Finally, as both parties were losing patience, the time slowly crawled to 1:30 AM.
The man with the flat top haircut observed privately, ensuring everyone around was asleep, and then prepared to make his move.
"It's almost time. There's a lot of stuff, if we don't hurry, we won't be able to take it all!"
The carriage was quiet, with only the occasional, faint sound of someone snoring.
The flat-topped man's voice, however, was quite clear.
But his words were ambiguous. Even if someone was awake, they would only assume he was referring to their own luggage and wouldn't suspect anything more.
Su Xiaotian gritted her teeth, furious at how black-hearted these people were.
They actually planned to take everything!
Weren't they afraid of choking on it?
"Big brother, their steamed buns smell so good. I saw there were two left. Should we take them too?"
The胖子 (Pangzi) suddenly spoke. He had been so tempted by the meat-filled steamed buns the Su family had eaten earlier that he had almost drooled.
Before he could finish speaking, he was kicked by the flat-topped man, who cursed, "Pangzi, you idiot, what are you babbling about?"
Only then did Pangzi realize he had said the wrong thing and quickly said, "I was just so tempted by the buns, I was thinking about eating them. When we get off the train, I'll go buy some!"
As he spoke, Pangzi glanced towards Su Xiaotian and the others, and felt a little relieved when he saw they hadn't made any move.
"Pangzi, keep an eye out. If any train attendants come, handle them. Mazhi, Old Niu, let's move together. Be quick!"
The flat-topped man made a simple division of labor, and the others began to act.
Pangzi stared blankly at the dark carriage. Would train attendants really come at this hour?
He didn't realize at all that he was already being looked down upon.
The others immediately got busy.
They had been observing carefully when the Su family was arranging their belongings.
They remembered the exact locations of their luggage.
Besides, even if they stole the wrong items, taking someone else's wouldn't matter.
Since most of the luggage was at Su Xiaotian and Su Xiaomei's feet, the group headed towards Su Xiaotian's direction.
Su Xiaotian sensed the approach of the men and was incredibly excited.
She could feel every cell in her body screaming with anticipation:
After waiting half the night, the opportunity to act had finally arrived.
It was the middle of the month, and the round moon cast its gentle radiance. Moonlight seeped into the train, and even though the lights were off, the people in the carriage were visible.
The three men walked towards the two girls. After only a few steps, they could smell the young girls' fragrance from afar.
On the pungent train, the girls' fragrance was refreshing.
The hearts of the three men suddenly quickened.
They exchanged glances, seeing the glint in each other's eyes.
As the three continued forward and approached the two girls, a lecherous thought suddenly arose in their minds: if they could also touch these girls, it would be a huge profit.
This thought grew stronger as they got closer to Su Xiaotian and Su Xiaomei.
After a moment of infatuation, their hands reached out. However, it must be said that these men were still quite rational.
In the end, reason triumphed over their unspeakable thoughts, and they withdrew their hands.
"Let's move the luggage!" the flat-topped man, the leader, finally gritted out.
As long as they got the goods and made money, what kind of girls couldn't they have?
Why take such a risk here?
The other two felt some regret but knew their leader was right.
The three crept forward, afraid of accidentally waking the Su family.
However, the Su family was already awake, waiting for them. How could they not know these two had approached?
The thoughts of the young men were no different from Su Xiaotian's.
They were just waiting to catch the thieves red-handed.
Due to excitement, the Su brothers' hearts pounded faster, and their breathing grew heavier.
But the men, their eyes fixed on the potential lucrative gains from the large amount of cargo, didn't notice anything unusual about them.
Just as two of them reached out to the large bags beneath Su Xiaomei's and Su Xiaotian's seats, a hand suddenly shot out and firmly gripped their arms.
Oh, it wasn't just one hand, but several hands simultaneously clamped onto their three arms.
"Kid, we've been waiting for you. It's impressive you had the patience to wait until now to make your move. I almost fell asleep!"
The one speaking was Su Laosan, who was extremely sleepy. To wait for these brats to make their move, he had to keep his eyes half-closed, almost dozing off.
If he had actually fallen asleep, wouldn't these brats have mocked him to death tomorrow?
Thinking of his near-embarrassment, Su Laosan directed all his anger at the leader.
Men who had done physical labor for years were no match for these petty thieves.
"Let go of me!" the flat-topped man cried out in pain, but still in a low voice.
He knew in his heart that they had been caught today.
But at this moment, they still had to fight for it.
The goods were out of the question, but they had to get out safely!
However, Su Laosan thought about how many times these people had done this before, and how many families had been ruined because of them, which only made him angrier.
His anger resulted in an even greater force in his grip.
As Su Laosan increased his strength, the flat-topped man felt his arm ache, as if it were about to be crushed.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?" The leader, teeth gritted in pain, still shouted sternly.
But at this point, he couldn't afford to keep his voice low.
Because of his hysterical shouts, many people in the carriage woke up, looking at the group with bewildered expressions.
For a moment, they didn't understand what was happening.
"What am I doing? How dare you ask?" Su Laosan slapped him with his free hand.
"You dare to hit me? You dare to hit me?" The flat-topped man's face burned. He tried to struggle free, but with his strength, he was no match for Su Laosan.
"Who else would I hit if not you? Why are you not in your own seats and coming over to our side?"
Old Niu, however, was quick-witted and spoke up at this moment.
"Gentlemen, you've misunderstood. Brothers, you've truly misunderstood. We didn't buy seats when we boarded the train. We were standing in the corner and were so tired, we just wanted to lie down under your seats for a while!"
Such things weren't unheard of, and most people would tolerate it.
Hearing this, the people in the carriage looked at the Su family with condemnation.
But at this moment, most people adhered to the principle of not getting involved in trouble if they could avoid it.
Despite their condemning gazes, they didn't try to persuade the Su family.