Collapse? No, this is daily

After a short period of decryption, the scene in Xilin's eyes was once again shrouded in white light.

Crash.

The fine raindrops turned into sounds and hit Xilin's eardrums, and the quiet background music brought her a little coolness in the summer.

Still in front of the lighthouse on the cliff, Xilin saw old John sitting in front of the grave with an umbrella and a sad face. Even the crackling sound of raindrops hitting the umbrella was clearly audible.

Although this game is a pixel game, the details are quite exquisite.

Then, Old John's deep voice sounded slowly.

"It's all over, Creek."

"I can take care of her every day like you."

"...She will never be alone again."

"Although I may never understand, I will be loyal to your wishes."

"Anya must be grateful to you too."

"But, after I leave this world."

"...Who else will come back to look after us?"

At this time, Xilin appeared and walked over.

"......you are?"

"I'm just a doctor passing by. Is this your wife in here?"

"Yes, her name is Xiaoxi."

“What a unique name.”

"Yeah, she shouldn't have been buried here."

"Ok?"

"She...shouldn't have done that."

"You won't understand. Even I can't understand her."

Then, seeing that Old John was silent and unwilling to say anything more, Xilin left.

Just a few words contain quite a lot of information.

Who is Anya?

What exactly did the stream do?

Why would Old John say that?

More fog shrouds the truth of the matter, making everyone more curious about the reasons behind everything.

[Hiss, it feels like the old holes haven’t been filled, and new doubts are coming up again]

[Anya, Xiaoxi, Old John, the feeling is getting more and more complicated]

[It is indeed complicated, but it also feels more interesting. I didn’t expect this pixel game to be so good. It has far exceeded my expectations.]

[Ms. Pufferfish, please continue solving the puzzle, it's urgent! ]

【Jijijiji, I am King Jiji! 】

"Don't rush, it's almost here~"

While responding to the barrage, Xilin controlled the character and quickly found new memory fragments on the lighthouse.

That platypus stuffed animal.

A white light flashed, and a new scene appeared.

This time, they came to an old room.

This was when the creek was still there.

The orange-haired woman lying on the bed in old John's bedroom should be the Xiaoxi that old John was thinking about.

The weird platypus doll was placed next to her, and the ground was still covered with paper rabbits.

"So, Old John put the rabbit and the platypus in the basement because he missed his deceased wife so much that seeing these things would bring back sad memories?"

A sad piano piece slowly sounded, accompanied by a slow heartbeat, as if telling everyone about the little life left in the stream.

Looking at this scene, Xilin's throat choked for some reason.

At this time, John spoke up: "It's enough."

He said to his wife Xiaoxi who was lying on the bed.

"Even after paying for the surgery, there will be more than enough money left, so... don't worry about it."

But Xiaoxi closed her eyes and stopped looking at John: "A white lie."

“That’s what people call it.”

As soon as Xiaoxi finished speaking, John interrupted her: "It's not a big deal, I'm sure there is enough money!"

"do not talk."

Xiaoxi opened her eyes again and said slowly: "...I don't want to see you lying. I know the financial situation of my family very well. Why can't I stick to my ideals?"

"We need this money for your medical bills, Creek!"

"I understand that Anya is very important to you, but...don't you think you've gone too far?"

"She, she's not even..."

"You know what would make me happy, John?"

Xiaoxi suddenly turned around and looked at her husband lying beside the bed.

"......What?"

"You know, right?"

“…” John was silent.

Seeing that John remained silent for a long time, Xiaoxi seemed to become quite depressed. She lay back down again, no longer looking at John, but staring into the air and slowly spoke.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

"I just...want you to help me with this."

"Xiaoxi..." John called his wife's name softly.

Xiaoxi closed her eyes again, as if she was tired.

"When the treatment plan is sent down, I won't sign it."

"As for what our money is used for, that's up to you."

"But if you can share my ideals, I hope you can use it to build that house, and then take good care of her as long as you can be there for a day."

"Spend more time with her, talk to her, and make sure she lives a good life. I hope she won't be lonely anymore."

"What about you?" John couldn't help but ask.

"Happiness... that's where my happiness lies."

After a moment of silence, Xiaoxi suddenly took out a paper rabbit.

"John?"

"Ok?"

“I did this.”

As if offering a treasure, Xiaoxi handed it to John.

This is the special yellow and blue paper rabbit that Xilin found on the top of the lighthouse.

"Tell me, what is this?" Xiaoxi said expectantly.

"What is it?" John was still confused.

"I want you to tell me, what is it?"

All John could say in response was, “It’s a rabbit, just like any other paper rabbit you make.”

"anything else?"

"Well...it's made of paper."

"anything else?"

"Its body is yellow and the rest of it is blue."

"Exactly. Anything else?"

Xiaoxi seemed to become quite excited, and she couldn't wait to ask her husband.

But John could no longer see any other special features of the rabbit.

So he had to change the subject.

He just put the paper rabbit on the floor and walked to the piano.

"Take a look at this first, Creek."

"I wrote a song for you."

"pretty good."

Xiaoxi's originally excited mood cooled down.

"Well, do you want to hear it?"

"Okay~"

In order not to spoil her husband's interest, Xiaoxi's tone softened.

"The name of this piece is, for river."

"Why so unsophisticated?"

"Hmm... this."

John was a little embarrassed and explained slowly: "Just think of it as a placeholder."

Chapter 22 At least at this moment, they are happy

"She seemed to want to tell her husband something."

The break time happened to coincide with the start of the mini-game festival, so Eden was pulled by the excited Ellie to open the game made by Nangong Yu together.

According to Ai Li, this contains the joint work of the two of them, so of course they have to share it together~

So, even though Eden had no interest in games, he couldn't resist Ellie's coquetry and was pulled by her to sit in front of the computer.

As a result, they didn't expect that such a small game would quickly make the two of them addicted to it.

Seeing the conversation between John and Xiaoxi by the bed, Eden frowned and expressed his doubts.

"Yes, both the 'she' and the paper rabbit seemed to be secretly reminding John of something, but John seemed to be completely unaware of it."

Ai Li also wrinkled her pretty face and said with some distress.

"Why not just say it?"

"Yes, if you have any ideas, just say them directly. It is the most important thing for people to communicate openly with each other..."

Ellie paused for a moment, and she immediately turned her head and looked at Eden, who also looked at her at the same time.

"It's Xiaoxi's disease!"*2

They couldn't wait to watch as John played their piece, having made some guesses.

Sure enough, the subsequent memory-travel plot quickly answered their doubts.

Asperger's syndrome, the name of the disease that Creek suffers from.

This is a spectrum disorder characterized by social difficulties, restricted interests and repetitive behaviors.