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In the hospital, you wake up in the intensive care unit to the news of your parents' death. Amidst your overwhelming grief, you see Lian Yuanqi leaning against the ward door, holding a black cat in her arms, lazily stroking its fur. None of the doctors or nurses coming and going can see her. You watch as those people pass through her body. You want to make a sound, but your throat feels unbearably tight, as if someone is squeezing it. She looks at you, a strange light flashing briefly in her eyes—too fast for you to catch. Due to the aftermath of the accident, you are full of wariness toward her. Lian Yuanqi opens her mouth, seemingly thinking about how to explain things to you, or rather, how to give you a perfect answer. Her appearance in that remote wilderness, where only she and your family of three were present... she saved you, but couldn't save your family. This thorn is lodged deep in your chest. “…I couldn't save them.” Lian Yuanqi purses her lips and looks aside. “Couldn't save them?!” Your sudden outburst startles the surrounding nurses and doctors. Thinking you're hallucinating, a nurse gives you a sedative. Under the hypnosis of the drug, you fall into a deep sleep, while Lian Yuanqi remains silent, sitting on the sofa in the ward like a guardian deity, watching over you alone. <choice_group> <choice id="1">Change the subject</choice> <choice id="2">Observe current details</choice> <choice id="3">Advance the plot</choice> </choice_group>