Chapter 87
The story Si Li told was not complicated.
Bliss Peak was a land of exceptional people and beautiful scenery, and the mountains were home to many valuable medicinal herbs. In her spare time, Liu Ruoxing had studied pharmacology on her own and would sometimes venture into the mountains to collect herbs for the sick and injured in the palace.
After returning from herbal medicine one day, Liu Ruoxing said she felt dizzy and needed to rest for a while. However, upon waking up, she had lost most of her memory.
Si Li guessed that Liu Ruoxing might have accidentally tasted some herbs while picking them, and explained his guess to the doctor who came first.
The doctor examined me and said it was nothing serious. He prescribed some medicine, saying that if I took the pills according to the recipe, I would recover quickly. Meanwhile, you can use old, memorable objects to evoke memories as a support.
The pill-making process was a bit complicated, requiring at least three days. Si Li was worried that delaying it too long would affect Liu Ruoxing's health, so he asked the doctor if there was any way to speed things up.
The doctor said no, and reassured her that the herb Liu Ruoxing had accidentally ingested had no side effects other than temporary memory loss, so she shouldn't worry. He also said Liu Ruoxing's condition wasn't serious, and even without treatment, her body would break down the drug's toxicity in a month or so, and her memory would recover on its own.
Si Li finally felt relieved and made the pills herself, but after she finished making them, she hesitated again and again, so she kept putting it off.
Everyone already knows what happened next. No wonder Liu Ruoxing was cured after taking the pills. After such a long time, most of the toxins have been broken down, making treatment much easier.
The process was pretty much as Shen Fengni had guessed, except for one thing that Si Li hadn't explained. She pointed at the small wine flask in Liu Ruoxing's hand and asked, "Is this the 'impressive old item' the doctor mentioned?"
"Oh, why is it a wine jug?" Sheng Xinyan curiously moved closer to observe. "I thought it was a token of love like a jade pendant or sachet. Could this wine jug also be a token of love?"
Si Li smiled and said to Liu Ruoxing, "You can explain this to me."
Liu Ruoxing also smiled and shook her hand, "Okay."
She looked at the group of people in front of her and said, "That was seven years ago, but when I think about it now, it's still fresh in my memory."
Seven years ago, Liu Ruoxing met Si Li by chance. The two got along very well and soon became close friends who could talk about anything.
Liu Ruoxing was not happy at that time.
The Liu family was a prestigious family, with numerous formalities and rules that could be overwhelming. Her parents, possessing a strong desire for control, had paved the way for her early on, and she had to follow them step by step without the slightest deviation.
But this is not the life Liu Ruoxing wants. Compared with wealth and glory, she yearns for a life of revenge and freedom. She has fought many times for this, but all ended in failure.
The only effect was that her relationship with her family reached freezing point.
Soon, her parents gave her an ultimatum: she had to marry an important official in the court in three months.
That man was ambitious and powerful, and could be a great help to the Liu family. However, he was a middle-aged man in his forties, more than twenty years older than Liu Ruoxing, and old enough to be her father.
Liu Ruoxing was sad and angry, and even thought about committing suicide. But then she thought again that if she did nothing and just died like that, it would be too easy for the Liu family.
But she couldn't think of any effective way to resist and was depressed all day long.
One day when I was drinking to drown my sorrows, a hint of red appeared in my hazy vision.
It was a late summer night. She was sitting in a quiet courtyard. There were wine jugs scattered on the table, many of which were empty.
The evening breeze was cool, and it carried that person's voice into my ears, "Long time no see."
Liu Ruoxing squinted her eyes with difficulty and could barely make out the person.
"Long time no see, Nian Nian." Her tone was soft, with a hint of grievance, "What have you been busy with these days?"
Si Li explained to her in a gentle voice, "The Paradise Palace has just been established, and there are many things to do."
She looked at Liu Ruoxing's red eyes and asked worriedly, "What's wrong with you? Are you unhappy?"
"I've never been happy." Liu Ruoxing murmured. She lay on the table, her slender fingers tightly grasping a small wine jug, as if to vent some kind of emotion. "I don't like this kind of life."
When getting along with Si Li, Liu Ruoxing usually remained gentle and calm most of the time, rarely mentioning her own difficulties or complaining to her. This was the first time.
Si Li was silent for a while, stretched out his hand as if he wanted to hug the person in front of him, but in the end he just tidied up Liu Ruoxing's messy hair.
She asked, "What kind of life do you like?"
"Free and happy, unfettered." Liu Ruoxing replied. She took a sip of wine and said whatever came to her mind. "Go to a place where no one knows me, do what I like, travel the world when I feel like it, and retreat to the mountains when I feel tired..."
Si Li listened to her words carefully, then picked up another wine jug and clinked it with the one in her hand. "Then I'll take you away, okay?"
