Xia Xiaolan sneered:

“I’d recognize you even if you were turned to ashes. You escaped last time, but we meet again – it must be fate! Officer, this is her, and the man beside her – they’re both human traffickers!”

The plump woman showed false bravado: “Don’t falsely accuse innocent people. How unlucky, I try to do a good deed and end up in trouble! Who’s a trafficker? Who did I kidnap? Look how arrogant you are, you won’t be satisfied unless you’re wrongly accusing someone!”

The plump woman slapped her thigh and wailed:

“Comrades, please judge – I’m doing a good deed but getting falsely accused. Will anyone dare to do good deeds in the future?”

This plump woman was indeed a skilled actress.

To remain so calm before the police showed remarkable composure.

Of course, without a hardened heart, one couldn’t do this work – young girls they deceived were sold who knows where.

Who knew if such people had their children? How could they face their children after doing such evil deeds?

Xia Xiaolan couldn’t be bothered arguing: “Whether it’s true or not, let’s clarify it at the police station. The police won’t wrong an innocent person, nor let a bad person go free!”

The officer pushed the plump woman into her seat.

“Behave yourself. When the train arrives, we’ll sort this out at the police station.”

The plump woman trembled, but her man protested:

“We’re going to Shanghai for business. Who wants to go to the police station? What about our lost business? This girl must be sent by someone to ruin our business – who will compensate us for our losses—”

“I’ll take responsibility for compensating your losses!”

A tall figure stood behind Xia Xiaolan.

Xia Xiaolan brightened: “You’re awake?”

Zhou Cheng was helpless with her – left alone for just a moment, and she’d caught human traffickers?

But now wasn’t the time to lecture his wife about safety; Zhou Cheng needed to handle the trouble first.

His credentials were very effective.

Though he smelled of alcohol, those with fake credentials wouldn’t dare approach the train police.

Zhou Cheng’s appearance settled everything instantly.

The police immediately took control of the plump woman and her man.

No matter what they said, whether soft or harsh, the police remained unmoved.

“If we’ve wronged you, this comrade said he’ll compensate your losses, and we’ll apologize! Now stay quietly in the duty room!”

As the police led the two away, the plump woman was covered in sweat.

Zhou Cheng reminded them: “Watch out they don’t escape through the windows.”

The train would slow before stopping, and in desperation, these two might jump. The man shot Zhou Cheng a fierce glare as if memorizing Zhou Cheng and Xia Xiaolan’s faces.

After the police took them away, Zhou Cheng’s face darkened:

“You’re quite bold, getting involved in everything. Do you do this when you’re traveling alone too?”

Xia Xiaolan felt somewhat guilty, “Last time when I was alone, they got away, didn’t they? This time I dared to speak up because I knew you were here.”

Little liar!

Zhou Cheng couldn’t help but laugh, “Then why didn’t you wake me?”

Xia Xiaolan stammered, “I wanted to let you sleep longer. Besides, there were train police, so whether you were awake didn’t matter much. Just having you nearby is like having a pillar of support!”

Zhou Cheng’s credentials were truly effective.

They worked with the police and trained police alike – one tool that worked everywhere, making things convenient wherever they went. Xia Xiaolan was quite envious.

Her words smoothed Zhou Cheng’s ruffled feelings.

With him there, Xiaolan indeed wouldn’t come to harm.

Zhou Cheng worried about Xia Xiaolan frequently traveling alone and encountering situations like today’s – she might get seriously hurt.

Today it was two traffickers who used words rather than force.

What if the next time she encountered thieves, robbers, or those carrying knockout drugs, she still jumped in? What if they sought revenge?

Zhou Cheng was deeply concerned.

“When you travel far in the future, let someone accompany you, whether Li Dongliang or Ge Jian. I know you want them to have good prospects, that’s why you let them work with uncle, but their futures won’t suffer by staying by your side!”

Ge Jian was indeed useful.

He had already helped Xia Xiaolan with several matters.

Xia Xiaolan had to admit, that having Ge Jian around made things much smoother.

With the plump woman and her man under police control, the girl they nearly deceived was completely stunned.

The female attendant asked several times before she said she was going to Shanghai to stay with relatives.

Because she had no job at home and couldn’t afford a ticket, she was already anxious, and the ticket check made her both ashamed and scared.

What started as a ticket check led to the arrest of the woman who had been chatting with her. When the attendant said they were traffickers, the girl finally realized the danger she’d been in.

“You young girls are all so naive. Just because she claimed to be your aunt and offered to buy your ticket, you believed she was a good person? If we had believed you were relatives, after getting off the train, they could have sold you, and you wouldn’t even know where to cry for help!”

The girl was mortified.

Never having traveled far before, with no money, of course, it was easy to be deceived by someone appearing helpful.

Seeing the female attendant still lecturing the girl, Xia Xiaolan called her aside, “Anyone can fall on hard times while traveling. Her fare evasion was wrong, but you’re just doing your job. Let me pay her fare.”

“You’re quite the good person!”

Xia Xiaolan smiled: “Comrade, you’re a good person too, or why would you scold her, right?”

The female attendant’s expression became awkward, she snorted: “I scold her for evading fares, learning bad habits at such a young age!”

It wasn’t about caring for anyone.

If they covered everyone’s fares, their monthly wages wouldn’t be enough – how would they live?

Who wouldn’t want to be kinder if conditions allowed?

The female attendant took Xia Xiaolan’s money, and Xia Xiaolan returned to her seat with Zhou Cheng.

After a while, the girl came over with a red face to thank them:

“Thank you all. I’m Ye Xiaoqiong. Thank you for helping me today. For the ticket money I owe, let me write you an IOU! I’ll repay it, just need some time…”

Xia Xiaolan didn’t refuse repayment but solemnly took out paper and pen, letting Ye Xiaoqiong write the IOU herself.

Though she didn’t mind the ticket money, saving someone with dignity made Xia Xiaolan happier. Ye Xiaoqiong even asked the attendant for ink to add her fingerprint to the IOU.

Seeing her serious manner, repeatedly asking for the address, and seeming genuinely intent on repaying, Xia Xiaolan quickly stopped her:

“You’re so poor you can’t even buy a train ticket. What if you can’t find your relatives in Shanghai? To help you repay my ticket money, I’ll lend you an extra 100 yuan. You can repay it all together when you earn money.”

Xia Xiaolan took out 100 yuan, but Ye Xiaoqiong dared not accept.

“What’s wrong? Don’t have confidence in yourself, afraid you can’t repay? Or planning to default, feeling guilty about more money?”

Ye Xiaoqiong paused.

She wrote Xia Xiaolan a new IOU, crying as she wrote, tears blurring the paper.

After giving the IOU and taking the money, Ye Xiaoqiong bowed deeply to Xia Xiaolan:

“You are all good people!”

She ran back to her seat, leaving Xia Xiaolan helplessly labeled as a good person:

“After how I spoke to her, I’m still a good person?”

Zhou Cheng laughed quietly – wasn’t it natural to be thanked for doing good deeds? His wife was being a bit tsundere!