MHMWTTSBATUAS 504: Someone said being born in the lower class is original sin.
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Upon hearing these words, Qin Ruan's face showed surprise, followed by a low chuckle.
"What nonsense! The luckiest thing in my life is having you, Shen Ran, and Zi Lan by my side in the West City. This bond is something I cherish for a lifetime!"
Her voice was soft, and every word weighed heavily.
Su Wang's tone turned slightly solemn. "Then don't say things I don't want to hear. We're brothers; there's no need for excessive gratitude or treating us as outsiders."
Qin Ruan helplessly replied, "It's just a habit of saying thank you to people. It's not easy to change it instantly."
"It seems like you're going through a tough time now."
Upon hearing Qin Ruan's words, Su Wang imagined a series of melodramatic scenes.
It is said that the depths of a wealthy family are treacherous with hidden rivalries. He believed that Qin Ruan's life at home was also unpleasant.
Qin Ruan smiled bitterly but didn't explain.
In this life and the previous one, there were too many people she needed to thank, especially to Hou Yunjiao.
From Su Wang's side, various noises came through the phone.
"That brat is crying again. I'll hang up first."
He explained to Qin Ruan and quickly ended the call.
Qin Ruan tossed her phone onto the table and leaned back on the sofa, lost in thought.
She didn't regret sending Qiao Xi to the West City.
Since Hou Yunjiao was in the United States, he must have already received the news.
If he hadn't stopped it, he must have approved.
Next, she just had to wait and see how Qiao Xi would transform.
...
Time passed slowly.
In the blink of an eye, five days had passed.
Qiao Xi had been living in the West City for five days.
For him, each day felt like a year.
During these few days, he witnessed the darkness of human nature in the lower class. It wasn't just scheming and plotting; it was brutality and violence, a level of malice beyond imagination.
Wherever there are people, there will be conflicts. It is an inherent aspect of human nature.
It's called competition when spoken nicely, but it's a fight when spoken harshly.
The lower class people are more prone to stepping on each other and can't stand seeing familiar faces doing well.
They believe that if others are not good, it means they are good because they constantly trample on each other, which keeps them in the lower class.
This phenomenon is known as the crab mentality, and it's most suitable for the dark West City, where there is no light to be seen.
In the past two days, under the guidance of Su Wang, Li Zilan, and Shen Ran, Qiao Xi toured the West City.
He saw many scenes he had never seen before, challenging his understanding and perspectives.
In the dirty and rundown streets of the West City, people openly fought, forcibly seizing beautiful girls and publicly humiliating and torturing them despite their cries for help.
There were also those who played poker with hair salon workers and refused to pay, the people collecting protection money who violently beat elderly stall owners who couldn't afford it, and the middle-aged men and women merchants who resorted to violence to teach others a lesson.
For Qiao Xi, who had been born into privilege, these scenes were a test of his worldview.
It's not that the upper class society is clean and devoid of dark experiences.
The power struggles within large families and aristocratic households are more intense, but they disguise it well on the surface.
Moreover, they don't argue over trivial matters to the extent of getting red-faced like the lower-class people do.
The upper-class individuals do not prioritize immediate benefits; they prefer a decisive strike to eliminate future troubles, all in order to climb higher.
The crude and brutal nature of the western city challenges people's perspectives.
Their outlook is narrow, focusing only on immediate benefits. They enjoy elevating themselves while stepping on others and fear confrontation with the strong.
Qiao Xi had witnessed firsthand the gruesome scenes they would stage for the sake of slight advantages.
He couldn't understand or comprehend why these people acted this way.
It wasn't until Su Wang told him: "This is the life of ordinary people in the lower levels of the western city."
The people here only value immediate benefits; they do not consider what the future may hold. They create numerous grudges over small gains, leaving themselves with few options for the future.
They love to bicker, and the more they argue, the greater the conflicts become—a vicious cycle.
Their lives are harsh, with no guarantee of safety. They live day by day, with a mentality of getting by.
It is both pitiful and unfortunate, but nobody sympathizes with them. It has become a natural law of survival.
Among the higher-ups in the western city are figures like Jiang Liu, who climbed to their positions by stepping on the lower class. They don't argue over trivial matters like the people below them.
It's because they have a higher vantage point, allowing them to see certain scenes from a greater distance. This is the difference between people.
However, there aren't many individuals like Jiang Liu in the western city.
Qiao Xi asked Su Wang, "Are you and your group the same kind of people? My sister-in-law has lived here for eighteen years, and she's nothing like these people."
Su Wang smiled in response.
He looked at Qiao Xi meaningfully and said, "We all received an education."
Having witnessed countless cases of ignorance from an early age, they understood the power of knowledge.
Over the years, Qin Ruan, Su Wang, Li Zilan, and Shen Ran did one thing right: despite the hardships and difficulties, they persevered in their studies.
Although the western city is chaotic now, Su Wang and the others believe that in another ten years, when this group of people has grown up, they will eventually overthrow those stubborn old folks who refuse to change.
The scenes of violence and bloodshed for petty gains will no longer occur.
At that moment, Qiao Xi realized that Su Wang and the others had such grand ideals.
It wasn't about Qiao Xi criticizing them; he believed that wouldn't solve the root of the problem.
Despite appearing ignorant and like a spoiled child, Qiao Xi had received a high-quality education.
Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Qiao Xi had been taught how to assess and control people from a young age by his family.
He didn't view problems as one-sidedly as Su Wang did.
The western city is like a big melting pot, where ironclad survival rules have been established.
Anyone who survives here for a period of time will be assimilated over ninety percent of the time.
Even he couldn't guarantee whether he would be assimilated if he stayed here for a long time.
Of course, he would never become someone who would sacrifice lives for trivial gains.
At most, he would be like Su Wang and maintain his rationality, observing everything with a cold heart.
His former privileged and self-indulgent mindset would never return.
Qiao Xi remained silent and didn't explain these thoughts to Su Wang.
These questions were too profound, not something that could be explained in a few words.
Nor could the Cabinet intervene or solve the problems of the western city by issuing proclamations.
It would require a significant investment of manpower, resources, and terrifying finances to truly address the problem.
The most important thing is financial power. If you want to change this group of people who cling to the past and only care about their own interests, money is the greatest temptation.
As for those powerful factions in the West City who oppress the lower class, they are easier to deal with than the people below.
In the West City, what Qiao Xi sees with his own eyes is a scene that can never appear in his world.
He remembers someone once said that being born in the lower class is an original sin.
Being in the lower class makes it easier to break the limits.
It doesn't follow the rules, and the harsh life easily exposes the evil within people's nature.
But what is a lower-class person?
Someone who hasn't received any education and lacks a correct perspective on life.
In simple terms, they have no culture and no inherent sense of good and evil.
Are all the people in the West City devoid of a sense of good and evil?
The answer is no.
There are people in the West City, like Su Wang and others, who maintain their rationality.
And they are definitely not in the minority.
They are trapped in this big melting pot and unable to escape, so all they can do is maintain a cold heart and observe everything around them.
They don't have the ability to change.
What they can do is not assimilate with the masses.
They are still growing.
They aspire to grow strong enough to change the chaos in the West City.
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