Liquid streamed down her face, blurring her vision. Through the haze, she could vaguely make out the figure of a man frantically rushing toward her.
This scene—Shen Suian felt she had experienced it countless times.
“Suisui, don’t fall asleep… please… I beg you… don’t sleep…”
The man knelt on the ground, his hand trembling in mid-air, wanting to touch her but not daring to.
She was too fragile.
So fragile…
Fragile enough to shatter at the slightest touch.
“Suisui…”
Shen Suian wanted to respond to him, but even moving a finger was excruciatingly difficult. As she opened her mouth, fresh blood gushed out.
Cool fingertips brushed against her cheek, gently wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth. Then, large, warm droplets fell onto her face, startling her into a moment of clarity.
“Suisui, the ambulance… is here… don’t sleep… Suisui…”
But clarity was fleeting. Shen Suian’s consciousness gradually faded, and the words she heard became fragmented.
Then, darkness enveloped her vision, and her consciousness slipped away entirely.
Did those who died in car accidents not even deserve a final word?
Unfortunately, she would never hear the answer.
**
“Xie Yubai! What on earth are you doing?”
Shen Suian slowly awoke to the sound of Cen Xi shouting these words.
Huh?
She wasn’t dead?
After being hit like that, could she still be saved?
But why was it so dark around her?
She couldn’t see her own hand in front of her face. Only a faintly glowing screen in the distance emitted a weak light.
Had her consciousness awakened while her body remained asleep?
So far, that was the most plausible explanation.
“You don’t need to worry about this.”
Hmm… that was her Xiao Bai’s voice.
“What do you mean, I don’t need to worry…” Cen Xi said, “If it were just you, I really wouldn’t bother. But how can you do this to An’an? Or do you think that now, in the Apocalypse, with no laws or morals, you can just marry someone else?”
After a long silence, Cen Xi took a deep breath and spoke again, “Forget it. I won’t oppose this. After all, no one expects you to spend the rest of your life alone for An’an’s sake.”
“But if there’s any news, don’t tell me.”
Shen Suian was stunned for a moment before she understood.
The glimmer of light in her damp, almond-shaped eyes dimmed.
So, she was dreaming again.
Was this a final surge of clarity before death?
Or…
【Are you Shen Suian?】
A cold, electronic voice echoed in her ear, tinged with a human-like curiosity.
“Wasn’t it you who brought me here?” Shen Suian replied with a faint, ironic smile. “I thought you were all-powerful.”
The voice paused.
Suddenly, the surroundings brightened, though no light source was visible.
A small glowing ball appeared before Shen Suian, circling her left and right.
Shen Suian didn’t even bat an eyelid, calmly waiting for what would come next.
【How exactly did you manage this?】
“Hmm?” Shen Suian raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean?”
【You’re already dead, yet you still make the male lead remember you for so long. Even after we erased your memories and his multiple times, he still recalls you, even going so far as to…】
The voice abruptly cut off.
The little glowing ball bounced a few times before falling silent.
“Why must I die?”
【It’s predetermined. There’s no way to change it.】
The voice sounded helpless, yet Shen Suian laughed.
“Is that so?” She reached out and poked the little glowing ball, which couldn’t withstand the pressure and toppled to one side.
【Hey, hey! Why are you like this!】
“Since I have to die no matter what, couldn’t you arrange a different way for me to die? Couldn’t you let me perform a few surgeries? At the very least, let my death have some value?”
“I may not be a good person, but I’m not bad either. A person should die a meaningful death, so as not to have lived in vain.”
The glowing Tuanzi seemed to be stunned by these bold words and fell into thought.
【That does make sense…】
The next second, the glowing Tuanzi stretched out both hands and shrugged helplessly.
【But you’re already dead now, so you can’t die a meaningful death anymore.】
“…”
“So, why did you go through all this trouble to bring me here?”
Shen Suian glanced around. The light screen had already disappeared, but she already had some guesses in her mind.
【How did you know I was the one who did it?】
Shen Suian: “”
Why does this little ball seem so silly?
【I’m not silly!】
“You can hear my thoughts?”
【Hmph╯^╰】 The glowing Tuanzi put its hands on its hips, 【I am the Main System of this world, and I’m quite impressive.】
Shen Suian looked lazy and even yawned, nodding faintly, “Oh.”
【…】
How dare this human brush it off like that?!
Even though it was angry, there was nothing it could do about Shen Suian.
Besides, it still needed her help.
It coughed: 【I can bring you back to life, and then you can die a meaningful death.】
Shen Suian looked at it as if it were a fool and firmly refused, “No!”
【Why not?】
“Since I’m going to die anyway, I might as well die now. As they say, the sooner you die, the sooner you’ll be reincarnated.”
【No, that’s not right.】 The glowing Tuanzi scratched its bald head with its hand, 【You should agree.】
Shen Suian: “I don’t agree.”
【Then what will it take for you to agree?】
Shen Suian’s eyes sparkled, and the corner of her mouth curled into a sly smile: “I’ll ask you a few questions.”
【Go ahead.】 The glowing Tuanzi puffed out its chest, 【There’s nothing I don’t know.】
“In that case, go ahead and tell me.”
【Tell you what?】 The glowing Tuanzi was dumbfounded.
“Didn’t you say there’s nothing you don’t know? Then you must know what I want to ask.”
The glowing Tuanzi fell silent again.
It strongly suspected that Shen Suian was tricking it, but it couldn’t find any evidence.
【The world you’re in is a predetermined world, like the storybooks in your world.
As for you? You’re the male lead’s white moonlight wife, but it’s pretty tragic. At the beginning of the story, you die… Oh, wait, you don’t actually appear. You only appear in the male lead’s earliest memories, and later on, he forgets about you too.】
The glowing Tuanzi spun around in place and added, 【Completely forgotten.】
Shen Suian: “”
To be honest, she strongly suspected that this glowing Tuanzi was mocking her.
【