Gu Zheng's expression tightened. He turned to Song Ning and said, "I'll go take a look!"
Someone had died on the train?
This was no small matter.
Teacher Fang was no longer in any mood to continue his lesson.
"How... how could something like this happen on the train?"
Looking rather frightened, he said to Song Ning:
"Why don't we go take a look too?"
But Song Ning advised him, "It just happened, and everything's in chaos right now. Everyone's crowding over there, so we probably wouldn't see anything anyway. We'll find out what happened when Gu Zheng comes back!"
No sooner had she finished than she saw the people who had rushed over retreating one after another.
Train attendants were clearing the passengers away up ahead, forbidding anyone from gathering to watch.
Song Ning took a look from the doorway, then turned and closed the compartment door.
Teacher Fang nodded at this. "You're right! Let's not get in the way!"
But just after Song Ning sat back down, someone knocked on the compartment door.
The door slid open, and a train attendant stood in the doorway, looking inside before saying:
"Could you two please come with me?"
An ominous feeling stirred in Song Ning's heart.
She got up and followed the attendant, asking as she walked, "Excuse me, has something happened?"
"The passenger sharing your compartment was just found dead," the attendant said. "We need your cooperation in taking statements."
The passenger sharing their compartment?
Dead!
Chunmei?!
Song Ning was stunned. She whipped her head around to look at Teacher Fang, and disbelief filled both their eyes.
Car seven, next to theirs, was the dining car.
A railway police officer questioned Song Ning and Teacher Fang in detail there.
But the train had only been traveling for a few