It was bad enough that the system had turned him into a child-it had even brought his father's likeness into the Instance...
Unlike the memories in the Veil of Eternal Night, this time, Li Xian saw the system's actions as nothing less than a provocation.
And its intentions were anything but good.
After "Li Yuanqing" left, silence settled over the house again.
After his parents died, Li Xian had put everything at home in order and applied to live in the school dorms. Unless it was a long break when students weren't allowed to stay, he never went home. Once he left for university in another city and later entered the workforce, the apartment had become completely unoccupied. He only returned occasionally to clean away the dust.
The reason was simple-Li Xian couldn't sleep here.
Whenever those familiar surroundings and smells enveloped him, memories of the dead would come flooding back unbidden, and Li Xian would suffer uncontrollable stomach pains and insomnia.
It wasn't as though he hadn't tried to desensitize himself. He had simply lasted two days before fleeing.
...So was that why the system had set up the rooms like this?
Li Xian averted his eyes from the furnishings and turned toward the window. It was the only place that differed from his memories.
His home was on the twelfth floor, while this place was on the ground floor.
The scenery outside was different, too. A row of houses of uneven heights stretched across his view. It looked like he was in a small town.
The unfamiliar scenery outside helped Li Xian calm down considerably. He went to the door to open it, only to discover it had been locked from the outside.
Instead, Li Xian climbed onto the back of the sofa, which finally let him reach