Sunshine, beach and salty smell, this is the seaside?
Chen Duo's pace involuntarily accelerated because she saw the blue in the distance. In her mind, it was something that only appeared on TV - the sea.
It is said that the vast ocean can accommodate everything. Can it also tolerate abnormal guys like myself? She had thought this before, and also thought that if one day her life came to an end, the best ending would probably be to be drowned by the tide.
The sun gradually sank into the sea, and its last rays of light shone on the beach. The half-round sun and its reflection on the sea formed a complete circle.
Chen Duo didn't know that this was probably the most beautiful scenery on the seaside. She knew nothing about the outside world.
She listened to men in beach shorts playing guitar on the beach, saw couples holding hands leaving footprints on the beach, and some people just lying quietly in the sand watching the sunset.
She is eager to try everything, but is she really qualified?
This made her suspicious.
After arriving at the beach, Chen Duo did not stop, but continued walking along the edge of the wave without stopping.
In fact, she always felt like she was in a dream along the way.
Maybe when she wakes up from the dream, she will be caught back, or drowned by the ruthless waves.
'free'?
Live a normal life?
Such a thing was so far away to her that she had never imagined it, no...even if she had thought about it, she firmly believed that it was impossible.
Because she clearly knows that she is abnormal, nothing she has experienced can be changed, and no one can give her a normal past.
Gulu——
Unconsciously, Chen Duo had walked far away, and the sun had completely set, but the beach at night did not seem as silent as he imagined.
This is a tourist attraction. There are B&Bs, shops and barbecue stalls on the beach. At night, lights are lit up. From above, it looks like twinkling fireflies on the seaside.
Listening to the sound coming from her stomach, Chen Duo realized that she had not eaten anything all day except breakfast.
The smell of barbecue accompanied by the sea breeze blew into her nose. She swallowed her saliva and clenched the red banknote in her pocket.
He's going to die anyway, so why not...
After a fierce struggle between heaven and man, she finally failed to resist the temptation.
"Gulu..."
The sound of swallowing was heard.
On the beach in the distance, Zhang Chulan touched her crying belly and complained, "We haven't eaten for a day, right?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
Feng Baobao asked doubtfully while removing the meat from the iron pick.
"Uh? Sister Bao'er, where did you get food?"
"Go to the store over there and buy it." Feng Baobao said matter-of-factly.
"But don't we have to be optimistic about Chen Duo?"
Zhang Chulan was stunned for a moment, feeling like a fool.
Well, Sun Haoran and the rest of the people did look at him like a fool.
"But no one says you can't eat, right?"
Everyone was sitting on the beach with food they bought from nowhere, as if they were on vacation. It seemed that Zhang Chulan was the only one who was carefully observing Chen Duo's situation with a telescope. No... it should be said that it was official because there were He was so serious about his work, so they could fish so leisurely.
"Gan!"
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Wow——
It was late at night, and the whole world seemed to be filled with the sound of waves crashing on the beach.
Chen Duo sat quietly on the beach, with some chili powder left in the corner of her mouth that she couldn't help but lick with her tongue.
This was the first time she had tasted it, and she couldn't bear to wipe it off with a tissue.
Although the recipes would change every day in the bunker, there were only a few so-called 'nutritious meals' that changed.
She quietly reminisced about the taste of the food, then took off her feet, rolled up her trousers, and let the cold sea water flow over her feet, feeling the world beneath her feet.
The taste in her mouth, the coldness on her feet, and the sea breeze on her face made her feel like she was still alive.
She felt all this quietly, closed her eyes, and seemed to be waiting for something.
"how do you feel?"
The voice came from behind, but Chen Duo was not surprised, because this was exactly what she was waiting for.
She is very smart and knows that someone will come to find her because she is in danger... In other words... everything today is actually just a beautiful dream for her, and now, it is time to wake up.
Of course, this is just Chen Duo's own idea.
"It turns out that the outside world is like this..."
With this answer, Chen Duo opened his emerald green eyes.
But she didn't look back, nor did she look at the person coming behind her.
"Yeah, that's it. I didn't disappoint you, did I?"
Sun Haoran asked as he came to sit next to Chen Duo.
"No...I'm not disappointed. This world is beautiful...but it's a pity...it doesn't belong to me."
