I practiced my spirituality alone in Hong Kong.

Ocean Park Hong Kong was a key construction project in Hong Kong at the time.

In Hong Kong Island, where land is extremely valuable, the government generously allocated an 87-square-meter seaside hill in the southern part of the island free of charge as the site for Ocean Park.

After Ocean Park was completed, Governor MacLehose personally cut the ribbon and presided over the opening ceremony.

Hong Kong's elites from all walks of life attended the event to offer their congratulations, demonstrating the importance the Hong Kong British government placed on the Ocean Park project.

Ocean Park lived up to expectations.

After its completion, it became the largest marine park in Southeast Asia, gaining fame at home and abroad and attracting a large number of foreign tourists and foreign investment to Hong Kong.

Li Chang'an rode a mountain-shaped bicycle to take Wen Zhilan to the entrance of Hong Kong Ocean Park.

Perhaps because it's summer vacation, even at noon, there are still many tourists, including many blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners.

Because this ocean park was just built this year, this was Li Chang'an's first time here.

He looked at the entrance to Ocean Park, which resembled a white cruise ship stranded on the shore.

The words "OCEAN PARK" are written in white on a blue background.

Its Chinese name, "Xiangjiang Ocean Park," is written in very small print below its English name.

During the British colonization of Hong Kong, official and commercial signs were primarily in English, with Chinese as a secondary or even negligible feature.

This is the result of the efforts of some insightful people to strive for reform.

Over the past two decades, the first-generation paper identity cards of Hong Kong locals were even entirely in English, with no Chinese characters allowed, including names.

Hong Kong residents' Chinese names must be in the form of alphabetical pinyin to appear on their ID cards.

Furthermore, professions such as lawyers, doctors, engineers, and government officials, which offer upward mobility for ordinary people, have their learning and work processes entirely in English.

For ordinary Hong Kongers to have a decent job, English is indispensable.

This also reflects Britain's cultural hegemony over its colonies.

But Hong Kong is already fortunate, because Chinese culture has a strong vitality, which allows the people to at least still retain the culture and language of their homeland.

Many culturally weak countries, such as those in Africa and South America, have seen their native cultures and languages ​​largely disappear after being invaded and colonized by imperialism, both officially and among the common people, transforming themselves from the inside out into the shape of the colonized state.

After World War II, many colonies were ostensibly "liberated," but those colonies that had been exploited were simply unable to support themselves after leaving their masters.

Therefore, most of them tend towards chaos and collapse.

After all, the cultural spine was broken, and the nation's culture at its core has been completely transformed into the legacy of a colonial empire.

How can a nation with a servile mentality possibly have a chance to rise?

Young man, you are reminded of the things that foreign demons did after they invaded the Central Plains, and your heart is filled with mixed feelings.

However, the way of Heaven operates not in a straight line but in a winding, spiraling upward path; after adversity comes prosperity, and the future will surely be bright. [Primordial Qi + 0.01]

"Don't just stand there, Li Chang'an, come inside with me."

Wen Zhilan waved her little hand in front of Li Chang'an to bring him back to his senses.

She then took his hand and led him into the VIP fast track.

Under the resentful gazes of tourists who had queued for half an hour without getting into the Ocean Park, the two entered the park hand in hand.

Ocean Park is planted with tropical flowers and trees such as flame trees, coconut trees, and palm trees.

Looking towards the distant mountaintops, you can see the famous mountain cable car overlooking the sea, as well as the amusement park's high-altitude rotating swing chairs, roller coasters, and bungee jumping tower, and you can faintly hear the screams of tourists.

Seeing Wen Zhilan looking around with curiosity, Li Chang'an asked:

"Has the class monitor never been here before?"

Wen Zhilan nodded.

"This is my first time here too, because I used to think amusement parks and the like were boring."

"But it would be really interesting if I were with Li Chang'an."

As she spoke, she lowered her eyes slightly and glanced at her watch.

Actually... she despicably lied to Xing Ning about something.

