The little theater in her mind began to change again.
This time, an unfamiliar man was holding an even more unfamiliar baby.
"Come on, baby, call her Grandma Hua..."
The scene flashed. This time, it was the street where her home stood. A coffin was being slowly carried out, while several middle-aged people stood around it, talking among themselves.
"I never expected Grandma Hua to pass away. I heard that the man she loved when she was young had long since found someone else, gotten married, and now had children and grandchildren. So Grandma Hua never married in her whole life."
"Ah, Grandma Hua was such a wonderful person. She watched all of us grow up..."
"If you ask me, Grandma Hua's life was truly such a pity... and truly so miserable..."
"Who could deny that..."
"—I don't want that!"
Fu Hua Compatibility -10%
Liu Bai: "?|"
Thump! Thump! Thump!
"Phew... phew..." Hua leaned against the headboard, breathing lightly.
Good thing it was only her imagination. It wasn't real...
A nightmare. It was simply the scariest nightmare she had ever had in her life.
Fu Hua Compatibility +10%
Was this Compatibility messing with me? Going up and down like that.
Or was this system broken?
"Hua... stop banging your head against the headboard."
The corner of Liu Bai's eye twitched. Why did this scene feel like something he had seen somewhere before?
Even the final words were exactly the same.
Hua's forehead had turned red, but at least it was not bleeding.
"You can tell me if something's wrong."
"It's nothing. Teacher Liu, you're worrying too much."
Hua instantly returned to her usual calm and composure.
"I just empathized with Dr. Mobius a little too deeply and lost control of my emotions for a moment."
"...Then all I can say