Outside, the sky had grown dark. The night views of Modu were dazzling and magnificent, with colorful lights lining the streets, exuding a strong modern vibe. Looking out the car window at the passing people and lights, Zheng Manxi felt a profound sense of melancholy.
When she was a child looking at the big cities in her textbooks, she had felt an immense yearning. She had put in countless hours of effort, consistently ranking in the top ten of her grade and first in her class, fighting wits and will with her family to save up for tuition and living expenses. When she reached university, she continued to study hard and work part-time, all with the goal of breaking free from her original family.
Yet after arriving in the big city, she discovered that what she had heard before—that big cities offered countless opportunities, that there were numerous ways to make money, and that as long as one stayed in a big city, they could be reborn—were mostly illusions.
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