Youyou immediately huffily slapped him, then Shi Tiexin grabbed her and pulled her into the cabin.
Creak, creak—the Ferris wheel slowly began to turn, and the cabin slowly rose.
Inside the cabin, Youyou and Shi Tiexin sat facing each other without speaking. The atmosphere was subtle.
As the cabin ascended, Shi Tiexin was the first to break the silence. Looking out the window, his gaze deepened slightly. "A few days ago, when I parted ways with Brother Fa, he asked me several questions that left me confused."
Youyou asked, "What questions?"
"He said, selling drugs is wrong, but does that mean other wrongs besides drug trafficking aren't wrong? Isn't making and selling counterfeit money wrong? Isn't arms dealing wrong? Aren't casinos and nightclubs wrong?"
Youyou fell silent for a moment, then said, "Then... what did you think?"
"I remembered something from the past." Shi Tiexin looked at Youyou, and the sense of time and space being out of joint grew ever stronger. "Back then, I was still in high school, and a school bully used to pick on me."
"Pick on you?!" Youyou gaped. "What kind of school bully with three heads and six arms could bully you?!"
"He didn't have three heads or six arms. He was just an ordinary person, but I was weak back then too. Later, I began practicing martial arts. Since I was a genius, I progressed at breakneck speed. Before long, I gave him a brutal beating in the boys' restroom, shoved him into a urine bucket, and forced him to transfer schools and flee."
Youyou lightly applauded. "Swift vengeance for old grudges. Nice!"
"Nice as it was, the aftermath came soon enough. That bully's parents had some influence, and they found a way to have me arrested."
Youyou lowered her voice. "Was that