I am the savior, but I am being asked by Alicia and the others to pay me back.

Whenever I think of Ye Ming before going to bed, I usually get so excited that I can’t fall asleep in the middle of the night.

Even when I fell asleep, Ye Ming's figure was all in my dreams.

But after a month, the anticipation and excitement began to fade, and were replaced by immense longing.

"When can I see him?" "Everything is ready." "Come back soon."

Such thoughts almost occupy the girls' daily lives.

The only feeling that is the same as the previous ten days is that I hope time can move faster.

The girls wished they could immediately adjust the clock that controls time so that the day for them to reunite with Ye Ming would come sooner.

And this feeling disappeared without a trace after half a year.

"Does this trip take so long?"

It wasn’t the first time for them not to see each other for half a year, but all three of them had something on their minds and wanted to give Ye Ming an important “surprise” that they would entrust their lives to…

So every minute and every second of waiting for Ye Ming seemed extremely torturous.

After that, a year passed...

The girls still didn't wait for Ye Ming, and there was not even any news from him.

Ye Ming has not been seen for a whole year. This is the first time for Hu Tao and Keqing.

Even in Ganyu's memory, such situations are rare.

The preparations for Hu Tao's wedding have been completely shelved, and Keqing's full vows have been shelved.

Whether it was the bright red dress or the purple ribbon, they were all put into the closet, but they would occasionally take them out to iron and organize them.

Ganyu's Glazed Light Soul is no longer collected. The soul that was once as big as a gem has become as big as a crystal ball.

But even so, every time they took out the gifts they had prepared for Ye Ming to protect him, they still retained an inextinguishable longing in their hearts.

Until the end of the second year.

Not only Hutao and Keqing, but even Ganyu realized that something was wrong.

It was also from this moment that the girls no longer hoped that time would go faster, but instead hoped that time would slow down.

Because they didn't want to prolong their separation from Ye Ming any further.

Finally... the time has come to the third year...

The girls were already convinced that something had happened to Ye Ming or that he was in trouble.

Because Ye Ming also said that he would go to very far places and sometimes encounter dangerous situations.

Ganyu, Hutao, Keqing and the others had been deceiving themselves, thinking that Ye Ming would be fine, but now... they had to face reality.

"You...what did you say?"

Not long after that, Keqing and the others received news that Ye Ming might have passed away.

"What is the source? How credible is it?"

Keqing's eyes kept shrinking and her body trembled uncontrollably. Hu Tao next to her looked like she had lost her soul. Her pale face made her look like a dead zombie.

"The news comes from Xumi."

The person Keqing sent out to collect intelligence said:

"After the Great Compassion Tree King was resurrected some time ago, news spread that Ye Ming was missing in Xumi."

“It is said that the Great Compassion Tree King and the Small Auspicious Grass King also spent a lot of time and manpower to search for Ye Ming’s whereabouts, but to no avail.”

"Finally... they found items left behind by Ye Ming in a place that used to be a dead zone."

That was the small amulet that Nashida secretly made for Ye Ming when they were working together to win back the Great Compassion Tree King. It was filled with Nashida's magic power.

“According to investigation, a massive battle on the level of the Demon God War took place in that dead zone, and the land within a radius of several hundred kilometers became riddled with holes.

After hearing this, Keqing and the others actually understood that Ye Ming had met with an accident, but she still refused to believe it and stubbornly retorted:

"Even so, it doesn't mean Ye Ming will die. What if he wins the battle?"

As soon as Keqing finished speaking, Ganyu walked in dazed.

She also heard Keqing's self-comfort just now, but facing the gazes from Keqing and Hu Tao, Ganyu just shook her head.

"I just came back from Xumi and learned some information from the Tree King and the Little Grass God."

Ganyu's voice was small and weak, with traces of tears clearly visible on her face. She didn't know how many times she cried on the way back and forth.

"When Ye Ming left, his body was already overwhelmed. After such a terrible battle, I'm afraid..."

Ganyu was unable to finish her words in the end. She couldn't bear, didn't want, and didn't dare to repeat that result again.

"..."

For a moment, the silence in the room was suffocating.

The camera gave close-ups of Ganyu, Keqing and Hutao, but Alicia minimized the video.

"I'm sorry, everyone... I really..."

Alicia rubbed her face. She had never shown such a pessimistic look in front of others.

[I understand. I just turned off the video.]

[That dead look in your eyes, please spare me]

At that moment, everyone realized that the most deeply rooted horror was not the hideousness or ugliness...

