However, Ye Shiyu in front of him shook her head at Yan Huan's words,

"It's okay... I'm surprised that Xiao Huan is willing to trust me. After all, I've made many mistakes before...

"The modifier stems from our desires, which not only harmed us but also hurt Xiao Huan... and yet we still need Xiao Huan to resolve it..."

Her words caught the attention of Yan Huan, who had been deep in thought, causing him to inevitably look up at Ye Shiyu.

He saw her press her lips together, then suddenly look up at Yan Huan and softly say,

"All along, it's really been hard on you, Xiao Huan."

"..."

Yan Huan stared blankly at Ye Shiyu in front of him, unable to speak for a long time.

He found it hard to describe his feelings, only feeling a sudden difficulty in breathing.

It wasn't until a while later, when Ye Shiyu tilted her head in confusion at his lack of response, that Yan Huan snapped back to reality.

He smiled wryly, shaking his head and saying,

"Dying once does change things, huh..."

"Death? What death?"

However, hearing Yan Huan's words, Ye Shiyu pressed her lips together, becoming nervously worried.

"Hmm?"

Seeing Ye Shiyu growing more puzzled, Yan Huan blinked.

Then, he seemed to realize something.

"..."

He said nothing, just looked down at the six rings on his hand.

"Xiao Huan?"

"It's nothing..." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Yan Huan shook his head, just looking at the worried Ye Shiyu in front of him, and spoke,

"I just suddenly...became a bit worried about you."

"...Me?"

...

...

"Rumble!!"

At Linmen, it was still raining heavily the next day.

Despite the flashes of lightning, the entire Linmen remained gloomy, even during the daytime.

"Beep beep..."

In a room at the very end of the top floor of Ye International's staff dormitory, the independent bathroom's lights were off, but the door was tightly shut.

"Rumble..."

"Ugh...it's...so scary..."

As the thunder grew louder, behind the drawn shower curtain in the locked bathroom, a black-haired girl with her hair in disarray widened her eyes and trembled as she hugged her knees at the edge of the bathtub.

It was none other than Ye Shiyu.

In her arms, she clutched tightly onto the jellyfish keychain that Yan Huan had retrieved for her.

"Beep beep...beep..."

The ringing of her almost-depleted phone beside her made Ye Shiyu look over in fear.

Seeing the "Mom" note on the screen provided her terrified heart with a slight relief.

She stared intently at the bright phone, hesitated for a long while, and then slowly reached out her hand to grab it,

"Hello? Shiyu? Where are you?"

"Mom..."

Ye Shiyu sat in the bathtub expressionlessly. Even though the door was locked and the shower curtain was drawn, she remained extremely frightened, unable to utter a complete sentence.

"..."

On the other end, Ye Lan, at the hospital, heard her daughter's immensely trembling voice and realized her daughter's condition couldn't be good.

So, she took a deep breath and still persuaded,

"Today is Xiao Huan's funeral. Almost everyone he knew has come. After a simple farewell, he will be cremated today... Won't you come to see Xiao Huan one last time?"

"Cremate...cremation?"

Upon hearing "fire," Ye Shiyu shrank back further in fear.

She bit her index finger's nail and instinctively shook her head.

But...

The next moment, the scene of Yan Huan pushing her away and getting hit by the ambulance flashed in her mind.

"..."

That scene haunted her like a nightmare.

To the extent that, even sitting dumbly in the bathtub, a tear inevitably fell from the corner of her eye.

"Shiyu? Shiyu?"

On the other end, not hearing any sound from the phone, Ye Lan called out once more.

"Sh-sha sha..."

Hearing this, Ye Shiyu's pale face slowly returned to her senses.

She didn't respond, just blankly tossed the phone into the bathtub.

"Clang..."

"Shiyu?"

Then, she stared at the locked shower curtain beside her.

Immediately, Ye Shiyu gritted her teeth and shakily reached out to grab the shower curtain, as if about to stand up,

"Xiao Huan...

"I'm...I'm coming to find you...

"Once I find you...we can hide together...and then...you won't...

"won't get hurt, and won't...won't die...ugh...ugh..."