Xi Zirui drops his guard, inching closer to Li Siqi despite himself.
It would make sense that another person, bound by the constraints of Fate would also be dissatisfied. It stands to reason that Xi Zirui wouldn't be the only one.
He's momentarily worried about all the times he pushed the two of them together in the other worlds, and of what that might mean.
Li Siqi leans against a nearby table, sighing despondently. Xi Zirui takes a seat on the table, balancing his feet on the chair below.
Li Siqi shoots him a reproachful look, but he only asks, "Why don't you want to go home?"
He expects to hear a tale o star crossed love where Li Siqi tearfully admits nurturing feelings for someone else.
Instead, she says, "because I'm not wanted there," while fiddling with the hem of her billowing sleeves.
Xi Zirui bites his tongue to refrain from calling her an idiot.
