The entire game used a reverse-chronological narrative.
Basically, all the players understood that.
With their hearts full of questions, time continued moving forward.
To the night before Liva and Johnny got married.
Dressed in formal attire, the two leaned against the Lighthouse, gazing at the moon and chatting.
And on that very day, the Lighthouse received a name—Anya.
Beneath the moonlight, Liva and Johnny climbed to the top of the Lighthouse.
In the reflection of the lantern light, Johnny and Liva's shadows were cast upon the wall.
By moonlight, Johnny earnestly taught Liva how to dance.
From night until daybreak.
A gentle, soothing piano melody flowed like a stream alongside their dance.
Filling the entire game with romance.
The game's visuals might not have been all that outstanding.
But with its music and atmosphere, the scene felt incredibly romantic and beautiful.
"Good grief, they danced all night!"
Dong Zhen said with deep feeling.
It had to be said that, for the moment, the questions lingering in his heart had been temporarily cast aside.
Because at least at that moment, even a grown man like him could feel something called romance.
The next day arrived. Before Anya, the now-named Lighthouse, Liva and Johnny officially became husband and wife.
On the way to the wedding festivities, Liva saw a little white rabbit that had been struck dead. She looked somewhat sorrowful, but also a little strange.
However, Johnny did not notice anything.
"So, was that why Liva kept folding paper rabbits later on? But what was the connection?" Dong Zhen was confused.
But he could not make any sense of it.
The story continued.
Everyone at the wedding was very happy, but Dong Zhen noticed another detail.
At the wedding, Johnny's mother called him by a different name.
Johnny's friend Nicholas also seemed confused in the game.
Johnny's reaction, however, was natural. He explained that it was his grandfather's name, and that his mother used Joey as his nickname in remembrance of him.
"Joey? I reckon there's definitely something going on with that name!" Dong Zhen narrowed his eyes.
Time moved forward bit by bit.
It reached the period when Liva and Johnny had been dating before their marriage.
At that time, they were spending time at a racetrack.
Riding galloping horses around the grounds, Liva and Johnny played and laughed.
This had been the doctor's recommendation—perhaps horseback riding could help ease Liva's condition.
Like most couples deeply in love, they shared all kinds of intimate moments.
At the same time, the players finally learned what illness Liva had, confirming their earlier guesses.
"Asperger's Syndrome—that's Liva's illness?" From the clues in the notes, Dong Zhen finally learned the name of Liva's condition.
But he had never heard of it before.
He glanced at the bullet comments, and the livestream chat was clearly just as baffled.
"Patients with this condition display symptoms such as difficulty with interpersonal interactions, difficulty with verbal communication, noticeably rigid behavior patterns, and stubborn insistence on certain unusual, meaningless routines and rituals."
"It really is exactly the same."
It suddenly made sense. If she had this condition, then Liva's strange behavior from before could be completely explained.
Her behavior had been explained, but the meaning behind those actions still had not been answered.
At that moment, Dong Zhen was still full of curiosity.
Curiosity about Liva and Johnny.
What did the Paper Rabbit represent? What kind of story did Liva and Johnny share? Why did Johnny want to go to the moon so badly?
By this point, he had been playing for nearly two hours.
Yet why did Johnny want to go to the moon? Why was Liva willing to give up her life just to finish building that house where Anya could be seen? Why did she keep folding Paper Rabbits throughout her married life and asking Johnny about them?
None of these questions had been explained at all yet.
As the story continued, it arrived at Johnny's teenage school years.
During that time, he met Liva.
And Dong Zhen noticed something—the Platypus.
During high school, Liva always carried that Platypus with her.
The plush toy seemed to hold some important significance for her.
And it was also the medium through which Johnny first struck up a conversation with Liva.
With the help of his friend Nicholas, Johnny was pushed toward Liva, who was crouched on the steps reading, and made to talk to her.
'Hello!'
'Uh... hello...'
'Can you hear me?'
Standing before Liva, Johnny looked a little awkward.
Then, at last, Liva spoke: 'Yes.'
'Then why didn't you... never mind... Um, that Platypus is really cool.' Johnny desperately searched for a topic to start a conversation.
Liva merely put down her book, glanced at the Platypus beside her, then returned her gaze to the book.
'Uh... what are you reading?' Johnny continued searching for a topic.
'A book... a book.'
'About Platypuses?'
'No.'
'Oh... I, uh, I think that's nice too.'
Johnny looked extremely awkward. Clearly, he felt that Liva was simply too aloof.
Judging by her behavior, Liva at that time really was not very likable.
She could even be called cold and detached. Even through the screen, people could feel just how awkward Johnny had been.
And how freezing cold the atmosphere had been.
But through the game's reverse-chronological story, everyone understood that this was not the real Liva.
She was only like that because she had Asperger's Syndrome.
'Lighthouse!' After being silent for a while, Liva spoke, interrupting Johnny at just the right moment.
'This country has preserved a total of sixteen Level 2 Fenrir Lens Lighthouses. Nine of them are located along the coast, and one of those was converted from an old kerosene lighthouse.'
'Oh, is that what you were reading? Well, actually... I wanted to ask, would you like to watch a movie with me?'
'Don't know.'
'That's okay. I can wait for you to think about it.'
'Can't think about it.'
'Why?'
'No date, no time.'
'Um... then how about eight this Saturday? Would that work?'
'Yes.'
Instead, this made Dong Zhen feel even worse as he played, and he even felt a little heartbroken.
As a normal person, there was simply no way to truly understand all of this.
To be honest, he could not personally comprehend just how much pain Liva in the game must have been in.
How painful must it have been to want something in her heart, yet be unable to accurately express it through words or actions?