Ning Ke froze.
But he soon understood.
What had to come would come, after all.
Since Lou Yunxiao had guessed all those identities of his, how could he possibly overlook even the slightest clue in what Ning Ke had just said before Heaven's Way?
"I'm not from this world."
Leaning against the door, Ning Ke spoke those words, and his heart lurched into his throat. He had no idea what effect his confession would have on Lou Yunxiao.
But he had to be honest. Completely honest.
He could not keep deceiving him.
It was unfair to Lou Yunxiao.
All this time, he had never considered Lou Yunxiao's feelings.
Step by step, he had filled in the plot, healing Lou Yunxiao and fostering his growth at his own pace.
Yet he had never wondered whether Lou Yunxiao, caught in the heart of this maelstrom, wanted him to do any of it.
So this time, he would tell Lou Yunxiao the whole truth.
About himself, and about this world.
At that thought, he clenched his fingers and continued.
"Although this world truly exists, its original framework was actually just an unfinished novel."
"And you, Lou Yunxiao."
Ning Ke told him, "You're this world's protagonist, a protagonist who was once controlled and toyed with by the plot."
"The novel written by an author from the Great World brought the small world known as the Qianyuan Continent into existence. Some of its many disasters arose from the world's incompleteness, while others came from the interference of the Deity and the Great Demon."
"Lou Yunxiao, I had an utterly selfish motive for approaching you from the very beginning."
"I was using you to bring myself back to life in the Great World."
"So whether I was Older Sister, A Ke, or Mingxin, all that closeness,