The Boiler Room was empty.
Song Ning was in no hurry. She calmly poured out the cold water, then filled her cup with boiling water.
Once it was full, she felt the water was a little too hot, so she stood by the gangway for quite a while.
Gu Zheng stood in the corridor watching the scenery, but he kept a close eye on her out of the corner of his eye.
Yet even when her cup of hot water had almost cooled, no one else had appeared.
Song Ning returned with her cup.
Before long, she went out again to use the toilet.
She even decided that the toilet nearby was unsuitable and crossed several carriages to find another one.
Then she returned, her expression calm.
Song Ning looked somewhat helplessly at Gu Zheng, who had followed close behind her, and said:
"Comrade Gu Zheng, could you stop following me so closely when I go to the toilet?"
"I'm not!" Gu Zheng said. "I've calculated the distance. I have to stay close enough to reach you immediately."
"They're not stupid," Song Ning said. "We'll never lure that person out like this."
After a moment's thought, she said, "I want to walk through the hard-seat carriages. Don't follow me."
"No!"
"I have to follow you!" Gu Zheng said firmly. "Otherwise, I'd rather abandon this plan!"
If the other person really worked for K, they absolutely could not underestimate them.
They could not afford the slightest lapse.
"After what happened to Chunmei, if that person is still on the train, they'll be even more cautious than before. We've tried several times here in the sleeper carriages, and we haven't even spotted anyone suspicious, let alone the killer. If they've chosen to lie low, they're more likely to be in the hard-seat