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Continuous investigation and interrogation have left Liu Bing and Guorui physically and mentally exhausted. Essentially, the employees at Bao Hua Company are not familiar with Luo Qian, and their main impression of her is that she likes to be alone, is not talkative, and does not like to communicate with others. Among the many subjects of the investigation, the only person who caught Liu Bing's attention and interest was a fellow villager of Luo Qian, also a workshop worker at Bao Hua Company, named Yang Xiaoxia. Yang Xiaoxia is not only Luo Qian's childhood acquaintance but also her only friend in G City. It was through her introduction that Luo Qian left her job as a technician at City South Bathhouse and joined Bao Hua Company as a workshop worker.
During the interrogation, Yang Xiaoxia became very emotional and was unable to continue due to her overwhelming grief over Luo Qian's death, which took Guorui a long time to calm her down. As time passed, Guorui's written records grew more and more on the document. Liu Bing listened quietly on the side, his eyes fixed on Yang Xiaoxia. Finally, the interrogation that lasted for over two hours came to an end. Liu Bing held a pile of interrogation records and stared blankly out the window, unable to stop the stories about Luo Qian from flooding his mind...
Located 7 kilometers south of Yibin City, Sichuan Province, Nanguang Town, formerly known as Chentangguan, is situated in the Bao Dao area, historically serving as a crucial passage for various ethnic minorities in the southwest bordering on Bashu. Li Jing was stationed here, and Nezha was born here, which now seems somewhat fitting. Yibin is located at the confluence of the Jinsha River and Min River, with rich marine fossil deposits underground. The brine in Zigong, adjacent to Yibin, is concentrated seawater. These facts already indicate that Yibin and its surrounding areas were originally part of the sea. Luo Qian was born in a common family in Nanguang Town. Her father, Luo Zhizhong, was a local farmer who mainly grew crops. Due to his long-term farming work, his skin was dark, and his face appeared somewhat fierce, with a lean physique. Her mother mainly took care of household chores. Life was originally developing along the typical trajectory of an ordinary person, but unfortunately, when Luo Qian was seven years old, a tragedy struck her family. In that year, a magnitude 7 earthquake occurred in neighboring Gong County, and because Nanguang Town is adjacent to Gong County, the earthquake directly caused Luo Zhizhong, who was at home, to be crushed by falling rocks, leaving him disabled. Unable to continue farming due to his disability, the family's expenses could not be met. He began to hope for a windfall from the underground lottery, but fate played a cruel joke on him. Instead of making money, he lost everything and ended up owing 300,000 yuan in debt. Luo Zhizhong became irritable, turned to alcohol, and began to physically abuse Luo Qian's mother to vent his frustration. Luo Qian could only cry out loudly and was unable to stop her father's domestic violence. At that time, Luo Qian was only seven years old, and every night she would hide under the covers, listening to her father's hysterical scolding and her mother's desperate pleas. She had a thought - she wanted to escape, to take her mother away from this nightmare of a family.
Every day and night, Luo Qian was planning to leave. She even quietly told her mother to get ready to leave with her, away from the abuse of her father, but to her surprise, her mother fiercely beat her and demanded that she couldn't run away, threatening to break her legs if she tried. Luo Qian never imagined that her mother, who suffered from the abuse of her father, would still not dare to resist and escape. Gradually, Luo Qian's sympathy for her mother turned into disgust and even hatred. She hated her father, but she also hated her mother, believing that her mother's weakness had allowed her father's arrogance to grow. Additionally, due to the lack of income in the family, she had to drop out of school and work in the fields, which made her determined to escape from this life.
Finally, at the age of seventeen, a turning point occurred. A childhood friend, Yang Xiaoxia, and her family were preparing to move to G City for better job opportunities. Hearing this news, Luo Qian saw it as a lifeline and decided to leave her home and go to the south. She bid farewell to Yang Xiaoxia and made up her mind to go to G City. However, when she expressed her desire to work in the south at the breakfast table the next morning, she was met with a fierce slap from her father, who vehemently opposed her leaving. Her mother, numbly eating nearby, seemed indifferent to the situation. With a cold look, she reminded Luo Qian that she deserved the abuse.
"Okay," Luo Qian smiled, appearing very calm and not resisting. "F*ck you, why are you still smiling!" Luo Zhizhong angrily retorted and followed with another slap...
In the late night, the sound of frogs filled the town of Nanguang. Luo Qian quietly climbed down from her bed. She prepared a few pieces of clothing, pants, a pencil, a notebook, and some leftover dry food from the day. Stealthily, she snuck out the door. Halfway through, she turned back to look at the old, dilapidated house she had lived in for seventeen years. Perhaps there was still a hint of reluctance in her heart. She thought about her mother, who would continue to be bullied by Luo Zhizhong, or maybe at that moment, she felt a little guilty. She ran aimlessly like this, not knowing how to get to Yibin Railway Station. She remembered people who had gone out to work saying it was probably more than 10 kilometers away. The pitch-black night seemed to want to swallow up this little girl. The two sides of the mountain road seemed like two big hands wanting to pull her into the embrace of the night. There was a moment when Luo Qian was extremely afraid, even wanting to give up and go back home. But in the next second, she became determined. If she went back, she would never have the chance to leave in this lifetime. I must leave!
Fortunately, an old man in the village had malaria, and that night, Luo Qian happened to meet him on the way to Yibin City. After Luo Qian pleaded desperately, he agreed to take her to Yichang City. However, Luo Qian did not say that she was running away from home, but lied that her father's legs were in pain and needed to see a doctor. After many twists and turns, they arrived in Yichang City, and the sky was gradually turning light. She asked for directions and dragged her weary legs to Yichang Railway Station. She knew she was about to succeed.
Luo Qian successfully escaped the ticket check and boarded the train to G City by unknown means. She hid in the train's restroom, overwhelmed with joy. The window in the restroom was frosted, making it impossible to see outside. Nevertheless, Luo Qian still tried to wipe the window, unsure if it was her tears blurring her vision or if the window was simply opaque. Amidst her tears, she began to smile, feeling that she was about to embark on a new life. She lowered her head and splashed her face with tap water, then turned to look at herself in the mirror. Seventeen-year-old Luo Qian exuded youthful vigor, with willow-leaf eyebrows, phoenix eyes, and a slightly pouting mouth. She couldn't help but earnestly scrutinize herself, unaware that a bigger fantasy was about to unfold before her.
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