Kuaiwen: I earn a pension by breaking through the game

Chapter 327: Eighteen Bends on the Mountain Road (32)

As night falls and everything is silent, the van drives slowly along the long and winding mountain road, like a ghost in the night, shuttling between the mountains.

It was pitch black outside the car window, and the dim headlights cut through the darkness, illuminating the winding road ahead.

On both sides of the mountain road are layers of trees, swaying gently in the night breeze, making rustling sounds, which are intertwined with the occasional gurgling sound of mountain streams in the distance, forming a distant and mysterious nocturne.

The long drive made Jiang Qiuchen feel a little sleepy. She rolled down the car window, and the night breeze blew in through the half-open window, bringing with it the freshness and coolness unique to the mountains and forests, which refreshed her spirits.

She blinked her dry eyes and tried hard to cheer herself up.

The road under the headlights is sometimes flat and wide, sometimes steep and narrow. Every sound of the tires rubbing against the ground seems exceptionally clear and powerful.

Time passed by unknowingly. After tossing and turning for most of the night, both of them felt a little sleepy, but no one dared to stop and rest.

Although He Shanshan was sitting in the passenger seat, she didn't dare close her eyes to rest, for fear that when she woke up, all of this would turn into bubbles and disappear.

In order to drive away the fatigue, the two chatted casually.

"Sister Shanshan, where are you going when you go out?"

Jiang Qiuchen held the steering wheel, looked straight ahead, tilted his head slightly, and asked softly.

"Me? Actually, I'm still a little confused right now. I feel like I'm dreaming."

"Most people who escape would definitely go home, but I don't want to go home. You must think I'm weird, right?"

He Shanshan smiled helplessly, but there was a lot of bitterness hidden in her smile, but it was not clear in the dim carriage.

Hearing this, Jiang Qiuchen smiled freely and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"Hey, what are you talking about? It's your freedom to go wherever you want. It's your choice. There's nothing strange about it."

"Most homes are indeed warm havens and places that can shelter from the wind and rain, but some families are not like this."

"If going home doesn't make you happy, then don't go back. Go somewhere you feel good."

He Shanshan thought Jiang Qiuchen would think she was a weirdo and persuade her to go home, but she didn't expect that he would understand her feelings and encourage her to start over in a new place.

The closed atrium of my heart began to loosen, and before I knew it, I began to speak out what was in my heart.

"I am the oldest child in the family. I have to help my parents with work and discipline my younger siblings since I was young."

"Because my family was poor, my parents were under a lot of pressure. They would take it out on me whenever they were unhappy. At that time, I thought that as long as I could get into college, I could run away and get far away from them."

"Unfortunately, they stopped me from studying when I was halfway through my studies. They wanted to marry me off to an old bachelor in the village in exchange for the bride price."

"I didn't want to, and I tried my best to escape, but I never thought that I would fall into another fire pit after escaping from one fire pit."

The carriage was very quiet. Jiang Qiuchen didn't say anything, while He Shanshan looked at the receding trees outside the window and fell into deeper memories.

"I was abducted to this village ten years ago. At that time, I had just moved to the city and was still dreaming that I could earn money with my own hands and live a good life. Who would have thought that I would be sold by a black middleman before I even found a formal job."

"I thought I was well-educated and not stupid, and I wouldn't be easily deceived. But the reality proved that the society outside was far more complicated than I imagined." "When I first arrived in the village, I was very undisciplined. I cried and made a fuss, thinking about running away every day. But later I was beaten so many times that I became numb and could not make a fuss anymore."

"I think this might be my fate. No matter how I try, the result will be the same."

"My family didn't like me in the first place, and I disappeared for so many years. They didn't get anything in return from me, so I'm afraid they hate me to death. If they knew I was a dirty person, they would probably curse me and say I was a money-loser."

As the vehicle continued to move forward, the fog in the mountains began to spread quietly, covering the mountain road with a hazy veil, and the beams of the headlights became soft and blurred in the fog.

Jiang Qiuchen, who had been silent for a long time, was no longer silent, but spoke.

"No, as long as a person is not dead and has not taken his last breath, there is still a chance to turn the situation around."

"Luck may depend on the situation, but life is in our own hands."

“Everything is in motion, and things influence each other. As long as there are variables, new opportunities can be stimulated.”

"How do you know it won't work if you don't try your best?"

In the quiet carriage, Jiang Qiuchen's words were like thunder in He Shanshan's ears, causing quite a stir in her heart.

Yes, before tonight, she had never thought that she might be able to leave, but now she was sitting in a car heading to the outside world.

If she had not chosen to catch up with Xing Qingbo when he went out, but continued to sleep, she would have missed the opportunity to leave.

The opportunity did not appear out of thin air, but was the result of her choice.

It was because she took the first step that she was gradually inspired and pushed to her current position step by step.

Perhaps she had had such an opportunity before, but because she was numb, it slipped away without her noticing.

He Shanshan had just finished thinking when she heard Jiang Qiuchen continue speaking.

"Also, no matter what, never look down on yourself. You are clean, and those who are not clean are those with black hearts."

"A bucket of water is originally clear, but it becomes turbid because sand is poured into it. However, it is the sand that makes the water turbid, not the water itself."

"After the sediment has settled, water is still water. Don't blame yourself for other people's mistakes."

"Since your original family doesn't value you, there's no need for you to go back. Just choose a place you like and start over."

He Shanshan's originally wavering heart gradually calmed down after hearing these words.

After a moment, she exhaled the foul air that was stuck in her chest, and she felt more energetic.

"Arya, you're right. If I leave here, I can find a place I like and start over."

"Let the past go. People's eyes are on the front, so we should look forward. Instead of dwelling on the past, we should think about how to live tomorrow."

After the conversation, He Shanshan felt an unprecedented peace of mind.

She looked at Jiang Qiuchen's serious profile, and intuitively felt that the girl in front of her was hiding many secrets, but she did not ask rashly.