The train rumbled along, coming from the depths of the snow-capped mountains and heading towards the endless front.
The scenery outside the window was like a movie, flashing frame by frame. High mountains, flowing clouds, glittering lakes, and herds of cattle and sheep were hidden in the wind-blown wilderness.
Every color in Tibet seemed pure and quiet. At a glance, it seemed to reach the bottom of one's heart.
Lin Qian was sitting by the window.
The whole carriage was full of people. Only around her, there seemed to be a vacuum area. Everyone seemed to be careful, keeping a polite distance from her.
Lin Qian was a little embarrassed, but she also felt that the situation was quite interesting. She had been supporting her forehead with her hand, reading a book from time to time. But whenever she looked up, all she saw was a crowded army green. The men's eyes fell on her from time to time, making her face slightly hot.
Indeed … a young girl carrying a backpack was suddenly sent into a carriage full of soldiers and had to spend seven or eight hours with them, which was quite unusual.
Lin Qian had been in danger in the snow-capped mountains two days ago.
Because of the change in her job, she had a rare holiday recently, so she came to Tibet to hike. Originally, with her physique and outdoor sports experience, this trip was not very difficult. Unexpectedly, on the way back, when she reached the mountainside, the rented truck broke down. Coupled with the sudden change in the weather and the continuous snowfall, she was tormented.
Fortunately, at dawn, a group of passing soldiers rescued her. The frontier soldiers were very warm and honest, and they sent her on the special train for transporting retired soldiers, which could take her all the way to Lhasa.
At this time, a soldier sitting diagonally across from her took the initiative to talk to her, "Miss, where are you from?"
The soldiers probably knew that the girl was in danger, so they were very kind to her. Lin Qian smiled and answered, "I'm from Lin City."
As soon as she finished speaking, a soldier across the aisle said very heartily, "I'm also from Lin City. So we are from the same hometown!"
Lin Qian also looked up and smiled at him. She had a sweet appearance. Even if she was wearing a jacket, her facial features still looked very beautiful and clean. This smile made the soldiers' hearts jump.
The soldier smiled again and asked, "I guess … you are a college student?"
"No, I went to work early," she answered politely. However, that soft and gentle voice seemed to carry a kind of natural leisurely and leisurely energy. The soldiers who listened to it felt comfortable, and they all said that she looked especially like a student.
"Which unit in Lin City do you work at?"
Lin Qian said, "Um … Aida Group."
"Awesome!" The soldier gave him a thumbs up. "That's the most powerful enterprise in Lin City. I heard that it has billions of assets …"
While they were chatting, Lin Qian acted as if nothing had happened. Her eyes secretly fell on a man diagonally across from her.
In the entire carriage, the man was the most silent but the most eye-catching. It was hard for her not to notice him.
He was wearing a woolen military coat. Even though he was sitting with his back to her, he still looked very tall. Compared to the average height of the soldiers around him, he stood out. The wide-brimmed military cap was pressed very low, covering most of his face. One could only vaguely see his chiseled profile. His skin seemed to be much fairer than the others.
No matter what passionate exclamations, discussions, and songs erupted from every corner of the carriage, he remained motionless, as though he had fallen into a deep sleep.
How strange.
The journey was long, and the sky gradually darkened.
The soldiers were also a little tired. Most of them leaned against the seats and dozed off. The carriage became cold and quiet. Lin Qian leaned against the cool window glass alone, closing her eyes to rest. She could only hear the roar of the train running over the tracks and the crash.
Back in Lin City, she would have to start her busy work again. The holidays always passed very quickly. She really didn't want to go back.
Gradually, the sounds in her ears became more and more distant, and softer …
Lin Qian suddenly opened her eyes.
In front of her was still the cold window glass. It was quiet and dark outside, and she could faintly see the outline of mountains and lakes. In the sky, the stars shone resplendently, quietly twinkling without moving.
The carriage stopped.
There was no village ahead, no shop behind, and no platform. It was obviously a temporary stop. The soldiers were more alert than Lin Qian. They were all awake, and many of them craned their necks to look out of the window.
"It's okay. The road conditions here are not very good. There may be a temporary danger, but it will be taken care of soon." The soldier opposite her comforted her.
