Night fell so quickly… The sounds of insects filled the entire forest, and the campfire flickered in everyone’s eyes. Some laughed and chatted happily, while others sat there glumly… After a whole day on the road, the fourteen of them had managed to avoid any real danger. Most of the time, it had been close calls. Once they’d overcome their fear, the group gradually began to feel more at ease.
“Yueye, come on… call me big brother…” While everyone chatted happily, Du Shengjie gave Yueye a cheeky grin, looking thoroughly unserious.
“Who’d call you big brother, you jerk!” The blue-haired little girl turned her face away… Her long blue hair fluttered in the air.
“Um… Yueye… could we talk about something?” Wang Tong looked completely serious… He hesitated, as if he had something important to say.
“What is it? Go ahead.” Yueye turned her face slightly and fixed her pale blue eyes on Wang Tong. Her perfect features left him staring for a moment.
“Um… be my girlfriend… I promise I’ll treat you well.” Wang Tong spoke with a solemn expression, as though he’d just fought a huge battle within himself.
“Are you serious, Wang Tong? You’re not joking?” Yueye gave him a disdainful look when she heard him, but then realized he meant it.
“…I’m serious…” Wang Tong looked completely earnest… His expression made Yueye feel a little flustered.
“……” Yueye lowered her head, as if thinking about something…
“…I’m sorry… I don’t like guys… And don’t joke around like that, either! That kind of joke isn’t appropriate. If you do it again, I’ll get mad!” Yueye gave him an apologetic smile… She was deeply conflicted. She didn’t know if that was the right way to respond, but it was the truth. In her previous life, she’d been a boy, and the thought of it made her feel sick. So she’d added that it was a joke, giving Wang Tong an easy way to save face…
“Hahahaha! Wang Tong, did you hear how seriously Yueye answered you? You got rejected!” The people watching burst into laughter. After what Yueye had said, no one took Wang Tong seriously. They all thought it was just a joke.
“Wang Tong… you just got shot down…” Du Shengjie and Su Lin patted him on the shoulder, teasing him.
“Wang Tong… you and Yueye used to be closer than anyone. What’s this, trying to take advantage of her now? Our little Yueye won’t have it…” Zhu Yue hugged Yueye, looking wary.
“I was joking… You should’ve seen Yueye’s face… I’m dying!” Wang Tong suddenly burst out laughing… He clutched his stomach and rolled around on the ground. But only Yueye and Wang Tong knew what had really just happened… He still held on to a faint hope that Yueye had answered him that way because she’d thought he was joking.
“……” Yueye buried her face against her body… and said nothing.
“All right… It’s getting late, and everyone’s tired. Get some rest… I’ll keep watch first, then we’ll take turns.” Su Lin glanced at the sky and spoke to everyone, who were still basking in the warm atmosphere.
After traveling all day, Yueye quickly drifted off to sleep…
In her dream, Yueye felt a hint of warmth, surrounded by endless white.
“Where am I…?” Yueye found herself in a white space… In the blink of an eye, she had turned back into the white-haired, red-eyed little girl.
“…Little sister…” Yueye heard the voice and tried to turn around… only to realize she couldn’t move at all. It was as if she were merely an observer, looking out through the eyes of the white-haired, red-eyed little girl. She could feel the girl’s emotions and thoughts, but couldn’t control her…
“…Little sister… It’s not right to go down to the lower world all by yourself without telling your big sister…” The girl standing in front of her puffed out her cheeks in a huff… Concern showed in her pale violet eyes…
“Big sister… please, just let me go down and have a little fun…” Yueye realized that the owner of this body had begun to plead with her sister…
“I never said you couldn’t go… But you should at least let me and your big sister Black Moon know…” The purple-haired girl looked angry…
“I know I was wrong…” Apology showed in her red eyes…
“Sigh. I really don’t want you to go, but children have to grow up. You’ve made up your mind… and you should have learned what I needed to teach you by now. It’s time. Go… You have a hundred thousand years. If you haven’t come back by then, I’ll come and drag you home myself!” The girl sighed… and stroked her little sister’s white hair.
“…I understand…” Yueye replied guiltily.
“Big sister… I’m off!” The white-haired little girl Yueye was inhabiting waved to the girl…
“Be careful…” The girl’s voice grew fainter and fainter.
Suddenly, the scene before her was swallowed by white mist… When Yueye could see again, she was high above the ground, tens of thousands of meters in the air… She had become a blue egg. It tore through the clouds at incredible speed, plummeting toward the ground.
“World authentication complete… Confirmed: entering hibernation until this soul arrives…”
A Kongling voice sounded in Yueye’s ear…
But before Yueye could react, a strange symbol appeared in the air… Suddenly, a tremendous force of suction pulled at her. Everything went black in an instant, leaving only a point of light that kept drawing closer…
As the point of light drew nearer, it grew larger and larger, until it became a luminous portal… Yueye shot out of it. The place before her was familiar… Earth.
