On the day Ye Jiu set off, Su Qingyue unusually did not get up early. Although she was a little puzzled, she did not think too much about it. Everyone has times when they want to sleep in.

She found a sticky note and wrote down:

"I'm off! Take good care of yourself at home, see you in a few days (???〃 )"

Afraid that Su Qingyue might not have seen it, she sent it to her again on WeChat:

I'm leaving now~ Bye-bye~ See you in a few days!

Uncle Wang drove Ye Jiu home. "Why isn't Qingyue with you?"

"Hmm, I'd like to go out for a walk by myself."

"Oh my, that's rare. This kid actually let you out alone. It's been a long time since I've seen Miss go out by herself," Uncle Wang exclaimed.

Ye Jiu stroked her chin and pondered for a moment. Oh right, it seems that she really does spend every day with him. Thinking about this, she felt more and more that her choice to come out alone was the right one.

She hummed a song as she looked for travel guides on her phone, planning to first visit Country Y to see what must-see places there were and experience the local customs and culture.

I was very lucky today. I had green lights all the way to the airport. Uncle Wang was amazed that I didn't have to wait at a single red light.

When Ye Jiu arrived at the airport, it was still early, so she went in first to check in her luggage and then get her boarding pass.

Just as she was about to board the plane, a "buzzing" sound of electricity suddenly appeared in her mind. Ye Jiu's brow twitched. Could it be her system that had been out of contact for a year...?

Then a mechanical male voice sounded, the sound was choppy and intermittent, as if it was about to break down.

"Connection successful, task completion progress detected at 80%...buzz...buzz...100%, checking...checking."

Ye Jiu looked puzzled. What the heck? The quality is so bad? Is it even usable?

She communicated with the system using her inner voice, just like in the novel, asking, "So, are you going to send me to the next world now?"

"Detection complete, mission successful, now proceeding with the transfer."

Huh? Huh? Huh? There weren't any other options? Didn't they give her any time to prepare? Why did they just teleport her directly??

This was Ye Jiu's only thought before she fainted.

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The sky suddenly darkened, and then it started to rain. Large raindrops danced on the windowpane with a "pitter-patter" sound, occasionally accompanied by flashes of lightning.

Su Qingyue looked out the window, feeling a terrible heaviness in his heart, as if a stone were pressing down on it. He walked to the window with a worried expression and closed it.

I have a feeling that something bad is about to happen...

He looked up at the gloomy sky. Had Ye Jiu's plane taken off smoothly today?

He messaged her on WeChat: "Was the flight delayed? Did the weather affect the flight's takeoff?"

There was no reply from the other end for a long time, so Su Qingyue comforted herself that maybe she was on the plane and had no signal, and that it would be fine once she landed.

He started tidying up the house as usual. After cleaning, he sat on the sofa, randomly turned on a movie, and then curled up on the sofa to kill time. After Ye Jiu left, he didn't even want to cook. He hadn't eaten anything since morning but didn't feel hungry at all.

It wasn't until it gradually got dark that he realized he had been sitting there all day. He picked up the remote and randomly changed the channel, which happened to be the news broadcast. He turned up the volume, threw down the remote, and went to the kitchen to find something to eat.

The female host's clear voice came from the television, "According to the XXX Bureau, on July 14, 2023, an XX model passenger plane lost contact over X while on a mission from country Z to country Y. An emergency search and rescue operation is currently underway."

"Country Y?" Su Qingyue closed the refrigerator door, took out his phone, and searched for flights to Country Y that day. After comparing the lists repeatedly, his hand loosened, and the phone fell to the ground. His lips trembled as he murmured, "This model... is... Ye Jiu's..."

"No, no, her flight might be delayed. It might not be this one, it definitely isn't this one, it definitely won't be this one." He kept repeating this, his tone becoming increasingly certain.

Yes, this is definitely not your plane...right?

He picked up his phone and sent a message to Ye Jiu on WeChat, knowing full well that she hadn't landed yet and wouldn't reply, but he still wanted to send her a message.

【How are you?】

"I'm sure everything will be alright."

[There was an air crash on this route, but it wasn't your flight, was it?]

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"The plane that went missing on July 14, 2023, has now been confirmed to have crashed. There were 132 people on board, including 123 passengers and 9 crew members. The extent of injuries and fatalities is currently unknown. Relevant departments have dispatched a large number of rescue personnel to the scene, and multiple nearby forces have also gone to provide assistance. Let us pray for them..."

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When Su Qingyue went with Ye Chengfeng and Xu Wanqing to claim their belongings, his mind went blank. The only sound in the car was the couple's sobbing. He was like a dazed machine, slowly handing them tissues.

Xu Wanqing muttered, "Xiao Jiu just finished the college entrance exam... She's only 18 years old, she just submitted her college applications, and she hasn't even received her acceptance letter yet..."

The usually impeccably dressed couple looked utterly disheveled today. On their way to a meeting, they were notified by the police to come and claim their belongings. The body had not yet been recovered, but after searching for so long, it was impossible for anyone to still be alive...

Su Qingyue looked down and unlocked the screen. Ye Jiu's smile was radiant on the lock screen. He still remembered that day when she asked him, "Are you happy today?"

Ye Jiu, I'm not happy today, so please don't play hide-and-seek with me, okay? I'm not angry with you...

The phone screen automatically turned off after a long period of inactivity.

The black screen reflected his face. He had been suffering from insomnia every night since hearing the news, and his dark circles were frightening. He thought that Ye Jiu would definitely not like him if she saw him like this.

He touched his face; after all, she loved his face the most…

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The house was filled with personal belongings, most of which were burned and deformed. Outside, family members stood sobbing. Su Qingyue mingled among them, coldly watching the "ruins" inside.

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