She could see through lies, whether apologies were sincere or not, at a glance.

"Xiaoquan, you've grown a lot," Kiyono Lin said.

"Not really," Xiaoquan Aonai replied shyly, "I've just come to understand some things."

"What have you come to understand?" Dubian Cat finally emerged from the deep valley.

Xiaoquan Aonai looked at the two people and one cat in front of her, remembering everything from last night and her reflections during the day.

"Before today, I've always thought about this from my own perspective. Coming to the future and taking over someone's body wasn't in my control, so why should I be responsible?"

She paused here for a moment before continuing:

"But now, I want to consider Jiutiao's perspective. No matter what the reasons might be, having your boyfriend's body taken over by another woman is something that cannot be easily overlooked."

Kiyono Lin said in a low voice, "Considering things from your own perspective and evolving into considering them from others' perspectives can cause you to lose yourself, but..."

She lifted her head, her voice softened uncharacteristically, "You've become gentler, Xiaoquan."

"Yes!" Xiaoquan Aonai beamed with a radiant and happy smile.

That smile was something Dubian Che could never produce.

It might not be as charming as Dubian Che's, but it had something that was especially heartwarming.

With such a smile, Xiaoquan Aonai said to Kiyono Lin and Jiutiao Meijie:

"Because, yesterday I met the kindest person in the world."

The two young ladies, the two beautiful girls, all looked at Xiaoquan Aonai at that moment.

What had she experienced to make a girl who left crying and nearly in despair yesterday change like this?

In the next second, the two intelligent women understood.

Jiutiao Meijie grasped Dubian Cat by the neck.

"You're still hiding something from me," she said coldly.

"I haven't..."

"Mr. Dubian," Xiaoquan Aonai's voice playful and tender, "you can't lie~"

Dubian Cat clicked its neck around to look at Xiaoquan Aonai.

Traitor! —the cat's eyes conveyed the word.

"I'm quite interested too, Mr. Dubian Che," Kiyono Lin's words carried the chill of the Arctic's deepest parts.

"I'll confess," facing them, the remarkable Dubian Cat could only surrender.

In the time that followed, he recounted the events that occurred in the dream yesterday.

After listening, Kiyono Lin placed her hand on her forehead and sighed with a hint of resignation.

"Power, wealth, exceptional intelligence, striking looks, a strong physique; these can make people arrogant and develop a commanding nature. Mr. Dubian, possessing these yet doing such a thing, indeed makes you the kindest person in the world."

Here, her expression suddenly turned cold.

"But could you please not be kind to everyone? Doing so only disgusts people."

"Could you please not be kind to everyone?" Jiutiao Meijie, holding the cat's tail, met its gaze, "Do you understand what I mean, my Dubian, my Che?"

So scary!

Super scary!

Dubian Che, with its head down and tail up, was so frightened that its cat face stiffened.

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Dubian Che was discharged from the hospital that day, or more accurately, it was Xiaoquan Aonai who walked out.

Jiutiao Meijie had already decided to stay out of the matter, and seeing Xiaoquan Aonai only annoyed her, so she let her go freely.

Kiyono Lin was quite interested in Dubian Cat, but unfortunately, she couldn't stray too far from her physical body. She wasn't interested in joining Xiaoquan Aonai in her activities, so she went home on her own.

Xiaoquan Aonai, carrying the nearly-dying Dubian Cat, returned to the apartment in Shinano Town.

"It's true, as long as you are genuinely kind, even Jiutiao will let go of her anger," Xiaoquan Aonai said to Dubian Cat as they entered the elevator.

Dubian Cat didn't speak; there were cameras in the elevator.

"I used to think that being kind and compromising to everyone was the most useless thing, until yesterday when I realized that's not true kindness."

"Kindness, like yours Dubian, is what real kindness is, without imposing your own will on others, reflecting on oneself first when dealing with issues, and then considering the perspective of others."

"I'm not that kind," once out of the elevator, Dubian Cat said, "I just don't impose on people and like to reflect on myself. Others' perspectives are not within my consideration."

"Then I want to become even kinder than you."

"Being too kind can be a disadvantage, Mr. Xiaoquan."

"I'm just kind, not stupid, so don't worry."

"Can I make a suggestion?"

"Sure. Go ahead."

"I've been holding back for a long time, can you stop talking with my body like that? 'Alright, don't do that, just asking her a question,' it's driving me crazy inside."

"I'll remember not to do it again, rest assured."

"...What happened to being kind, considering others' perspectives?"

"Hahaha, you're an exception, Dubian."

"That's about enough from you."

Upon reaching the front of Room 502, as Xiaoquan Aonai was about to unlock the door with her key card, the door next to it opened.

It was nearly 10 in the morning; Xiaoquan Aonai, still in her pajamas with red, swollen eyes, looked into the eyes of her current self and the cat.

Dubian Cat hadn't reacted when Xiaoquan Aonai already hugged Xiaoquan Aonai.

She embraced her past self like an older sister, like a mother, saying through tears:

"Aonai."

Xiaoquan Aonai reached out and held her future self, comforting her:

"There, there, I'm fine, it's all in the past. Before going to bed last night, Mother even praised me for how much I've grown today."

"Aonai." Xiaoquan Aonai still sobbed inconsolably.

"Stop crying, or I won't want to live on. To think that I'm still crying like this at 25, I'm so embarrassed I want to die."

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