Qiu Wuji went to cook, while Chu Ge returned to his room to keep writing.
Yet both of them were distracted from their work.
They had said not to overthink it, but how could they possibly not?
Why had Qiu Wuji, for the first time ever, actually been willing to let him hug her when she came out this time? Had he done anything to touch her heart then?
No.
It was only because, when he encountered an enemy, Qiu Wuji had experienced for the first time what it meant to want to come out but be unable to.
Anxiety, fear, and no way to see him.
She had endured an entire day of helpless torment, until the moment she saw him safe and sound snapped the taut strings of her heart.
The two rarely discussed what would happen if they were separated by two worlds and could never meet again... but that worry had always remained in both their hearts.
Zhang Qiren was merely going abroad, separated by a stretch of water, with his grudges left on the other side, and that was already enough to weigh on their hearts.
What if they were separated by worlds, never to meet again?
Until they could feel secure about this, any promises and hopes for the "future" were empty.
Only the present mattered.
Chu Ge really could not keep writing. Even when he opened the group chat and saw people discussing that mouth-wiping picture, the sight felt painfully jarring now.
He sat in a daze before his document for a while, then finally pushed himself up from the desk and left his computer.
Qiu Wuji was washing vegetables. Her movements did not seem particularly brisk either; she, too, was distracted.
Distracted as she was, she could still sense Chu Ge coming