Everyone nodded, and Chi Yiyuan's guess was indeed correct.
If the attack happened in the middle of the night, by the time they discovered it at dawn, the perpetrators would be long gone.
Moreover, in the early hours, everyone on the train would be asleep. Even if one or two people saw something, for their own safety, they wouldn't intervene.
"Then why don't we just wait for them to make their move!" Su Xiaotian smiled sweetly.
It had been a while since she had a fight, and her hands were itching. She hadn't expected an opportunity to arise tonight.
She was determined to catch these people and give them a good beating.
Just thinking about it made Su Xiaotian rub her hands together, wishing she could spar a few rounds right now.
Chi Yiyuan instantly understood Su Xiaotian's intention.
He felt utterly speechless. How could such a soft and adorable little girl be so violent?
He couldn't help but pray for the thieves who were preparing to steal.
Seeing the excitement in Su Xiaotian's smile, he sighed. When would this little girl ever be content to hide behind them and let them, her brothers, protect her for once?
The result of Xiaotian's strength was that it made all of them seem incompetent.
Although, compared to Xiaotian's combat power, they truly were incompetent.
Su Xiaotian paid no mind to what they were thinking. Her mind was focused on one thing: how to defeat the enemy in a single move.
Chi Yiyuan said speechlessly, "Then let's not leave anyone on guard. Let's just sleep!"
Although he said everyone should sleep, everyone present understood that he meant they should pretend to sleep.
"Everyone, really sleep. We have several days of travel ahead. It's not worth staying awake for this," Su Xiaotian, seeing their intentions, reminded them.
Although everyone felt Su Xiaotian had a point, they worried about what would happen if they truly fell asleep and the perpetrators moved too quietly. How would they wake up then?
"It's okay, I'm a light sleeper and will definitely wake up."
Su Xiaotian had already contacted the system, and the system indicated it could monitor at close range. If anyone approached, it would alert Su Xiaotian.
However, no one believed Su Xiaotian's words.
Everyone in the family knew that Su Xiaotian slept like a log and couldn't be woken up. Yet she claimed to be a light sleeper?
Seeing the strange looks from her family, Su Xiaotian felt a bit embarrassed.
"How about we leave two people on guard, and then pretend to sleep around midnight?" Su Xiaotian suggested again, knowing her claim of being a light sleeper was unconvincing to her family.
If everyone fell asleep, wouldn't the perpetrators become suspicious?
"I'll stay on guard with San Gong. Everyone else can sleep," Su Ciliang said calmly.
Since he started learning to paint, Su Ciliang's naturally restless nature seemed to have subsided significantly, and he became more composed with each passing day.
Soon, except for Su Ciliang and Su San Gong, everyone else leaned back in their seats and fell asleep.
Seeing the Su family members begin to sleep, the few thieves became excited. Sleeping was good; if they were asleep, they could make their move.
However, something felt a little off.
These people were dealing in goods. Could they really be so unvigilant?
They had all fallen asleep?
When they saw two people sitting and talking, not sleeping, they thought this group was quite cunning.
The guards weren't in the most obvious places but were hidden in the shadows.
The few thieves began to discuss their plan.
"When the time comes, if these two don't sleep, we'll have to think of other ways."
"Then, we'll find a way to lure these two away, and the remaining two can move the goods."
"That's a good plan. But I'm feeling a bit sleepy!"
One of them yawned as he spoke.
The flat-headed man in charge looked at the胖子 (Pangzi - Fatty) and said disdainfully, "Then you take a nap first. I'll wake you later."
The胖子 was tired and hungry and soon fell asleep.
"This胖子, after this job is done, we won't need him. Useless!" the flat-headed man cursed.
The other two remained silent, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
Time ticked by, slowly but surely, until it was finally midnight.
Su Ciliang yawned first and said, "San Gong, you guard for a while. I'm too sleepy, I'll just take a short nap."
Su Ciliang tilted his head and immediately fell asleep.
Su San Gong cursed a few times, looked around, and muttered to himself, "With so few people awake, what is there to guard? We don't have anything valuable anyway! Let's sleep."
After muttering a few words, Su San Gong also lay down and slept.
The faces of those who had been planning how to lure them away instantly lit up with joy.
They hadn't expected these people to fall asleep so completely. Was what that kid said before sleeping, about not having anything valuable, true or false?
"Boss, there really isn't anything valuable in their bags. Won't we be at a loss?"
"This kid is really smart. He's deliberately misleading us!" A smile flashed across the flat-headed man's lips, though it wasn't very clear in the darkness of the night.
Hearing the flat-headed man's words, the others instantly understood. So that's how it was! They almost fell for it!
At this moment, in their eyes, this family was foolish and rich.
They wondered if this family would go mad when they woke up and found their goods gone.
But their madness had nothing to do with them. By then, they would have already taken the goods and started their new, better lives.
The flat-headed man nudged the胖子.
"Who pushed me? I was eating a steamed bun!" Before the胖子 could finish speaking, he saw the flat-headed man's displeased expression and immediately shut his mouth.
Another person quickly smoothed things over and said, "Boss, should we take all their bags, or..."
"Take them all, leave none behind!" the flat-headed man said decisively.
Since they were all asleep, not striking hard would be a disservice to themselves!
"Boss, should we act now? It's almost one o'clock, and the train arrives at 2:25."
The胖子's voice trembled with excitement, perhaps thinking of the large sum of money he was about to acquire.
"Let's wait another half hour. Once they're sound asleep, we'll make our move," the flat-headed man said with a tone of disdain.
Some of the Su family members were truly asleep, while others were pretending to sleep with their eyes closed.
Su Xiaotian had slept for about two hours when the system woke her up.
From her position, she could see the people with ill intentions across from her through a slight opening of her eyes.
She had only slept for less than two hours, and Su Xiaotian wasn't fully awake.
She secretly cursed them in her mind. Why hadn't they made their move yet? Why were they so patient?
If they kept waiting, they wouldn't be able to rest at all tonight.
There were still more than two days of travel ahead. If they didn't get enough rest, they would be exhausted.
Both sides were very sleepy at this moment but had to compete in endurance.