Yin Ruyun fell silent.
She was pondering a question: could she truly turn back?
Having reached this point, if she were to turn back, could she forge a different path from the one she was on?
She had been deeply self-reflecting during this period.
In truth, she regretted it.
She recalled the time in high school when she studied diligently.
The life she had envisioned back then was not like this.
She, too, had once harbored dreams and was an ambitious youth intending to achieve something significant.
Why had it ended up like this?
Was it because of Su Xiaotian?
No, it wasn't. Ultimately, it was her own problem.
If her own thoughts hadn't gone astray, things wouldn't be like this.
She was still an honorable university student.
Even if she didn't achieve great things in the future, she could at least secure a good job.
In the future, she would have her own husband and children.
In that instant, Yin Ruyun's mind suddenly cleared.
She decided not to get off the train with Xiao Yuanyang midway.
She wanted to return to the capital and re-plan her life.
With two months left until the college entrance examination, she had a foundation. If she worked hard during this time, it wasn't impossible to get into an ordinary university.
Of course, even if she didn't pass this year, she could study diligently for another year and take the college entrance examination next year.
Her youthful years at twenty were worth more!
Su Xiaotian had no idea that Yin Ruyun had thought so much in such a short time.
After returning to the compartment, she handed the water cup to Teacher Xie and chatted casually with her for a few moments.
Not wanting to see Xiao Yuanyang lying on the lower berth opposite her, she climbed directly to the middle berth.
There were very few people on this train. Su Xiaotian felt that encountering them under such circumstances was a karmic debt.
After getting onto the middle berth, Su Xiaotian remembered that she hadn't read much in the past two days, so she took out her books and began to study earnestly.
Su Xiaotian was the type of person who could immerse herself in reading once she started.
By the time Yin Ruyun returned, Su Xiaotian was completely absorbed in her book and didn't even notice Yin Ruyun's arrival.
Yin Ruyun glanced at Su Xiaotian reading on the upper berth and then climbed onto the middle berth herself.
Xiao Yuanyang had wanted to speak to Yin Ruyun, but Yin Ruyun didn't even spare him a glance, which annoyed him.
Was this woman spoiled?
Did she not know who she was relying on because he hadn't disciplined her in the past few days?
Xiao Yuanyang also suspected that Su Xiaotian might have said something to Yin Ruyun when she went out.
After all, ever since Yin Ruyun started following him, she had always been quite obedient.
Even after he had beaten her, a few comforting words would make her compliant again.
Lying on the upper berth, Yin Ruyun began to plan her future.
Over the past year, her life with Xiao Yuanyang had not been good.
However, she felt she had no other path, so she chose to endure.
Stroking the scars left on her body from Xiao Yuanyang's beatings, Yin Ruyun began to count her money and plan her future.
She currently had nearly three hundred yuan. Finding a school to transfer into, spending forty to fifty yuan should be enough, leaving two hundred for living expenses for two months.
After the college entrance examination, with two more months, she could find a job and earn a few dozen yuan.
If she could get into university, she would have two to three hundred yuan. Schooling would be mostly free, requiring only the purchase of small miscellaneous items.
This money, combined with what she earned from working during holidays, would be enough to manage for four years.
Having figured this out, Yin Ruyun finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little more confident about her future.
Xiao Yuanyang looked at the two people on the middle berth, unsure of what to think for a moment.
These two girls had been classmates, but the difference between them was too great.
One only knew how to sleep, while the other was diligently reading.
He couldn't help but feel more disdain for Yin Ruyun, unaware that she was planning to leave him.
Teacher Xie Nan felt tired and lay down.
Watching Su Xiaotian study, seizing every moment, she couldn't help but sigh. There was a reason why this child was good at studying.
It seemed that good students were not only smart but also diligent.