It was evening.
Hu Liena limped home, clutching her backside. When she saw her older brother already fast asleep in the next room, she kicked his door hard.
Bang!
Xie Yue jolted awake and opened the door, bleary-eyed. "Nana, why aren't you asleep? What's gotten into you?"
"Hmph!"
Hu Liena ignored him and went back to her room.
Xie Yue: "..."
Sometimes he really wanted to report her to the Spirit Hall authorities.
Wait! He was one of the Spirit Hall authorities.
Never mind, then.
Back in her room, Hu Liena posed against the cold moonlight outside her window and took a selfie: her face tilted forty-five degrees toward the sky, her gaze melancholy, a trace of vulnerability on her profile. She posted it to the group with a caption.
[Little Fox Who Loves Teacher Most: A melancholy side-profile selfie beneath the moon (image)]
[Little Fox Who Loves Teacher Most: In the end, I had to bear it all alone...]
[Loves Eating Carrots: ???]
[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: What happened? Why are you suddenly so sad? (curious)]
[Little Fox Who Loves Teacher Most: Tell me, what's the point of living in this world?]
[Loves Eating Carrots: Umm, what's wrong? Did something happen?]
[Li Yuan: Feeling depressed? Where are you planning to do your flying-trapeze act? Send me the address. I'll see if I can get there in time—while you're still warm.]
[Viper-Hearted Big Sister: ??? While she's still warm? What does that mean?]
[Child Without Parents: Wow. I've never met anyone as twisted as you!]
[Li Yuan: Wasn't she about to kill herself?]
Hu Liena drew a deep breath. Goosebumps rose all over her body.
The melancholy and suicidal thoughts she'd felt just a moment ago were instantly replaced by a wave of revulsion.
Who would have thought