Faced with the scene where everything he had hoped for had come true, Jiang Yuan already felt dazed. Yet when that voice sounded beside his ear, his entire body stiffened.
It was as if someone had thrown a basin of cold water into his mind, making him shudder as his whole body went rigid.
His gaze became somewhat vacant, as though all the celebration and cheering around him had turned into nothingness.
It was not until the person speaking to him patted him on the shoulder that he came back to his senses.
"Why did you suddenly freeze up? Say something."
Hearing the voice beside him, Jiang Yuan jolted and abruptly turned his head.
"Y-you... what did you just say?"
"What did I say? I said a lot of things. What's wrong?" The man's expression instantly turned puzzled as he spoke with a smile.
Beside them, several other comrades who had once fought alongside him also came over.
"What did we say? Come on over. Stop thinking about unhappy things; today is your celebration banquet."
"Stop dwelling on the past every day. Your memories have given you post-traumatic stress. From now on, let's look ahead!"
Jiang Yuan:...
Jiang Yuan remained silent as they pulled him over to a seat. Even he had forgotten how he had gotten there.
A sentence seemed to keep echoing in his ears.
—"Abandon all fantasies. Live on, and face the things you don't want to face!"
For some reason, whenever he tried to recall those words, someone beside him would interrupt and pull his thoughts away.
Yet the more that happened, the more determined he became to remember them.
His gaze drifted toward the person who had first said those words to him, only to find that person smiling broadly. But he remembered that when