bayedsolid Chapter 1... What's going on?
Chapter 1... What's going on?
"That shameless whore!"
How can she still have the nerve to live in this world?
"Exactly, look at the way he walks, he's got a flirtatious and sassy vibe!"
Bah!
"Exactly, people like that come to see a doctor."
They're shameless and don't care about money!
Mu Huaisheng, whose hair had already turned white, suddenly heard a few "Eh-yo" sounds with just a glance.
Just now, in front of the free clinic booth, several women who had been gossiping all covered their cheeks at the same time.
My face swelled up in no time.
An ordinary-looking man smiled slightly.
With his temples streaked with gray, Mu Huaisheng summarized his philosophy of survival:
Knowledge, speculation, and planning are the ladders for the poor to climb up the social ladder.
The poor must be shameless, bold, meticulous, and diligent in their business.
No pain, no gain.
Regarding the last sentence, many people say that it is a way to brainwash those who suffer.
But personally, I think the meaning of this statement is:
If you were born into hardship, can hardship awaken you and lead you to a better life?
It's like Einstein's little stool; what others see is already ugly, but there's something even uglier inside the drawer.
Many people's birth is like that first ugly little stool.
However, some people are not content with this.
Even if others still think it's ugly, it will become a better stool for you each time.
Of course, many more people felt that they couldn't make a better stool.
Or, even if we make another one, it would only be slightly better than the current little stool.
They will often complain about their suffering, talk about their suffering, and accept their suffering!
This story begins when Mu Huaisheng was still known as Wu Ya.
To be precise, it all started when, inexplicably, Shen Huai from the modern era transformed into Wu Ya of this time.
Good deeds don't always bring good rewards!
Shen Huai, who had just transmigrated, wondered if his experience confirmed this statement.
Could it be that I'm not a good person either?
Some time before I came here, the government introduced new policies.
A corporate slave who could have retired early after a few more years of hard work is now going to have to work like a beast of burden for many more years.
The thought of endless work and constant management makes my head spin.
When I get home, there's my unruly teenager and my husband who won't even exchange a single word with me.
I feel like I can see the end of my life at a glance, but I can't seem to get ahead.
There's a feeling of helplessness—living but not living well, and unable to escape.
Shen Huai wanted to take a vacation and travel to relax before he got too old, so he thought about a route.
I'm thinking of traveling abroad at my age, but I'm worried about the long trip and high cost, and I won't be able to take care of my kids at home if they have school or other things to do.
After much thought, I decided to go hiking in a neighboring province to relax, and the problem would be solved in two days.
It won't interfere with work or children.
Sigh! It's a bit sad~
Although being a corporate slave is very unpleasant, it's absolutely unacceptable not even to be a corporate slave!
After making the decision, I was struggling with one thing:
How about we secretly find a green-travel-oriented male college student online to go hiking with? Hehe!
In the end, the conservative faction in Shen Huai's mind prevailed.
Oh! What a pity! What a shame!
When we arrived at the foot of the mountain, the beautiful scenery that greeted us was truly breathtaking.
Body: Honey, you can't climb anymore!
So, Shen Huai naturally took the cable car.
Once we reached the scenic area on the mountain, there were no cable cars left, so we had to resort to walking—the walking sticks we bought before climbing the mountain.
The mountain path is difficult, more difficult than ascending to heaven!
Suddenly, dark clouds gathered in the clear blue sky!
It started to drizzle.
In the light rain, we strolled along, appreciating the beautiful scenery of the mountains, temporarily burying away the troubles of the world.
It truly is a case of "not being afraid of the clouds obscuring the view, simply because one is at the highest level."
Unexpectedly, the rain got heavier and heavier.
What I never expected was that besides the beautiful scenery, there were also mischievous kids accompanying me on the cliff edge in the heavy rain.
In a split second, he instinctively pulled a chubby eight or nine-year-old boy who had slipped off the edge of the cliff.
The mountain path along the cliff was slippery from the rain. They caught the chubby child, but not Shen Huai.
As Shen Huai fell off the cliff, many thoughts flashed through his mind in that instant:
Will I be lucky enough to get stuck in a tree?
What should I do about my parents?
What should I do about the child?
I also have savings that I secretly left for my child's parents!
I still have so many beautiful landscapes in my country that I haven't seen yet!
Why didn't I just be a little impulsive and find a male college student to accompany me?
God! I fell while doing a good deed, can't you give me a chance to live?
Before you even have time to be afraid, it's all over!
Damn it!
So many questions, and before I could find the answers, I lost consciousness.
When I woke up, everything around me was unusually quiet.
Before I could even think about what was happening, a feeling of nausea, as if my chest was about to explode, an unbearable pain that made it hard to breathe, came crashing down on me like a tidal wave.
Fear and panic followed immediately; I felt something pressing on my head and face, making it hard to breathe!
The inability to breathe causes a feeling of tightness and discomfort in the chest, like drowning, as if a heavy object is pressing down on the head and face, making it feel suffocating.
In a panic, she used all her strength, using both her hands and feet, to desperately break free from the object pressing on her head and face that was obstructing her breathing.
Fortunately, it moved away after a few struggles.
Shen Huai was like a fish that had been out of water for a long time, suddenly thrown back into the water, and quickly gasped for air.
He opened one eye, trying to see what was going on, but all he could see was pitch black.
Shen Huai's mind raced as he secretly pondered:
My first thought was that I wasn't dead! Alive?
Didn't he fall off a cliff while rescuing a naughty child?
God let me live?
I actually survived!
It's so good to be alive!
Thank God, thank the Five Heroes of Langya Mountain for protecting us!
But what's going on? Why can't I see anything?
