Chapter 56

Want to try a double suicide?

Morning light slanted into the bedroom through the gaps in the curtains, which were not fully drawn, casting a warm band of light on the floor.

The pheromones that had been intensely mingling during the past few days of heat have settled in the air, leaving only a lingering aftertaste. The scents of freesia and rose intertwine intimately, as if they were meant to be together all along.

Mi Rui'an woke up in the morning light. Her body, which had been thoroughly soothed by the Alpha during her heat, had regained its usual vitality. Ignoring the slight soreness after the indulgence, Mi Rui'an felt more of a sense of satisfaction.

She rubbed her eyes. The other person on the bed was no longer wrapped around her waist, so Mi Rui'an went to find Wei Jiangxue immediately.

"Good morning?" Mi Rui'an asked in a hoarse voice, looking at the person sitting on the edge of the bed with their back to her.

Wei Jiangxue's back was stiff, revealing a sense of tension and hesitation. The sunlight outlined the clear contours of her profile, and her long eyelashes trembled uneasily, casting a faint shadow beneath her eyes.

She did not turn around to face Mi Rui'an.

Mi Rui'an's heart skipped a beat. She reached out and reached out her fingertips to tuck Wei Jiangxue's long, gray-blue hair that fell to her waist. She said casually, "It seems like black roots are growing out. Are you going to get it bleached and then recolored?"

"Ruian," Wei Jiangxue called out to her, but not about the hair. "You're awake."

Mi Rui'an's fingers twirled her hair, somewhat surprised: "Isn't it obvious? You've been holding this position for a long time, what are you thinking about?"

Wei Jiangxue remained silent for a few seconds, then slowly turned around.

When her face turned completely, bathed in the morning light, and fell into Mi Rui'an's eyes, Mi Rui'an's breath hitched.

Wei Jiangxue's eyes... were fixed intently on her.

Those beautiful eyes were no longer unfocused and empty, as if veiled by a thin mist. Now, Wei Jiangxue's eyes were crystal clear, her gaze fixed on Mi Rui'an's face, reflecting the latter's astonished expression.

"You...can you see now?" Mi Rui'an's voice was dry, almost unable to speak. An absurd guess took shape in her mind.

She said definitively, "Bai Rong has left, and your mission is complete. As for the so-called psychogenic blindness, it's all a deceptive pretense. As long as you completed the task assigned by 233, you would receive a reward, so your eyesight has been restored."

“Yes.” Wei Jiangxue continued Mi Ruian’s words calmly, “On the very night your heat cycle began, I chose to use the reward.”

Wei Jiangxue looked at her, at the face that had become familiar through countless voices, breaths, and touches. It was hard to imagine that this was only the second time she had seen Mi Rui'an normally. The sharpness of her brows, the soft, petal-like lips, the undisguised complex emotions and joy in her eyes.

So beautiful. More beautiful than any image pieced together from vague perceptions or fragments of dreams.

This indescribable feeling made the words that were about to be spoken even more difficult.

She took a deep breath, as if trying to etch Mi Rui'an's scent into her memory.

“As I told you last time, I came to this world to play a role and follow the plot. And Bai Rong, the obstacle in your future career, is gone. So, now that my work is done, I should return to my original world. Subtracting these five days of heat, we can spend fifteen more days together. That means, after our one-month period ends, I…”

Mi Rui'an's face gradually paled, and her fingers dug into Wei Jiangxue's arm until it hurt: "So, you mean you want to give me an answer in advance?"

Looking at the hurt in Mi Rui'an's eyes, Wei Jiangxue felt her heart clench. She turned her face away and said, "Yes, you know, we've always been from two different worlds. If it weren't for System 233 bringing me here, we would never have met."

“But we did meet!” Mi Rui’an said stubbornly. “Otherwise, why didn’t it bring other hosts to me? Why did it bring you? If it wants to refuse me for this reason, I will never give up! Why can’t you look me in the eye? In all those days, have you never wavered?”

Wei Jiangxue gritted her teeth, and under the pressure of Mi Rui'an's gaze, she had no choice but to answer: "...We can't be together!"

"Ha, that means you've considered it too, otherwise you would have just said you don't like me now." Mi Rui'an laughed after hearing this. "Since you're interested, then it's simple. The only problem between us is distance."

"How could it be so simple?" Wei Jiangxue's eyes widened. "Where we're from, there's no ABO gender distinction, nor do we have pheromones that others can detect, but you have them here. Just that alone makes the two worlds completely different! Besides, I still have my grandmother and sister. They're people I care about very much, more important than my own life. They're waiting for me in the hospital. I can't abandon them, just to be with you..."