"Okay." Lin Qian also raised her head to look out. She glanced at the seat diagonally across from her, but it was already empty. The soldier who had been sitting there sleeping had left at some point.
Soon, someone came.
It was a young officer, tall, standing at the door of the carriage. He gave a series of orders in a loud voice, "Shift two and four, report to the front of the carriage immediately. Shift five, before the train starts again, you are responsible for the safety of this carriage. The rest of you, stay where you are. "
Before he finished speaking, the soldiers all stood up. "Yes, sir!"
Lin Qian looked at them with interest. When the soldiers were busy, she also took out a cap from her backpack, ready to sleep through this period. She was just about to shrink into her seat when she suddenly felt the eyes of the surrounding soldiers all falling on her.
She sat up straight again.
That was because the officer had walked over to her seat. His face was expressionless, and his eyes were cold.
"Madam, please take your luggage and follow me."
Under everyone's gaze, Lin Qian raised her head and looked at him with clear eyes. "Excuse me … What's the matter?"
But the officer didn't answer. He waved his hand, and another soldier had already carried her luggage and strode toward the door of the carriage.
The corridor was dim, and the night was cold.
Lin Qian quickly followed the two tall and strong soldiers, passing one carriage after another full of soldiers, attracting countless curious gazes.
Until they reached the door of a soft sleeper carriage, they were already far away from the soldiers. The officer signaled the soldier to put down the luggage and leave, and then he looked at Lin Qian again.
She also looked at him, her pale face looked colder in the night, and there was a bit of nervousness in her eyes.
Perhaps because she was staring at him too hard, the young officer looked away uncomfortably, and explained calmly, "There was a small collapse on the road ahead, and we have already sent soldiers to repair it. The people in the carriage may be transferred frequently tonight, and there are wolves in this area, so it's not convenient for you to stay there alone. Our major ordered me to take you to the sleeper carriage for the night. There is no one here, so it's safer and quieter. We will send you off at dawn. "
What?
Lin Qian stared at him.
So … the other party came in such a threatening manner, was he doing a good deed?
She suddenly laughed, nodded and bowed, "Thank you, thank you very much."
The officer seemed to be a bit embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "No problem," turned around and left.
The corridor was empty, and there were two soldiers standing guard at the front of the carriage, so it was indeed safe and quiet.
Lin Qian lowered her head, exhaled a breath of warm air to warm her cold hands, and reached out to open the door of the compartment …
Before her hand touched the doorknob, she suddenly heard a light "click" coming from inside the door.
She was stunned. Someone's here?
Before she could carefully distinguish, she heard a "crash" sound, and the door was pushed open from inside.
Lin Qian hurriedly took two steps back, leaning against the window.
A man stood at the door.
There was no light in the compartment, and the man's face was also blurred. He was very tall, also wearing a military uniform, and was a head taller than the officer just now. The brim of the hat was pressed low, blocking his eyes, and she could only make out that the bridge of his nose was very straight, and the line of his jaw was simple and clean.
It's him? The man who was sleeping in the hard seat carriage just now?
Although she couldn't see his face clearly, his temperament and figure told Lin Qian that it was that man.
Huh? Why is he here?
Lin Qian smiled at him, "Sorry, I didn't know you were inside. The officer just now told me that there was no one here. "
"Hmm." Like a soft hum coming from deep in his throat, he suddenly strode out of the compartment, and without any hesitation, he passed by her.
Lin Qian stood in the same place, turning her head to look at him. Suddenly, her heart skipped a beat, and she reacted.
"You're the major?"
"Yes." He had already opened the compartment door.
Lin Qian was very surprised. She had been imagining that the person who sent someone to pick her up to the sleeper carriage was a handsome and dark military man, but she didn't expect it to be him. She chased after him without hesitation, "Thank you …"
With a "clang" sound, he had already closed the compartment door, completely ignoring her, and his tall figure quickly walked away.
The light was bright, and the air was warm. Lin Qian sat on the chair by the window, and once again looked around everything.
The four bunks were all neat, and the quilts were folded like tofu. Only on the wall of one of the upper bunks, there was a military jacket hanging. On the small table in front of her, there was a stainless steel teacup.
