Chapter 344

"Mila."

"Mila, over here! This way!"

"Mila!"

A woman dressed in deep crimson robes walked through the night, the faint scent

of incense drifting around her. The distant calls echoed through the darkness, swirling closer and closer, drawing her forward.

The night was thick and heavy.

Step by step, she moved ahead, drawn toward the voices.

They grew clearer-closer.

But just then, a sudden weight yanked at her arm. Metal clanked loudly. She looked down and found, without knowing when or how, a heavy chain had coiled around her wrist, its weight and pressure pinning her in place.

Where had this chain come from?

She glanced around, but the world had vanished into utter blackness. The mountains, the stony path-gone, swallowed by the dark.

Out of nowhere, a child's laughter rang out behind her.

"One, two, three... Heaven! Hahaha, I made it to heaven-I win!"

Startled, she turned.

landing triumphantly on the last one labeled "Heaven." She threw her arms up in victory, while several other children nearby clapped

light flickered out-then

her age as they wove friendship

girl jumped rope next, and-again-she

then flared up

sitting at her desk. At the front of the classroom, her English

whole class erupted

the girl beamed,

scored in the top ten nationwide to enroll

light faded

ragged to bright, her steps from hesitant to sure. She fought her way forward, carving a path through thorns and

of herself blossom beneath the warm light. Her chest ached

one day, the

for seven

pressed in for what felt like forever. Suddenly, the light blazed back. Under its glow stood

each

smile. She strode forward, grabbed the heavy chain on Mila's wrist, and gave it a sharp yank-the chain shattered with a

rained down

younger Mila pointed at her and burst out laughing,

felt light as

sense of freedom. Looking up, she saw her younger self laughing with wild joy,

pointed at her and shouted, "No

curled into a trembling

"Yes. We are winners."

shared a look-one young, one

understood the words of that strange

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