Xianyu closed his eyes, trying to ignore Jingliu standing beside him. Just as he was about to drift off, she spoke and pressed her hand against his face.
When drowsiness washed over him, it was hard to react to anyone or anything around him.
More precisely, it was like losing his sense of taste when he had a cold or a fever, yet retaining unusually sharp hearing.
Xianyu heard Jingliu's words with perfect clarity.
For a moment, he could do nothing but use what little energy he had left to fight off sleep.
Jingliu waited there for a while, seemingly checking his condition, before turning and walking out.
Xianyu listened to her footsteps. Once he was sure Jingliu had left, he struggled to roll over, forced his eyes open, and reached for his Jade Abacus.
He had to make a decision while he still had some humanity left.
Xianyu switched on his Jade Abacus, only to be dazzled by its harsh light.
He closed his eyes and took a long while to recover before opening them again to look at the Jade Abacus.
As he had expected, Teng Xiao and Hua had sent quite a few messages.
Xianyu opened Teng Xiao's chat first. The man's tone was so terrified that he sounded ready to atone with his life at any moment.
He did not understand. Why would telling the truth require atonement?
As an ordinary Diviner, was he supposed to thank him now?
Or send a meme to lighten the mood?
Xianyu agonized over those two options for a moment, then chose a third.
He would leave it to Hua to sort out.
Xianyu opened Hua's chat. After turning it over in his head, he felt that typing alone would not be enough to explain this.
He decided to make