Chen Duo answered, looking down at the sea.
Her eyes looked a little lonely, and Sun Haoran saw the dark sea from her eyes. It was a wave rolling in the darkness, as if it would swallow up the girl in front of him at any time.
Chen Duo's eyes became darker and darker, and Sun Haoran understood that the arduous task of saving this girl had just begun.
Until now, this girl has never believed that her family can be like normal people. Maybe this journey in her heart is just the last journey before leaving this world, and it is the last thing left to her by those who came to judge her. mercy'.
But that's not actually the case. At least none of them here want her to die.
"Are you here to take me back...or are you here to kill me?"
Chen Duo asked.
In her mind, there seemed to be only these two possibilities.
"I understand. There is a price for wanting to see the outside world. I've known it for a long time...but thank you anyway."
"This world is beautiful. Thank you for giving me a short time to experience this. I have..."
"Are you satisfied?"
Chen Duo was stunned.
"Are you satisfied?"
Sun Haoran asked repeatedly, his tone extremely cold.
Chen Duo turned his head and met Sun Haoran's eyes, which were a pair of red-gold eyes that seemed to be able to illuminate the dark night.
These eyes seemed to be able to pierce through people's hearts, peeling them apart layer by layer. With the questioning look in their eyes, she could not tell an answer against her will.
"Are you satisfied with just one day? I have lived in this world for more than twenty years and still don't want to die. Is one day enough for you?"
Chen Duo seemed a little at a loss.
Is one day enough?
She thought she should have answered 'yes' without hesitation.
But every time she wanted to speak, everything she had experienced today would replay in her mind like a movie.
What is this world like? She only saw a corner.
It's like she doesn't know the sea in front of her, what's in the sea, and what's on the other side of the sea.
It's like she doesn't know if there are many more delicious things besides the aftertaste in her mouth.
She doesn't understand anything yet.
"Is it really okay to leave without knowing anything when the world is right in front of you?"
Facing this question that seemed to question his soul, Chen Duo was speechless for a moment.
Sun Haoran stared at Chen Duo, who was a little confused, and reached out to touch the top of her head. His emerald green eyes and red gold eyes met, and the light shrouded Chen Duo's emerald hole like it had dispelled the darkness.
"You asked me just now, are I here to take you back or to kill you? Sorry, neither. I have said from the beginning that besides being taken back to the company or dying, you have another choice - Come with me. Do you think... you think this is just a joke?"
"But...I...really...can it?" Chen Duo asked in confusion, "I'm not normal..."
"Indeed, you are not normal, and no one can give you a normal past."
Sun Haoran said calmly, "But so what? Now these are not problems at all for you. The opportunity to regain a new life is right in front of you. The rest of your life is not important. What is important is your choice. You What do you want to do?”
"How……"
"No need to doubt, no need to doubt."
The red-gold eyes were extremely determined, and the voice was like a royal order that no one could question.
"You don't have to think about anything. Everything you worry about will not happen. Now you just need to give me an answer, the simplest answer. Come on... tell me your wish."
Everyone in the distance, especially Lao Meng, looked at the scene in front of them with extremely nervous expressions.
The girl's answer at this moment will determine her fate.
But the situation now is different from before.
All worries have been eliminated, and the girl only needs to give the simplest answer. It is a wish and a choice.
A wish they could already fulfill, a path this girl had the power to choose.
"I want to...see the world again."
"now it's right."
After hearing the satisfactory answer, a faint smile appeared on Sun Haoran's face.
"Live a good life, go to a lot of places, eat a lot of delicious food, and make a lot of friends... I know a girl who looks like you... maybe you can become the best of friends."
"call……"
The atmosphere seemed to become brighter all of a sudden, and the remaining people hiding in the distance also breathed out a sigh of relief.
"We...succeeded?"
Lao Meng seemed a little unbelievable.
But looking at the gentle smiles on other people's faces, he finally felt relieved.
As for the person who didn't feel nervous at all, the only one left was Feng Baobao, who was confused. She just felt that all this should happen naturally, just like everyone thought, Chen Duo was not stupid.
Only a fool would want to die.
Well, I'm such a witty bunch.
Feng Baobao was thinking this as he fiddled with a wooden stick he picked up from somewhere on the beach.
