Rebellious Game C27.1

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Chp27. part1

The plane crash and the train derailment happened on the same day. The incidents caused a massive uproar, and the internet was flooded with opinions.

“If they’d just used steel fasteners, none of this would have happened! Now that people are dead, shouldn’t the civil aviation company take responsibility?”

“Stop just saying ‘the civil aviation company.’ Its full name is ‘Civil Aviation Company,’ which refers to an entire industry. If you’re so brave, list the specific company’s name so we can blacklist them and avoid it.”

“Frequent flyers for business are terrified. I desperately need a blacklist too. +1.”

Some even remarked, “Hasn’t something been off these last few years? Natural disasters, man-made catastrophes, accidents happening one after another… I’d believe it if you told me the world was ending.”

“About the train incident—if the steel plate had killed someone right away, wouldn’t the train have stopped immediately? Then so many people wouldn’t have died later.”

This comment threw a stone into a still pond, sending ripples of shock through the online community.

Others replied in disbelief: “What are you talking about? After the incident happened, only Kyle ran to find the conductor and demanded the train stop!”

“So what? The other passengers didn’t care, and no one is saying they deserve to die. Kyle was the only one running around trying to save everyone on the train, yet some people are even hoping his wife or child dies. Does he deserve to sacrifice his own family just to save a trainload of people?”

“This isn’t a math problem! I want to save those innocent lives, but the price shouldn’t be another innocent person.”

“Don’t think you’re a genius at math just because you’re so good at weighing human lives. One day, you might be the one sacrificed!”

The argument escalated, with everyone talking over each other.

Someone attacked Kyle from a different angle. “If he wanted the train to stop so badly, why didn’t he just pull the emergency brake himself? Weren’t there news reports about passengers accidentally pulling it? If the conductor wouldn’t agree, he could have just gone and done it himself.”

Others retorted, “The fact that it gets pulled by accident means ordinary people don’t even know where it is… Have you ever driven a train? Or are you just daring enough to mess with things you know nothing about?”

“Kyle found the loose metal plate and ran off to pull the emergency brake. So, if I see a few screws fall out of the train in the future, am I supposed to run off and pull the emergency brake too?!”

“Do you think he could just pull it if he wanted to? Setting aside whether he even knew how, there were so many staff members on board. Wouldn’t someone have stopped him?”

“Pull the emergency brake, save a train full of people, and then enjoy a seven-day trip to prison?”

“I know you’re eager to save people, but aren’t you placing too many unrealistic expectations on an ordinary person? If he couldn’t prevent the accident, are we supposed to blame Kyle for not being able to scale walls, for not being a superhero, or a secret agent?”

***

Someone was cursing the train conductor: “If that stubborn old bastard hadn’t been so pigheaded, the train would have stopped long ago. Nothing would have happened, and the passengers wouldn’t have died.”

Others replied from below: “You’re arrogantly blaming someone who was in the dark, judging them with the benefit of hindsight. If you were in his position, there’s a 90% chance you wouldn’t have been able to predict a mass casualty event.”

“You’re only saying that because you know the train crashed. What if it hadn’t?”

“The conductor was just following railway regulations. If you think that’s wrong, blame the regulations, not the person strictly following them. If he’d ignored the rules and something went wrong, he would have been the one held responsible.”

The argument eventually devolved into a shouting match.

Yun Xin glanced at the comments one last time before closing the page and going to bed.

After a night in a five-star hotel and a buffet breakfast, Lin Qin had indeed arranged a private car.

Before getting in, his expression was grave as he asked Yun Xin, “How are you feeling right now?”

Yun Xin replied, “…Just get in the car.”

“No bad premonitions?” Lin Qin pressed.

Yun Xin ignored him and got into the car first.

Lin Qin nodded to the bodyguard. “Looks like riding in the car is fine.”

If this weren’t his client, Brother Zhao really wouldn’t have put up with him.

The three of them sat in the car. As the driver focused on the road, Lin Qin began to speak. “I thought about it all night yesterday, and I feel like something is off.”

“What’s off?” Yun Xin asked.

“Is it possible for two major disasters to happen within a single day?” Lin Qin immediately followed up with another question, “And is it reasonable that I was present for both of them?”

