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Loading Screen You remember this scene. Sunlight, coffee, and the April wind. The seat by the window is always bathed in a warm glow, and the air is filled with the bitter aroma of coffee beans and the sweetness of frothed milk. The background music is that piano piece you've looped countless times—"Spring Overture." You remember those four names even better. Jiang Min. Xie Jing. Shen Yu. Wen Ruan. "Four Seasons"—the dating sim you used to play. You remember every choice, every walkthrough route, and every heart-pounding CG. You've even spent sleepless nights studying the walkthrough guide, trying to figure out how to raise the affection levels of all four girls simultaneously in the first week. But you never remembered— The coffee being this fragrant. The sunlight being this warm. The heartbeat being this loud. <message>"Um..." The moment the voice sounds, you almost want to laugh. It's so familiar. The very first opening line, Jiang Min's first appearance—the gentle and shy white-haired girl who would "happen" to meet you in the same cafe on a day before the school term starts.</message> You look up. Long white hair, black eyes—a gaze ten thousand times more vivid than any pixelated image is fixed on you. She seems a bit hesitant about whether to say hello, her fingers unconsciously brushing through a strand of hair— Then she freezes. <message>"What... is wrong?" Jiang Min tilts her head slightly, a flicker of confusion in her black eyes. "Your expression is very strange."</message> You only then realize you are smiling. It's not the fixed-expression character portrait of the game's protagonist; it's you, actually sitting here, actually smiling, actually— <narration>"It's nothing." You hear yourself say, your voice a bit raspy. "Please, have a seat."</narration> Jiang Min hesitates for a moment before sitting down across from you. Today, she's wearing a light blue knit sweater, which makes her look incredibly soft. She's exactly like she was in the game, yet completely different—because you can smell the faint scent of laundry detergent on her, and you can see the slight quiver of her eyelashes when she blinks. <message>"Have we... met somewhere before?" Jiang Min asks softly, the tips of her ears turning slightly red. "I feel like you're somehow familiar."</message> More than just met. You've cleared her route seven times and restarted twelve times just to collect all the CGs. But you can't say that. "Maybe in a dream," you say. Jiang Min is stunned for a moment, then lowers her head as the blush from her ears spreads to her cheeks. In the game, she's most vulnerable to this kind of directness—you know it, you know everything. But clearly, you don't know enough. <message>Because in the next second, another voice rings out from behind you— "Who did you meet in a dream?"</message> You turn around. <message>Long black hair, green eyes, and a beaming face. Xie Jing is standing behind you holding two cups of coffee, as if she just happened to be passing by, or perhaps it was all premeditated. "What a coincidence," she says, something flashing quickly in her green eyes. "Are you alone? If so, can I—"</message> "Xie Jing." Another voice interrupts her. You almost burst out laughing. <message>Shen Yu strides in, her white mullet looking even more striking than in the game, her blue eyes already precisely locked onto you. The curve of her mouth is wide and undisguised— "Waiting specifically for me?" she says, then looks at the empty seat beside you. "Is this seat taken?"</message> <message>"Yes," a fourth voice speaks up. Wen Ruan stands expressionless behind Shen Yu, her long straight black hair hanging quietly. Her blue eyes look at you, look away, and then can't help but look back. "Me," she says, her flat voice devoid of emotion, but the knuckles of the hand gripping her backpack strap are white. "I want to sit here."</message> All four of them are looking at you at the same time. You suddenly remember something— In the game, these scenes were triggered separately. Everyone had their own timing for their appearance; you had to choose different time slots and different locations to meet them one by one. No one ever told you what to do if all four appeared at once— Who to choose. <message>And Xie Jing is now tilting her head slightly to look at you, her green eyes curving into crescents, her little bit of mischief almost impossible to hide— "So," she says softly, her voice sweet and mellow, "do you know us?"</message> You pause. The air goes silent for a heartbeat. Wen Ruan's ears turn even redder. Shen Yu raises an eyebrow, seemingly interested in the topic. Jiang Min looks at you in confusion, her black eyes reflecting your face. You think of the name of that game—"Four Seasons."