"Oh dear, who is that girl? Why is she acting like Jiang Si's girlfriend? What gives her the right to get so close to Jiang Si?"
"They're good friends."
"Don't be so nonchalant! Jiang Si is going to be snatched away! Snatched away!"
"What do you mean 'stolen'? Don't put it so harshly." An Shiyu sat in the car, responding to Mujin with a hint of helplessness. "They're good friends, it's normal for them to have a good relationship."
"Damn it! Don't you like Jiang Si? If I were you, I'd be yelling at this vixen to get lost! Jiang Si confessed to you, and you said yes! You're Jiang Si's girlfriend now! Jiang Si is yours! You should have tried to kiss her back in that private space; that would have guaranteed you the win!"
"Don't talk nonsense. It will cause trouble for Jiang Si."
An Shiyu, resting her chin on her hand, gazed at the scenery outside the window. "It's already very good."
"You, you clearly have such a huge advantage right now, but you're not attacking. Be careful you don't lose it all and end up losing everything."
Mujin said indignantly, "We've seen too many girls who are always reserved and passively wait for boys to pursue them. They're unwilling to take the initiative even when they meet someone they like, and as a result, they get snatched away by someone with just a few words, and then they regret it!"
"Senior Mujin, you've never been in a relationship, yet you know so much!"
Do you want to argue with us?
"No."
Mujin was a little angry, but after getting to know them for so long, she had pretty much figured it out: the other party really meant no harm.
An Shiyu's greatest talent is saying hurtful things without any malice!
However, considering that An Shiyu was willing to share the Miracle Seed, which was practically giving up ownership of the magical girl form to me, ensuring my survival and preventing me from disappearing along with the Mental Image Remnants, I was able to achieve this.
Mujin had no choice but to swallow her anger.
Anyway, you won't regret it!
Why would I regret it?
"Those girls we've seen who were never proactive all regretted it in the end. Think about it carefully! Love is a deep and complex thing. Don't always expect boys to pursue you. Most of the boys who pursue you won't be interested in you. When you meet someone you like, you have to take the initiative. Girls, especially pretty girls like you, getting boys is a piece of cake..."
"I don't want anyone to pursue me," An Shiyu yawned and glanced to the side.
Peony, the senior next to me, had already fallen asleep. I had basically been holding her and crying all day. Susan, the senior next to me, was just staring blankly at her phone.
Everyone at the Beihai Disaster Countermeasures Bureau is really great.
An Shiyu felt incredibly guilty for leaving without saying goodbye to Senior Peony, which had caused her to feel guilty for a long time.
But at the time, she didn't expect it to turn out that way. She just thought that she would go to the vicinity of the Mental Image Remnants with Miss Winter Lord and the others and then come back.
"That Winter Lord, and that white magical girl next to her, if you had let her into the Mental Image Remnants, maybe we could have found out their secrets and their relationship with Jiang Si, and then we could have dealt with them accordingly..."
"Don't do that," An Shiyu immediately warned Mujin, "That's not good."
"I know, I was just kidding. I'm a proper magical girl..."
Originally, the Mental Image Remnants was meant to pull everyone in, but at the time, An Shiyu tried her best to protect Winter Lord and Bai Mei.
Not wanting the two of them to be implicated, Mujin didn't involve Winter Lord and Bai Mei at the time.
Now, Mujin herself is quite curious about the relationship between these two people and Jiang Si.
If they had brought in the Mental Image Remnants back then, they would have known...
Damn it, I'm so anxious! Although An Shiyu isn't anxious, Mujin is frantic!
The magical girl who had never Full Bloom in love was quite critical of the date in her private space, but it was her first time being so close to a boy, and she was extremely nervous about it.
If An Shiyu succeeds, that would be fine. Afterwards, by occupying An Shiyu's body, there will be plenty of opportunities to continue contacting Jiang Si.
But if Jiang Si gets snatched away by another girl, wouldn't she have absolutely no chance?
If An Shiyu doesn't like anyone else, does that mean Mujin's chances of finding love are completely over?
She couldn't understand why An Shiyu wasn't worried at all.
We can tell you're not exactly sitting back and doing nothing.
"Oh, Xiao Shi."
" Xiao Yu and Xiao An are both better than Xiao Shi, right, senior?"