The night is already deep, lights in the distance are beginning to write, the waves of the sea are getting more and more turbulent, the black tide with white water splashing on the gravel in the shallows, occasionally there are small shrimps or small crabs with reflective shells crawling across the gravel On the beach, these little things were staggered by the subsequent tide, but they still crawled hard after regaining their balance. Dots of these little things on the gravel beach were shining, just like every life struggling to move forward.
And she just fiddled with the wooden stick and used her absolute strength to help these little guys escape from the pursuit of the waves.
Zhang Chulan watched all this quietly, his heart as clear as a mirror.
This is the turning point brought about by absolute power.
He could easily imagine where this would have gone without the man in front of him.
Although he admitted that this temporary worker was much more sophisticated than himself and Sister Baoer in terms of strength and all aspects, but even so, he still lacked the power to turn the tide.
To put it simply, these temporary workers alone cannot save Chen Duo.
Although I don't want to admit it, having enough power can indeed solve many problems. If the problem cannot be solved, it is just not enough power.
Just like what happened with Chen Duo, no matter how many of these temporary workers think that they have great powers and a lot of tricks, they are useless. If they don’t have that ability, they don’t have that ability. At that time, they were just like those at the center of the whirlpool of problems. Like Chen Duo, he has no choice!
In fact, if his eldest brother did not have such absolute power, then he thought that the only thing he could do was to use Chen Duo's death to create the greatest benefits for himself and Sister Bao'er. The best outcome of his original plan was probably to use Chen Duo's death to gain a wave of sympathy from these temporary workers.
It's not pity, it's not the kind of top-down, superior thing, it must be sympathy, the sympathy of the rabbit's death and the fox's sorrow!
In the eyes of foxes, they no longer pay attention to the differences between carnivorous and herbivorous animals, only the sadness of being the same prey.
Classmates, same surname, same race, fellow villagers, compatriots, same sex... The prerequisite for sympathy is to find common ground in the other person before it can occur. If you let go and fight, the feeling of being the winner may turn into pity. This is not okay, so it must be sympathy.
His original plan was to arrange for these temporary workers to accompany Chen Duo on his final journey. When they had enough sympathy for Chen Duo, they would harvest this feeling. Of course... the person who harvested it was not him, but those around him. These two people who need this sympathy more are Sun Haoran and Feng Baobao.
Divide Chen Duo's problem into two levels...to sympathize emotionally and to judge the pros and cons rationally...At this time, Sister Baoer and his eldest brother should play the same role of sympathizing with these temporary workers. .
And he plays the role of a rational interestist.
In this way, he was naturally separated from the role of temporary workers in North China, and the remaining two people naturally aligned with the other temporary workers.
He comes to play the role of a 'bad guy' who is only interested in completing tasks and has no sympathy for Chen Duo, so that he can form an opposition to the temporary worker group including Feng Baobao and Sun Haoran.
Let everyone exclude him, and his goal will be achieved.
Maybe in normal times, these guys are all weirdos in society and aliens in the world, but in this small group in the Biyou Village mission, these guys are cynical, temperamental, and sympathetic to Chen Duo It's the majority.
The vulgar one, bound by the rules, the one who is looking forward and backward, always calculating the interests, is the outlier in this group. By eliminating him as an outlier, these temporary workers can ignore their differences and become more deeply aware of each other. In this way, any feelings they exert on Chen Duo, the center of the group, will be more easily copied to everyone in the group.
The thief will not go short, this is the result he wants to get.
No one can say what will happen in the future. He doesn’t know how long the relationship between Sister Baoer and his eldest brother and the company will last, so he must prepare for the worst. If one day these two people really break with the company, if one day the company really breaks up with the company, become their enemies...The most likely force that the company will use against them is these temporary workers.
So it is necessary to 'unite' them with these temporary workers.
But...now he found that all of his worries were unnecessary.
Unexpectedly, his elder brother thought further than him.
And his approach was crazier than him, directly solving the problem fundamentally.
Not only has it now reached unity with the rest of the company's temporary worker front, it has even used its position as minister to put pressure on the company's board of directors to change the management system for temporary workers.
The impact of such an approach on the future is anyone’s guess, but it may be a good thing for all of them.
The days of being timid and hesitant seemed to be over. They seemed to be able to take back their own 'power' and live openly.
