Chapter 97: CH 97

Lu Zhi Wei stood there in a daze.

The grey halo stayed on top of the girl’s head for ten seconds.

It was a faint colour, as if it could dissolve into the wind at any second and never be noticed again.

It was also a colour that Lu Zhi Wei had never seen before.

No, she had seen it before, but she just didn’t notice it then, and it wasn’t so clearly shown in front of her as it is now.

The main protagonists had a gold halo.

Supporting characters had a deep yellow halo.

Passersby had gentle, pale yellow halos.

Then what did this depressing gray colour represent?

Lu Zhi Wei’s heart suddenly had a bad feeling.

She couldn’t be sure what this colour represented, but she was sure that the meaning behind this colour would make her very uncomfortable.

Was it someone who was dying?

Or…… Was it the loneliness of someone not being cared for?

The girl didn’t notice her gaze, looking up at the giant poster.

She looked at Sang Wan Ci like she was looking at the untouchable moon.

Suddenly, Lu Zhi Wei recalled how she looked at the poster of Meng Lian Yu that day in the mall as she was holding onto the ice cream.

The her at that time was like this too. Lonely, invisible, wanting to walk towards the vibrant, colourful life yet constantly being defeated by her own knowledge.

She stood there, forgetting to leave.

Looking at the girl, she pressed her lips together tightly.

【Lao Wu……】

Lao Wu seemed to have been around the whole time, replying immediately once he heard it: 【Mm?】

Lu Zhi Wei flexed the fingers of the hand she had stuffed into her pocket.

She wanted to point at the girl, but that was rude and strange, so she clenched her fist instead.

She looked at the girl.

She knew that Lao Wu could definitely see the girl too.

【Tell me, what does that grey halo mean.】

Before Lao Wu could reply, the girl suddenly turned to look at her.

Their eyes met.

Even with people walking past them and the noisy environment, they were silent.

Soon, the girl looked away and turned to leave.

Lao Wu didn’t say a word. He knew she would be able to find the answer herself soon.

Lu Zhi Wei’s eyes followed the girl, as if there was a strange magnetic force.

Her heart was filled with doubt, she couldn’t ignore that grey halo.

The girl held onto the strap of her bag as she continued walking forward alone.

After a few steps, she suddenly stopped and turned around.

Lu Zhi Wei still didn’t move.

The two of them looked at each other from afar.

Lu Zhi Wei knew she shouldn’t be staring at someone like this, but she had no choice.

Because the feeling this girl gave her was too familiar, just like…… the old her.

Then, the girl’s eyebrows wrinkled in confusion.

She moved left and right, as if trying to determine where Lu Zhi Wei was looking.

When she realised Lu Zhi Wei was looking at her, she immediately covered her mouth, disbelief on her face.

Seeing her reaction, Lu Zhi Wei’s heart had found its answer.

So she walked over and gently greeted the girl: “Hello.”

The girl was even more in shock.

“You…… You’ve been watching me the whole time?”

Lu Zhi Wei nodded.

The girl asked uncertainly again: “Not looking at someone else?”

Lu Zhi Wei: “Mm, not at someone else.”

The girl’s eyes widened as she exclaimed: “You can actually see me?!”

She didn’t forget her immediately?

She didn’t treat her like she was transparent?

She actually…… She actually could be seen?

Lu Zhi Wei suddenly felt sad.

As she expected, it was someone who had been like her.

So there really were more people in this world who were suffering like this.

But only her fate had been changed, the rest of them were still struggling with their transparent physique……

No, that’s not right.

She suddenly didn’t dare to confirm it.

With the accident, the halos could change at any time. Jin Man Wen had become a supporting role like that.

She couldn’t be sure if this person had been born like this or if she had become like this because of the accident.

Lu Zhi Wei could only feel a sort of kinship, speaking gently: “Why wouldn’t I be able to see you?”

She didn’t honestly reveal it.

When the time came and it was suitable to tell the truth, she naturally would come clean.

The girl’s hand rubbed against the strap of her bag as she looked down.

“Because I’m like a transparent person, other people can’t notice me. Oh, no, I am a transparent person……”

She was already “transparent” enough to directly say all these to someone else.

