ps: Little demons, you guys are amazing, bringing up my tomorrow morning's chapter already!
Another update coming in an hour, after some revisions.
Even though we hoped to get there sooner, we were still an hour late. After getting on the train, Mr. Li was so tired he could barely stand, while Li Xianglu helped the old man to bed under the light because the ticket was bought with his retirement ID. It was for a soft sleeper compartment that only cadres could use, divided into separate rooms, but not separated by gender. Mr. Li slept on the bottom bunk, and Li Xianglu, after tidying up briefly, climbed up to the top bunk, just too sleepy to delay.
The train was moving very slowly at this point, rocking gently, and the one they were on was the most advanced gas-powered train available now, which only had a few routes in the country.
And there was only this one train headed from the Northwest to Shanghai.