Obviously, this was where the officers lived. This must be his bunk, and he gave it to her.
He's a nice guy. But why does he avoid me like I'm the plague? How am I scary?
Lin Qian couldn't help but laugh.
In the middle of the night, Lin Qian woke up and found that the train was still parked. She was not sleepy anymore, so she simply wrapped her jacket around herself and got up to check the situation outside.
As soon as she opened the door, she was stunned.
The corridor outside was still quiet, and there were still two sentries standing not far away. And on the aisle stool two or three meters away, a soldier was sitting quietly, wearing a woolen coat and black military boots. Wasn't it the major who had just avoided her?
Compared to the indifferent and tall figure he had been a moment ago, at this moment his whole body was leaning against the chair, his head was deeply drooping, his cap was very low, and the collar of his coat covered his whole face. His posture was somewhat casual, like … a big cat that was taking a nap?
The sound of Lin Qian opening the door had undoubtedly startled him. His head slowly moved up at a very small angle, but it was still deeply buried in the collar. It looked like he was too lazy to look up at her, waiting for her to speak.
Lin Qian walked out and said to him a few steps away, "I'm not sleepy anymore, you can sleep in here."
He was quiet for a few seconds.
Lin Qian thought he was going to speak, so she waited quietly. Unexpectedly, she saw him slowly, little by little, lower his head again. He maintained the same posture, not making any sound or movement.
Lin Qian was speechless.
"Then … good night." She had to return to the compartment and gently closed the door.
At dawn, the train finally arrived in Lhasa.
Lin Qian got up early, washed her face, and packed her luggage. Outside was a bright and narrow corridor, at the end of which stood the soldiers, but the major was nowhere to be seen.
She thought for a moment, took out a pen and paper from her bag, left her phone number, and wrote, "I think we may not see each other again. But if you have the opportunity to come to Lin City, please call me. I will be a very good tour guide and friend, Lin Qian. "
Lin Qian bought the earliest plane ticket. In the evening, she arrived in Lin City, and took a taxi to her destination.
At the end of the straight road, she could see a vast industrial park in the distance. Several neat white high-rise buildings, beautiful and fashionable. The gold-plated words "Aida Group" were particularly eye-catching at the gate.
Lin Qian asked the driver to stop the car in front of a residential building a few hundred meters away from the group.
She had rented the apartment a month ago. After entering the apartment, she threw her suitcase on the ground, and directly fell onto the bed.
After lying down for a while, she felt better, then looked down at her phone. As expected, there were no new messages or calls.
Speaking of which, this was the first time she had voluntarily left her phone number with a man. What a failure.
She smiled, stood up, and opened the curtains. The golden light of the sunset suddenly jumped in, and the buildings, factories, and the green field behind the factories of Aida Group were bathed in the endless sunshine.
Lin Qian took a deep breath, and her mood became exceptionally good.
She thought that this was really a wonderful beginning: a warm encounter among thousands of people, a prosperous and beautiful hometown, and a new career journey that she was about to start.
At the entrance of the highway to Lin City.
Rows of military trucks were parked, about to transport veterans back to their hometown.
Several officers were talking in low voices, and just as they were about to step onto a Jeep, they saw a soldier running toward them, panting. He ran to the officer in the middle, stood still, and neatly saluted, then said, "Major Li, I finally found you. I found this when I was cleaning up your train compartment at noon. "He handed a note with a phone number and a few lines of words to the man.
The man called "Major Li" took it and looked at it expressionlessly.
"You don't have to give it to me," said a cool and calm voice.
He didn't hide when he looked at the note. Although the two officers on his left and right were standing straight, their eyes naturally drifted to the note.
Hearing what he said, one of them couldn't help but say, "Lin Qian … is that the girl who was in danger and hitchhiked? I saw her this morning, and she's quite pretty. Isn't your home in Lin City? Why didn't you save her number? "
Everyone around them stared at Major Li with shining eyes.
But he once again lowered the brim of his hat, straightened his collar, and was the first to step onto the Jeep.
"No need," he said calmly, "She and I will meet again soon."
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