By the time the sun was directly overhead, Lan Ying had reached the checkpoint.
A staff member held out his hand to her.
She hurriedly pulled a certificate bearing a red stamp from her pocket and handed it over.
That man had given her the certificate.
He had said there wasn't enough time to get one issued for her, so she could borrow his buddy's younger sister's for now.
Above all, she was the only one he trusted to handle this.
He had also told her the checks here were just a formality. If anyone did ask, she only needed to say she was Zhang Afen.
Lan Ying had happily agreed.
She had hardly ever traveled anywhere or seen much of the world.
The first time she left the mountains, she was abducted by human traffickers, had her face disfigured, and nearly lost her life.
The second time, it was because she was forced to marry a thug...
But perhaps her luck had begun to turn this time.
She had met Ning, who had rescued her from the thug's control.
And she had... met that man, too.
Such a handsome man.
Even more handsome than the men in the movies.
He had looked at her and smiled.
He had even stroked her head and told her she was a good girl.
Just one extra glance from him made her heart pound as though it would leap out of her chest...
He didn't mind the scars on her face. He had even said a hospital in Harbor City could treat them.
He had said that once his injuries healed, he would take her back to Harbor City to have her face treated...
She felt... as though she were dreaming.
Her good days were finally coming, weren't they?
As the staff member