All the way, Xie Rui hesitated to say something, but I ignored it and packed up my luggage upstairs.

"System, if you don't come out and explain why the male lead is reborn."

"I'll go downstairs and kill him now."

I call the system expressionlessly, not sure if I was more angry or disappointed.

If I hadn't seen his fierce side today, even I would have been confused by his recent obedience and meekness.

So, the destined ending will still come.

No matter how I treat Xie Rui, no matter how gentle he acts,

my ending, from beginning to end, is death.

The system arrived late, and in the mechanical electronic voice, there was a hint of confusion:

"No anomalies found."

"If the male lead dies, the whole world will collapse, and all the characters, including Ji Yuan, will die."

I took a deep breath, suppressing my earlier unrealistic thoughts.

Rescuing others to redeem oneself was enough for once.

Staying here, continuing the sweet days with Xie Rui, even the air made me feel suffocated.

With that in mind, I booked the earliest flight to France, ready to fly there and quietly wait for the system to send me home at the right time.

In the early hours of the morning, I finally finished packing.

When I was about to leave, I met Xie Rui's gaze leaning against the wall, standing in the shadow.

"Sister, where are you going?"

His lips suddenly lost their color, his voice pleading.

I was somewhat distracted, not knowing what he was up to:

"Are you still pretending?"

"Playing me around for two lifetimes, I underestimated your acting skills."

Xie Rui's hand wrapped in bandages suddenly trembled, and I noticed the bloodstains on it.

He removed the bandages from his hand, exerted a little force on his fingertips, and blood immediately oozed from the already healed wound.

Xie Rui smiled with red eyes, his voice hoarse:

"You are not her, she cared for me."

"How could you be indifferent to my injuries?"

I was also a little stunned, but soon, the bitter memories of the past life suppressed the uneasiness and guilt in my heart.

I saved the dying person in the alley, but in the end, he locked me in the basement for three days, and it was also Xie Rui who gave up on me.

I knelt down for him regardless of my dignity, begging for mercy, and also Xie Rui, who said he wouldn't let me down.

But for a whole decade, after the teenage boy at the center of my heart achieved success, he cut off our past with an almost heartless attitude.

On a deep autumn night, the distant sky was dark, with sparse stars.

I looked at Xie Rui expressionlessly and was about to leave.

But he suddenly tiptoed and leaned in to kiss me:

"You like me too, don't you? Otherwise, why would you encounter me."

Xie Rui's hand slid down the broken hair near my ear, stopped at my neck, and whispered softly in my ear:

"You can't be so cruel to me."

There was a hint of crying in his voice.

The violent and desperate death of the past life reappeared, and I suddenly became ruthless, pushing him away and feeling frustrated:

"I approached you just for the mission; anyone could have been."

"So, do you understand now?"

Xie Rui was stunned by my words, with a hint of tears in his eyes. After a long time, he cautiously leaned against my neck and pleaded in a soft voice:

"I will behave, please don't give up on me."

"Zhizhi, I beg you."

"I can't lose you."

I blinked, suddenly unable to see anything clearly, with a buzzing in my ears and a strong dizziness creeping in. I couldn't speak, and my consciousness began to blur.

Before losing consciousness, it felt like falling into a burning embrace, and someone called my name:

"Zhizhi...forgive me."

"I...can't live without you."

One after another, the hoarse words seemed to bleed out.