The girl sat on the floor for a long time, staring at the paper as it turned to ash without leaving a trace. That feeling of despair came over her again.
She gave up and tossed the notepad aside.
I felt the gloomy aura disappear and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
If I couldn't save her, I hoped she could reincarnate normally instead of being destroyed by me.
The girl looked at the hair hanging down over her chest. As she watched, her clothes changed too, becoming exactly like the outfit Goddess Yan had worn in the video.
She giggled and went to the living room.
Her living room was very large. Maybe the apartment had originally had three bedrooms, but someone had torn down half a wall and turned one of the rooms into a small parlor.
There was a piano in the parlor.
The girl walked over to it, lifted the cover, smoothed her skirt, and sat down on the chair.
She began to play the very song Goddess Yan had played in the video.
After a while, the beautiful melody grew halting.
It wasn't that she'd forgotten the tune. She'd just lost interest.
Her hairstyle and clothes returned to normal. After her hands struck a heavy note, she went completely still.
A long while later—
Knock, knock!
Someone knocked at the door.
She turned to look at it.
"Is this the right apartment?"
"I remember this is the one. Didn't we come here together back then?"
"Yi Huan! Yi Huan!"
A girl's voice called from outside.
The girl's tears streamed down her face.
"Try calling her again," someone said.
A phone buzzed inside the apartment.
"It's on, but she's not answering."
"She turned it on, so she must have seen the messages in the group chat,