It takes several tries but eventually, Tan Liansi notices his presence.
"What...," she looks around at the expanse of whiteness surrounding her. "What are you doing here? how did I end up here?"
"Retrace your steps, try to remember the last thing that happened before you ended up here."
Her brow furrows in concentration, and then her mouth falls open on a gasp. "Fuck! Modu, we were in Modu...that guy...what happened?"
"We killed him, me and Xin Hulei, it's over."
Something crosses her eyes, and then she lowers her head. "I guess I wasn't much help," her tone turns derisive, "not in the past, and not now."
Yao Shen frowns. His grip on her shoulders grows tighter as he helps her stand up.
"Don't say that. Xin Hulei might not have survived without you, and you helped me when him, Jincan and Heimao were unconscious for months..." Her only reaction as he speaks is a mild shrug. Her eyes are distant and far away.
