Sensing the heavy atmosphere, Su Jin sat up straight and chuckled, "It's okay, it's all in the past, there's no point in bringing it up again."
Shen Yanxiu's eyelashes trembled as he forcefully held back his tears.
Her voice became nasal, "But, Ajin, you look really sad."
Su Jin curled up her hands.
"sad?"
She quickly took out her phone and looked at it from left to right in front of the camera. "Can you tell?"
Shen Yanxiu wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that she was very nervous when he finished speaking.
She seemed... afraid that people would see her sadness.
Shen Yanxiu said softly, "No, I can't tell. I just sensed it."
Su Jin breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief.
"How did you sense it? Did you also get bound to the system?"
He laughed at his own idea after he finished speaking.
"I was just joking, don't take it seriously." With that, she got up to leave.
"etc."
When Shen Yanxiu saw that she was about to leave, he was so anxious that he didn't care that his hand was still receiving an IV drip and pulled the needle out.
Large patches of bright red blood oozed from the back of his hand, soon staining his hospital gown.
Su Jin was so frightened that her heart trembled violently. "What are you doing!"
She rushed out of the ward, shouting, "Doctor! Doctor, come quick!"
He squatted down in front of Shen Yanxiu, pressed on the bleeding spot, and looked terrified.
He asked again, "What do you want to do?"
Shen Yanxiu murmured, his hand not hurting much, but her burning gaze seemed to be scorching him.
"I just... wanted you to stay. I'm sorry."
He tried to hide his bleeding wound, but Su Jin held him firmly, preventing him from moving.
"sorry......"
Shen Yanxiu repeated this sentence palely over and over again. He didn't know what to say to make her not hate him.
I'm sorry for causing you trouble.
Su Jin opened her mouth.
The nurse came in and interrupted their conversation. After treating the wound, she gave Shen Yanxiu a stern scolding and told him not to move around anymore.
After the nurse left, Su Jin asked him, "What did you want to say when you asked me to wait a moment?"
Shen Yanxiu smiled and said, "I want to tell you to cheer up."
......
Su Jin's expression went blank, and she shrugged. "Just because of this?"
She couldn't believe that he would get himself into this state just because of such a trivial remark.
Shen Yanxiu hurriedly explained, "No, this is very important. I always feel... you're not happy at all."
Su Jin took a few steps back and shook her head.
Her eyes gradually became unfamiliar.
No, you're overthinking it.
Click.
The ward door was closed, leaving only Shen Yanxiu alone.
Su Jin tossed her hair and leaned against the wall.
"Host, hi~ I'm back."
Su Jin was startled, "007?"
007 gave a playful chuckle.
"It's me! Did you miss me? Host, your conquest speed is really fast, it's already 30 points, much better than my previous host..."
"Who was your previous host?"
Su Jin asked the question unintentionally, but she stammered as if she had done something wrong.
"I can't tell you this, it's against the rules."
Su Jin waved her hand dismissively, "I was just asking casually. What did your main system say? Are there any other systems in this world?"
007: "Yes, but I don't know the purpose of the Lofifi system. These are all confidential."
Su Jin: "...Then what use are you to me?"
Frustrated, she asked the question she had asked countless times: "Why did you choose me? Why should I endure all this?"
007 Silence.
"Host...you will find out."
After saying that, no matter how much Su Jin called out to it, it refused to appear again.
"The little thing has quite a temper."
A hand patted her shoulder.
Lin Shi looked at her strangely, "What are you doing? You didn't answer when I called you."
"Xiao Shi? Didn't you go out?"
Lin Shi sighed, "You actually believed me when I said I was going out? I'm keeping watch for you two at the door, so you don't get caught cheating. How's it going?"
"You're making it sound like we're having an affair..."
Lin Shi couldn't hold back any longer.
"That's about enough. Try to find your husband his first mistress this fall."
Su Jin laughed angrily, "Someone like me, even if I hanged myself, people would think I was swinging on a swing."
She slowly squatted down, crying and laughing intermittently, looking like she had gone mad.
Lin Shi pushed her away, "Don't do this, I won't say anything more, okay?"
"To be honest, I still find it hard to believe in systems and those romance-hunting things, but since you're my best friend, I'll believe you."
Su Jin composed herself and asked, "Really?"
"Of course, to say something mushy, you are the most important person to me besides my parents and relatives."
Su Jin should be happy.
But she still felt empty inside.
Who is the most important person to you?
It seems like there's no one there.
Lin Shi sensed that she was in a bad mood, so she pulled her up and said, "Okay, stop dwelling on useless things, especially when that useless thing is yourself."
Are you trying to comfort me?
Su Jin felt there was something wrong the more she tasted it.
"Yes, don't be anxious. I've always felt that life is never absolutely perfect. No matter which path you choose, it's wrong."
“That’s true.” Su Jin listened to the advice and resumed her listless state.
Lin Shi glanced at the ward in the distance and asked her gossipy, "What were you guys doing just now? You wouldn't happen to...?"
There was a perfectly timed pause.
Su Jin frowned, a hint of disgust flashing in her eyes.
"I always felt like he was testing me, saying some strange things."
"What did he say?"
Su Jin gave a forced smile. "It's just those few words of comfort, isn't it? Do you really think that just because you say a few meaningless words to me, I can abandon everything from the past?"
She loathed her own vulnerability and resented others who presumptuously saw through her thoughts and came to comfort her.
Lin Shi never did.
Thinking of this, she asked Lin Shi, "Why have you never said those things to me?"
"What did you say?"
"You either comfort me or are curious about my family. Everyone is curious, but you never seem to ask me about it?"
Lin Shi looked out the window of the hospital corridor.
Why would I do that?
Su Jin sat shoulder to shoulder with her and heard Lin Shi say, "Comfort you? That's just tearing open your wounds and making you bleed again."
She wasn't looking at herself, but kept staring at the building across the street.
Even without making eye contact, Su Jin felt that this was the closest they had ever been to each other.
I heard her say it with a sigh.
“We’re friends, why would I do this?”
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