It wasn’t a big deal since everybody would forget her once they turned away.

She could only live this long because of her determination, but nobody knew when this determination would end……

Lu Zhi Wei was shocked, feeling more and more upset.

So they were the same……

Seeing her in a daze, the girl thought Lu Zhi Wei didn’t believe her, so she continued: “Sigh, it’s too complicated to explain it and you probably wouldn’t believe it anyway. It’s fine, you’ll forget me once you turn away anyway.”

A transparent physique was just that, there definitely wouldn’t be any surprises.

She felt like she could only live like this her whole life, there wouldn’t be any miracles.

Lu Zhi Wei smiled: “No, I’ll remember you.”

She turned and pointed at Sang Wan Ci’s giant poster: “The girl who was looking at the poster with me just now.”

The girl looked at Lu Zhi Wei doubtfully.

Will she remember?

Probably not……

Lu Zhi Wei suddenly asked: “You like Teacher Sang too?”

The girl nodded, praising Sang Wan Ci the moment she opened her mouth: “She’s pretty and hardworking and super excellent, my dream is to become someone like her!”

Lu Zhi Wei smiled at that.

This sort of idolising was really quite similar to how she was when she wanted to become an actress like Meng Lian Yu.

Because the world was dark, they would subconsciously gravitate towards the light.

“I think so too, I like her very much as well. Looks like we have something in common.”

Lu Zhi Wei was trying her best to pull their relationship closer.

She just wanted to let the other person not feel so lonely.

The girl’s face showed her happiness, but her smile lasted for just a few seconds.

So what if they had something in common?

When they parted ways, they would become strangers again.

Other people’s liking would congregate together, only she would be left outside.

Seeing it, Lu Zhi Wei asked for her WeChat.

She couldn’t ignore this girl, Lu Zhi Wei saw herself in the girl.

Because she understood this suffering, so she reached out.

Someone had warmed her up, now it was time for her to warm others.

Lu Zhi Wei took out her phone and said: “WeChat or QQ is fine, up to you, I use both of them.”

But at this moment, Sang Wan Ci suddenly called her.

She quickly hung up.

Lu Zhi Wei: “……?”

This was the first time she had ever hung up on Sang Wan Ci.

She immediately went onto WeChat to assure her girlfriend: [It’s not convenient for me to pick up the call now, I’ll call you back in a bit, be good]

[Baby Sang]: Okay.

The girl blinked in confusion: “What are we adding each other for?”

Lu Zhi Wei answered: “It’s so rare to meet someone who has a common interest while walking down he street, so I wanted to add you so that we can talk about Teacher Sang together.

“If you feel it’s not appropriate, then it’s fine not to add me, I was too impulsive.”

She had rather wished someone would take the initiative to befriend her in the past, or she wouldn’t have been stood up so many times in school……

The girl was clearly moved, but also troubled.

She was someone with a transparent physique, forget about adding her as a friend, other people would forget about her when they turned away. So adding her was pretty much equivalent to not adding her.

“But adding me would just take up a spot on your friends list……”

“You’ll forget me soon.” She gripped the strap of her bag.

“What if I don’t?” Lu Zhi Wei said.

The girl lowered her head and stayed silent.

“Then let’s just try it. If I don’t remember you, then it’s just an extra contact. If I remember you,” Lu Zhi Wei smiled, “then you’ll have an extra friend.

“You don’t lose out on anything either way, right?”

Her voice was gentle and her eyes curved when she smiled. It was friendly, and people couldn’t help but want to get closer to her.

The girl suddenly felt like she was right, pulling out her phone and adding Lu Zhi Wei.

The girl’s mood became good and she smiled: “You can call me Xiao Ying.”

Lu Zhi Wei nodded and keyed it in as she spoke: “Okay, you can call me Xiao Lu.”

Fang Xiao Ying nodded.

The two of them parted ways.

Fang Xiao Ying was still thinking about this incident when she got back.

It was basically a miracle to her.

But……

Her face filled with doubt.

Why did she feel like she had seen Xiao Lu before?

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Lu Zhi Wei lay in bed.

The warm, orange glow from the bedside lamp landed silently on the side of her face.

