"Jean~~ Jean~~ Jeanie~~" Chen Si put on a gloomy expression and floated toward Jean.
"Aaaaaah! A ghost! A ghost!!!" Jean screamed in terror.
"Hey! Calm down, Jean! He's not a ghost. I don't know how he did it, but this really is Chen Si," Connie hurriedly said.
"Jean, you're awfully scared. Have you done something you feel guilty about?" Sasha asked with a wicked grin.
"Chen Si!" A voice filled with suffocating longing rang in Chen Si's ears. The faint smile on his lips crumbled as he lost control of his expression. It was the voice he had yearned to hear day and night.
Chen Si made out the face of the person at the doorway, and powerful emotions surged through him.
"Mi... Mikasa..."
He instinctively rushed toward her.
At the sight, Jean shrank slightly toward the corner. There was no denying it now: Chen Si really had returned.
"Don't tell me Jean really did something he feels guilty about..." Sasha muttered as she watched him.
Tears blurred Mikasa's eyes. She rushed desperately toward Chen Si, wanting to throw herself into his arms, but the two of them passed straight through each other.
Chen Si froze for a moment, while Mikasa rushed desperately toward him again. Again and again, she tried to catch hold of him, but she could never grasp him.
"I missed you so much... so much... so, so much..." Mikasa sobbed uncontrollably as she looked at Chen Si, whom she could not touch no matter how hard she tried.
The guilt deep inside Chen Si was like a raging fire, tearing his heart apart and scorching his soul, pushing him to the brink of collapse.
"Mikasa, I'm sorry... I don't have a physical body. I'm only a projection, but this was the only way I could think