Before entering the story world, the audience always spends some time calming and steadying their emotions, just like how a student facing an exam will find their own way to dissipate pressure to ensure they are in the best state when entering the exam hall. For a student, the results of an exam determine the way their parents will treat them at home, which is already enough to make one nervous and prudent. As for the audience,
it determines whether they will even have a life to walk out with.
Even someone with Mr. Su Bai's disposition wouldn't be an exception in such a situation. Rarely do listeners busy themselves with other matters before entering the story world; most people prefer to be alone and quiet their heart.
Aroma was driving slowly along the highway, surrounded by the neon lights flickering, and the bustle of traffic. In a city like Modu, it's surprisingly easier to come into contact with the so-called loneliness.