"I still think Xiao Shi is better," Mujin sighed. "Are you really planning to do nothing?"
"What does Senior Mujin think I should do?"
"Fight, snatch, and battle! Love is war! That's what your favorite Jiang Si said herself!" Mujin said earnestly. "If we can't beat them, let us! We're Full Bloom! We'll do everything in our power to pursue the person and the things we love, leaving no regrets!"
"But, Senior Mujin, what if we go and have regrets afterward?"
"Ah?"
An Shiyu breathed gently on the car window, then wiped it clean with her fingertips to make the glass clearer. "I just want to stay by his side, senior. I've already expressed everything I needed to. Taking it any further would only cause him trouble, and I don't want to be seen as a burden by him."
Here we go again...
"Fighting, battling, arguing with the girls around Jiang Si," An Shiyu shook her head. "I have neither the right nor the desire. The girls around Jiang Si are all very nice; perhaps Jiang Si really likes one of them."
That's why we have to rob it!
"Uh, senior, put yourself in my shoes. Let's say, hypothetically speaking, I know it's not true, but there might be other boys who like me. If one of those boys went to cause trouble for Jiang Si because he likes me, how would you feel?"
Mujin chuckled, "Of course it's awesome! When we watch TV dramas, we love watching two boys fight over a girl, and it's the same when it's reversed, right?"
"... I'd just find it incredibly annoying." An Shiyu leaned against the window, looking somewhat helpless at Senior Mujin. "I'd only think about whether I'd upset Jiang Si, whether he'd think I was a troublesome girl, whether he'd think I did it on purpose, causing Jiang Si to dislike me. So I would absolutely never accept something like that."
"The reverse is also true. Jiang Si won't like me more just because I try to win him over. On the contrary, he'll only find me annoying and troublesome, and he'll never want to have anything to do with me again. Just live your own life well, do your best to be a qualified magical girl in the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, and then appear in front of Jiang Si when he needs you, be able to see him anytime, and be by his side. That's enough."
Mujin finally gave up. "Fine, looks like I can't convince you. Humph, looks like you don't really like Jiang Si that much. If you truly liked her, you would have done anything..."
"No, Senior Mujin, fighting tooth and nail for something actually means being able to accept failure," An Shiyu retorted softly. "Because even if you fail, it won't be any worse, so you can take the risk to pursue success."
But I cannot accept it.
"I've already lost so much, Senior Mujin. I can't afford to take even the slightest risk. So, for me, from the very beginning, the option of possibly failing and being disliked and ostracized by Jiang Si was simply nonexistent."
An Shiyu said earnestly, "To me, Jiang Si is that important."
"... I apologize. It was wrong of me to doubt your sincerity. I'm sorry."
Of course, Mujin knew about An Shiyu's past.
In a crumbling world, the girl had only that one pillar left; if it fell, it seemed the whole world would collapse.
This is not due to An Shiyu's weakness. On the contrary, in such a fragile world, as soon as a lifeline was extended to her, the girl desperately grabbed it and turned this straw, which was not extended specifically for her, into a pillar supporting the entire world.
Mujin thought it was truly amazing...
We've arrived in Beihai.
After the Driver ahead gave a warning, he stopped the car, and everyone got out.
An Shiyu said goodbye to the two seniors, then flew up and stood high in the sky, looking down at the entire Beihai.
Skyscrapers standing side by side, neatly planned roads, streets, parks, squares, shopping malls...
When she had a clear view of everything, An Shiyu asked softly, "How is it, Senior Mujin? How does Beihai compare to the Beihai you remember?"
Having regained control of An Shiyu's body, Mujin gazed deeply at her hometown, feeling a mix of regret, melancholy, and longing.
But more than anything, it's a feeling of contentment and happiness.
To resolve the crisis in South China, he left his hometown and, after more than a decade, finally reunited with it.
I thought I would never be able to come back.
Perhaps she is the lucky magical girl in Full Bloom.
So, as if embracing the Beihai, Mujin opened her arms and whispered:
Beihai is even more beautiful now.
There should be a distinction between Full Bloom and Full Blossom.
Jiang Si has been thinking about this matter a lot lately.
The difference between "Full Blossom " and "Full Bloom" is too great; it clearly indicates a collapse in the realm of cultivation.
