Her hand had just begun to rise when a woman stormed into the washroom.
"You son of a bitch! Can't find your way back after washing your hands, huh? I knew you'd go sniffing around the moment you caught a whiff of a woman!"
The woman seized the man by the back of his collar, nearly yanking him to the floor.
Yet he was still calling out, "Hey, sweetheart-are you lonely? I can keep you company-"
The woman raised her hand and slapped him, the crack so sharp it almost echoed.
"You just can't change your goddamn ways, can you? See a woman and your feet stop working! If I don't beat that third leg of yours back inside you, you'll never learn who you're messing with..."
She dragged the man out by his ear, cursing all the way, and shot Song Ning a vicious glare before leaving.
As though Song Ning were the culprit who had seduced her man.
Song Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
She stayed in the washroom a little longer. Several people came in to wash their hands and faces, but nothing unusual happened.
She knew waiting any longer would get her nowhere.
When she left the washroom, at the far end of the carriage...
She saw Gu Zheng's anxious eyes.
She had stubbornly insisted on searching for the killer. Afraid of disrupting her plan, Gu Zheng had only dared to follow at a distance.
When that man entered the washroom, Gu Zheng had been just outside the door.
Only when the woman dragged the man out had he retreated farther away again.
Song Ning shook her head at him, signaling for him to go ahead.
Then she headed back herself, intending to return to the dining car.
Gu Zheng walked ahead, keeping