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He pushed the door open and stepped out. What greeted him was a bizarre procession of paper effigies, blocking the corridor completely as they marched forward. From the connection between the train cars came another ear-piercing scream.
Cen Dongsheng casually pushed the paper effigies aside and walked toward the source of the sound.
He spotted a man and a woman by the window. The man looked to be in his forties, with an ordinary face and a beer belly, while the woman was much younger, her figure alluring. She was crying in the man's arms, her tears cascading down like pear blossoms in the rain, a pitiful visage that carried an air of delicate beauty. The scream earlier had come from her.
"Stop screaming. It's giving me a headache."
The man patted the woman's shoulder and spoke with a frown.
"But… but…"
