Returning to the front of the rented flat, Eve Nightburn took out her key and forcefully turned it to open the door.
With a click, the small old residence that had been long separated from her once again opened its door, welcoming her back.
Compared to the time in the frozen country, this time she truly returned to this familiar world.
It should have been a joyous occasion, but the moment Eve stepped into the room, she only felt a wave of sorrow.
She… was about to bid it farewell forever.
This little house that had accompanied her for over a year…
This meeting now was probably the last.
Eve closed the door, caressing the walls she rarely touched, feeling the texture she had never seriously felt before.
Tears involuntarily streamed down her cheeks, expressing her reluctance to part with this little house that had sheltered her.
Even though her new room was bigger and more beautiful, what did it matter?
Eve understood that this was the last proof of that man’s existence. Once she bid it farewell, she would be forever separated from the past.
By then, the only thing in this world that remembered that wretched man would be her utterly unreliable brain.
“Why… why are all the memories bad, yet… why do I feel so reluctant…”
“I really am a greedy little demon…”
Eve cursed her own despicability, wanting to convince herself that her thoughts were wrong.
But in the end, Eve finally realized that the heart does not lie.
She just didn’t want to let go of that man.
Nor did she want to let go of this rented flat that had accompanied her through every weary night.
Clearly, this wasn’t home…
Yet, for some reason, she felt such a deep attachment to it at this moment.
People are indeed laughable; only at the moment of parting do they understand what it means to cherish.
“Clearly, this was never home…”
“Clearly, I never liked it here…”
“Clearly… I never found happiness here…”
Eve tried to comfort herself by berating the house, but for some reason, the more she tried to console herself, the more painful it became.
She couldn’t deceive her own heart after all.
Her reluctance was something Eve couldn’t suppress.
Eve knelt before the bed, her tears already soaking the sheets.
“Wuwuwu~ Wuwuwa!”
Eve cried for a long, long time.
Until her tears dried up, until the sourness of reluctance turned into a hollow void, she finally stood up from the floor.
Eve took out her phone, intending to send a message to Jade Xiang, but at that moment, she discovered the message Jade had left for her.
“Be safe on the road.”
“Mom…”
Looking at this brief message, Eve suddenly felt her throat tighten, unable to breathe.
The feeling of love was still too special for her.
Eve had never thought that someone should truly care for her, even just for a moment.
Sometimes, Eve even felt like an ant; even if someone accidentally stepped on her, no one would care.
As for Miri Dreamwell’s love, Eve had always been in a half-hearted state, occasionally daring to think about it but never truly daring to touch it.
Mostly, it was Miri who tried to reach out to her, and there was never a time when Eve truly dared to embrace Miri.
In the end, Eve always felt she didn’t deserve these things.
As for Nina White and Lucian Blue, it was even less necessary to mention.
Eve always felt that the way they looked at her was always like looking at a small animal.
There was even a sense of looking at a rare animal.
The so-called good food and drink were just to dissect her clean, even eager to see what was in her DNA!
Of course, Eve also contributed her value, obediently handing over her blood.
In the end, the relationship between her and those two was essentially a transaction.
She offered her body, and they ensured her livelihood.
Thinking about it this way, it seemed a bit disgusting…
In fact, no one in this world needs to care about another person; thinking about others’ affairs every day is really tiring.
Eve understood that if she demanded who others should love, she would indeed be too greedy, and that would be a sin to see Asmontis.
Thinking of this, Eve finally trembled and said one sentence.
“Thank you… Mom…”
This kind of concern was something she shouldn’t have received. If she didn’t express gratitude, the world would never give her another chance.
After saying this, Eve pressed an “n” on her phone keyboard.
Eve: “Mmm”
Eve didn’t want to send even one more punctuation mark; saying too much was actually a bad thing.
She needed to calm down now.
“Otherwise… I’ll accompany you for one last day, little shabby house.”
Since it was destined to say goodbye, it was better to do it properly, leaving no regrets.
Eve opened her WeChat again and sent a second message to Jade Xiang.
“I want to stay in my rented flat for one more day. Can I go home tomorrow?”
After saying this, Eve immediately exited her WeChat. Whether Jade agreed or not, she wouldn’t choose to leave today.
Eve wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and stood up from the bed.
Then, Eve tidied up under her bed, where many items from her past as a man were hidden.
Perhaps in the country’s database, the man known as Eve Nightburn still existed.
But that person had long disappeared from this world.
After taking these out, Eve thought about it. Although she was somewhat reluctant, she finally decided to throw them away.
Although Eve thought about taking them to the recycling station for a few coins, it was really too far.
It was better to just throw them in the trash downstairs. After all, she didn’t particularly need the support now.
And if these things weren’t exchanged for money, no one would know whose trash they were.
“Although I’m quite reluctant… I can only say goodbye to you.”
After saying this, Eve found a few large opaque plastic bags, leftovers from previous supermarket shopping.
She packed these items one by one, going up and down the stairs several times before finally throwing them all away.
“I’m exhausted…”
Eve lay on the bed, clearly feeling her heart pounding wildly.
Now, lying on this bed again, she realized how hard it really was.
This bed was incomparable to the new bed in Miri’s house.
The mattress was thin, and she could clearly feel the wooden texture of the bedboard just by lying on it.
But this was the last time; no matter how bad it was, Eve didn’t want to say anything more.
