Was he... worried about me?
The moment that thought surfaced, Ah Yin's heart inexplicably clenched.
[Li Yifei: If you have nowhere to go, you can come find me in Heaven Dou City.]
[Li Yifei: Maybe I can help you.]
Help you.
Those two words were light and airy, yet like a beam of light piercing through endless darkness, they shone directly into Ah Yin's heart—a heart already riddled with wounds, cold and lifeless.
She stared at the message on the screen for a long time without moving.
Her fingertips hovered in the air, trembling, as though it took all her strength just to touch that illusory keyboard.
After a long while, she finally typed a single word.
[Wind Blows Rain Hits: Okay.]
That one word had exhausted all her courage.
Yet after sending it, an even more practical and cruel problem lay before her.
What state was she in now?
A Blue Silver Grass stripped of its soul rings and Soul Bone, barely maintaining its life form as it took root in an unknown cave, clinging to life.
Forget going to Heaven Dou City—she could not even move an inch.
The spark of hope that had just been kindled was ruthlessly doused by the icy water of reality.
She parted her lips, wanting to ask for help, but the tangled emotions of pride and inferiority kept her from typing even a second word.
She had already troubled him too much.
Inside the cave.
Seeing Xiao Wu's crying gradually subside until only soft sobs remained, Li Yifei reached out and gently rubbed her fluffy Rabbit Ear.
"It's okay now. As long as I'm here, no one will ever bully you again."
His voice was not loud, and his tone was calm, yet it carried a power that soothed the heart.