Chapter 1453: Chapter 428: Pincer Offensive

"Ye Shiyu, what exactly happened before..."

It was night, inside Wang Yulu’s villa, several hosts did not leave but instead sat in the living room with unpleasant faces, staring at Yan Huan’s black and white photo that showed a smiling face.

Just one glance was enough for An Le to turn pale and cover her mouth, retching.

At that moment, she was clearly agitated, just like the day she saw Yan Huan’s body in the hospital morgue.

But now, she no longer had the modifier that echoed her emotions and desires, and thus she only appeared fragile, not terrified.

Wang Yulu had cried herself out and went to the master bedroom to rest. The hosts who hadn’t left and were still in the dark proactively offered to keep vigil for Yan Huan, getting a chance for an emergency meeting.

"..."

Upon hearing Sakuragi Hitomi’s question, Ye Shiyu’s eyes were empty, and she mumbled,

"I don’t know either, my memories just feel... so chaotic...

"I distinctly remember him suddenly appearing and asking us to give up the modifier. But after that, he just suddenly disappeared...

"Yet somehow, I feel like he’s still alive..."

Listening, the confusion on their faces deepened.

Clearly, they all felt exactly the same as Ye Shiyu.

But everyone had their own conjectures about the cause of all this,

"Bai Yi... whether it’s Xiao Huan or the disappearance of our modifier, it should all be related to Bai Yi..."

"I just went to investigate, Bai Yi has been missing ever since she severed ties with her mother Zuo Jiangqin..."

"But we must find her! Are we to just let Xiao Huan be like this..."

"But we don’t have the modifier now..."

The chattering birds and piglets cast shadows in those crystal-clear sky-blue eyes, while the owner of those eyes was still looking around...

Next, she showed a puzzled look.

Then she softly spoke,

"Where did Yan Huan disappear to?"

"Huh?"

Aria’s voice wasn’t loud, but it instantly quieted the atmosphere in the living room.

"Then... where is the President?"

"Um... in the past..."

"..."

At these words, Sakuragi Hitomi covered her face, and Tong Yingying even laughed in exasperation,

"Spencer, we really don’t have time to mess around..."

"No, I really mean it."

"?"

Upon hearing Aria earnestly repeat herself, the smile on Tong Yingying’s face gradually faded.

Perhaps they all knew, Aria wasn’t the type to lie casually.

And since she said so, it meant she genuinely felt that way.

Sakuragi Hitomi became serious and put all her hopes on Aria, eagerly asking,

"Aria, exactly what did you see?"

"Um... it feels so hard to describe..."

When she tried to describe what she saw, Aria’s little face scrunched up.

Well, Aria could only say...

After thinking for a long time, her eyes suddenly brightened as if she had thought of a brilliant description,

"It’s like, uh... now, the entire world seems like the state that appears after long pressing inside a phone!"

"?"

Everyone was bewildered, staring blankly at Aria as if to say "What are you talking about?"

"Look!"

Upon seeing their reaction, Aria became anxious, quickly taking out her phone.

Inside, there were unclassified, messy apps.

And Aria pointed at the screen and said,

"This is what the world was like before Yan Huan almost died and Bai Yi returned to the past, which is its original normal state!"

Then, she suddenly long-pressed an app.

Instantly, all the apps on the desktop began to shake, with a "cross" appearing at the top right corner.

"Then, after Bai Yi started going back in time, the world turned like this...

"She and Yan Huan were like diving into the phone’s desktop, dragging stuff everywhere inside and altering what was originally on the desktop..."

As she spoke, Aria started dragging various apps, moving them to different places, even deleting some directly.

"Then it became the way the desktop looks now, which is different from before..."

Consequently, it turned into a desktop that’s different from its previous appearance.

But...

All the apps were still shaking, and there was still a cross at the top right, indicating it hadn’t exited editing mode yet.

"Ugh..."

Everyone looked at Aria, who seemed to sigh in relief as if she’d finished explaining, full of confusion.

Only Sakuragi Hitomi furrowed her brows, seemingly understanding Aria’s meaning.

Immediately, she pointed at the phone screen and said,

"If we say this state is Bai Yi entering the phone... or using the modifier to time travel...

"Then conversely, since she’s gone now, it means she’s still in the past, and everything happening in the world hasn’t fully set...

Saying this, Sakuragi Hitomi extended her finger again, touching Aria’s phone screen.

She performed the opposite operation, moving the apps Aria had shifted back to their original places, also bringing back the apps she had deleted.

Then she said,

"So, if we can do something like this, we surely can bring the President back."

"..."

After Sakuragi Hitomi spoke, the venue fell silent again.

Clearly, still a bit perplexed.

At this time, Ye Shiyu held her chin, following Sakuragi Hitomi’s line of thought,

"But, the reality isn’t as simple as Aria touching the phone; anyone can touch it.

"Don’t forget, Bai Yi traveled through time using the modifier...

"We don’t have the ability of the ring finger, and now we don’t even have the modifier, how can we bring Xiao Huan back?"