[After you and Yelan leave Liyue for Mondstadt on a mission, the people at Yanshang Teahouse gradually lower their guard.]
[Chenxi finds her chance and escapes from Yanshang Teahouse.]
[Her plan is exactly as you once imagined. She flees to Liyue Harbor and secretly boards a merchant ship preparing to sail for Snezhnaya.]
["I wanted to go home… to find my mom and dad… but…"]
[Tears stream down Chenxi's cheeks as she breaks down sobbing.]
["I don't have a home anymore… Mom and Dad are already gone…"]
[Although Chenxi is still young, she is extremely clever. She hides herself aboard the merchant ship for many days without being discovered.]
[When the ship is close to reaching Snezhnaya, she overhears a conversation between the merchants while hiding in the shadows.]
["I heard… the Ivanov couple on the main road were killed by the Fatui."]
["What? The food trade merchants from our Chamber of Commerce? How did they offend the Fatui?"]
["I don't know… their house was burned down by the Fatui. Everyone inside, servants included, more than a dozen people in total, were burned to charcoal. The fire lit up the night sky for an entire night."]
["The Fatui are really ruthless, even toward their own people…"]
["Shut up! Are you trying to get yourself killed, talking like that?"]
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[Ivanov…]
[That is the surname of the couple who adopted Chenxi.]
[You lower your eyes and let out a quiet sigh.]
[Ivanov was originally a Fatui agent planted within the Snezhnaya Chamber of Commerce.]
[If you had not defected, after you brought Chenxi to Liyue, the Fatui would have merely lost a hostage. At most, the Ivanov couple would have been punished for negligence.]
[But later, you not only defected, you also dealt a devastating blow to the Fatui's forces in Liyue.]
[In the Fatui's eyes, the nature of the Ivanov couple's actions completely changed.]
[They became your accomplices. They became traitors.]
[The Fatui never show mercy to their enemies.]
[The execution of the Ivanov couple was inevitable.]
[They carefully raised Chenxi, and even concealed the truth from the Fatui so you could safely bring her back to Liyue…]
[They were benefactors to both you and Chenxi.]
[Yet you indirectly caused their deaths…]
[Yelan keenly senses the sorrow weighing on your heart.]
[She reaches out and tightly wraps your ice-cold hand in her own.]
[Chenxi is still drowning in her grief and does not notice the small exchange between you and Yelan.]
[She cries as she continues speaking in broken fragments.]
[After learning her parents had been executed, Chenxi knows the Fatui would never tolerate her existence.]
[Returning to Snezhnaya would only mean death.]
[So when the merchant ship arrives in Snezhnaya, she does not disembark. Instead, she boards the next ship and returns along the same route, making her way back to Liyue.]
[She never expected that shortly after getting off the ship, she would still be found by the Fatui in Liyue Harbor.]
["I thought I was going to be killed… but they didn't hurt me at all…"]
["They were even very kind to me…"]
["They told me my parents were the most outstanding merchants in Snezhnaya… so the Fatui would protect me, and once they were done, they would personally escort me back to Snezhnaya…"]
["But… my parents were already gone. They were brutally murdered by them…"]
["I didn't dare show my true thoughts. I could only pretend to obey and follow them all the way to The Chasm…"]
["Brother."]
[Chenxi looks at you, urgency filling her eyes.]
["During this time, they kept bringing you up in front of me on purpose. They said you were a traitor to the Fatui, that you brought me to Liyue just to use me to threaten Mom and Dad."]
["But they don't know that Mom and Dad once begged me to leave Snezhnaya. I don't believe they would ever hurt me."]
["And I secretly overheard a Fatui member with severe burn scars telling someone that you once took me to live at the House of the Hearth."]
["Brother, please tell me the truth. What exactly happened? Why were we separated? Why did our parents, and my mom and dad, really die?"]
[Hearing this, Yelan raises an eyebrow, approval flashing through her eyes.]
[Facing her enemies, Chenxi hides her hatred, plays along, and even pieces together the information she gathers to form accurate judgments.]
[Though she is still young, she displays a level of calm and decisiveness that puts many adults to shame.]
[She truly lives up to being Kael's sister.]
[Faced with Chenxi's string of questions, your expression grows complicated.]
[Does such a heavy burden of familial hatred really need to be carried by someone as young as her, alongside you?]
[Yelan squeezes your hand gently.]
["Kael, Chenxi will grow up one day."]
[Faced with Chenxi's questions, what will you choose?]
[1. Tell her everything.]
[2. Continue hiding the truth.]
I choose one.
This time, Kael does not hesitate long before making his decision.
Judging by how the story is unfolding, this life simulation is already nearing its end.
Even if there is still a chance for this cycle of life simulations to continue, Kael feels it is better to let everything end.
He is exhausted.
This is the most painful, most suffocating life he has ever experienced.
Loneliness, hatred, guilt… these are the only things left in his life.
Even if Hu Tao and Yelan develop deep feelings for him, desperately trying to draw closer…
They can only offer fleeting comfort.
In this life simulation, he carries far too many sins and grudges.
There is no need for such a life to continue.
After his death, all of the intelligence will be made public across Teyvat.
The Fatui's power will surely suffer a devastating blow.
In light of his contributions, Liyue will treat Chenxi well.
[Yes. Chenxi will grow up one day.]
[Instead of letting her spiral into wild guesses and trap herself in confusion, it is better to let her know the truth.]
[Only by seeing the cruel reality clearly can she better protect herself…]
[Yelan watches as the hesitation in your eyes slowly fades, replaced by resolve.]
["I'll go check outside."]
[Thoughtfully, Yelan leaves the space to you, giving privacy to a pair of siblings who only recently mended the rift between them.]