" Xiaxia", Zi Aiming knocked on the door and opened it. Seeing that she was fiddling with mechanical parts of the hardware, he smiled gently and went towards her. " Little Xia, it's time for dinner ", he brushed her hair and spoke gently. Zi Aixia felt guilty for investigating but she had to do it, because something about this place bothered her alot.
She wasn't able to quite put it in words but...this Zi manor...this place bothered her alot. " Yes let's go brother Aiming". She stood up stretched as she went down to have dinner with the rest of them.
After peacefully having dinner with her brothers she went to her room to shower.
She hid the photo in her pocket within her modified phone even without glancing at it,so that no one would be able to touch it.
Zi Aixia looked at her reflection in the mirror, her eyes fixated on a peculiar light cut mark on her left shoulder. She brushed her fingers lightly over it, feeling the texture of the skin and tracing the contour line of the mark. She furrowed her brows in puzzlement, her mind racing as she tried to recall when she received this mark. As much she had known after coming to this world, there wasn't any single scar on 'Zi Aixia's' body.
She distinctly remembered that her skin had been smooth and unblemished just a few days ago when she was showering. So how had this mark appeared out of nowhere? It looked like an old scar.
With a sudden rush of realization, Zi Aixia felt a cold shiver run down her spine. A sense of dread filled her as she began to grasp the horrifying possibility that was slowly forming in her mind. Could it be...could it be a alteration of her soul taking over Zi Aixia's body?
She wanted to start anew...but with the possibility of the scar coming back, it doesn't look like she'll be able to forget her past life, the harsh truth which cannot be forgotten. The fact that she had travelled through dimensions and took over a similar looking girl's body. She won't be able to change that fact.
She quickly finished up her shower and dressed up and came out. Zi Aixia had just stepped out of the shower, her hair dripping with water, when her phone rang, Mo Yuchen's name flashing on the screen. She quickly grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her head as she answered the call. "Hello?" she said, her voice a little tense.
Mo Yuchen's voice came through the phone, his words laced with concern. "I've reached the hotel, Xiaxia. Is everything okay? You sound a bit off."
Zi Aixia felt her heart skip a beat when she heard Mo Yuchen's voice on the other end of the line. She tried to keep her voice steady, but the fear and anxiety that had been building up inside her now threatened to spill over. "Oh, um, nothing's wrong with my voice," she said, attempting to sound casual. "I'm just a little tired, that's all."
Mo Yuchen had always been perceptive when it came to Zi Aixia, recognizing even the slightest shifts in her mood and behavior. As such, he picked up on the tension in her voice immediately, his brow creasing with concern. He could hear the uneasiness in her words, the forced casualness that didn't quite mask her true feelings."You sure?" he asked, his voice soft and full of caring. "You sound...off."
Zi Aixia said," nothing..I just miss you." She said concealing all her feelings. She didn't want to worry Mo Yuchen who was far away from her. Mo Yuchen's heart ached at Zi Aixia's words, the homesickness and loneliness in her voice clear as day. Even though she was trying to play it off, he could sense the vulnerability and worry that she was attempting to hide. He longed to be by her side, to hold her and comfort her in her moment of distress, but the distance between them made it impossible. "I miss you too, Xiaxia," he replied softly, his voice warm and soothing. "Just a few more days, and I'll be back."
Mo Yuchen and Zi Aixia were video chatting, their faces lit up on each other's screens, when Mo Yuchen suddenly yawned, a sign of his tiredness. Despite his best efforts to stay awake and chat with her, his eyelids began to droop, and before he knew it, he had dozed off, his head leaning to the side, their call still connected.
Seeing that Mo Yuchen was asleep,Zi Aixia started drying her hair after her shower, when the sight of Mo Yuchen's sleeping face on her phone screen tugged at her eyelids. The fatigue from her emotional turmoil, coupled with the comfort of seeing him, made her eyelids grow heavier and heavier, until finally, she dozed off as well, their video call still ongoing.