The day after Feng Qi left.
Evening.
Dark clouds churned across the sky as a light rain drizzled down.
Xiao You cried until her eyes were red and swollen. She fainted from crying several times, only to wake up and burst into tears again.
She curled up in the corner of the Training Room sofa like an abandoned kitten, her heart filled with unease and fear.
To Xiao You, Feng Qi's departure was like the pillar holding up the sky suddenly collapsing.
Xiao You knew Feng Qi had long intended to do this.
Even though Feng Qi had laid the groundwork beforehand, Xiao You had always avoided the issue and refused to accept the cruel reality of his departure.
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"Waaaah... Boss."
Overcome with grief, Xiao You had not eaten anything all day.
No matter how Zhang Daowen comforted her, Xiao You remained trapped in her sorrow, unable to break free.
This differed from the despair she had felt over Feng Qi's death at the end of the previous Sacrifice Timeline.
This time, Xiao You's sorrow was more the dejection and confusion of being abandoned. She had completely lost her sense of direction for the future.
Every living being had its own purpose.
Some struggled for their people, some worked for wealth, some pressed onward for the continuation of life... Whether driven by selfish desires or a greater cause, every life inevitably had a goal.
Xiao You's goal had been to remain by her boss's side forever.
She could calmly accept starving during the journey to godhood without food, and she could readily accept traveling back more than a century... but she could not accept a world without her boss.
Without her boss, Xiao You felt