I'm called Zheng Yun.

I was born in the belly of a peasant woman when I was eighteen.

Carrying the memories of my past eighteen years.

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Chen Feng is my real brother.

He is ten years older than me and has been studying abroad since I can remember.

As brothers, sometimes we don't see each other for a whole year.

Unexpectedly, we ended up here, becoming neighbors who spend time together day and night.

Two people who were born on the same day... people with "destiny".

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His background is not much better than mine. After his birth parents died here, he relied on the support of relatives to get by.

I ended up with a gambling addict father, but I also had a mother who loved me.

After my father couldn't pay off his gambling debts and was beaten to death, life for my mother and me actually improved quite a bit.

But misfortunes always find the unfortunate.

My mother fell ill, and I couldn't even afford to buy herbs.

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That old Taoist has come before.

At first, he lured me with a smile.

Then he threatened me with a fierce look.

Finally, he gave me an ultimatum, using both soft and hard approaches.

I agreed, and I swallowed that pill containing insect eggs.

I knew that this world had gone mad, and I was prepared to go mad along with it.

But now I see a different kind of vitality.

In this decaying world, there are living people.

She stared at me, pretending to be fierce, and told me not to move.

In fact, I was bound and couldn't move at all.

Let alone... moving recklessly.

"Do you want to escape?" I looked at her.

"In this disgusting world, can we escape?" she asked me in return.

I pondered for a moment and gave a relatively conservative answer.

"Follow me, and I'll protect you until I die."

She looked me up and down, and then lowered her gaze, lost in thought.

Finally, she nodded.

"Okay, I'll follow you, Lu Ling."

"No matter where you go, I'll be there."

"Until death, you must protect me."

I agreed and made a solemn vow in my heart to fulfill it.

This is the first time in my life that I've made a promise to someone else.

She believed it even faster than I said it.