The family sprang into action.
Lin Xue searched through every photo in the Pet Shop, looking for the moments they had captured together.
Yet in every photo and video where Mu You should have appeared, his figure had vanished without a trace. The other people and surrounding scenery had undergone subtle adjustments, perfectly filling his place in the images without the slightest sign that anything was wrong.
With every trace of him on physical objects erased so seamlessly, Lin Xue could only turn to people. She found Fuya and Geguwu in the Star Spirit World, then sought out Mu You's former colleagues at the Anomaly Investigation Bureau on Earth, members of the Association, and others...
From dusk until morning, then noon and afternoon... until an entire day had passed, they questioned almost everyone who had known Mu You, yet still found nothing.
Now they all despaired.
Only Lin Xue kept searching. Having questioned everyone they knew, she turned to strangers.
Lin Xue stopped passersby on the street, asking everyone she met whether they had heard the name Mu You. She seemed possessed, going from a hundred people to a thousand, then tens of thousands... until everyone nearby regarded her as a lunatic, yet still not one person gave her the answer she sought.
Every answer was the same: they did not know, had never heard of him.
Finally, at dusk that day, Lin Xue slumped onto a park bench near home, her eyes vacant. Many of the onlookers around her pointed and whispered.
"Who... are you... why can't I remember... you're clearly... someone I must never forget... why... why can't I..."
Although she still felt an emptiness inside during those first few days, with Xiao Ya, Lu Yao, and the others keeping her company, she gradually let go of what