Collapse Simulator, why are we drifting apart?

Fan Mu took the bag in silence. Through the bag, he could feel a small box inside. It was not heavy, even a little light, and somewhat... familiar.

He looked at the person in front of him, looked at her hopeful eyes, and finally slowly reached out and opened the bag. Inside was a small box. Looking at the things in the box, he was stunned for a moment, then quickly returned to normal and took out the things inside.

He was familiar with this thing, after all, he had just seen it.

It was a box of tasteless stinky tofu, covered with a reddish, sticky juice.

"I..." Fu Xuan pinched the corner of her clothes nervously. After the things were delivered, she looked at the pile of boxes on the side and suddenly felt a little regretful.

It goes without saying that Fan Mu is already very full.

Would giving such a simple gift be considered insincere?

Isn't it a bit stupid for her to give such a thing at this time?

The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became. She wanted to take it back, but she didn't know how to say it. She was afraid that this sudden change would cause Fan Mu's only remaining feelings for her to plummet.

He was filled with fear and anxiety, but finally he gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and spoke haltingly.

"I...I saw that you really liked it, so I bought it for you. I know this...apology may be a little shabby, but if you want anything, I, I can buy it for you!"

"All kinds of high-end brand clothes, spaceships, star destroyers, except...except Miss, I will buy you anything you want!"

"I give you everything I have!"

"Houses, land, property, whatever you want, I will buy it. If I can't buy it, I will ask for it. If I can't get it, I will beg for it. Anyway, I will get whatever you want!"

Fu Xuan closed her eyes tightly, her voice unconsciously became high, her breathing became unusually rapid, she had already given all her chips, she had put everything she had on it.

"So...so..."

Before she finished her last words, she heard Fan Mu say.

"Well, no need."

The surrounding weeds were swaying and the shouts from the stalls were endless. As these words fell, the world seemed to stop for Fu Xuan and became unusually quiet.

She could clearly hear her every breath and her wildly beating heart.

"Why...why?" She asked dryly: "Is it because you feel something is not enough, or do you want...want..."

Fu Xuan swallowed a mouthful of non-existent saliva.

"I……"

"No reason."

Fan Mu shook his head slowly and calmly, turned around and sat down on the stone block, picked up the toothpick that came with it and inserted it into a piece of tofu.

Fu Xuan fell silent and watched silently, her breathing gradually calming down. It was obvious that she also realized her previous loss of composure.

Just like that, the two seemed to have returned to their previous way of getting along, silent, perhaps with nothing to say.

I picked up a small piece of tofu and put it in my mouth, chewing it in small bites. The weather in the evening was getting colder, and there was a slight breeze today. The tofu had been left for too long and had become cold, without any flavor, but it had a unique flavor.

I ate piece after piece, chewing each bite slowly, as if I was tasting some delicacies from the land and the sea.

The evening breeze blew, and there were more pedestrians walking after dinner on the roadside, mostly elderly people and parents with small children...

As he swallowed the last piece of tofu in his mouth, the sun in the sky completely set. The street lights were extremely dazzling and a little blinding, forcing Fan Mu to rub his eyes gently.

It was just a simple action, but it scared Fu Xuan so much that he was afraid that he would hear a bad answer from him in the next second.

"It's so late!"

Fan Mu sighed and looked up at the sky. He only saw three or two stars, while most of the others were still hidden under the night sky, waiting for the deeper night to fall.

"Ah."

Fu Xuan nodded in agreement and stood beside him. From her current appearance, she looked like a maid in a young master's family. No one would have thought that the person with such a timid look would be the high and mighty Lord Taibu.

"Fu Xuan... Never mind. I'll just call you Master Taibu. This name sounds easier to pronounce."

Fan Mu said softly. It was clearly a respectful word, but it sounded more like sarcasm to Fu Xuan, and his face turned paler. This title already explained a lot.

No matter how she thought about it or how unwilling she was, the ruthless words continued.

"I don't know what prompted you to change now. Master Taibu doesn't need to change anything. Just live your life as before, as if... nothing happened..."

The night sky is pale, today is destined to be a different night.

"Weren't the days before pretty good? Carefree and comfortable. You were still the high and mighty Lord Taibu, and there were still countless people fawning on you. You didn't need to please me like you do now."

"It feels bad to please someone, right?"

Fan Mu stood up and took a deep breath, and the free air floated into his nostrils.

He waved his hand casually and put the surrounding trash boxes into the system space.

"Master Taibu, that's it, let's end this conversation here!"

At this point, it is actually very clear. Fan Mu has already acknowledged the existence of that memory, and even further, it may be inevitably related to why that memory appeared inexplicably.

"Master Taibu, from now on you go your way and I go mine. We don't have to meet again. I have repaid the favor I owe you."

“Since you are Taibu Si Taibu, the influence of the reputation of those thousand people is also extraordinary, right?”

"In that dream, you raised me, and I repaid you. We... no longer owe each other anything!"

After saying that, he wanted to leave.

"Do not!!"

"This is different!"

Fu Xuan hurriedly grabbed his hand and looked at him in panic.

"What's the difference?" Fan Mu asked back calmly.

"this..."

When the words came to her lips, she suddenly realized that, indeed, there was no difference. She could not come up with any reason. After all, the memory was just a memory and not something that actually happened in this world.

Even if she knew it was true, so what? If it didn't happen, it didn't happen. She couldn't use this reason to keep him!

"Hey, Master Taibu, what else do you want?"