Instead, it was a beautiful girl, with a sweet and lovely face, showing a look of utter despair.

"I still have...something I agreed to do..."

Just when the three were about to drown in sorrow, Kurumi suddenly remembered something.

She tried to get up twice, but each time she fell back into the chair.

Even so, Hu Tao still gritted her teeth, wanting to complete the last relationship between her and Ye Ming in this world.

I only heard her ask in a voice that seemed to have a withered soul:

"The body...Ye Ming's body...Have you found it?"

"what are you planning to do?"

"In my...our way...to say goodbye to Ye Ming for the last time."

580. The rest of my life? What kind of curse is this?

That must be the saddest wish in the world.

But even so humble, the cruelty of the facts will become more severe and shatter this pitiful comfort.

"Nothing was found except some debris."

Knowing the truth was already a very painful thing, but Ganyu didn't expect that conveying these things would make her feel heartbroken again.

At that moment, in the midst of endless despair, a touch of grief and anger appeared on Hu Tao's face.

Is this how fate is arranged? Not to mention meeting again, even the last promise and the last farewell are not allowed?

How tragic and hateful does this world have to be before it ends?

"Now that things have come to this, we..."

Ningguang rushed here immediately after hearing about this. She wanted to comfort Keqing and the others, but after seeing their dead eyes, she retreated without saying a word.

It is not a sadness that can be overcome by being calm, nor is it a mood that can be calmed by being rational.

It was the first time she saw the three of them like this. Ningguang, who had also experienced many years, didn't even know if the magic of time could heal such scars.

Oh yeah... time...

That must be the cruelest concept for all those who are waiting for Ye Ming's return.

"Master, the funeral is ready."

"..."

The cold time keeps moving forward, and only at this time does it become regular and fixed.

"Everything is arranged according to your wishes."

"That kind of thing...is no longer important..."

Looking at the cenotaph in front of her, Walnut's expression was like petals broken by frost and snow.

"I can't feel...Ye Ming's soul..."

Feelings? Feelings? The one I love the most is not even around me. How can I practice what I have always insisted on?

I don’t know… and there’s no reason to find out…

The only thing we know is that none of the three cried at the funeral that day.

Because the tears have long been dried up and the tear glands have withered, after the extreme sadness, one is numb and can no longer feel the sadness or joy.

But this numbness can only affect the outside, and it cannot relieve the pain in the heart at all.

When the burial took place, the coffin was clearly empty, but the people in the Hall of the Dead felt that the person lying there was Walnut himself.

Something... along with the cenotaph, was buried in the black soil.

"Maybe this is my punishment."

After the ceremony, Keqing, who was reluctant to leave, said:

"My ideal and love were realized at the same time, and all my happiness was caused by one person. Because I experienced such a dreamlike time, I have to live in pain for the rest of my life."

She knew very well that no matter how time passed, there was no possibility of "getting out".

"When I lost the last of my family, it was Ye Ming who filled in all the gaps for me."

Hu Tao had the same idea as Keqing, and she said coldly:

"After losing him, I don't want to have anything anymore."

The bad news is that neither of them will be able to find happiness for the rest of their lives, but the good news is that the rest of their lives will not be too long and the pain will eventually end.

After thinking of this, Keqing and Hutao both looked at Ganyu at the same time, with both the sadness of sharing the same suffering and the pity for Ganyu in their eyes.

"Ganyu...she still has at least a thousand years to live, right?"

"That kind of life is too cruel."

However, let alone considering ways to relieve Ganyu's worries, just imagining how she would feel was enough to make Keqing and Hutao almost collapse.

In the end, the issue of time can only be left to the person who lives forever.

"..."

At first, Ganyu didn't notice this problem.

Immersed in the pain of losing Ye Ming, she spends every day with work, day after day, year after year.

The gift she prepared for Ye Ming, the light soul of the glazed lily, was also placed on the table, continuously emitting a faint blue fluorescence at night.

Just as Guizhong said, this gift is not only beautiful, but more importantly, it can be preserved for a long time.

In the hundred years since then, the spherical light soul has been preserving Ganyu's memories of her and Ye Ming.

Let Ganyu remember normally, miss normally, and feel sad normally.

until……

The Glazed Light Soul reached its limit of life and completely went out in the darkness.

"!!!"

At that moment, Ganyu suddenly woke up from the dream of watching a chess game.

She suddenly realized that Keqing and Hutao were gone, and Yujingtai had a new group of rulers.

And I will still be here, a hundred years from now, five hundred years from now, a thousand years from now... I will still be alive in this world.