That means they told her the wrong time, and that she would come to Ocean Park an hour later.

An hour earlier.

Li Chang'an is hers now.

Wen Zhilan took a deep breath, suppressing the bitterness of betraying her friend and the inexplicable, trembling excitement that shouldn't have appeared in her heart.

I'm sorry, Xingning, after you come back, I will give him back to you completely.

From now on, I will always restrain myself from keeping my distance from him... This is the punishment I deserve for my greedy desires.

But before that, please let me cherish this last time I can be with him without restraint.

"Squad leader, what are you thinking about?"

"No, I wasn't thinking about anything."

Wen Zhilan looked up with a bright smile, took his hand, and walked towards the aquarium.

"Let's go for a walk first!"

The aquarium at Ocean Park has a light-colored exterior wall with a huge floor-to-ceiling glass wall embedded in it, making it look like a transparent dragon palace from a distance.

Furthermore, to ensure a better visitor experience, the aquarium operates on a queue system, allowing visitors to enter in batches.

Therefore, even though it was summer vacation with the most tourists, it was still very quiet inside after Wen Zhilan brought Li Chang'an in.

Under the warm blue light, Wen Zhilan watched with great interest the fish gathering and dispersing in the curved viewing glass.

But it is precisely at this moment that one feels peaceful and relaxed.

A sudden, jarring noise made her frown.

In front of the aquarium viewing corridor, a pair of adorable twin children ran and laughed.

Meanwhile, they kept banging on the glass, scaring away the fish, as if they were competing to see who could scare away more fish.

The constant banging sounds continued; this aquarium viewing corridor was designed to be rather narrow for the sake of atmosphere.

The noise of people banging on the glass has completely disrupted the peaceful and healing atmosphere that the place was originally meant to be.

The twins' mother stood not far away, playing by herself, showing no intention of going over to discipline her children.

A young couple nearby were annoyed, and the girl stepped forward and told the mother to control her child.

The somewhat overweight woman wearing glasses immediately turned hostile and said:

"Weren't you once a child? How can you be so narrow-minded? You can't even stand seeing children playing here."

"This is a public place..."

The girl was so angry at this accusation that she turned red in the face and began to argue with the other party.

Wen Zhilan sighed softly, losing interest in staying any longer. She tugged at Li Chang'an's hand, preparing to go out with him first.

Li Chang'an shook his head, "Wait a minute, class monitor."

Wen Zhilan watched in confusion as he picked up a few small pebbles from a potted plant nearby.

"What are you doing...?"

"Let me show you a joke."

Li Chang'an put a finger to his lips to signal Wen Zhilan to be quiet, and then silently bestowed upon her the title of "Forest Shooter".

With a flick of his finger, tiny pebbles shot out into the air.

The older of the twins suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck. He cried out in surprise and glared at his younger brother behind him:

"You stabbed me!"

The younger brother was playing enthusiastically by banging on the glass when he heard his older brother's voice. He looked completely bewildered and said, "I didn't."

The older brother snorted angrily and turned his head away, not wanting to talk to him anymore.

But the next moment, another sharp pain struck, even more painful than before.

The older brother shouted, "You dare stab me again!"

"I don't!"

The younger brother felt that the other party was making trouble for no reason, and he got angry too.

After the argument started, the twin sugar babies immediately began to fight.

Seeing that a fight had broken out behind her, the bespectacled, overweight woman, no longer bothered arguing with the young girl, rushed over to pull the two fighting children apart and make them stop.

Li Chang'an seized the opportunity and launched another pebble, which accurately struck the woman's buttocks.

The woman was caught off guard by the pain, and her anger surged to the top of her head.

"You son of a bitch, you dare stab me!"

She turned around and slapped her younger brother across the face, making him cry.

The older brother opposite couldn't help but grin when he saw this.

But before he could laugh for long, another pebble, even heavier, came flying and hit the woman's buttocks again.

The chubby woman with glasses suddenly turned her head and glared at her laughing brother.

"..."

He stopped laughing.