Chapter 41 part 2

The surveillance camera was placed on the other side of the corridor.

Although Xia Shutong was sitting next to Yun Feiwu, with a camera close by, there was no intimate contact or communication between them. At most, their hands would accidentally touch when reaching for something, and quickly retract.

It felt somewhat like engaging in an affair.

Quite thrilling, actually.

The first episode of the show was recorded in a small village in Ba County, Chengdu. After arriving at the airport in the provincial capital, Rongcheng, they had to transfer to the train station and take a five-hour ride on an old-fashioned green train.

Compared to the plane they just took, the train from Rongcheng to Ba County was extremely shabby, with a terrible environment inside.

The camera was positioned by the program crew at the train door, capturing the expressions of each person as they boarded the train.

After all, the show “Mountain Adventures” aimed to emphasize the poverty of the recording location, attracting attention and potential investments or charity projects. The micro-expressions of the guests being profoundly moved by the impoverished environment undoubtedly provided excellent material.

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However, after getting in the car, Xia Shutong only restrained the faint playful smile in her eyes, without any surprise or discomfort.

The cabin was somewhat narrow, so she held her luggage with one hand and supported herself with the backrest of the seat with the other hand, slowly walking inside.

Her fair and delicate fingers came into direct contact with the greasy seat backrest, but there was not a hint of disgust or aversion on her face.

The cameraman looked at the footage on the screen and suddenly had an indescribable sense of strangeness.

It was as if Xia Shutong was wearing a brand-name outfit from head to toe, exuding an air of nobility, yet surprisingly, there was no contradiction with the dirty and chaotic environment of the cabin.

Ahead, Yun Feiwu put down his luggage and immediately returned to help Xia Shutong with her suitcase.

The two of them still sat in the same row.

Soon, the train started moving.

After the train left the city, there were vast fields.

The windows of the hard-seat carriage couldn’t be opened and were covered in mud, making it difficult to see the outside scenery from inside the train.

Inside the old green-painted carriage, there was a mix of people’s body odor, the smell of fermenting food, and a musty odor from an unknown source.

In that breath, Xia Shutong unexpectedly felt a sense of nostalgia.

In her memory, she had never ridden such an old-fashioned train, but everything on the train felt familiar to her.

When she was young, the windows at home were also covered in dirt. If she wanted to sneak a peek at the TV opposite, she had to open the window slightly. But if she was caught by the kids from the opposite house, she would be scolded. So later, she hung a piece of tattered cloth on the window and would secretly watch through the hole in the cloth.

Nowadays, it seems that there is always a pervasive, cold, musty smell in the house. Over time, even the clothes carry this scent.

It turns out that poverty is universal.

At noon, when the snack cart attendant Auntie passed by pushing her cart, Xia Shutong bought two buckets of instant noodles. She and Yun Feiwu each had one bucket as their lunch.

She also bought two sausages and added them to the instant noodles.

Xia Shutong hadn’t eaten instant noodles for a long time, but she was skilled at tearing open the packaging and squeezing the seasoning. Even though she had bought two sausages, Xia Shutong instinctively broke her own piece and put the longer part into Yun Feiwu’s cup of noodles.

…

She seemed to remember a few scattered fragments again.

After Wang Xiaoning passed away, her favorite food became instant noodles. Firstly, because they were cheap, only two yuan per pack, and with some leafy greens she secretly picked from behind the house, they could last the whole day. Secondly, because they tasted good… Her cooking skills weren’t impressive, plain boiled noodles tasted terrible. At least with instant noodles, there were seasoning packets, and adding some vegetables made it delicious.

Every time Yun Feiwu came to see her, Xia Shutong would, without hesitation, buy an extra sausage.

At that time, Yun Feiwu seemed to be only eleven or twelve years old, very young, with fair skin, like a lovely little puppy.

So, subconsciously, Xia Shutong of her childhood felt that she should feed Yun Feiwu more nutritious food to help her grow taller and faster.

At first, Xia Shutong wanted to give her the entire sausage, but Yun Feiwu disagreed. So, as a compromise, they would split it in half, but Xia Shutong always kept the shorter half for herself.

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