The nth time I met my puppet

Zhongli sighed deeply. He finally understood why Ye Lan had brought him here. It turned out she didn't want to tell him the truth, so she hadn't hesitated to throw this difficult problem to him.

Now that people have come to him, it is impossible for him not to explain, but before explaining...

"Master Hu, come and take Yuan'an back. Don't let her out for now."

Hu Tao was a little confused and suspicious, but she said nothing and carried Yuan An back. However, the little kid in her arms was still struggling in dissatisfaction.

"I want...Auntie to hold me..."

It wasn't until Zhongli glanced at Yuan'an that she finally calmed down and was carried back by Hu Tao. She was a little aggrieved, though, because Mr. Zhongli was being mean to her.

Then, Zhongli looked at Wannan seriously. He frowned slightly, stared at Wannan, and said slowly:

"...You, want to hear the truth?"

"What do you mean?"

For some reason, Wan Nan suddenly had a bad feeling. After coming to Liyue, she had been going around in circles. They all knew her sister, but they never took Wan Nan to see her.

Ye Lan and Ning Guang looked at each other and shook their heads, both tacitly agreeing not to tell her.

Why is that?

They looked hesitant to speak, and there was also the problem Zhongli was facing at this time.

She couldn't help but start to doubt a possibility.

Xueer killed the Doctor, but the Doctor is not an easy person to deal with. So what price did Xueer pay to kill him?

Moreover, Xue'er was imprisoned by Zhidong later on. However, Wannan was thinking...

Since the people have been brought back, even if they are injured, at least their lives should be safe, right?

Right?

Wan Nan didn't dare to think about another possibility, nor was he willing to accept another possibility.

Wan Nan shook her head, her body trembling slightly, tears welling up in her eyes. She asked Zhongli with an almost pleading tone and a glimmer of hope.

"Honestly, it's not what I thought, right?"

Wan Nan's emotions were on the verge of collapse, and even her voice was filled with tears.

However, Zhongli just looked at her quietly. After a moment's silence, he slowly spoke, and every word he uttered was like a heavy hammer hitting Wannan's heart.

"The truth is, she...is dead."

Wan Nan completely collapsed and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, she was supported by Sanbing. Wan Nan almost collapsed and shouted, as if this could make her believe what he said.

"Impossible! Impossible! How could this be possible... Didn't you bring her back to Liyue? Why would she still be able to do this? You're lying to me, aren't you?"

Zhongli remained silent for a while before he spoke, looking at Wan Nan with tears streaming down her face.

"Be quiet, don't let Yuan'an hear it, she doesn't know."

After hearing Zhongli's words, Wan Nan could only cover her mouth desperately to prevent herself from making any sound. Even she couldn't accept the cruelty of this matter, let alone Yuan'an, who was just a little kid?

That's why they chose to hide it. Yuan'an knew nothing, and she couldn't let Yuan'an know.

But Wan Nan didn't know how to describe her emotions at this moment. Despair, regret, or heartbreak? Maybe all of them.

She had thought that she was finally going home and would finally be able to meet Xueer, but at this moment she suddenly learned that Xueer had also come into this world.

I rushed here desperately, thinking that I could finally see her.

But she never expected that when she arrived with great expectations, all she got was the news of her death.

She regretted so much that they had passed each other that time, when they were so close.

If she had taken a step forward at that time, just one step, perhaps they would have recognized each other, and perhaps the outcome would have been different.

But there is no if.

In the end, she gave up her exploration for the sake of her mission and missed her last chance.

Now they are separated by Yin and Yang and can never meet again.

Wan Nan bit the back of her hand tightly. Only in this way could she stop herself from crying out loud. She just felt a painful pain in her chest, but Sanbing couldn't bear to see Wan Nan hurt herself like this.

"do not do that…"

Sanbing hugged Wannan tightly, exchanged glances with Zhongli, and then took Wannan away from the place. Only after they were far away did Wannan burst into tears, unable to hold back any longer.

"Asan... tell me, I heard it wrong, right? It's fake, right? Tell me!"

She didn't want to accept it and refused to believe it.

Wan Nan looked helplessly at San Bing and Zhong Li, but they both remained silent. Silence was her answer, a fact that objectively existed no matter how much she denied it.

Human life is so fragile.

"Then what am I? What did I do just to get home?! I'm a joke, right?!"

Wan Nan roared almost at the top of her lungs, as if this could vent the depression in her heart, but the pain in her heart still did not subside in the slightest.

"It's fake... It's all fake... Xue'er... must still be waiting for me at home. 007... Am I right?"

Wan Nan covered her ears and muttered to herself in self-deception. Now she refused to listen to anything others said. She could not possibly admit the fact.

"Well... she's still waiting for you at home." Even if it's just a shell.

007 felt distressed when he saw Wan Nan like this, but he was powerless and didn't know how to comfort her, so he chose to help her deceive herself. If he deceived himself, would he feel better?

It took a long time before Wan Nan finally seemed to believe the lies she had made up and calmed down. The teeth marks on the back of her hand were clearly visible.

"Where is she? I want to see..."

Zhongli sighed and brought them to a tombstone. Wan Nan choked with sobs again.

She is such a well-behaved and lively sister.

How did you end up here?

She was so afraid of being alone, but in the end she was lying here alone.

Would she be scared? Would she cry for her sister like she did when she was little?

Of course she will, Xueer is the most timid.

He can't live without her at all, so he must be very scared now.

Wan Nan didn't stay there for long. She couldn't stay any longer. She couldn't look at that little mound and still deceive herself that she was still alive. But when she was about to leave.

"Host...here are your soul fragments. Do you want to take them with you?"

That was the amulet that Wan Nan left behind when she became the core of the illusion. At that time, she was in the state of a soul, so the amulet was naturally made of Wan Nan's soul.

"No need... Let it stay here with Xue'er, just like I have always been with her..."

Wan Nan left this place, but remained silent. Even if Wan Nan was strong inside, he could not accept what happened today.