"...It's like this."
Xu Xin explained what had just happened to her.
Shi Wanyun looked into his eyes, her voice gentle, "So, can I assume that you already trust me?"
Xu Xin nodded, "I trust you, which is why I'm telling you about this."
Shi Wanyun's lips curved slightly, "Alright, how about this: Since you already trust me, tell me everything you know about the world, then I'll do anything for you."
"Anything?"
"Anything." Shi Wanyun gently lifted the blanket.
Below, a snow-white smoothness.
Xu Xin's eyes twitched, and he took a deep breath, pressing her blanket down, "Alright, there's no need for you to do such things."
Then, he told the woman before him the true situation of the world, detail by detail.
Shi Wanyun's expression shifted from calm indifference to gradual surprise.
"Is it really... like this?" Shi Wanyun's gaze trembled slightly, "This is Earth, the Earth of a thousand years later... Then, is it that we simply can't return?"
Return?