“You can’t stay, but I can leave,” Mi Rui’an interrupted her. “You’ve said it yourself, I’m the protagonist, a favored being, I can have whatever I want. So what if I choose to leave? The so-called administrators of this little world you speak of, they must be willing to let me go, right? After all, this world exists because of me! I don’t care about anyone here anymore. Am I supposed to live in the same world with people I don’t know and don’t want to know? I only care about you! Are you really going to abandon me? I created a new account, pretended to be Mi to get close to you, and gradually fell in love with you in the process. I don’t want to care about anything else!”

As expected... Mi is indeed Mi Rui'an.

"Are you really willing to leave with me? I... I never even considered this possibility. I thought you would choose the world you originally came from..."

Wei Jiangxue hesitated, and began to consider the feasibility of the method Mi Rui'an had mentioned: "...If the consciousness of the small world truly loves you, it might accept your ideas. However, the system responsible for my side has now been changed to 001, and I'm not sure if it will help me like 233. I'll try calling it first."

"Why go through it? You said it yourself, that I'm favored by this world, so this world must be watching me, watching you, right? Maybe it already knows about our conversation?" Mi Rui'an gave a provocative smile to the corner of the sky peeking through the curtains, pulled Wei Jiangxue out of bed, and swiftly drew back the curtains.

"You..." Before Wei Jiangxue could say anything, she saw Mi Rui'an forcefully pull open the balcony door, then climb over the railing and stand precariously on the edge.

“You’re coming too.” Mi Rui’an tugged at her. “If you leave, I don’t want to live anymore. So, how about we try to commit suicide together now? This is the forty-third floor, you’ll definitely die if you jump. Of course, according to the rules of the Transmigration Bureau, they seem to guarantee your safety in this world. Even if you jump, you won’t be affected.”

Wei Jiangxue was shocked: "Don't give up like this! There's still room for maneuver. What if you make things worse? Let's talk it over!"

She wasn't worried about actually dying after jumping off the building, but rather that Mi Rui'an's madman-like behavior would provoke the consciousness of the small world. Upon seeing Mi Rui'an's actions, the small world's consciousness would either soften its heart or be angered by her rebellious nature. The small world could simply not follow Mi Rui'an's wishes; to return everything to normal, it only needed to erase Mi Rui'an's memories. Therefore, extreme behavior was absolutely unacceptable.

After much persuasion, they finally managed to convince Mi Rui'an to come back.

Wei Jiangxue's heart was still pounding in her chest. Her voice trembled, yet remained incredibly soft: "Thank you for your answer. It has only strengthened my resolve. Rui'an, would you like to come with me? Let's leave this world with its ABO system, its pheromones, and its countless constraints, and then go to my hometown. There, you won't have to worry about pheromone out of control anymore. My grandmother and sister are there too, and I'm sure they'll love you! The Transmigration Bureau said they'd give me some extra money. I think I can give you a portion of it. You can use it to continue doing what you want to do, and use your skills to support yourself in the new world."

“Of course I’m willing!” Mi Rui’an grabbed her hand eagerly. “This is the only way we can be together! And I’ve had enough of this broken world.”

After Mi Rui'an finished speaking, he grabbed her and tried to rush towards the edge of the railing again. Wei Jiangxue was so frightened that she quickly grabbed the balcony door to prevent Mi Rui'an from taking another step forward.

"I'm not trying to drag you off a building." Mi Rui'an forcibly pulled Wei Jiangxue over.

She leaned over the railing, her upper body looming out, and shouted to the sky, "Hey—can you hear me?"

"I said, I don't want to live here anymore! I want to leave with Wei Jiangxue!"

Wei Jiangxue was amused by her, and then, encouraged by Mi Rui'an, she raised her voice and shouted, "Did you hear that? The protagonist doesn't like it here! So, if you love her, treat her in a different way—"

Shouting might improve her mood, and Wei Jiangxue felt that her mood was more open than ever before. Unfortunately, the consciousness of the small world didn't seem to care about them.

"I..." Wei Jiangxue was about to speak when she suddenly realized something was wrong with her surroundings—when did the sounds of passing cars disappear? The whispers from the upper floors had also vanished.

No one made a sound because of their noise; everything was quiet, as if the whole world had been muted.

Wei Jiangxue looked down and saw that all the cars on the road had stopped, and every blade of grass and every tree was still.

She looked into the room again, where an hourglass, used to sense the passage of time, sat on the table; the sand inside had stopped flowing.

Wei Jiangxue and Mi Rui'an looked at each other again, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

"Our voices...were heard, weren't they?"