In this place where time stood still, Li Ang and Second Sister gazed at each other.
He seemed to be imprinting every detail of Second Sister's appearance into his mind.
"What are you thinking about?"
Second Sister asked gently.
"You."
Li Ang answered frankly, though he didn't say everything.
He wanted to carry Second Sister into a room and then...
But Second Sister understood.
She didn't mind what Li Ang was thinking. Instead, she smiled softly. "If you've had your fill of looking at me, I should be going."
"How could I ever have my fill?"
Li Ang said regretfully.
Unfortunately, Second Sister was informing him, not asking.
They could have stayed here forever, since time had no hold over this place.
But...
Second Sister had her own duties.
She was bound by the laws. Otherwise, the world would have fallen into chaos long ago.
She beckoned to Margaret, who walked straight over to her.
It was Margaret's soul.
She didn't recognize Li Ang and looked at Second Sister with some fear.
At that moment, Margaret herself knew what she had seen.
She was dead.
She was still so young, yet she had already died.
Overcome with despair, she cried out to Second Sister, "How could you be so cruel? I'm still young!"
"I didn't do anything."
Second Sister wasn't angry. She knew how people felt at a time like this.
She had experienced it herself.
"Your story had already come to an end in the Book of Fate, Margaret."
"Don't be afraid."
Second Sister comforted her gently. "A person's fate is written before they're even born, but death doesn't mean the end."
Margaret didn't listen. She just kept crying.
Second Sister didn't grow impatient. She patiently soothed her.
"Thank you."
After a while, Margaret spoke to Second Sister. She