Chapter 699 Taking advantage of the opportunity
"Little girl, are you here to study or to find a job? I know there is a factory nearby that is recruiting workers. How about I take you there?" A bearded uncle stopped Zhang Ran.
"You take me there? What for?" Zhang Ran looked at him straight.
The uncle smiled embarrassedly and said, "I'll just charge you for the toll." He pointed at the van next to him. The door was open and it was already full of people.
Zhang Ran took a closer look and saw that the people sitting there were young and old, and they were indeed soliciting customers. She mistakenly thought she had encountered a human trafficker again. "There are too many people, it's like a meat patty, I won't sit down." She then walked away.
The uncle failed to keep her, so he had to turn around and stop other passengers.
There were food stalls on both sides of the street. Zhang Ran felt a little hungry, so he bought some food and continued walking along the street.
I wanted to take a taxi to the city center, but I asked several drivers. As soon as I heard the drivers spoke with foreign accents, they asked for exorbitant prices, either 150 or around 100. The cheapest was only 70, but he was a tricycle driver!
Zhang Ran refused with a cold face. It was just a few dollars for the bus ride, but they asked for such a huge amount. They were really heartless.
After searching for a while nearby, I finally saw the bus stop sign. I walked over quickly and studied it carefully. I asked a middle-aged woman who was also waiting for the bus and was dressed simply.
The auntie knew at a glance that Zhang Ran was a student from another place attending university. She enthusiastically pointed to each stop on the sign and explained them to Zhang Ran. She also kindly told her which bus she should take to go to Peking University or Tsinghua University.
The bus the aunt was waiting for arrived, and she got on and left.
Zhang Ran waited for a while and got on the bus to the city.
There are too many people and there are no seats left.
The driver kept shouting "Get in if you're on the bus," and Zhang Ran followed the crowd and walked in. She stopped when she couldn't go any further. Suddenly, someone behind her bumped into her, but it hit her schoolbag.
Zhang Ran just treated it as an accident and ignored it.
Someone squeezed in from the side and bumped into Zhang Ran, causing her to hit the seat next to her.
Zhang Ran looked over with sharp eyes. Her intuition told her that the other party was definitely doing it on purpose and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.
Some obscene men like to deliberately squeeze and touch girls' bodies when there are many people on the bus, as if they can grow more flesh by doing so.
The man turned around and yelled at the people behind him: "Stop pushing, there's no room left!"
The man turned around and looked into Zhang Ran's fierce eyes. He subconsciously shrank back and lowered his head guiltily.
The car started, Zhang Ran withdrew his gaze, put his hands on the straps of his schoolbag, and watched the scenery outside the window rapidly receding.
The car drove past two stops, and there was a bang, the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, followed by a man's shrill scream.
The driver subconsciously stepped on the brakes and quickly looked back to see what happened.
The man sat on the ground, hugging his feet with a painful look on his face.
Opposite him stood a bewildered little girl.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I don't know how the strap of my schoolbag suddenly broke." Zhang Ran's eyes were red and he looked like he was about to cry. He bent down to pick up the schoolbag on the ground and showed everyone the strap that had suddenly broken.
"The backpack must be too heavy, so the strap broke. The little girl didn't do it on purpose." Seeing that she was about to cry, everyone tried to comfort her.
The man whose foot was hit had a distorted face due to the pain. Hearing what everyone said, he could only swallow his anger, stand up with the help of others, and pretend to be generous and express his understanding.
He didn't dare to get close to Zhang Ran again. Who knew that her schoolbag might fall again and hit his other foot.