"I originally wanted to drive him away, and now he's left on his own. Isn't it a win-win situation?"

"I've caused Xiao Huan so much trouble. Now that I'm far away from him, isn't it a win-win situation?"

"But..."

"Mother seems in pain, after all, she's been waiting for him for so long..."

"Why does my heart ache so much now?"

"Forget it..."

"Even if I feel miserable, it doesn't matter... I have hypnosis anyway..."

"Even if... I chase after him, can't do anything... it doesn't matter... Anyway, I just want to share... my thoughts with Xiao Huan..."

"..."

In the isolation of the mirror, Ye Shiyu stared standing still, her eyes narrowed.

She lifted her head, just like that night, looking towards the door.

Then she hurriedly got up and moved her feet.

"Pitter-patter..."

Outside the hotel, Yan Huan had already walked to the phone booth, dialing a number based on memory.

He didn't remember many numbers, but definitely remembered Sakuragi Hitomi's.

However...

Previously called from the funeral home to Ye International, the situation was so severe, whether Sakuragi Hitomi brought the phone was a question mark.

Doesn't matter, I'll try calling first...

"Beep..."

Yan Huan dialed the number, quietly staring at the sea.

"Rustle... rustle... rustle..."

Yet, before the phone could ring, what reached his ears first was the sound of feet on the sand beside him.

"?"

Yan Huan hesitated slightly and turned his head to look.

There he saw Ye Shiyu standing amidst the diminishing rain, outside the station on the pier, staring directly at him.

Her black hair was messy, and her clothes were damp...

Her eyes were slightly red and moist, conveying emotion through her gaze.

"Sister Shiyu?"

Seeing the scene, Yan Huan slightly lowered the phone and spoke in confusion.

"..."

Hearing his words, Ye Shiyu's eyes flickered as if she wanted to say something.

"Do you want to leave together?"

"..."

She clenched her phone tightly, hesitating, but her faint voice was lost amidst the sea breeze and rain, vanishing without a trace.

Yan Huan could only put down the phone and approached Ye Shiyu.

"Sister Shiyu?"

As Yan Huan moved closer, she was startled and stepped back directly, sitting on the sand.

"Thump!"

"Oh..."

"..."

Yan Huan paused in place, just about to look at her face...

However, just as his gaze was about to meet hers, Ye Shiyu suddenly raised her phone, holding it against her face.

The phone tightly covered Ye Shiyu's face, just like countless times when she initiated hypnosis, occupying her entire face.

But at this moment, the phone was completely out of battery, thus pitch black.

As the phone blocked her face, preventing Yan Huan from seeing her, she seemed to finally breathe and gained the ability to speak...

A trembling voice suddenly came from beneath the phone,

"Why..."

"Sister Shiyu?"

Beneath the phone, her voice gathered into a murmuring question,

"Why... can't I say anything... why..."

"..."

"Just like the first time at the station, it was like this... Clearly, Xiao Huan had already said such things to me... Clearly, I also wanted to say something to Xiao Huan in my heart..."

Ye Shiyu lowered her head as her voice gradually grew louder,

"I wanted to tell Xiao Huan that I was sorry... I wanted to tell Xiao Huan that I wanted you to stay... 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"But why...

"Without relying on hypnosis... without using the modifier, I couldn't tell Xiao Huan anything..."

Listening to her words, Yan Huan's eyes grew larger, clearly shocked.

But Ye Shiyu continued speaking,

"Clearly, I was just jealous, wanting to be closer to Xiao Huan, wanting to date Xiao Huan, wanting to hold hands and kiss with you...

"But why couldn't I say it, and instead had to use hypnosis to command Xiao Huan to do such things?!

"Clearly, I was just afraid, afraid of repeating my mother's mistakes, afraid Xiao Huan would change his heart, so I didn't want you near other girls...

"But why couldn't I tell you directly, and had to use hypnosis to try to drive others away..."

In front of her face, the phone screen reflected Yan Huan's face.

And beneath Yan Huan's face, droplets of crystal gathered.

Those weren't Yan Huan's tears.

"..."

Seeing this, Yan Huan hesitated for a moment.

Then he took a deep breath and slowly walked towards Ye Shiyu.

"Rustle... rustle... rustle..."

Step by step, he walked out from the platform, entering the rain.

Then he crouched down, crouching in front of the kneeling Ye Shiyu.

He reached out slowly and grasped the phone in Ye Shiyu's hands.

"Hum..."

The phone, gripped by Yan Huan, moved away from Ye Shiyu's face.

A little bit of light traversed past her phone, revealing beneath it, her tearful and shrinking face.

Just like many times behind the hypnotizing phone, beneath her expressionless face...

Her true face.

"Oh..."

At this moment, feeling the phone leave her face, Ye Shiyu instinctively lowered her head, ashamedly trying to hide from everything.

Like a lost, injured little animal, she could only curl up, cautiously eyeing the approaching human.

Neither Yan Huan's gaze nor the outside light...

Once the phone left her face, she couldn't say another word, only leaving behind sobs.

But at this moment, Yan Huan's voice suddenly came through,

"If you can't say anything, then hypnotize me."

"!!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Shiyu's eyes couldn't help but contract.

She, with tearful eyes, raised her gaze to the boy in front of her.