As we all know, the collapse of boundaries is a common occurrence in online novels.
For example, in the classic Nine Revolutions of Dou Zun, there is only one star difference between Nine-Star Dou Zun and a Dou Sheng. However, one needs to reach the peak of Dou Zun, then undergo nine revolutions to become a Half-Saint, and then go from Low-Level Half-Saint to High-Level Half-Saint Peak High-Level Half-Saint, which is Saint, and then break through again to reach the One-Star Dou Sheng realm. It was thanks to the good fortune of the Flame Emperor Xiao Yan that he was able to break through from Nine-Revolution Dou Zun to Half-Saint and then to Dou Sheng.
For example, the Titled Douluo was further divided into Ordinary Titled Douluo, Level 95 Super Douluo, Level 98 Peak Douluo, Level 98.5 Demigod Douluo, and Level 99 Quasi-God Limit Douluo; Qin Yu's Black Hole and Origin were crammed with five realms, Luo Feng Feng's Immortal and Universe Venerable realms were crammed with eleven realms, and True Lord 5 and Nascent Soul Dao Lord were crammed with eight realms, and so on...
Even my beloved " Shrouding the Heavens" couldn't avoid this; as the story progressed, it was discovered that having only four realms was too rudimentary, forcing the addition of more realms to fill the gaps in combat power...
Therefore, the collapse of realms is not a big problem. It is perfectly normal for realms designed by the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau to collapse.
At the beginning, he knew nothing about the Full Bloom and never imagined that the difference would be so great.
Otherwise, the stage between Full Blossom and Full Bloom would be reached much earlier from the beginning.
In the Shrouding the Heavens *, there is a transitional stage between the Great Saint and the Great Emperor, called the Nine Heavens of the Quasi-Emperor.
Originally, he was only at the level of a Half-Step Great Emperor, but later he expanded to the Nine Heavens of the Quasi-Emperor.
Each level of heaven requires passing through a tribulation of lightning, rebuilding and perfecting all the previous secret realms, laying a solid foundation for becoming Great Emperor.
Jiang Si also planned to follow suit, aiming for Nine Heavens of Half-Step Full Bloom during the Full Blossom and Full Bloom stages.
The question now is, is Full Blossom considered Half-Step Full Bloom?
Jiang Si realized that his cultivation level after transformation was indeed at the peak of the Peak Full Blossom Great Perfection. However, after seeing Winter Lord also reach the Peak Full Blossom, Jiang Si discovered a problem.
His own Peak Full Blossom Great Perfection still seems to far surpass that of an ordinary Peak Full Blossom.
Even though Winter Lord has reached the Peak Full Blossom Great Perfection, it still seems difficult for him to approach the level he has reached after his transformation.
Therefore, we still need to add another realm, which is the Quasi-Full Bloom realm, or Half-Step Full Bloom realm, the Nine Heavens of Quasi-Bloom?
It sounds a bit awful, mainly because it lacks a certain sophistication. "Nine Heavens of the Quasi-Emperor" sounds extraordinary, Nine Heavens of Quasi-Bloom" sounds a bit like something out of a car.
"Nine Heavens of Quasi-Full"? That doesn't quite feel right. Realm names really do have a lot of significance; the grandeur of my Great Shrouding the Heavens isn't so easily replicated...
It's a pity Bai Mei isn't here; otherwise, with her years of experience working here, she might have been of great help.
I'll go to the Illusory Moon Cave Abode later and ask the other disciples if they have any good ideas.
As soon as they entered Beihai, Yumo rushed over, hugged him, and burst into tears.
It seems that the Yumo before was ultimately not completed very well.
However, since the path of extreme emotion can be followed by magical girls, there is no need to force Yumo to follow the path of ruthlessness.
The little girl hugged him and cried for a while until she was tired of crying, and then she actually fell asleep.
Bingtang said she hadn't slept for several days, and that she and Blue Flower had been using the Magic Puppet to search for Jiang Si.
Upon learning that Jiang Si had returned, he immediately rushed back from South China.
They were completely exhausted.
Jiang Si had originally intended to wake her up; how could a cultivator be so lax?
But at Bingtang's suggestion, he carried Yumo for a while.
After reporting the recent movements of the true disciples and the current situation to him, Bingtang took Yumo back to the Azure Cloud Sect.
