The Return of the Scapegoat

Hua Yin, masked and shrouded, found himself stifled once more. Each interaction with Gu Lan left him feeling an unsettling frustration. However, as Hua Yin, concealed behind his mask, saw Gu Lan truly preparing to depart, he halted her progress at the doorstep. "Hey," he called out, "I too once had a name, my name is Wan Peisan. You see, when I was born, owing to an exceeding of birth quotas, I was fined three hundred units. Hence, I was christened with this name. My parents, they sold me too, for three thousand units, breaking even in the process."

Gu Lan, upon hearing this, lapsed into a brief silence, then raised her hand and gestured, "Very well, I shall remember, Sansan. May you transcend desires and become a master of your own destiny through intellect."

Gu Lan was poised to visit the village she had set ablaze before, a place where Hua Yin had once resided. There, she hoped to find traces of Hua Yin...