Chapter 14..A Story Yet to Be Written

Months later…

Liang Chen sat in a cozy café, his laptop open. The pages filled with words.

A story not about darkness—but about second chances, friendships, and hope.

Zhao Rui sat across from him, flipping through a photography book.

"You're writing again?" he asked.

Liang Chen nodded. "Yeah. This time, it's different."

Zhao Rui smirked. "It better have a handsome best friend in it."

Liang Chen snorted. "Maybe. But no promises."

Zhao Rui sighed dramatically. "What a betrayal."

They laughed.

Liang Yue arrived, placing a cup of coffee next to him. "Whatever you write, make sure it has a happy ending."

Liang Chen looked at them. At the warmth of this moment.

He thought back to the shadowy figure in the void. To the book that had trapped him.

Maybe that world had been real. Maybe it hadn't.

But it didn't matter.

Because this?

This was real.

And he was ready to live it.

With one last glance at his laptop, he typed the title of his new book.

"( Dark web) photographers.

He smiled.

A new story was just beginning.