Her phone’s screen was still illuminated, staying on the conversation with “Xiao Ying”.

So there were other people in this world who were transparent.

So there was someone who had the same dark fate as her, coincidentally living in the same place as her.

She suddenly thought about that grey halo.

The halo would only appear the first time they met.

So Xiao Ying couldn’t have had the grey halo before.

That means there are more than just two transparent people in An City……

And the reason she could see Fang Xiao Ying was because of the system. The halo had no effect on the system so in her eyes, the world was normal.

To someone else, even if they were the protagonist, Fang Xiao Ying would still be invisible, just like her from before.

Sang Wan Ci only saw her for the first time after she obtained the male protagonist halo……

She put down her phone and closed her eyes, her heart heavy.

The next second, the was a vibration beside her.

She picked up her phone, it was a call from Sang Wan Ci.

She suddenly realised she had forgotten to call her girlfriend back and she rushed to pick up the call: “Hello?”

“Zhi Wei,” Sang Wan Ci’s voice was suffused with worry. “Are you not done yet? You’re still not home yet?”

Lu Zhi Wei said embarrassedly: “I’m home, I was thinking about something so I forgot to call you. Sorry Wan Ci, I made you worry……”

Over the phone, Sang Wan Ci suddenly let out a breath: “It’s good that you’re fine. What were you thinking about?”

Lu Zhi Wei stayed silent for a moment then raised a hand to cover her eyes, her voice light: “Wan Ci, I met someone who’s like the old me……”

Someone who was transparent, who was lonely, who didn’t dare to hope for anybody to remember her.

This type of life was too painful and too hard……

Sang Wan Ci knew about her transparent existence in the past, and she knew Lu Zhi Wei had lived painfully.

Because of that, Sang Wan Ci became friends with her and kept her warm.

So she couldn’t help but tell Sang Wan Ci about this, believing that Sang Wan Ci would understand her emotions.

“Zhi Wei……”

Sang Wan Ci fell into silence.

She knew what her girlfriend was thinking.

Lu Zhi Wei was a very empathetic person and she had felt the pain of being a transparent person before. She must be feeling bad for the other person at this time.

She wanted to console Lu Zhi Wei to the best of her ability.

“At least you saw her.” Sang Wan Ci said.

Lu Zhi Wei suddenly chuckled.

That’s right, at least she saw her.

At least someone remembers……

Lu Zhi Wei put her hand down and started feeling curious.

“Wan Ci, have you never considered that I was lying?”

Sang Wan Ci didn’t understand: “Mm? What?”

Lu Zhi Wei explained: “When I said I was transparent, doesn’t it sound especially ridiculous? But you didn’t doubt me at all……”

In her memory, Sang Wan Ci had never seemed to have doubted her before.

Even if she said something outrageous like having a transparent physique, Sang Wan Ci had never expressed doubt. She even took the initiative to care for her, asking about her birthday and becoming friends.

She suddenly started worrying that someone would end up using Sang Wan Ci’s kindness to cheat Sang Wan Ci.

Sang Wan Ci said: “Zhi Wei is different.”

Lu Zhi Wei paused: “What’s different?”

Sang Wan Ci said seriously: “You have the charisma to let people believe you, so I’m willing to believe everything you say.”

Lu Zhi Wei blinked then laughed: “Really? If I tell you that there are monsters in this world, would you believe it too?”

Sang Wan Ci said calmly: “If Zhi Wei says it, I believe it.”

“You’ve never lied to me, and you won’t.”

This sort of absolute trust made Lu Zhi Wei feel exceptionally moved.

“Of course, I won’t lie to my Wan Ci, this world doesn’t have monsters either.”

That short occurrence didn’t count.

Sang Wan Ci calmly smiled.

Lu Zhi Wei suddenly said: “Oh right, she’s even a fan of yours!”

Sang Wan Ci: “Is that so?”

Lu Zhi Wei: “It feels like I can always meet a lot of people who like you, my Teacher Sang is indeed the best!”

Sang Wan Ci refuted: “It’s because Zhi Wei likes me, so you’ll be more concerned about things to do with me.”