Jiang Si originally wanted to go back to the Azure Cloud Sect to train for a while.
But Bingtang Tang insisted that he go back to see Keke first, and even told him to go buy some gifts to take back with him.
Although Jiang Si felt it was unnecessary, she had paid for the Bingtang after all.
He went to a nearby shopping mall to buy some of the cakes he had previously bought for Four Leaves Six Leaves.
Jiang Si remembered that Keke liked to eat desserts, but she couldn't quite recall. As they grew up, they rarely ate such expensive and uneconomical things. She only remembered that when she was little, Coco ate cake happily on her birthday.
While she was buying gifts, Bingtang was still sending her messages on her phone.
The artifacts from the Land of Mirrors, Full Bloom information, have been taken back by Bingtang, who plans to find someone to decipher the Land of Mirrors's technology and writing.
I heard that there are people in the Azure Cloud Sect who are connected to the Land of Mirrors, but Bingtang didn't tell him who they were.
Cake, a small portion of cold noodles, cheap sugar, and Milk Tea.
After buying the Bingtang, I still had quite a bit of money left over.
Just as I stepped out of the mall with my things, I saw a message from Bingtang on my phone.
" Rose does indeed recognize the script of the Land of Mirrors; she has already deciphered the previous research report on the power characteristics of Full Bloom..."
Upon seeing this, Jiang Si immediately prepared to change her itinerary.
Let's go back to the Illusory Moon Cave Abode of the Azure Cloud Sect first, find out what happened with Full Bloom, and then it won't be too late to go back to find Keke...
"Elder brother?"
As he reached the door, a trembling, incredulous voice called out to him, stopping him in his tracks.
Jiang Si glanced at her and saw Keke dragging a suitcase, dressed in a simple white dress. Her face was haggard and pale, and her once beautiful eyes were now surrounded by dark circles and were red and swollen.
She called his name, and the suitcase in her hand fell to the ground.
"Elder brother!"
Keke slept at home for a whole day and night after Shion left that day.
She didn't know if she was asleep or unconscious. In her dream, her parents and older brother To Live together, leaving her in a cold, dark place. No matter how much she called out, they ignored her.
She was all alone now.
In this family, in this world, she is the only one left.
Keke didn't wake up until the next day, and when she did, her pillow was almost soaked with sweat.
It was all her tears.
Yiyi called her several times, Keke didn't answer.
She finally understood why Yiyi's sister hadn't been told beforehand when she passed away.
Because I simply didn't have that kind of feeling.
They didn't want to hear any sympathy or comfort from others, and they didn't want to accept anything from the outside world.
So tired.
She told Yiyi that she wasn't feeling well and needed to rest for two days.
Even if we bring Yiyi, it won't make a difference; it will only remind her of her lost sister.
Some things cannot be shared; sharing them will only cause more pain.
I cleaned and tidied up the house, and also dressed myself up nicely.
Keke rarely dresses up. Thinking about it carefully, the reason is probably that when she was little, before her relationship with her brother deteriorated, Jiang Si always told her that appearance was not important and not to waste too much time on it.
She took out her mother's lipstick, put it on, and then drew eyeliner on herself, unsure if it looked good or not.
They just looked much more energetic, not so lifeless.
She packed all her parents' belongings into her suitcase, along with some clothes, and originally intended to pack Jiang Si's things.
But all Jiang Si left at home were those incredibly heavy dumbbells. She tried a few times, but eventually gave up.
I greeted my neighbors and brought them some snacks to thank them for taking care of me during this time.
In reality, they didn't interact that much, but Keke wanted to make it as perfect as possible.
Then I sent a scheduled text message to the teacher, and also prepared a few scheduled text messages for Yiyi.
The two trees in front of my house have completely withered and are an eyesore.
So in the middle of the night, she transformed into a magical girl, uprooted the two dead trees, and threw them far away.
After finishing, he sat in front of the door, between two trees, and buried his head in his knees.
I cried for a little while late at night.
There were no lush mulberry trees, no deafening cicada chirps, and not even a trace of the sweltering summer heat remained.
The enormous house was like a tomb, lifeless and terrifyingly large.
Keke didn't actually remember anything; she just wanted to cry.
After crying, she wiped away her tears, got up, went back to her room, and continued doing other things.
