Starting with a Breakup: Why Is the True Heiress My Possessive Ex? - Chapter 80
“Niannian…”
“Where are you?”
“You’re not planning to leave me behind like this… are you?”
“I won’t allow it.”
“I’ll find you…”
“No matter where you are…”
Your girlfriend begins searching the world…
For someone who has long since died.
Simulation Complete
Unlocked Ending: Lost Traveler
You believe that the most beautiful love is allowing her to continue following your footsteps.
Even though you will never move again…
The belief that she will someday find you becomes the force that keeps her walking forward.
What blind devotion.
Reward Selection
-
- The Membrane Replication ability is slightly enhanced.
-
- A jar of Xu Nian jam.
-
- The ability to transform into the appearance you had at the moment of death in this simulation.
“…Failed again.”
Xu Nian stared at the simulation results.
Her heart refused to settle.
She had believed that disrupting Lin Zhihao’s advancement ritual would drive him completely out of control.
Instead…
Although he suffered severe backlash…
It wasn’t enough.
His previous accumulation still carried him across the final threshold.
Despite the pain…
He successfully advanced to Four-Star.
At this point…
Every simulation attempt had been exhausted.
If she wanted to simulate again…
She would have to wait until tomorrow.
Silently…
Xu Nian claimed the rewards from her last two simulations.
For the previous simulation…
She chose the third reward.
For this one…
She selected the first.
Only after everything was finished…
Did she fall back into thought.
What should I do now?
Time…
Seemed plentiful.
Yet when she counted carefully…
She probably had only around a dozen simulation opportunities left before reality caught up with her.
If she couldn’t find a way to break this deadlock…
Death would likely be waiting for her.
What do I do…
What should I do…?
The direction itself wasn’t wrong.
Destroying the ritual…
Was definitely the key.
The real problem…
Was that Lin Zhihao’s ritual had already accumulated tremendous emotional momentum long before its final step.
Even if she interrupted the ending…
The earlier resonance remained.
It was enough…
To force his advancement through…
Even while paying a price.
That meant…
If she truly wanted to destroy the ritual…
She couldn’t wait until the last moment.
She had to interfere…
From the very beginning.
Which meant…
She first needed to contact the underground boss Lin Zhihao intended to control.
The simulations had repeatedly emphasized that person.
There had to be a reason.
Perhaps…
That individual was the true breakthrough.
If she could prevent Lin Zhihao from controlling his intended target…
Wouldn’t that itself shatter his emotional resonance?
Better yet…
It might push his obsession with control beyond its limit…
Driving him into berserk transformation.
Two birds…
One stone.
But…
Who exactly was this underworld boss?
Xu Nian searched her memories.
Eventually…
One face surfaced.
If there was anyone she had ever met…
It could only be him.
Unfortunately…
Their encounter had happened only once.
Without another simulation…
She couldn’t verify any of these guesses.
She could only wait.
Wait until tomorrow morning.
Daily missions refreshed precisely at six o’clock.
She needed to complete tomorrow’s mission immediately…
Earn another simulation attempt…
Then continue searching for the answer.
“Niannian.”
A gentle voice suddenly called her name.
Xu Nian froze.
Only then did she realize…
Someone had been beside her the entire time.
Su Qingya.
Ever since they finished cleaning…
The two had been lying together on the bed.
Normally…
The room would never have been this quiet.
They would chat…
Laugh…
Tease each other endlessly.
But ever since Xu Nian entered her first simulation…
She had completely shut herself off.
Not saying a single word.
Until now.
When Xu Nian turned her head…
She suddenly found Su Qingya’s face only inches away.
“…!”
She nearly jumped in fright.
Her heart skipped a beat.
“Q-Qingya!”
“What are you doing?”
“You scared me to death!”
“…Niannian.”
“Are you afraid?”
“…”
“You…”
“You aren’t afraid of me, are you?”
Su Qingya ignored her complaint…
Instead asking an entirely different question.
Xu Nian rolled her eyes helplessly.
“I really was frightened just now.”
“The whole fox practically jumped half a meter away.”
“…”
“But you know…”
“I’m not talking about only that.”
Su Qingya slowly moved closer.
She gently placed her hand over Xu Nian’s chest.
“You’ve been hiding something.”
Xu Nian instinctively shrank backward.
The pressure against her chest caused a faint stabbing pain.
An inexplicable sense of vigilance flashed through her.
Yet…
When Su Qingya reached toward her again…
Xu Nian forcibly suppressed the discomfort.
Allowing her to remain close.
“Niannian…”
“You’re scared.”
“Terrified.”
“But…”
“What you’re afraid of…”
“…isn’t me.”
“Right?”
“Of course not.”
Xu Nian smiled weakly.
“Why would I ever be afraid of you?”
She really had been terrified.
The simulations had frightened her more than anything else.
Yet somehow…
Su Qingya had sensed it immediately.
“Then…”
“What are you afraid of?”
In Su Qingya’s eyes…
Scarlet text floated quietly above Xu Nian’s head.
Fear Value: …%
It continued rising…
Little by little.
Yet she couldn’t understand why.
“I…”
Xu Nian hesitated.
Then deliberately changed the subject.
“I’m afraid…”
“Of our future.”
She looked directly into Su Qingya’s eyes.
“Do you think…”
“We’ll really keep living like this?”
“Walking toward the future we both dream about?”
“Living together peacefully…”
“Sweetly…”
“Without anyone disturbing us…”
“Forever?”
“Of course.”
Su Qingya answered immediately.
Without the slightest hesitation.
Her gaze was unwavering.
This…
Was the future she longed for too.
Her eyes silently conveyed everything she couldn’t put into words.
Yet…
The four failed simulations continued replaying inside Xu Nian’s mind.
Again.
And again.
They reminded her…
Warned her…
That future…
Would never arrive so easily.
Perhaps…
She couldn’t change the ending at all.
Maybe…
The least painful choice…
Was to let go now.
Release Qingya.
Leave quietly.
Accept her own ending.
…
No.
Absolutely not.
Enough.
She’d had enough of running away.
Xu Nian suddenly clenched her fists.
What are you afraid of?
Wasn’t the whole reason for using these simulations…
To protect the future you wanted?
Then…
At least this once…
She had to stop retreating.
She had to hold on.
Tightly.
Yes.
That was the answer.
Be selfish, Xu Nian.
Just this once…
Be selfish.
Because…
This Qingya…
Belonged only to her.
She was the irreplaceable treasure in Xu Nian’s world.
Hadn’t she already made that decision…
From the very beginning?
Let go?
Impossible.
Even if she died…
She would never release Su Qingya’s hand.
Even if she died…
She would leave the deepest place in Qingya’s heart filled with only her.
She would protect…
Her Qingya.
No one…
Would ever take her away.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
