Hearing this, Zheng Long felt a surge of anger rise from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. If it weren’t for the military uniform he was wearing, he really would have wanted to slap this woman.
Originally, the quarrel between the two had already caught the attention of others in the carriage. Naturally, those who could afford to eat in the dining car certainly did not possess the same low quality as this rowdy mother and son duo. So, even though she was wailing loudly, the other passengers completely disregarded her.
"Shut up, what are you fussing about? Don’t you see where you are? Who do you think you are? Nowadays, there are far more people who can’t afford to eat than those who can. They just bought their food and placed it here, and you, without even asking, just start eating. After eating, you even have the nerve to blame them. You’re behaving like a thug. Hurry up and pay up. If not, the attendants will call the transport police to arrest you!"
"That’s right, thinking because someone is in the military, it’s easy to bully them. I think this woman did it on purpose. She can’t afford food and just waits here to find someone she can bully who dares not resist her. You think you’re smart, but do you take everyone else for blind? Hurry up and pay! Stop the nonsense, if you don’t pay, don’t even think about leaving!"
"You have to pay them, and not only that, but you should also wash their dishes. Disgusting, who knows if you carry any diseases, yet you use others’ dishes. This must feel awful, dirty, and you even have the nerve to come to a clean place dining car, shameless! Even a good child would be spoiled by you. Pay up!"
Seeing so many people advocating for him, Zheng Long felt a warm satisfaction inside. Under the threat of these decent people, the woman had no choice but to take out the money. She threw it onto the ground, an action which only served to amuse Zheng Long further.
"I didn’t want to trouble you initially, but your actions disgust me. Now, you not only have to pick up the money, but you also need to scald my dishes with hot water, clean them thoroughly, and set them neatly on this table. I’m giving you five minutes, and if you can’t do it, I will report you for theft. After all, so many people saw that I paid for that meal!"
"You!" The woman trembled with anger, and Zheng Long indifferently glanced at her, "People need face, trees need bark. Please have some self-respect."
In the end, she reaped what she had sown and humiliatedly bent down to pick up the money she had thrown. Clattering around, she took his meal box to wash it. Whether it was cleaned well was not important. What mattered was making her understand that this is not how one should behave. Did you think others would pity you? In truth, it’s only you who look down on yourself.
Five minutes later, the meal box was placed on his table, 50 cents beside it. The woman, holding her child’s hand, huffily turned and left. As she was leaving, Zheng Long saw her slap the boy hard on the head, "It’s all because of you. If you hadn’t begged for a steamed bun, would I have bothered spending 50 cents to buy food?"
Hearing this, Zheng Long felt disgustingly sick. If he remembered correctly, just now this woman had eaten the most. If she had chosen to buy food with money initially, would she have ended up humiliating herself? Acting so unlike a mother, and now blaming her child?
Thinking of the child’s hateful gaze throughout the ordeal, Zheng Long took a deep breath and closed his eyes, "Such a good child, afraid he’s ruined!" This content belongs to noveⅼfire.net