A few days passed after the encounter at the warehouse. In these few days, Li Heng tried to move on, tried to pretend everything was normal. However even he knew, that most things don't stay singular
During lectures, he often drifts away from the subject and keep remembering about that day, so distracted that he nearly hurted himself with the equipment several times
Later at the cafeteria with the group, Li Heng was still drifting away until Chen Xian shaked him
Qi Chen Xian: " Li Heng, you okay? You keep daydreaming lately?"
Tang Yong Sheng: "I say he needs some basketball to release stress!"
Qi Chen Xian: "…Clearly, he needs more than that"
Tang Yong Sheng: "Where's Ren Yen by the way?"
As Yong Sheng asked, Ren Yen was seen dashing towards them with his phone on his hand
Ren Yen: "My families! You don't believe what happened!"
…
Qi Chen Xian: "You got a B on civil engineering?" She calmly responded while sipping her drink
Ren Yen: "Yes, I-!…How did you?"
Tang Yong Sheng: "They released the scores, genius"
...
Ren Yen: "Okay, I don't know about it...Well, do you heard about Huang Bai Zhe?"
The two of them looks up at him while Li Heng joint a little before acting normal again
Tang Yong Sheng: "Yeah, I heard he transferred a few days ago"
Ren Yen: "It was crazy right? The whole group chat was spamming videos of him across the school website. Wen Zhou(The young master) must have force him out of school"
Qi Chen Xian: "And he got expelled too by the principal. Heard he was humiliated in front of the teachers"
*Yong Sheng and Ren Yen applaused while Li Heng continued to eat in silence
...…
After returning home from college, he was greeted not with the usual warm welcome by his parents but sadden faces of them
Li Heng: "What's wrong?" He asked
Wu Shao Ning: "Aunty Huang called me and said Bai Zhe died in a car accident this morning…"
Li Heng froze from that revelation. Was that man spider really just an hallucination? Did Bai Zhe really died in a car accident?
His parents hugged him tightly
Both parents: "Whatever happens, son. Call us. We'll be there"
(None of this makes sense) Li Heng though to himself
...…
The next day, the family and alongside some of Bai Zhe's friends, relatives and neighbours came to farewell Bai Zhe as his coffin was carried by a van to a nearby funeral center where his coffin and body will be incinerated
After it ended, Li Zheng and his friends were helping Aunty Huang in the preparations and cleaning
Ren Yen: "I can't believe it. Bai Zhe died…He was suppose to transfer college"
Qi Chen Xiao: "…You okay, Li Heng? You haven't talk much"
Li Heng: "I'm fine, just…confused"
Tang Yong Sheng: "I get you, Li Heng."
*He placed his arm on his shoulder
Tang Yong Sheng: "If anything, tell us"
Li Heng: "…Thank you, all of you"
Once the day ended, Li Heng and his parents return to their home tired after the day work. When Li Heng was entering his room, his mother called him
Wu Shao Ning: "Li Heng, I forgot something"
She grabbed a bag of things which includes books, magazines, mangas and a dairy.
Wu Shao Ning: "Aunty Huang specifically said to give it to you. I refuse but…I prefer you have it"
Li Heng: "…These are"
Li Heng slowly took one and see. It was one of the manga that they both read before
Li Heng: "Thanks mom…I'm be heading into my room now. Goodnight"
His mother nods and Li Heng enters the room with a heavy burden from his body and mind
Li Heng then placed the dairy at his table and the bag next to his pillow. He sat down and began reading it
Inside was mostly mundane stuffs, journals or some complaints to other lectures and students. However starting from last month, the dairy tone began to shift
'Holy god, I have a system like in those mangas-!...…"
After that, the dairy shifted from mundane daily stuff to constant showing off his daily missions, experiences, interactions with different people. Li Heng looked at this with utterly confusion and worried for his mental health state
Until the last page, where it only has one incomplete line
'Do not accept the system-'
…
Silence filled again as Li Heng closed the dairy and processing what he had just read.
Li Heng: "I need a break" He said before heading to bed
(…Maybe I should go back to the warehouse and see) Li Heng though to himself as he drifts into his sleep
Outside of his apartment was a black sedan with two men sitting in it, wearing dark shaded glasses and a full blacked clothes and pants. They silently waited outside as Li Heng sleeping soundly in his sleep