9

9

The day my legs could move normally again, I finally walked out of the hospital and breathed in fresh air, feeling indescribably exhilarated.

The sense of regaining what was lost was so wonderful that I didn't want to waste a single second of what lay ahead. I just wanted to act quickly for myself, whether it be traveling the world or stepping back onto the stage I love. At that moment, I was free.

Yet the next second, I saw the person I least wanted to see.

It was Zhou Sinian. After awakening his self-awareness, he had also encountered the System and paid the price of abandoning everything to come to the real world to find me.

At this moment, his face was filled with the joy of regaining what was lost.

"Zheng, I finally found you! You're really not dead!"

Dark circles under his eyes showed clearly that he hadn't rested well. He looked utterly weathered, nothing like his once handsome and tall self, as he ran excitedly toward me, wanting to hug me as he used to.