This was actually said by Electrolux when he was counseling Xuan Xiao.
Though Xuan Xiao claimed it didn't matter even if he never went back, could that really be true?
He actually kept the place he could never return to on his mind all along, and that was what drove him into a dead end.
As someone who had been through it all, Xuan Xiao's partner, and someone Xuan Xiao even regarded as half an elder, Electrolux was uniquely suited.
He never used a lecturing tone to teach Xuan Xiao any grandiose principles.
Instead, he used his own lived experience to tell him that some things had to be let go even if one couldn't, and a person always had to move forward in life.
Those words seemed meant for Zhu Zhuqing, but were they not also meant for Xuan Xiao himself?
He entered the inner room, leaned against the wall, and let out a long breath.
Zhu Zhuqing stood in place, her fists clenching and unclenching.
She looked up toward the inner room, her gaze carrying something unclear and indefinable.
Ning Rongrong leaned over and whispered a question.
"You... are you okay?"
Zhu Zhuqing took a deep breath, the corners of her mouth twitching into a very faint arc.
"I'm fine."
She turned and walked toward the shop's exit, except her pace was much lighter than when she had arrived.
Ning Rongrong quickly chased after her, still chattering away.
"Hey, wait for me! You haven't told me whose family you're from yet!"
Xuan Xiao simply plopped down, staring blankly at the ceiling.
He was tired, truly tired.
That kind of tiredness wasn't physical; it was in his heart, as if something was pressing down on him, making it hard to breathe.
How long had he been in this world?