He doesn't want to have this kind of heavy conversation in the kitchen, and leads Han Yu towards the bedroom.
He sits down on the bed and pulls Han Yu by the wrist to sit with him.
"This is going to sound insane, but, I've been looking for you across multiple realities," he says the words in a single breath, trying to get them all out before he loses his nerve.
Han Yu stares at him in silent confusion.
"Does Xi Zirui mean that in a metaphorical way?" he asks, after some time trying to parse out Xi Zirui's words.
Xi Zirui takes Han Yu's hand in his.
"No, I mean it literally. I'm not from this world, I strapped myself to some weird machine like an idiot, because I was bored with my life." He smirks, self-deprecating and fond all at once. It feels like all that happened such a long time ago.
He isn't even sure he's the same Xi Zirui as the one who first stumbled into the Transmigrator 4000.
