Collapse Simulator, why are we drifting apart?

"Hey, great philosopher, fireflies... they are so beautiful!"

“I didn’t expect to see so many fireflies here!”

The next day came, and Liuying's cheerful voice rang out in the cave, but it was not difficult to hear that her voice was a little weaker than yesterday.

Compared to yesterday, there are a little more insects outside today, and she was more injured. I'm afraid this cave will be discovered within two days.

She rubbed hard into Fan Mu's arms, even though their skin could no longer get any closer, her noisy appearance made Fan Mu unable to calm down.

She didn't want Fan Mu to notice her weakness, but Liuying forgot, or perhaps didn't know that for a person who truly loves someone, even the smallest detail can be reflected in the other person's mind at that moment.

"Yeah...very beautiful." Fan Mu exclaimed.

Behind his back was his tightly clenched fist. The day after tomorrow... is the last day, and tomorrow... is the last moment. Although this is the third day, due to long periods of high concentration and fatigue, without any conditioning, Liuying's physical condition is deteriorating.

If I continue as I am now, I will definitely not have the energy to hold on until the fifth day, and...there is no need to hold on until the fifth day.

"I say, great philosopher..." Liuying made a fuss for a long time, and finally stopped. She placed her hands lightly on his chest, put her face close to his heart, and listened to his heartbeat!

"You named me Liuying. Does that have something to do with fireflies?"

"Emm, although I don't know what the similarities are, I somehow feel like there seems to be some connection between them!"

"Can you tell me? The meaning of my...name?"

She asked nervously.

"This is very important to me!"

The meaning of her name, she had thought about this question before, but she had never asked it out loud. But today she asked!

"..."

"Meaning?" There was a complicated light in Fan Mu's eyes. Although he didn't really want to say it, he looked at her expectant eyes and finally nodded silently.

"That's from a creature called 'fireflies'. In the sun, they are ordinary flying insects. They may fly towards candles, or suddenly age, but at night, their light will be brighter than the stars. These seemingly tiny lives have the fire that illuminates the night sky."

The implication is not very good, because he didn't think so much at the beginning. He just simply thought that the best future for a girl who didn't know the meaning of life was to burst into dazzling light at the end of her life.

"Is that so?" Liuying was silent for a moment, then smiled faintly and said, "That's good, a light brighter than the stars?"

I never thought that there would come a day when she would shine brighter than the stars!

"Nice name, I... like it so much!"

"Thank you, great philosopher, for giving me this name. I will cherish it all my life!"

"You just keep saying nonsense!" Fan Mu flicked her forehead in annoyance.

Liuying covered her forehead as if in pain, blinking her eyes and looking at him aggrievedly.

Fan Mu met her gaze and was annoyed by her stare. In the end, he could only raise his hands and surrender.

"Okay, my bad, my bad, I'm sorry!"

Liuying turned her head away and spoke the softest words in the most ferocious tone.

"Hmph! I forgive you!"

"..."

"People from the company should be here soon, right?" Fan Mu leaned his head lightly on hers and spoke slowly, his eyes deep and distant.

"I once heard that there is a place called Pinocchio in the universe, where all the beauty and the best dreams of the world are gathered!"

"Let's go there and take a look after we get back!"

"it is good!"

Will the company still come? Will they be able to make it?

Liuying didn't know, but that didn't stop her from saying so.

"The most beautiful dream in the world?"

"Then after you get out, the great philosopher must go and see it!"

"Maybe... you saw me in your dream?"

She spoke mischievously, as if to lighten the atmosphere, but also as if with a hint of seriousness.

"How can you talk like that?" Fan Mu said with some dissatisfaction, correcting the mistakes in her words, "Yes...we must go and see! I won't abandon you!"

"Okay, let's go and see it together, go to Pidocone together, and have a wonderful dream together!"

"I am also looking forward to that day. After all, we cavalrymen rarely dream!"

Liuying squinted her eyes happily and hugged him tightly, as if she was fantasizing about the arrival of that day.

In the narrow cave, two people depend on each other for survival.

"Liu Ying?"

"I'm here."

"Do you know...what color life is?"

Fan Mu asked slowly. Usually it was Liuying who asked him such philosophical questions. He never expected that there would be a day when the question would be asked the other way around.

"...White...right?"

After a moment's silence, Liuying's slightly hesitant voice sounded in the cave.

"why?"

The answer was the same as what he thought yesterday, but Fan Mu couldn't figure out why he felt that life was white.

"Because in the end we will all die, no matter how miserable or wonderful our lives are, at the moment the death button is pressed, all traces will be wiped out."

"That's really boring and sad." Fan Mu sighed.

"No, we should be thankful. After all, no one will keep nagging us a hundred years from now, so we can live boldly in the next few decades. In a sense, death may be the real freedom."

"I am so glad that I stepped into a small wooden house on that rainy night and met you, the great philosopher!"

Liuying spoke in a low voice with seriousness and relief.

"...Me too, I'm glad I called you back and I'm glad I slept on the counter!"

"I didn't expect that a bad habit, a lazy habit, would save the beauty of my life!" Fan Mu said with emotion and self-mockery.

After saying this, perhaps because they had run out of topics, or perhaps because the atmosphere was right, the two stopped talking and just snuggled up to each other, the faint fireflies shining on their faces like starlight, until they felt sleepy, until with a 'cuckoo' the car stopped in the cave.

Liuying's cheeks turned slightly red in an instant.

Fan Mu gently touched her nose, couldn't help smiling, and as if by magic, he produced one, two,... small cakes from his hand.

"Would you like some cake?"

"want!"

"..."

"Honey?"

"what happened?"

"Look at me!" Fan Mu looked at her with tender eyes, like a piece of satin dyed across the night sky, "Will you marry me today?"

Liuying's face did not show the slightest sign of panic due to this sudden confession. Instead, she gave a calm and playful smile.

"Ask me tomorrow!"

"I ask it every day." Fan Mu looked puzzled, "Have I ever told you that I love you?"

"I did! But..." Her voice stretched out for a moment, "Just say what you want to say!"

"Why don't you ever say I do?"

"Because...then I won't be able to hear you asking!"

"I love you!"

"........."

"Well, I... do!"

She said the last sentence very softly, as softly as the hum of a mosquito. She said it at midnight.

She couldn't agree in front of Fan Mu, at least... not now.