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"": "Luo Feng had returned.
Zhong Zhicheng was beside him.
Before they knew it, the morning sun had climbed into the sky. The weather was pleasant, and the breeze was gentle.
Zhong Zhicheng had not packed anything.
He looked dazed.
Ever since Qin Que and that group of grotesquely deformed people had arrived at Cabinet Mountain Village, events in the village had gone beyond his expectations and control.
Luo Bin's appearance, Qin Tianqing and Zhang Yunxi's involvement.
Luo Feng and Gu Ya's return.
Gradually, Zhong Zhicheng had come to feel that Cabinet Mountain Village was slipping out of his control.
The rules were still there, and they still seemed able to restrain certain people and provide some measure of safety, but in truth, so much had changed.
That morning, while Zhong Zhicheng was still walking the roads and beating his gong, Luo Feng had found him. What he had said left Zhong Zhicheng stunned even now.
Was he really leaving the village, just like that?
No, leaving the mountain-leaving Cabinet Mountain for good!
For the moment, Zhong Zhicheng had merely taken in the information. Numbly, mechanically, he followed Luo Bin, but he had yet to think through whether he actually wanted to leave.
In the past, he had wanted to escape countless times. Now that he could truly leave, he was afraid instead, shrinking back.
If he left, what would happen to everyone in the village?
Where would the village place its hopes?
He had once been the villagers' hope.
Was he going to abandon them?
Zhong Zhicheng knew perfectly well that Qin Tianqing could not take everyone away. He knew even better that Luo Feng had approached him solely out of regard for their years of friendship.
Zhong Zhicheng was utterly torn.
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