Is he blind?
Huh?
I don't feel any pain in my body. My hands and feet seem to have little strength, but I can still move my whole body, hear, and although I can't see, I don't feel any pain.
Phew~ Good people should still be rewarded!
Even as I pondered this, my heart was still in a state of extreme panic, and I subconsciously cried out for survival:
Hmm! Ah~...
Shen Huai was startled when he heard the sound:
What's going on? The voice sounds wrong! How can it be a toddler's voice?
He could still move his hands and feet, so he subconsciously touched himself. Something was wrong!
How can it be a toddler's body?!
Maybe my eyes just didn't adjust quickly enough. Let me try again!
After closing his eyes for a few seconds, he opened them again!
It was still dark, but there was still a faint visibility.
He couldn't see anything, but the visibility told Shen Huai that he was in a room.
Although I couldn't see anything, I could vaguely hear sounds coming from one direction.
Was I dreaming after being given anesthesia by the doctors while they were trying to save me?
Feeling confused and nervous, I frantically reached out and touched my surroundings.
Wait a minute! The texture feels so realistic?
Beside the head and shoulder, there was a lump of something indescribable, neither soft nor hard, that emitted a musty smell.
If you smell it more closely, you can also smell a slight earthy scent!
This should be it; I just figured it out.
Shen Huai: Damn it~ I almost got myself killed again!
The fabric beneath me felt rough, though it was somewhat like cotton.
Shen Huai was pleasantly surprised to find that although his body had shrunk—he didn't know how small—all his parts were still functioning normally.
This is a good thing.
My eyes seem to have adapted to the darkness better.
Seeing the faint light coming from the direction of the sound, I instinctively began to slowly grope my way towards the light.
Her body is really too small!
Not daring to make a bold move, Shen Huai slowly reached a right angle.
Is it a bed? It looks like one, but it doesn't!
Feeling the material, it wasn't wood or iron; I wasn't sure what it was, but there was space extending downwards along the right angle.
They tried to feel their way downwards, but they couldn't find the edge no matter what they tried.
In a moment of panic, I leaned forward, but there was nothing there.
Let's explore a little further, just a little more...
*Poof!* The familiar feeling of weightlessness washed over him again. Shen Huai's last thought was:
Holy crap! No way! Death upon death!
Mother Earth gave Shen Huai a strong embrace.
This time, I didn't lose consciousness and fell into Mother Earth's embrace.
The senses throughout the body told the owner of this body:
You just fell to the ground, and it does hurt a bit.
Shen Huai was dumbfounded: Pain?! This isn't a dream?!
What's going on? Calm down! Calm down!
Years of experience as a successful corporate slave taught Shen Huai not to panic in the face of trouble, but to first figure out what was going on.
He groped his way up, holding onto the spot where he had just fallen.
It was pitch black all around, and nothing could be seen.
Shen Huai began to analyze:
If the place where I just fell was a bed~
This should indeed be a room.
They don't seem to be tied up yet, but the situation is unclear, so we definitely can't let our guard down!
Shen Huai first peered into the glowing light, but couldn't see if it was a door.
Slowly and gently, I moved over and carefully touched it; it was a wooden door that opened on one side.
They found one side of the door, gently pried it open, and created a crack.
The noise outside grew a little louder, and there was another room outside, but Shen Huai couldn't see what was inside.
The door was ajar, letting in a faint light, and the noises followed the light into the house.
Shen Huai remembered that when she first woke up, she struggled desperately in pain and even shouted twice before falling to the ground.
Despite all the noise, no one outside reacted; they must not have heard it.
Shen Huai told himself: Take a deep breath and calm down!
Finding that her legs were becoming weak, Shen Huai couldn't help but suspect that she had been drugged, and a sense of panic washed over her.
Oh no! Could it be human traffickers?
The wooden door makes a sound when it is opened and closed.
Shen Huai moved the door as little as possible, groping his way to a position where he could move it.
We need to find a way to move to the door of the outer room.
He took one foot out, then pulled it back.
Instead, she crouched down and lay face down on the ground.
Following the faint light, they slowly crawled forward, using both hands and feet.
Fortunately, I didn't bump into anything else; it was still a single door.
There was no lock, and through the crack in the door, it was completely dark outside.
Looking up, there was no moon or stars in the sky, and outside the house was probably a low wall.
Outside the wall, in the distance, there seemed to be firelight.
By the dim light, Shen Huai could see that the courtyard gate was half open.
Following the light, Shen Huai tiptoed to the door.
About a hundred meters outside the courtyard gate, a group of people were gathered around a bonfire.
From a distance, judging from their clothes and appearance, they all looked like farmers from ancient times.
There was a large courtyard house separating that group of people from the small courtyard.
By the light of the fire, the outline of the courtyard building next door could be vaguely discerned as a temple, with a few large trees of unknown species standing in front of it.
The surrounding area was very open, and the group of men, women, and children were in the open space, as if they were having some kind of show.
There were also some teenagers playing and frolicking nearby.
Seeing this scene, Shen Huai felt a huge weight lift from his shoulders.
Suddenly, the image of a legal education program flashed into Shen Huai's mind again.
The many cases of women and children being trafficked to remote mountain villages that I had previously witnessed kept flashing through my mind.
My heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was now in suspense again.
However, Shen Huai didn't think the scene looked right.
Thinking it over, I quietly approached to see what was going on, since in legal education programs, it's rare to find able-bodied young women in villages like this.
Judging from the sounds and the view from a distance, it looks like an ordinary ancient village.
Shen Huai thought that being in the dark and being short was an advantage.
However, walking upright increases the chances of being spotted, so it's better to move towards the campfire using both hands and feet.