She resigned from her job, dropped out of school, and then took out all the remaining money from her family, leaving a considerable amount for Jiang Si.
Since her parents left, Jiang Si has been in control of the family's assets. She never spends money recklessly, but Jiang Si also tells her where the money is, and Keke knows the bank card account numbers and passwords.
Keke discovered that she was still the same crybaby she used to be.
Because her brother was still there, because he was always there with a blank expression, Keke was always able to hold back her tears.
As long as that person is around, she can't help but want to be strong and hide her weakness.
Although she was saddened by her parents' passing, she quickly became angry because of her brother's attitude.
Therefore, she always thought she was very strong and could quickly recover no matter what setbacks she encountered.
Even with such a cold-hearted brother, she managed to survive; she's amazing...
But now she realizes that, in reality, she is still just that little girl who only knows how to hide behind her older brother.
No matter how cold-hearted he is, his older brother will still stand in front of her and help her solve many, many problems.
Those relatives who used to help her with just a word from her brother now only give her perfunctory replies when she says her brother isn't here and she hopes they can help.
Instead, we started talking about real estate.
After all, this house is very expensive.
Remembering how her relatives treated her brother when he was alive, Keke n't help but cry.
She deleted her relatives' contact information. While packing her things, she saw the medicine Jiang Si had given her before, and she couldn't help but cry again. She also couldn't help but shed tears when she went to the toilet.
A timid and weak crybaby who can't do anything.
Even so, Keke tidied up the house and dressed herself up a bit more presentably.
With my luggage in hand, I planned to go to the station to buy a ticket to the small town of Anyang.
She was going to find her brother, and she didn't want to come back until she found him.
Keke was actually quite afraid to think about the things she and her older brother had done in the past.
Because once I think about it, I'm always gripped by regret, almost unable to breathe.
After causing the deaths of her parents, she shamelessly blamed her older brother for his indifference and enjoyed his protection, but in the end, she never apologized to him.
They can't speak up because they feel ashamed, and they always think there's still time and opportunity.
So, I always thought it wouldn't matter if I delayed it a little longer.
Now, there is no longer a chance.
The sheer frustration that made her want to kill herself whenever she thought about it made her afraid to think about it anymore, leaving her like a walking corpse.
Tell yourself that after you've taken care of everything, go find your brother.
For the rest of your life, just go find your brother.
If you can't find it, then die...
Why don't you just die?
I left home in a daze and went to a nearby shopping mall to buy some daily necessities before leaving.
Then, I saw Jiang Si.
"Elder brother?"
She called out tentatively, somewhat bewildered.
Then panic ensued, because the fleeting hope she had felt made her instantly realize the pain and despair that would follow its shattering.
It would snap the string that had been taut within her, and cause her already crumbling resolve to crumble.
Don't have hope, don't have hope, don't...
However, when the familiar face turned around, the suitcase she was clutching fell to the ground.
As customers walked back and forth at the mall entrance, many of them turned to look at her as she called out.
The sounds of advertisements drifted from the mall, along with the aromas of various desserts.
"Elder brother!"
Her voice suddenly became uncontrollably distorted, tinged with a sob.
Tears started flowing uncontrollably again, and my eyes, which had been soaked in tears for too long, felt a stinging pain. I subconsciously took two steps forward, then immediately started jogging.
She ran to Jiang Si's side and grabbed his wrist.
She gripped his wrist tightly, her feigned strength crumbling completely, and she simply cried as she asked:
"Where did you go, brother? Don't leave me alone, don't leave me alone..."
Jiang Si looked at her younger sister, who seemed to have been lost when she was little, and thought that this girl hadn't grown up at all, even though she was all grown up.
She cries just like she did when she was a child.
"Dating."
After all, it was agreed beforehand that he was going on a date with Shion, so there was no need to change his story.
Keke held his hand, sobbing uncontrollably, tears falling onto his hand, which was still warm.
Passersby watched with curiosity, but no one came over to disturb them.
A refreshing breeze dried some of my tears, and the sun shone down from the mall exit.
Keke sniffed, her eyes brimming with tears, and gripped his hand tightly, her voice still choked with emotion:
"Brother, let's go home, I want to go home..."
Jiang Si handed the pastries she had bought to Keke and nodded.
"I have something to do. You should take a taxi home first."