Chang Le was stunned, then shook his head.
Hua Anning said, "Initially, I was kidnapped, but my family claimed to the outside world that I had gone missing in order not to alert them."
Although I wasn't brought back until I was seventeen, my parents actually knew I was in District 8 much earlier. My being raised outside was a deliberate arrangement.
For some reason, Chang Le suddenly felt a little suffocated. She steadied her breathing and asked, "How did Wei Zi know you were in District Eight?"
"About a year after I left."
One year later.
At that time, Chang Le had already left the Hua family and gone to the Ninth District.
In other words, when she was driven away, Wei Zi did not know that Hua Anning was out of danger.
Thinking of this, Chang Le suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you alright?" Hua Anning asked, noticing her strange expression.
Chang Le shook her head and said, "Sister, please tell me the story from the beginning."
Hua Anning began to speak.
More than a decade ago, Hua Anning was just six years old when she was abducted.
The people who kidnapped her were the remnants of several brothers who had been dealt with by Hua Lihan. They kidnapped people not for money, but only for revenge and to vent their hatred. So after kidnapping Hua Anning, they immediately sold her.
Xiao Hua Anning was sold to the fighting arena and transported to a place far away from the Third District.
She was locked in a dark and filthy place for a long time. Her voice became hoarse from crying, she began to hallucinate from hunger, and she was on the verge of a mental breakdown when she was rescued.
“The person who saved me is my master, and also the former head of the Wind and Fire Hall, Master Feng,” Hua Anning said.
Xiao Hua Anning couldn't remember where she came from due to mental health issues, so Master Feng mobilized his people to search for her origins.
Master Feng quickly confirmed that she was the missing young lady of the Hua family, but after learning that the Hua family had adopted a girl, Master Feng, considering Hua Anning's mental state at the time, chose to stop Hua Anning from speaking at the Feng Huo Hall.
Master Feng felt sorry for Hua Anning, so he asked a master from the Qin family, the management committee, to tell her fortune. The information he received was:
"Born like the wind in the wild, bound by rules, all is in vain."
If Hua Anning were to return to the Hua family and be raised there in a conventional manner, she would face a great calamity upon reaching adulthood. Only by being raised outside the Hua family could Hua Anning avert this calamity and find peace.
Master Feng deliberated for a long time. A year later, when Hua Anning had basically recovered and remembered her origins, he secretly took her back to the Hua family and told Hua Lihan and his wife about the prophecy.
Hua Lihan and Wei Zixi were overjoyed to hear that their daughter had returned safely. Upon hearing this news, they prioritized Hua Anning's safety and agreed to let her become an apprentice and stay at Feng Huo Tang until she turned seventeen, after which she would return to the Hua family.
“Only my parents and older brother knew about my situation in District 8,” Hua Anning said. “I only told the others about it after I came back.”
Chang Le listened in silence.
Hua Anning glanced at her, then suddenly stood up and pointed down: "Lele, this is where we first met."
"That time, just before I was about to return, the Hua family held a banquet. I got lost and passed by your balcony. You were sitting on the balcony railing like a forest elf, wearing a beautiful dress, and suddenly you appeared in front of me."
Chang Le was momentarily dazed, then stood up and walked over.
Hua Anning looked at her and lowered her voice: "It was also on that day that you told me never to go back to the Hua family."
"Don't come here! Please! Get out of here!"
The hoarse voice suddenly rushed into his mind, startling Chang Le so much that his body stiffened.
She leaned slightly forward to support herself on the railing, her gaze fixed on the ground. The volume of Hua Anning's voice was lowered, making it difficult to hear the content, but the scene before her became clearer and clearer.
That was a scene.
She saw Hua Anning walking below, heard her say that she was Hua Anning, and then suddenly jumped down, rushed to Hua Anning and shouted something.
Chang Le saw himself fall to the ground, crying hoarsely, and talking to Hua Anning like a madman.
The video was completely silent, yet my own heart-wrenching cries kept echoing in my mind.
"Don't you have a ton of titles? Why did you come back?"
"What's so great about this place that you all like? If I came, would you come too?"
"I can't remember! I can't remember!... Help, I think I'm going crazy..."
"Don't come here! Please! Get out of here!"
"Stay outside, don't go into the cage!"
"Sister, don't come!"
Chang Le staggered, and Hua Anning caught her, interrupting the scene. She tried to breathe but felt breathless; she didn't cry, but her vision blurred.
Hua Anning supported her and said something worriedly, but she couldn't hear her.
All she heard was a ridiculous laugh welling up from the depths of her heart.
No wonder!
No wonder she used to target Hua Anning in every way, yet Hua Anning had always shown her a kind of favor from the very beginning!
like?
That's not love! It's guilt!
It was the guilt she felt when, in her former madness, she used all her remaining clarity to advise Hua Anning not to be trapped in a cage, but Hua Anning ignored her advice!
Hua Anning has become a free wind, yet she is unaware of the guilt she feels for foolishly trying to push her out of the predicament!
It is the guilt she feels for being trapped in the situation, yet giving her true feelings to outsiders who cannot be trapped, only to have them all go to waste!
It's the guilt of feeling that another girl was trapped in the rules in her place until she went insane and committed suicide!
Just like Wei Zi! Hua Anning's initial feeling towards her was guilt!
A series of coincidences, seemingly ordained by fate, turned into suffering. When this suffering fell upon those with a heart, it transformed into guilt. Layer upon layer of guilt, mixed with lies of good or bad intentions, wove together the world she lived in!
Unable to find mercy, every step brings sorrow.
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