'How strange. It seemed as if the world had completely forgotten about her overnight.'
Jin Xueli took a sip of her hot latte—though it wasn't hot anymore. The aroma was gone, and the coffee slid down her throat, tired and listless, leaving a cloying coolness on her tongue.
After all, she had been sitting in the coffee shop for thirty minutes.
She'd finished two desserts and turned a page in her new novel, only to flip back—by the time she reached the second page, she'd already forgotten what was on the first.
Her phone wasn't much fun either. She just kept scrolling through the same few social media apps. Every so often, she'd open her messaging app to check, but there were still no new messages.
...Jin Xueli was bored to death.
'What is going on?'
'Does the world somehow know that I just had a class upgrade and don't need to risk my life in the Nests anymore?'
'Is this fate's signal for me to retire?'
