"Then close your eyes and count sheep. You'll fall asleep once you reach 100," Chen Fan said.
"1... 2... 3... 4... 1... 2..."
Chen Fan broke into a sweat. "Why did you start over? At this rate, when will you ever reach 100?"
Himegami Akisa stared straight at the ceiling before suddenly speaking. "I don't know what I should do from now on." Her tone was somewhat dim and lost; it was clearly the truth.
Chen Fan froze for a moment. He remembered that Himegami Akisa was now all alone. Her family had died because of her, and Aureolus, who had once given her hope and a goal, had also been dealt with. It was perfectly normal for her to feel directionless.
"There's no need to think about that," Chen Fan said.
Himegami Akisa paused and turned her gaze toward Chen Fan, wanting him to explain what he meant.
Chen Fan did not look at Himegami Akisa. Instead, he closed his eyes and said, "Who knows what will happen in the future? Leave today's matters to the person you are today, and let your future self handle the future. There's no need to think so much. If everyone kept thinking about what would happen later and later, then the only common outcome in the future after that would be death. If you thought about that every day, how would your present self live? So there's no need, and no point. Just take things as they come. When you went shopping today, didn't you never expect that you'd be short 100 yuan? If it weren't for that 100 yuan, you wouldn't have met me, much less foolishly followed a man like me home. How could yesterday's you have imagined any of this?"
"Eat, sleep, think about happier things, or do something