Chapter 531

How long can this kind of life last?

Ning Chen didn't know.

Watching Zhang Xiaonian's happy expression.

He felt that this was already good enough.

【How wonderful—this life. If I could, I'd spend my whole life like this.】

Someone suddenly spoke in the livestream.

This remark instantly resonated with everyone, and they all began speaking, expressing their feelings and sharing them.

【To be honest, I'm truly envious. If I had the chance, I'd try living like this too.】

Every day is just a cycle between home and the company, two points on a line; earning a meager income, doing the hardest work, and constantly being forced to work overtime—sometimes until dawn—only to wake up early the next day. If you don't perform well, your boss scolds you daily. I've had enough of this life. Starting now, I'm going to live for myself!

【I'm going to play! I'm going to travel! I'm going to enjoy! I'm going to chase the freedom I want! Even if I spend every penny I have, even if I ruin everything—I'm going to see clearly this time: what does the world I want, the world I live in, truly look like?】

【The steel and concrete of big cities have sealed off all emotion. In this fast-paced era, quiet people are hard to find again. To live untouched by the big city, solely within one's own world—that feeling, many have already forgotten.】

【Perhaps we love Brother Shiguang not just for his singing, his talent, or his travel livestreams, but because he brings us quietude—a rare stillness in this noisy world—and from within, it generates warmth, letting us savor everything in simplicity.】

【For Brother Shiguang, this life is truly his own. Perhaps our lives can change too, no longer stuck like this.】

【Is this a battle cry? Why does it feel like we're going to war?】

【Yes, war—it's a war of worlds, the war we're all seeking! Hahaha, I've decided—I'm going to escape the city, no, abandon it, and embrace the life I want!】

【The pressure of life doesn't come just from outside—it comes mostly from our own desire for a better life. This desire isn't wrong, but fulfilling it is extremely difficult. Only a tiny fraction succeed; we've become the failures.】

【I'm going to chase freedom, friends. My first stop is Mount Yulongxue—to see the scenery Brother Shiguang saw. Maybe, by following him, I can rediscover myself.】

Ning Chen watched the darkening sky.

The entire world was shrouded in shadow.

He quietly watched Zhang Xiaonian still playing and laughing.

It was time to leave.

But Ning Chen couldn't bring himself to do it.

He didn't know why.

Zhang Xiaonian suddenly stopped moving and turned to look at Ning Chen.

She saw Ning Chen quietly watching her.

She smiled and said, "Let's go back."

They returned to the RV.

Zhang Xiaonian didn't get inside; instead, she sat on the open door step, quietly gazing at Mount Yulongxue.

Ning Chen came beside her and sat down.

"What do you think of this snow mountain?" Ning Chen asked, breaking the silence.

Zhang Xiaonian nodded and replied, "It's wonderful."

"I love it. It's my favorite place now—better than anywhere I've ever been."

Ning Chen looked at Zhang Xiaonian, this young girl who spoke as if she were his peer.

She didn't seem like someone her age at all.

"Big brother, do you like it here?" Zhang Xiaonian asked Ning Chen, her eyes sparkling with stars.

Ning Chen hesitated, then slowly nodded. "It's more beautiful than anywhere else. Mostly because after coming here, your heart feels better."

"Yes!" Zhang Xiaonian laughed. "I think the same."

"Actually," Zhang Xiaonian continued, "Big brother, I always feel that when you came here, you were thinking about something. That look—I've seen it before, but I forgot who had it. Now I've found it again. How rare."

Ning Chen froze and asked, "Who was that person?"

Zhang Xiaonian grinned mischievously, stood up, and said, "I won't tell you!"

Having said that.

Zhang Xiaonian turned and went inside the RV.

She went to sleep with a loud snore.

379. Not suitable for work

Ning Chen watched Zhang Xiaonian enter the RV.

That made Ning Chen suddenly curious.

But

He soon fell silent again.

Perhaps her childhood experiences had made Zhang Xiaonian more sensitive.

She was skilled at reading expressions and sensing others' moods.

Even the faintest flicker of joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness

Zhang Xiaonian could detect with great sensitivity.

This was deeply tied to her childhood trauma.

So

That Zhang Xiaonian could tell what Ning Chen was thinking

Didn't surprise him at all—he knew his own state had been growing longer and longer lately.

It all came from one person.

Si Shiya.

He had been comforted by Zhang Xiaonian once before.

Ning Chen thought he no longer needed to think about it.

But.

When he began his journey, following the System to the place Si Shiya had wanted to reach in her lifetime.

Those memories were like a flood and a waterfall, bursting open the locks of his brain and flowing into his sea of consciousness.

After that.

He was completely occupied by this emotion.

Unable to extricate himself.

Ning Chen turned his head once more to look at the place where Zhang Xiao had left.

Although no one was there, it seemed as if countless Zhang Xiaos were running there.

It was only at this moment that Ning Chen suddenly realized the truth.

It turned out he had never properly looked at this motorhome.

And inside this motorhome, the figure of Zhang Xiao was already everywhere.

The Husky walked over at this moment, looking at Ning Chen with a serious expression.

It seemed as if it could read what was in Ning Chen's mind.

Ning Chen also looked quietly at the Husky.

He discovered that if this dog was quiet, it was actually quite good-looking.

However.

The premise was that it must not tear the house apart.

Ning Chen could not forget the first time he met the Husky.

He had pulled many things out from its stomach.

They were all things that could not be eaten.

The Husky walked slowly to Ning Chen's side, then sat down, looking at the snow mountain opposite with the most serious expression.

"Do you want to go too?" Ning Chen said to the Husky, "Could it be that you want to be a sled dog again?"

"Woof woof woof!" The Husky barked three times in a row, as if pouring out its longing.

Ning Chen looked at the Husky and suddenly thought that he had been ignoring this sled dog for a long time; it seemed he should take it to the snow mountain to play once more.

"Hey, what is wrong with me?"

Ning Chen suddenly froze for a moment.

Because he discovered that he seemed to have shifted his gaze away from Si Shiya.

But it was not the feeling of no longer valuing Si Shiya.

Rather, his senses had obviously become much clearer.