"Shiyu, how is it, do you like it?"

"Haha..."

"Yes, I love it! Thank you, Mom, thank you, Dad!"

In the darkness, a faint, warm voice drifted by, catching Ye Shiyu's attention.

She raised her eyes and saw, far off in the darkness, a faint light appearing as if from the other side.

That is...

Ye Shiyu stared blankly and saw a happy family of three standing in the distant light.

There, a couple stood with doting smiles on their faces, standing on either side, each extending a hand to hold the little girl's hands in the middle.

The little girl had black hair, wore a sunny smile, and seemed to be in a newly bought princess dress, carefree and jumping around.

Held by both her parents' hands, she could joyfully swing like on a swing, without worrying about falling.

"..."

Staring at the light on the other side, in the darkness, Ye Shiyu instinctively reached out her hand, wanting to chase after it.

She ran forward with all her might, reaching out her hand to chase that light.

"Click..."

However, after running for a long time, when she was already very close to that warm other side...

A sudden voice of Ye Zi AI's ethereal electronic female voice came from behind her.

"Stop, ahead is a bottomless cliff."

"!!"

At the sound, Ye Shiyu was slightly startled, her lifted leg suspended in mid-air.

She dumbfoundedly looked down, but saw nothing in the darkness.

It was only when she gently put down her foot...

She finally felt that there was no more road ahead.

"..."

With wide eyes, she looked up, gazing at the warm light of the other side.

The family of three was still there...

Seemingly within reach.

But Ye Shiyu gritted her teeth, still unwilling to give up.

She fixed her eyes on the other side, trying to get around the cliff in front of her.

Continuing to run into the darkness in a different direction...

As long as she studied well, was sensible and obedient, made her parents proud...

She could definitely...reach there...

She could definitely...reach such a future.

"Buzz..."

"No more road..."

"Buzz..."

"There's also a cliff ahead here..."

"Buzz..."

"This road is blocked..."

"Buzz..."

"Ha...ha...ha..."

In the darkness, Ye Shiyu stood in place exhaustedly.

She stared with wide eyes, still blankly gazing at the seemingly reachable other side.

Until that other side, like a high-speed train long waiting for her on the platform but never arriving, slowly left her sight...

Everything fell back into darkness once more.

And now, Ye Shiyu stood in place...

Seemingly having forgotten how to run.

Seeming to fear the cliffs hidden everywhere in the darkness.

After all, she had been running for so long, in so many directions...

Thus, she lowered her eyes, staying where she was.

"..."

Until, after a long time, another train slowly approached in that other side.

"Sister Shiyu..."

Ye Shiyu slowly lifted her head, looking forward.

Vaguely in the night, she saw a bus stop.

A boy with a backpack waited inside for the last bus to the South District.

He seemed to have noticed her standing in the darkness, and gave her a slight smile,

"Be careful on your way back, Sister Shiyu, send me a message when you get home."

"Thump...thump...thump..."

Once more, in a world of darkness, Ye Shiyu welcomed the second light.

That light slowly entered the station on the other side, watching Ye Shiyu with a smile.

"..."

This made her feel the desire to pursue once more.

She instinctively lifted her leg, wanting to run...

But this time, she even forgot whether to step first with her left leg or right.

"Buzz..."

"The future, so like walking on thin ice..."

Just at this moment, a phone flew to her side.

It shimmered with a purple light, mapping out a pathway before Ye Shiyu at the edge of the cliff.

"Let me help you... With me, you can directly reach that distant other side..."

"..."

Ye Shiyu dazedly looked at the ghostly purple light bridge appearing above the cliff, fearfully taking her first step.

"Step..."

At the station, when Yan Huan said those words, Ye Shiyu should have said something...

But she didn't, she just raised her phone, trying to directly reach the light.

"Step..."

In the classroom, when Yan Huan accidentally saw the adult websites on her computer, Ye Shiyu could have explained...

But she didn't, she just raised her phone and erased Yan Huan's memory.

"Step..."

At the Ye Mansion, when Yan Huan stayed over again, she could have invited Xiao Huan for a date, chatting...

But she didn't, she just raised her phone and attacked Yan Huan at night.

"Step..."

With each step forward, Ye Shiyu was above the endless cliff, moving closer to the other side.

But that light of the other side grew farther from her.

"..."

Ye Shiyu frowned, pursing her lips, glancing at her phone.

She...

Perhaps had taken the wrong path again.

Maybe she should turn around, take another route, and cross this cliff.

So, pursing her lips, she turned, deciding not to rely on the phone's light, but to search in the darkness like before.

"Where are you going, Ye Shiyu?!"

"..."

Ye Shiyu didn't reply, she just continued to turn back.

"Step..."

Inside the weaving classroom, the evening light shimmered with the scene of her and Xiao Huan weaving embroidery.

"Step..."

In the mall, Bai Yi puffed out her cheeks looking at Ye Shiyu learning light makeup in front of the mirror.

"Step..."

In the bookstore, Yan Huan watched as Ye Shiyu shielded her face with a notebook, her eyes widening slightly.