother, you must be a good person."
Qin Sheng found it funny and said, "I used to want to be a bad person, but I found that I did not have this talent. Later, I tried to be a good person and found that it was also very difficult to be a good person. But I still think it is better to be a good person."
The little girl finally smiled brightly and said, "Brother, I will be a good person."
Qin Sheng liked the girl's innocence very much. No matter what she would encounter in the future, at least she planned to be a good person now. A good deed was a good karma, and she would feel less guilty and regretful in her heart.
Qin Sheng asked casually, "What is your name?"
"My name is Ke 'er." The little girl said happily, "What is your name, brother?"
Qin Sheng smiled faintly and said, "Ke 'er, this name is really nice. My name is Qin Sheng, Qin as in Qin Shi Huang, Sheng as in promotion and getting rich."
Qin Sheng introduced himself in this way, which made the little girl laugh.
On the way, Qin Sheng accompanied Ke 'er to watch movies and told her jokes. Finally, her mood recovered, and she would not be disappointed in many things because of this small thing. Some people were very disappointed in this world, which was accumulated little by little. When the disappointment accumulated more and more, they naturally could not see the beauty of this world, and could only see the disappointment in their eyes.
At two o 'clock in the afternoon, they arrived at Beijing South Railway Station. Qin Sheng got off the train with Ke' er and left the station. Nangong, who had returned to Beijing in advance, came to pick them up. Qin Sheng planned to hand Ke 'er over to her parents first, so that he would be completely relieved.
However, Ke 'er looked for her parents for a long time at the exit of the station. She was so anxious that she was about to cry. Qin Sheng comforted her and said, "Don't worry, call them. Maybe they are still on the way."
Ke 'er nodded and took out her mobile phone to call her parents. However, no one answered the phone. This time, Ke' er was really anxious.
Qin Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Do you know where home is?"
"Yes," Ke 'er pouted and whispered.
Qin Sheng said faintly, "Then let me send you back."
Ke 'er comforted herself and said, "Brother, it's okay. I can take a taxi back. Maybe my parents forgot that I came back today."
Qin Sheng shook his head and held Ke 'er's hand. He said, "It's okay. I have to go back to the city anyway. What if you run into bad people by taking a taxi alone? Let's go."
After thinking for a while, Ke 'er finally nodded and agreed to Qin Sheng, but she felt quite embarrassed.
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