After being discharged from the hospital, Zhao Ji felt as if the whole world had changed. She couldn't say what was wrong, but everything seemed strange.
She boarded the bus home. Half-asleep and groggy, she heard a voice say, "Everyone, wake up. Don't go back to sleep just yet. We'll reach Mount Qianluo in about two hours. I'll keep this brief so you can catch up on your sleep."
"I know you chose the six o'clock morning departure to avoid the crowds. So let's briefly go over the route up the mountain. There are three levels of cableway in all. The ticket we bought includes the first-level cableway. There aren't any famous sights between the foot of the mountain and the first cableway, so you can take it without worrying about missing anything."
"For the second and third cableways, it's up to your stamina. If you're in good shape, you can climb. If you aren't, but still want to reach the summit, you can buy tickets for the second and third cableways yourselves. But keep in mind that taking them means missing some famous sights, such as Beauty's Gaze and the Skin-Peeling Corpse..."
Zhao Ji's brows furrowed as she lay there with her eyes half-closed, the gentle woman's voice still slipping into her ears.
"Remember, this bus leaves for the return trip at five in the afternoon. That means if you don't take the second and third cableways, you need to start heading down by one-thirty at the latest. We'll leave for the city at five sharp. If you miss the bus, you'll have to make your own way back."
The voice stopped, and Zhao Ji fell asleep again. She hadn't had a good night's sleep in a long time. A lunatic had shared her hospital room and dragged her into mad dashes down the corridor every night. She couldn't beat them, so she had to put up with it. Now, at last, she could sleep peacefully.
From the moment she was shaken awake to the moment she was thrown off the bus, no more than two minutes passed. Zhao Ji rubbed her eyes and looked ahead. She froze. Wasn't she on a bus home? Where the hell had it taken her?
Her first instinct was to go back and pound on the bus door. But when she saw the large character for "life" written on it in some unknown red liquid, she lost her nerve and pulled her hand back.
Forget it. I'll just pretend I'm here on vacation.
Notes:
1. The male lead appears less often in the early chapters.
2. The heroine has two "personalities."
Theme: Keep fighting bravely even when you're in dire straits