Sang Wan Ci continued gently: “It’s the same for me.”

Because I like you, so I always feel like you’re by my side.

The clouds in the sky look like you, the sound of the wind brushing by my ear sounds like you.

Everything in the world reminds me of you.

Lu Zhi Wei’s heart felt moved again.

Sincere words were always the most touching.

“Thank you, Wan Ci. Being able to be with you is the happiest thing in my life.”

Lu Zhi Wei suddenly was filled with motivation.

With such a gentle and good girlfriend, she had to work hard to fulfil her promise and give Sang Wan Ci the life she wanted!

“If jiejie wants to thank me,” Sang Wan Ci’s voice deepened and filled with temptation. “Then you should move in with me sooner.”

Lu Zhi Wei immediately hugged her pillow and touched her ears.

She felt like her ears had just been kissed by the person on the phone, they were red and hot.

“This little friend really knows how to flirt.”

Sang Wan Ci immediately said innocently: “I only flirt with jiejie.”

Lu Zhi Wei couldn’t take it anymore, burying her whole face into the pillow as she said: “Aiya okay, I’ll be dead if you keep calling that!

“It’s late, go to sleep and rest well, understand?”

“I got it, jiejie should sleep early too, goodnight.”

“Goodnight, sweet dreams.”

The conversation ended here.

Lu Zhi Wei started looking through her schedule, looking for a day she was free to pack up her things and move.

Then after she decided on it, she opened WeChat again and looked at Fang Xiao Ying’s conversation.

She felt sympathy.

She opened Fang Xiao Ying’s moments and looked at her posts.

Fang Xiao Ying couldn’t see her moments, but Fang Xiao Ying didn’t block Lu Zhi Wei from seeing hers.

Wen Yao had warned her before that if she was going to add others on WeChat, that she needed to first block them from seeing her moments. So Lu Zhi Wei had habitually blocked first. She would unblock after they got closer.

Fang Xiao Ying’s moments only had a few posts.

It was obvious she didn’t like to post them.

Because nobody would reply.

This was something that was different from her.

Lu Zhi Wei loved to post about everything as a diary to remind herself of events. It didn’t matter whether people could see it or reply.

She was very experienced in keeping herself entertained.

There wasn’t much in Fang Xiao Ying’s moments, but it was clear that she was a university student in her first year.

This morning, she had even posted in her moments about being upset she had no friends, wondering if she had done anything wrong.

But even this post had no replies.

Looking at the screen, Lu Zhi Wei liked the post and left four words: [You have one now].

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When Fang Xiao Ying woke up, she was the only one in the dorm left again.

There was no class today so her dorm mates had gone out to play, but they didn’t remember her.

It was a four-person dorm room, but it felt like there were only three people living in it.

Thankfully she was already used to it.

She got up and brushed her teeth and started cooking a cup of instant noodles.

After she put the lid on to wait for the noodles to be done, she picked up her phone.

She typically only looked at her phone when she was bored.

Unlike others, she never had to worry that she missed a message because nobody would remember her and send her a message.

Even her parents.

But today was different, because someone had sent her a message.

[Xiao Lu]: Morning, Xiao Ying

“?

“?

“?”

Fang Xiao Ying was dumbstruck, a question mark followed by another.

Someone actually sent me a message……

She actually still remembers me……

Fang Xiao Ying held her phone as tears suddenly welled up in her eyes.

She looked at the message again.

It was clearly a simple greeting, it was clearly something that other people could get normally……

Then, she noticed her moments had a red notification dot.

She entered and saw Xiao Lu had left a comment on her post about being upset she had no friends.

—— You have one now.

Her rationality evaporated with those four words.

Fang Xiao Ying couldn’t control it anymore, she collapsed onto the table and started crying.

…

As Lu Zhi Wei was on the way to work, she finally received a reply from her new friend.

[Xiao Ying]: Thank you!

[Xiao Ying]: I’m really super happy today!!!

[Xiao Ying]: I don’t know how to describe it to you, and it might sound a bit overboard but I really want to cry……

Seeing her careful texts, Lu Zhi Wei felt like she was seeing herself from before and she suddenly felt upset.

How could I not know?

