I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 141 - 139 Wang Ye_2

Chapter 141: Chapter 139 Wang Ye_2

People passing by his side, some in groups of three or five, some in pairs, were all chatting incessantly about work and life, about celebrities and video games, about variety shows and TV dramas.

Wei Tianyang walked alone on this luxurious street, and for a moment, he smiled. This place really was "Heaven," just as Yaha had said, without government soldiers who extorted at gunpoint, and without hordes of refugees begging along the streets.

He could have had such a life himself, but it was destroyed by those who ran the gambling dens; he could have saved enough money to bring his mother back, but Ruan Yu had deceived him.

However, it didn’t matter anymore, for he was standing here...

"Mom... I... did it... I’m back... Is this what you wanted...?" he muttered to himself.

At that moment, his heart began to ache, his throat was dry, and his right arm also throbbed with pain. Clutching his arm, he crouched on the ground, unsure what was happening.

People walked around him, but some also said, "Look at that kid, does he feel unwell? Should someone call a security officer to check?"

Wei Tianyang looked up at the people around him and saw faces full of concern, some even offering him a bottle of mineral water.

He breathed heavily and pushed through the crowd, running until he reached the dark alleys behind the shopping mall.

The pain in his right arm and chest eased slightly, but then he smelled tobacco.

Looking up, he saw two figures approaching from deep within the alley, seemingly holding something in their hands.

On alert, he extended his Bone Knife by 2 centimeters, ready to attack, but then he saw that they were just two young men in sportswear.

"Hey buddy, got a light?" one of them asked with a smile.

Wei Tianyang shook his head.

"Oh, sorry then, forgot to bring a lighter, gotta smoke my "naked" cigarette~ haha~" the man said, mocking himself.

"Why smoke here in such a dark place? Aren’t you afraid of getting robbed?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"There’s a no-smoking zone outside," the other one replied with a laugh.

Then, that man said to his friend, "I’m going to buy a lighter, don’t go anywhere."

"Get another pack of ’Little Joy,’ I’m almost out," his friend replied with a laugh.

Wei Tianyang was ignored by them.

He walked out of the alley, laughing at himself, reassessing his opinion of the waitress and Zhao Ling.

If one could live in a place like this, what would be wrong with being an ordinary citizen? Besides, one could climb higher through prestigious schools and imperial examinations.

This place was in the middle tier of the whole Fengrao City. He wondered, what kind of environment would one see in the lowest tier?

Thus, he walked to the edge of the railing and looked down from a kilometer high. From this angle, Fengrao City resembled a huge well, and he was looking down from the mouth of the well. Could there be someone at the bottom looking up?

Wei Tianyang sneered, jumped into a free fall, and suddenly a sharp alarm sounded in his ears—probably triggered by his jump?

Logically speaking, such a structure must have a fall-prevention warning system, he thought as he fell, noticing every level flashed with a bright red light strip; was it warning that someone was falling?

However, upon closer inspection, he only saw the words on the red light strip: "Beware of falling high-altitude debris."

His face darkened, then he snapped back to objective reality and transformed into a large moth. Spreading his wings, he spiraled down.

At the bottom of that "well" was a wetland park. As Wei Tianyang landed, stepping back into reality, his sneakers landed in a mud puddle, soaking them through.

Wei Tianyang cursed under his breath, tiptoed, and ran through the thick weeds to the roadside. This place was indeed the lowest layer, located on the actual ground level.

Compared to above, this place was much darker, the streetlights and surrounding buildings bore no difference from the scenery of Chicken Snake Country.

He stood at the street corner, yet he too saw a large group of people shopping. However, there were no shiny skyscrapers and mega-malls here, just small stalls set up by people themselves.

And here, at the very bottom, the temperature had dropped considerably. The common people around him wore thick cotton-padded jackets, rubbing their hands and laughing by the roadside. A child pulled at his mother’s hand, pointing at the candied haws and shouting, only to be forcefully dragged away by his mother.

He took a few steps on this street corner, stepping on a soda can. Looking down, it was an empty can of some brand of soda, already crushed by him.

He stopped, listlessly fiddling with the can, looking at the street scene. For an instant, he felt as though he had returned to Kongse. He recalled the artificial forest in front of the black house and the coffee shop that had been usurped. He couldn’t help but sigh.

Just then, someone tugged at his sleeve. Turning around, he saw a ten-year-old child.

He wore a mint-colored coat, carried a blue backpack, and had short, energetic hair with big black eyes staring straight at him, a simple expression on his face.

"Brother, could you move aside?" the child looked up at him.

Wei Tianyang, puzzled, asked, "What’s the matter?"

"You’re standing on my can," the child said.

Wei Tianyang lifted his foot, and the child bent down to pick up the can, then unzipped his backpack and tossed it inside.

Only then did he notice that the child’s backpack was filled with plastic bottles and cans.

He must have been collecting them to sell for money...?

The child glanced at him again, said perfunctorily, "Thank you," and then ran off quickly with his backpack into the crowd.

Curious, Wei Tianyang followed the child all the way to a small path without even a streetlight, suddenly facing a cluster of dark, flat houses.

The sight reminded him of the slums in Qiayang City.

The child lived somewhere in these flat houses. Wei Tianyang stopped in the shadows, watched him push open the door, and then looked inside through a window.

After a while, the sound of cans being dumped could be heard.

"Mom~ look, I picked up so many! We can sell them for 2 yuan!" It was the child’s voice.

"Don’t go out alone to pick up bottles, it’s already dark, there are people who kidnap children... You stay at home, mom will think of a way to pay for next semester’s school fees," a gentle voice of a middle-aged woman resounded.

"Mom... I don’t want to go to school anymore," the child said.

"If you don’t go to school, in the future you’ll only be able to continue living on the bottom like mom..." the woman sighed.

"Mom... I can work now, so I can help support the family... I want to earn money, I want to make a lot of money for mom..." the child said.

"Study hard, don’t do anything just for mom, for your own future you need to study too, only by getting into a higher institution and passing the palace exam can you go to the upper layer of Fengrao City and lead a better life," the woman said.

"Mom... I... I don’t want to study anymore," the child said.

"Why not?" the woman asked, puzzled.

"Those men came yesterday to topple mom’s stand again... They only bully mom... I want to be a soldier... I want to grow tall, become strong... I want to protect mom," the child said.

"Mom is sorry... Mom is so useless..." the woman cried.

"Mom... don’t cry, I will definitely become strong, I will become the strongest warrior... I will fight to the end... anyone who dares bully mom again, I’ll cut them open!" the child fiercely said.

"Stop talking, Wang Ye... stop talking..." mom said.

Wei Tianyang watched outside the window for a moment, shook his head, and left the dark cluster of flat houses.

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