“What else?” Yun Xin retorted. “Before a disaster strikes, does it knock on your door and ask, ‘Have any other disasters visited recently? No? Then I can come in without worry.’ Or, ‘Yes? Just left? Then I’ll come back another day’?”

Lin Qin was speechless.

That’s basically what he means, but why does it sound so strange coming from her?

“Disasters occur randomly. It’s not impossible for them to occasionally coincide,” Yun Xin said calmly. “You can’t refuse to accept the truth just because the probability is low.”

“How can you be so calm?” Lin Qin couldn’t understand. “You clearly told the conductor to stop the train yesterday! If he had just listened to you, you could have saved those people. It was just a tiny difference—how can you not feel frustrated?”

“If they can be saved, they can be saved. If not, they can’t,” Yun Xin said, her outlook clear and detached. “Fate governs all; we have no say in it.”

Lin Qin, who had always believed that human will could conquer fate, was speechless.

He turned to the bodyguard, hoping to find strength in his reaction, only to see Brother Zhao nod in agreement. “Though you couldn’t save them, you did your best.”

Lin Qin couldn’t help but doubt himself. Am I the only one who feels regret, frustration, and sorrow over not saving those passengers?

“Am I the weird one?” he muttered. “I only survived because of your warning, yet I desperately hoped you could convince the conductor to save them too.”

“Kindness isn’t a mistake,” Yun Xin said casually, gazing out the window. “But excessive kindness can become a heavy psychological burden. In life, knowing when enough is enough is what matters.”

Brother Zhao nodded in agreement again. “Exactly.”

Lin Qin was completely bewildered.

Yun Xin gazed out the window, her thoughts drifting. If I blamed myself every time I failed to save someone, I wouldn’t have survived this long, she mused.

How could anyone have a hundred percent success rate?

Even when I reached out to help, some people just sneered and ignored me.

You save who you can. If you can’t… you can’t.

Blaming yourself for failing to save someone… she could only conclude that excessive kindness was a sickness in itself.

“By the way,” Yun Xin said after a moment, remembering something, “how well do you know Lu Lei?”

Lin Qin’s ears perked up, sensing gossip. “Well! Why? Do you have a crush on him?”

Yun Xin met his gaze and stated firmly, “I already have someone I’m interested in.”

“Oh…” Lin Qin’s enthusiasm instantly deflated. “Then why are you asking about Lu Lei?”

“How do you two know each other?” Yun Xin asked curiously.

“He applied for a designer position at the company. I took a liking to him, so I hired him,” Lin Qin replied.

“Do you think there’s anything unusual about him?” Yun Xin asked again.

Lin Qin thought for a moment. “Does being super strong count?”

Meeting Yun Xin’s bewildered gaze, he explained, “I figured a shut-in like Lu Lei would definitely be out of shape. But one day during our lunch break, I saw him lifting a barbell! I don’t know how much it weighed, but it looked heavy, and he was lifting it like it was nothing.”

Just then, Brother Zhao asked, “So you’re getting close to Lu Lei…”

“To learn his fitness secrets!” Lin Qin’s eyes shone with longing. “I want to be able to lift a barbell that heavy too.”

A vein throbbed on Brother Zhao’s forehead.

Yun Xin could tell he wanted to hit him, but was holding back.

At first, Yun Xin had thought Brother Zhao was a tough guy.

But after spending more time with him, she felt he was becoming more like a ‘boy mom’—a full-time babysitter whose job was to keep a problem child from causing trouble.

The problem child, Lin Qin, was completely oblivious to anything wrong. Instead, he argued his case with conviction, “It’s true! Everyone else has to build muscle before they can lift barbells. Lu Lei is so thin, yet he’s that strong—he must have a trick. Once I get on his good side, how could he not tell me?”

“If I were strong enough to protect myself, I wouldn’t need a bodyguard everywhere I go!”

As he spoke, he shot a side-glance at Brother Zhao, his dissatisfaction plain to see.

Brother Zhao turned his head away, deciding that what he couldn’t see wouldn’t bother him.

As expected, hiring a private car meant no more unexpected incidents.

Lin Qin was thrilled. “This time, we’re definitely good to go!”

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