Liu Ruoxing raised her head and looked at her with bright eyes, "Are you serious?"
Si Li nodded, "Really."
Liu Ruoxing stared at her for a while, then suddenly smiled, "Okay, I'll go with you."
From then on, a relationship officially began.
"How romantic!! You can talk about love like this!!"
Sheng Xinyan's eyes welled up with tears when she heard this. "So, is there anyone who needs my help? I'm incredibly strong now."
"I'm really impressed by you." Xu Weiyi was amused by her. "You take everything you see into account, don't you? Feng Ni, you don't even bother to do anything about it... No, why aren't you two talking?"
She had been listening so intently just now that she realized that ever since Liu Ruoxing started telling the story, Chen Fengni and Jiang Zhuoyan had remained silent, as if they had some kind of silent understanding.
Hearing Xu Weiyi's voice, Shen Fengni raised her head and said, "I remembered something."
Xu Weiyi was curious: "What's the matter?"
Chen Fengni just smiled and said, "It cannot be said."
When she first started live streaming, she had very sharp conflicts with her family.
Chen Fengni couldn't find any other suitable way, so she often drank alone. When she got drunk, she could temporarily forget the unpleasantness.
One day she drank a lot and was about to lie down to sleep when she suddenly felt like drinking.
Shen Fengni got out of bed, walked to the computer, and turned on the live broadcast equipment one by one.
At that time, she was still an unknown little anchor. There were usually only a dozen people in the live broadcast room. In addition, it was early in the morning, so there were even fewer people, only in the single digits.
Chen Fengni didn't care. After singing two of her favorite songs, she started complaining.
Most people watched livestreams just for fun; no one wanted to accept the negativity of strangers. Furthermore, Chen Fengni, without makeup or grooming, looked disheveled. Furthermore, after drinking, her words were jumbled and illogical, making them difficult to follow.
So soon, everyone in the live broadcast room left, leaving only one small account.
Shen Fengni talked for a long time, and finally felt much better.
She squinted her eyes, trying to read out the ID of that one person, but that person had paid to hide his identity, and the place where the ID was located became a string of irregular golden numbers.
The price of hiding your identity is not low, and it is usually purchased by wealthy users who don’t want to be recognized. Why would they do this for a low-level account?
Shen Fengni became curious and spoke to the man, "Why do you want to hide your identity?"
Soon, a line of words appeared on the public screen: "I'm worried that you'll be embarrassed the next time you see me."
"You're a nice person then." Shen Fengni smiled, not taking this reason seriously. "Can I say more?"
The man replied: "You speak, I listen."
"Actually, I don't want to be controlled." Perhaps it was the effect of alcohol, but Shen Fengni was particularly talkative that day. "From childhood to adulthood, everything has been arranged by others, and I have no choice at all. I don't like my current life, and I don't like the way I am now."
The man asked, "So what do you like?"
"First of all, I want to be free and unrestrained."
Chen Fengni held her chin, her thoughts running wild, "Don't be trapped in the past, nor fear the future. Dare to love and hate, and live a carefree life."
At this point, she remembered something and her eyes lit up. "That's right, it's like those chivalrous women in the Jianghu, living in a secluded paradise, unconcerned with worldly affairs, living a carefree and happy life. But if an enemy attacks, or if she sees injustice, she can be decisive and act decisively to uphold justice."
After she finished speaking, Shen Fengni made herself laugh. What the hell was going on? How could these things possibly exist in modern society? Her only listener should think she was ridiculous at this moment.
"It sounds good." The man did not laugh at her, but even praised her.
Chen Fengni was in a good mood. She chatted with the man about this and that, and sang several songs for him before she was ready to log off.
Before turning off the live broadcast, a line of comments appeared on the screen.
“What’s your favorite color?”
"Red." Shen Fengni blurted out, then became a little confused, "Why are you asking this suddenly?"
"Nothing." The man replied, "Good night, Feng Ni."
Not long after, a popular holographic online game launched a new sect, Paradise Palace.
The sect motto of Paradise Palace is "Free and Fearless", which emphasizes doing whatever one wants and living out one's true self. In this society full of rules and regulations, it is sought after by countless players.
The main color of the sect's school uniform is red, which is bold and unrestrained, as bright and passionate as a flame, and can burn all shackles into ashes.
Each one of them is in line with Shen Fengni's wishes.
At that time, Shen Fengni thought that all these settings were just coincidences, and was delighted by such a coincidence.
But it wasn't until today that she realized that the appearance of Paradise Palace was never a coincidence.
Because that day she said she didn't like the way she looked now, so someone created an appearance for her that she liked.
Later, that person pulled her into the game and took her through the beautiful scenery of the world.
Later, that person came into her life and gave her a perfect ending.
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