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Thump, thump, thump, Wen Xi heard intermittent sounds outside. Her heart raced along with the commotion, but for some reason, she wasn't panicked anymore.
She just waited quietly.
As she waited, every minute and second felt like an eternity. She thought about many things, connecting many subtle events.
But in the end, it all came back to the beginning.
Back in her naive days, she was buying stationery with her classmates at the store when she heard someone whispering behind the shelf.
The voice was actually quite pleasant and gentle, with a touch of tender warmth. It was teasingly comforting her friend.
The turning point was interesting.
In H City, even though she disguised herself well, her heart still raced. The B City nightmare haunted her, but it was also that day that she first felt comforted, probably from that voice.
It wasn't an entirely cold world, she thought, so she went to see who it belonged to.
