"Why is this person like this?"
Qin Siyue began to doubt her own charm. Was it possible that this stinky man didn't like her appearance?
Only Qin Feng seemed to understand, tugging at his sister and telling her not to bother the other person anymore.
He could see that Yu Zhou was just being kind, but he was very wary and unwilling to interact too much with strangers.
Little did he know that Yu Zhou actually didn't want to approach this future magnate with a subservient attitude.
After all, being a reborn individual, his self-positioning was different from his previous life.
No matter who it was, even a future figure who would hold a significant position in the Yangtze River Delta business world, he did not want to approach them with a low posture.
There must be equality between the two parties, especially at the beginning, absolutely no sycophantic attitude.
Because people like Qin Siyue, once you show even the slightest hint of being a sycophant, she would surely betray you, and without any psychological burden.
To become a magnate, who wouldn't have some tricks up their sleeve?
"Clang, clang, clang."
The truck moved slowly, and Yu Zhou began to rest with his eyes closed in broad daylight.
For him, the train at night required him to be highly vigilant and not allow even the slightest hint of drowsiness.
When he woke up, the entire carriage was no longer as noisy as when he was asleep.
Quiet, almost everyone was quietly closing their eyes.
Only Qin Siyue, the intellectual beauty sitting opposite him, was reading a novel.
Seeing Yu Zhou awake, she seemed to still be a little angry about Yu Zhou not paying attention to her in the morning?
She immediately shot him a glare, leaving Yu Zhou speechless, and he didn't try to make small talk.
As for Qin Feng and Wu Dabiao, that simpleton beside them, they couldn't even open their eyes even if it thundered.
"Huh?"
As he was distracted, Yu Zhou suddenly noticed several shadowy figures moving in the carriage.
Their expressions were not tense, but they paused as they passed by each person.
In an instant, he knew what these people were up to.
He mouthed to Qin Siyue, who was still reading opposite him: "Pretend to be asleep, pretend you didn't see anything."
Then he closed his eyes and, as if by accident, pulled the quilt beside him closer, and pretended to fall asleep quickly.
Qin Siyue was a little confused, but in an instant, she discovered several brazen thieves.
She instinctively wanted to cry out, but Yu Zhou, with his eyes closed, kicked her.
Although unwilling, she finally followed Yu Zhou's example and closed her eyes.
After an unknown amount of time, Yu Zhou could clearly feel his cotton-padded jacket rustling. He didn't open his eyes to catch the thief, just kept his eyes closed, waiting.
The night passed just like that, and when morning came, Yu Zhou, who had been on high alert but did nothing to stop the theft, saw Qin Siyue open her eyes.
"Why did you tell me to pretend to be asleep? All the money in my pockets is gone."
After checking all her pockets, Qin Siyue was furious.
She had heard before that there were pickpockets on trains, the kind who used razor blades to cut open clothes.
Because of this, she had always been afraid to take trains, but how many flights were there in this era? Getting a ticket was like hitting the jackpot.
So, this time, she had no choice but to take her younger brother on the train to Wanghai.
Who would have thought that something would actually happen? She had been completely cleaned out.
Her first reaction was to blame Yu Zhou.
If he hadn't told her to pretend to be asleep, wouldn't she have been robbed penniless?
"Don't you not appreciate kindness! Even if you kept your eyes open, what good would it do?"
"On the train, with these thieves, you can only pray you don't encounter them. Once you do, even if you catch them red-handed, you'll still lose your money."
"They're all pretty much desperate characters, if not outright criminals."
"As soon as you dare to shout, they'll stab you before you can finish shouting, then drag you off the train and continue robbing."
"Don't think this is just a rumor; trains are the most common place for murders in this era."
Yu Zhou explained in a low voice.
If possible, who would want to pretend to be ignorant and be robbed while fully conscious?
It was simply that the train bandits were too fierce in this era.
A slight disagreement could turn from theft to robbery, and incidents of murder for wealth were endless.
If they really encountered such people, could the four of them together defeat desperate characters armed with knives?
They would only lose their lives.
"So, you'd rather pretend to be asleep and not make a sound even when you know you're being robbed? But aren't there people on the train?"
Qin Siyue still didn't quite understand, but at this point, she knew she had wronged Yu Zhou.
After all, she had seen with her own eyes through a slit in her eyelids that Yu Zhou's cotton-padded jacket had been cut open, and the thief had taken out three hundred yuan. Her loss was much greater than hers.
If what he said wasn't true, how could this have happened? That was three hundred yuan, the wages of a strong laborer for three months!
"Money is important, but life is more important. On a train, how many railway police are there? Can you expect them to deal with who knows how many desperate characters are hidden among the passengers?"
"Alas, since we ran into this, we can only consider ourselves unlucky..."
Three hundred yuan, Yu Zhou also felt a pang of heartache.
However, he knew that such chaos wouldn't last for many more years.
As the economy gradually improved, such desperate characters would gradually decrease.
Not only that, but all modes of transportation, whether trains, cars, or others, would become much safer on the road.
There was no other way; while citizens of this era might still manage to get by, many able-bodied men in the vast rural areas could only resort to crime to make a living.
Some even mobilized the entire village to set up roadblocks on highways or national roads. What if you refused to pay?
As long as you dared to refuse, there would be another mound of earth in the barren land at the entrance of the village. This was no joke.
"I'm sorry... Thank you..."
Qin Siyue apologized and thanked him with a bit of shyness.
She was, after all, a smart person. After Yu Zhou's analysis, she naturally knew that what he said was the truth, and she felt that she had indeed misunderstood him.
"My name is Qin Siyue, and this is my younger brother Qin Feng. What about you? Are you also from Jiangbei? Going to Wanghai to work?"
Actively introducing herself, Qin Siyue gradually let down her guard.
"My name is Yu Zhou, and next to me is my buddy Hu Dabiao. We're going to Wanghai for business."
Since the future magnate had taken the initiative to engage, Yu Zhou naturally wouldn't be pretentious.
He subconsciously extended his hand to shake hers.
But then he remembered that handshakes weren't really a common courtesy in this era.
Instantly, his hand froze in mid-air.
The atmosphere became awkward once again.
"Nice to meet you."
It was Qin Siyue who generously extended her hand to shake Yu Zhou's.
Well, it was mainly to ease Yu Zhou's awkwardness.
But just as the awkwardness was easing, an untimely voice made the four people in the seats even more embarrassed.
"How nice?"
It was Wu Dabiao who spoke.
Yu Zhou now deeply regretted why he had brought this simpleton along.