[I come from the most peaceful country on the distant Blue Star.
The blood flowing through my veins is red.
My country, too, rose from hardship.
If my comfortable life is built on the suffering of others,
I’m sorry, but I... can’t accept that.]
Xie Qiao transmigrated.
That wretched Heaven tossed her into an interstellar world.
The bad news: Technology here is highly advanced, but society is grotesquely distorted, with 99% of the wealth controlled by 1% of the oligarchs.
The good news: Her adoptive parents are powerful people, so she doesn’t have to suffer the hardships of life at the bottom.
Even better news: Her parents love her, and she has a few close friends. She has no regrets in life.
She thought she could live out her days in this world in peace.
And surrounded by such tender familial and friendly affection, she gradually let go of her wish to return to her homeland.
Until she saw the housekeeper kick a person in ragged clothes to the ground and order the guards to point a laser gun at their head.
The person trembled, whether from pain or fear, yet still forced themself to kneel before her and beg for forgiveness. "S-Sorry... my lord, I’m sorry..."
She stumbled backward in horror.
When she got home, she complained to her parents about the housekeeper’s cruelty.
But they smiled at her with helpless affection and said, "Qiao Qiao, the housekeeper was only looking out for you. Who knows what diseases those people are carrying? If you got sick, there’d be nothing the housekeeper could do."
She couldn’t understand. She protested to her friend.
But her friend replied, "Qiao Qiao, instead of wasting your time worrying about those lowlifes, why don’t you pay more attention to me?"
She was stunned.
Only then did Xie Qiao truly understand the gulf between herself and them.
[If family, friendship, and love can all be sustained by feelings,
then how can you ever bridge the gulf between your beliefs?
I’m not from this interstellar world, so I can’t look on indifferently when ordinary people are abused.
If that’s the case, why not turn this messed-up society upside down while searching for a way home?]
Please note:
1. The heroine’s growth is a gradual process. She isn’t invincible from the start.
Theme: Only by breaking free from the cocoon can you become a butterfly; only through rebirth can you rise again
