What? You're a notorious bandit? What a coincidence, me too!

"Then open the door," the train conductor said.

Liu Sen gritted his teeth, let out a long breath, clenched his trembling hands, and after a few seconds, opened the bathroom door.

The train conductor outside frowned, looked inside, and then looked at the boy with wet hair.

"Are you feeling unwell?"

Liu Sen, his face deathly pale and breathing heavily, shook his head: "No, no, I just need to use the restroom."

The train conductor looked suspiciously at the boy who looked unwell.

"Does going to the toilet make your hair all wet?"

She pointed to the boy's hair: "That lady noticed you were acting strange just now, you are...?"

Liu Sen pretended to be embarrassed and said, "I... had an epileptic seizure."

The train conductor paused for a moment, "Oh, how are you now?"

With a forced smile on his pale face, Liu Sen walked out of the restroom: "It's alright now."

"If you feel unwell, you should tell me."

The train conductor asked, "By the way, which station are you getting off at?"

"Fu'an City," Liu Sen said.

"Oh, the final stop."

The train conductor looked at him in surprise: "Our train takes two days to get there, why didn't you buy a sleeper berth?"

"I couldn't buy any," Liu Sen told the truth.

The train conductor thought for a moment and said, "Alright, if there are any berths available along the way, I'll keep an eye out for them, and you can just buy a new sleeper ticket then."

"Thanks."

Liu Sen nodded.

He sat back down, and the middle-aged woman from before gave him a smile.

Liu Sen turned his face to the car window, his expression turning cold.

He clutched his backpack tightly, staring blankly at the mountain scenery rushing past the window, his thoughts drifting uncontrollably back to five months ago.

All my off-track behavior stemmed from that one thing.

…………

That day, as usual, he received a letter from his sister, Liu Hua.

As expected, the girl secretly slipped 50 yuan into the letter and gave it to him again.

He wrote to his sister many times, telling her not to send him money.

He works part-time and studies, which allows him to support himself.

But his younger sister was always very stubborn and never listened to him.

They only said that it wasn't easy for their brother to get into a big city from their mountain village.

If your parents don't support your brother, then you, as his sister, should support him.

He was eating a steamed bun in his dormitory while reading a letter from his sister.

He always looked delighted when he read his sister's letters.

But this time is different.

In her letter, Liu Hua, the younger sister, wrote:

"Brother, this is the last time I'm sending you money. I'm getting married..."

The more he looked, the more his brows furrowed, and the angrier he became.

Her own bastard father actually wanted to marry off her younger sister.

Although children in the mountains generally get married early, his sister is not even 16 yet.

Moreover, she married a man in his forties.

He knew his father was a bastard who would do such inhuman things for money.

Liu Sen looked at the tear stains on the letter.

He understood how upset his sister was when she wrote that letter.

He cursed inwardly, thinking that no matter what, he couldn't let that bastard succeed.

So he bought a train ticket that very night and, after several transfers, returned to the mountains.

After returning home, he had his first major argument with his father, Liu De.

He angrily denounced his father, Liu De, for doing such a thing as being immoral.

He's not marrying off his daughter, he's selling his sister!

But who would have thought that this father, who drank and gambled, was even more arrogant than him.

He said he was going to sell his sister!

After raising this money-losing child for so many years, he's finally grown up, it's time to make some money back for him.

Liu Sen was furious, even more so than when the other party had treated him when he was admitted to university.

When his college acceptance letter was delivered to his home, it should have been a joyous occasion.

But his father, Liu De, had a dark expression on his face and told him he wasn't allowed to go to school.

Instead of talking about what you can do after going to university, it's more practical to just work nearby and earn money for your family.

Then he decided to set his acceptance letter on fire.

Liu Sen understood that Liu De was just making excuses because he didn't have the money to send his son to school.

Of course, he eventually went to school, but Liu De really didn't contribute a single penny.

The village and town government pooled together some money for him.

If he didn't have enough, he would work part-time to earn money for himself.

During his university years, he basically worked while studying.

His family did not provide him with any financial assistance whatsoever.

Aside from his younger sister, who was forced to drop out of school early to earn money to support the family, she would secretly send him some money from time to time.

Seeing Liu De's despicable face, Liu Sen was filled with rage and, for the sake of his sister, he attacked Liu De.

This was the first time he had ever been in a fight, and unsurprisingly, he was defeated, as a student who was completely defenseless.

He was pinned to the ground and beaten by Liu De.

Liu De cursed under his breath: "You little bastard, you dare to lay a hand on me? You've really gone too far!"

When her brother was beaten, Liu Hua, the younger sister, stepped forward to stop him and was almost beaten as well.

Seeing them arguing so fiercely, the mother didn't dare to intervene. She just kept saying, "Child, are you confused? How could you lay a hand on your father?"

Liu Sen looked at his mother's still-bruised face and was speechless.

He knew that Liu De had hit him when he was drunk.

His mother was bought by Liu De with money.

As far back as Liu Sen can remember, his mother always had to be subservient to Liu De. If she didn't serve him well in the slightest, she would be beaten.

She seemed to have gotten used to this pathetic life.

Liu Sen gritted his teeth and vowed to get his sister out of this quagmire-like home.

That very night, he secretly took his sister and left.

He hadn't gone far from home when Liu De discovered him and he was inevitably beaten again.

So he said angrily to Liu De: You sold Ahua just to get money, right? How much did the other party offer you? I'll give it to you.

As a result, Liu De threw out a number of 30,000.

Liu Sen was stunned.

Keep in mind that his tuition is only three thousand yuan a year, so thirty thousand yuan is a huge sum for him.

However, for his sister's sake, he gritted his teeth and agreed.

Then he and Liu De made an agreement.

As long as he can bring back 30,000 yuan within six months, Liu De will not force Liu Hua to get married.

After returning to Haicheng from his hometown, Liu Sen began frantically looking for work.

He, who was already working part-time to support himself, went even crazier.

He does almost any job that can earn money, working non-stop almost every day, only sleeping one or two hours.

But this income is still meager, and to think that you can scrape together 30,000 yuan in six months is simply a pipe dream.

Just when he was at his wit's end, fate played another cruel joke on him.

To earn more money, he worked nights at a nightclub, but because he stayed up all night, he was listless every day.

A customer, seeing his appearance, gave him a pack of cigarettes, saying it would refresh him and relieve his fatigue.

He accepted it, and after inhaling it, he felt light and airy all over, and all his fatigue and worries disappeared.

Gradually, he suddenly realized that he couldn't live without this thing.

Only then did he realize that he had become addicted to drugs.