Chapter 1020: Chapter 36: Enchanting Mists and the Clarity of Water’s Reflection (Part 3)_4
“Oh right, braces girl. I rembered another thing, do you dislike the Church because you’ve witnessed their wrongdoings or because you don’t get along with your mom?”
“This has nothing to do with my family!” Putana said angrily, “These are my political views! I’m a common person, I have public figures I support, I share the sa views as them…”
“Or maybe you’ve accepted their views?” Shiyu Ling said.
“I’ve really seen hypocritical clergy mbers, earlier this year a priest went to jail for pedophilia.” Putana tried hard to prove her point.
“Such people definitely exist.” Qin Qianbai said, “I’ve also seen other clergy mbers. There was an old priest who fought robbers in a bank, and another who works part-ti as a doctor, often handling ergency calls for free, only charging a small fee.”
“I…” The high school girl instinctively wanted to continue arguing, but from the calm expression of the girl in the front seat, she realized that arguing when emotional was pointless. So she closed her eyes and pondered, wanting to calm herself down and persuade others with reasoning and evidence, just like in a group discussion.
“Don’t rush, it’s not a debate, there’s no ti limit on your speech.” Shiyu Ling said with one hand on the steering wheel, the other adjusting the car’s air conditioning, a pure white daffodil blossod on the car roof, infusing her words with magic. “Think about what you really want.”
Qin Qianbai was observing the girl’s state. At first, Putana seed drowsy, like she just woke up, and after pondering in confusion for a long while, her eyes gradually cleared up. She picked up her phone and started reviewing the dense chat history, from which Qin Qianbai deduced that the girl’s “pen pal” was likely an online friend she t on social dia, whom she had given a nicer title to.
“…Sorry.” Putana said, rubbing her head, “Can I try a few more tis? I want to…take another look.”
“As many tis as you want, she’s got Empire skills, never tires.”
Qin Qianbai glared fiercely at the female driver. “She knows Zero Island karate, especially good at digging holes.”
Putana listened to them bickering and chuckled a few tis. The Sky Clear left the proper road, speeding across the mud-like terrain, Qin Qianbai casually threw a few short arrows in random directions, only to receive swampy feedback without exception.
“I think only a small portion of the land can have special foundations built on it.” Qin Qianbai said, “They’ve all been turned into those tall mushroom-like houses, just like those towns.”
Putana looked quite dejected, curling up in the back seat, a layer of misty fog covering her eyes.
“What should I do?” she said helplessly, “I just realized today that I’m even dumber than those kids I used to mock.”
“Why are you asking ? I’m a magic princess, not your mom.” Shiyu Ling smirked, “Ask your mom.”
“She’d laugh at to death, she’d pull my dad and my sister in to laugh at too.”
“Compared to being loudly mocked by your ‘pen pal’ after getting scamd, this really sounds like a nightmare you’d never forget.” Shiyu Ling comnted, “Anything worse?”
“Yes, we’re actually traffickers of lost children, lulling girls into a daze every day and smuggling them to the backward small countries in the Southern Ocean islands.” Qin Qianbai joined in the banter.
“Really scary, how much is the market price per pound over there?”
“About 300 Kerrys, probably.”
“Prices are really high these days.”
The two reckless adult won laughed loudly, making the high school girl in the back seat so angry that her face turned red.
“You guys are really an!” she said, “Thanks.”
“Just laugh at your own luck for not encountering real traffickers.”
After another thirty minutes of speeding, they arrived at the next town (Near Lake Town), Putana got out of the car and hid in an alley to call her family. From her expression, her conservative Church-going mom must have berated her thoroughly. After getting scolded, she wiped her tears and handed the phone to Shiyu Ling, the woman’s voice on the phone was brisk and stern.
“My foolish girl was in your care. Give a bank account number, the Supre God will surely bless you, and as a re mortal, I want to express so motherly gratitude.”
“No need for that, I was dumber than her when I was young.” Shiyu Ling told her, “Just a little incident during a road trip.”
They left Putana at the entrance of a small motel in Near Lake Town, the female high school student was particularly confused as she said goodbye.
“What should I believe in?” Putana sought their advice, “If my stance and views are false, should I really follow the Church school’s teachings and be a conservative traditional person?”
Qin Qianbai looked at this girl with no support, as if seeing herself when she first went to the City of Skies. This period of young people always has a similar lancholic temperant, feeling trapped in so kind of inescapable abyss, their speculation and views feeling like the highest mission beyond all trivial matters. They excel at creating troubles for themselves, weaving confusion for themselves.
Qin Qianbai recalled the preaching of a gray-haired teenager back in the day, and couldn’t help but smile. She sincerely suggested, “Why not start by learning to think independently?”
Putana pondered over this sentence, her heart suddenly steady, feeling that she seed to truly understand sothing. She eagerly waved, wanting to wish them a safe journey, but realized that the beautiful car had already gone far away, with those equally beautiful passengers driving into the mist.
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