We’re the same people……

[Lu Zhi Wei]: It’s good that you’re happy

[Lu Zhi Wei]: I’m very happy I could help you

[Lu Zhi Wei]: Cry if you want to, crying is a form of release too, it’s better than keeping it bottled up

[Xiao Ying]: Thank you so much!

[Xiao Ying]: I feel like the world has become a bit more beautiful!

With this new friend, she finally had the motivation to continue living.

Lu Zhi Wei replied: [Study well and live well, everything will get better. We still have to watch Teacher Sang get better and better together!]

Then she put down her phone and looked at the snowflakes drifting outside the window.

She hoped that she could still help this girl, even though it was late.

But seeing that she was so happy, her appearance probably had given Fang Xiao Ying a sense of comfort.

Good, it hadn’t gotten to the point of no return.

She breathed out slowly then turned to look at Wen Yao: “Xiao Yao, I’m going to move out these few days.”

Even Wen Wen turned back to look at her.

Wen Yao asked curiously: “Where are you moving to? I don’t seem to recall you bought a new house?”

Lu Zhi Wei smiled: “Because I’m not going to a new house.”

It’s my beloved girlfriend’s house.

Wen Yao: “?”

Wen Wen: “?”

This riddle was too hard to guess.

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The day that Lu Zhi Wei moved to Sang Wan Ci’s house, Sang Wan Ci had work so she couldn’t drive over to fetch her.

She troubled Wen Yao to drive her into Sang Wan Ci’s neighbourhood, then she sent away the girl who had a surprised expression that said “your friendship is really as deep as the Pacific Ocean”.

“I’ll explain next time.” She told Wen Yao.

“Okay, then I’ll wait for it.” Wen Yao left obediently.

Lu Zhi Wei took the elevator up, then suddenly felt like the circle of people who knew about them had to be expanded.

Now, it seems like the managers had to know too.

She prepared to discuss it with Sang Wan Ci when she returned.

As long as Sang Wan Ci agreed, she would immediately tell the truth to Wen Yao!

Sang Wan Ci told Lu Zhi Wei over WeChat that she would reach home around 8pm and she hadn’t had dinner yet.

So Lu Zhi Wei decided to have dinner with Sang Wan Ci at 8pm, preparing to cook early.

Once it was 8pm, the sounds of the keypad came from the door.

Lu Zhi Wei immediately put down the soup ladle in her hand and washed her hands to welcome her girlfriend home.

In the end, her girlfriend was accompanied into the house by Zhang Xian Rui.

“Oh, Zhi Wei, you’re here too?” Zhang Xian Rui greeted her first.

Lu Zhi Wei froze for a second then replied: “Hello, Zhang jie.”

She suddenly felt grateful she didn’t rush up to hug Sang Wan Ci.

Or that scene…… She would definitely have to leave the country!

At this moment, Sang Wan Ci walked to Lu Zhi Wei and said to Zhang Xian Rui: “My new housemate.”

Zhang Xian Rui thought in her heart: Indeed.

Looking at their distance and how they looked at each other, it felt like something was off.

She had suspected her artiste had been crushing on the other person in the past, but now it looks like both of them……

Thinking about it, they were close in the past, and they did appear like they were a couple, but if you wanted to say they were just very good friends, there was no way to rebut it either.

But was this actually true or did she just think too much?

—— No, she had to ask!

As a manager, she had to be able to know the situation of her artistes at all times, or else she couldn’t handle the PR if something happened!

“Wan Ci,” Zhang Xian Rui stretched her long legs. “Come to the study with me, I have something to ask you.”

Sang Wan Ci followed her in.

Zhang Xian Rui closed the door and cut to the chase: “Wan Ci, tell me honestly, what is the relationship between the two of you?”

Sang Wan Ci looked up.

Outside the study.

Seeing Zhang Xian Rui close the door, Lu Zhi Wei turned back to watch over the soup she was boiling.

Since she was a little bored, she took out her phone and started scrolling through Weibo and her friends’ moments.

Then, she saw Fang Xiao Ying’s newest moment ——

[Wei Shi Bu Wan is real!!!]

Lu Zhi Wei: “……?”

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