After AFK for five years, I returned to be number one in the entire server.

Around 8 or 9 p.m., Lin was staring blankly at a spot on the floor when his phone screen, which was lying on the floor, suddenly lit up.

Lin also picked up his phone. It was a message from Shen Yi, filled with panic and anxiety. She said that Su Nian had accidentally slipped off the edge of the ski slope net and fallen into the woods below. No matter how much she called, no one responded.

Lin immediately activated his magnetic field...

Su Nian was sitting on the ground in a grove of wild trees below the ski slope.

After she fell off the ski slope, she tumbled down the steep slope for a long distance. The woods were deathly silent, and the ski resort above seemed like another world. She could neither hear any shouts nor see anything.

The bitter cold was slowly stripping away the warmth from her body; the chill seeped into her bones through the gaps in her ski suit, making her shiver involuntarily.

Su Nian touched her entire body before realizing that she hadn't brought her phone with her when she came out.

She braced herself against the cold snow beside her, trying to stand up, but a sharp pain shot through her left leg.

She rolled up her trouser legs slightly, revealing a large, swollen lump on her calf, likely from hitting a hard object or tree root buried under the snow when she rolled down.

Su Nian took a deep breath of the cold air, braced herself with her hands on the snow beside her, and tried to stand up.

After several attempts, she fell back into the snow, stirring up a cloud of snow.

Looking at the silent darkness around her, Su Nian couldn't help but feel a little disheartened.

The ski resort is already sparsely populated at this time of year, and this wild forest at the bottom is even more untouched year-round.

If we remain trapped here tonight, even if we don't die of hypothermia, there's no guarantee that wild animals searching for food won't appear here.

The thought had barely crossed my mind when a slight rustling sound suddenly came from a patch of dark bushes to my left and right.

It looked as if something had crushed the dry branches, or as if a huge body was pushing aside the dense foliage.

The sound was amplified infinitely in the dead silence of the forest. Su Nian's breath caught in her throat. She stared at the blurry shadow, her muscles tense.

As the branches and leaves were parted, the dull thud of footsteps trampling the snow became increasingly clear.

A tall, slender figure emerged from the depths of the woods.

When Su Nian saw that familiar face, her tense nerves relaxed.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and her tense expression eased slightly.

What are you doing here?

"Shen Yi found out you fell and called me. The Queen Mother of the West located your position via satellite." Lin Ye stopped in front of her.

Su Nian followed his words and tilted her head slightly.

The clouds had long since dispersed above the woods on this winter night, and the dark sky was dotted with countless stars, their light clear and bright.

With such visibility and the authority of national-level AI, accurate satellite positioning is indeed possible.

Lin also asked, "Can I see your injury?"

Su Nian nodded.

Lin knelt down on one knee and checked him over: "The bones should be fine, just severe soft tissue contusion. The rescue team won't be here for a while, let me carry you out."

Su Nian was silent for a moment, then hesitated for a moment before saying, "Thank you for your trouble."

Lin turned around in front of her, his back to her.

Su Nian braced herself on the snow with both hands, slowly moved her body, and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Lin Ye stood up steadily, and the two followed the footprints Lin Ye had left behind, walking towards the edge of the woods.

After walking for a while, Lin suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.

"...Do you remember what happened after lunch today?"

"I don't remember. That fruit tea had a high alcohol content. I felt a little dizzy after drinking it. When I woke up, I found myself in my room. Did I do anything?" Su Nian's voice rang in Lin Ye's ears, her tone cold and calm.

Hearing this answer, Lin Ye breathed a sigh of relief without showing any emotion.

For Lin Ye, this is the best outcome he could have imagined at the moment.

He possesses a terrifying magnetic field capable of instantly destroying a city, and can effortlessly pin dangerous supernatural fugitives to the ground, but when it comes to dealing with romantic entanglements between men and women, he is almost completely helpless.

"No, you're usually not very talkative, and you're very quiet when you're drunk," Lin replied, her tone revealing nothing.

"Mmm," Su Nian responded softly, then fell silent.

The only sound in the woods once again was the crunching of footsteps on the snow.

The starlight filtered through the branches, casting dappled shadows on the snow.

During this quiet and somewhat long journey, Su Nian looked at the back of the person in front of her, which was not very wide but was unusually stable.

Seemingly out of curiosity, or perhaps to pass the time, she asked, "How did Shen Yi manage to win you over?"

How do you know she was the one pursuing me?

"That's not hard to guess. With your personality, you're indifferent to many things. Unless the other person takes the initiative, you're unlikely to build a relationship with anyone," Su Nian said clearly.

"I think I mentioned it to you before, we met during military training. She would always strike up a conversation with me in the cafeteria or by the playground. At first, I thought she was a bit strange, but I thought she was very pretty when she smiled."

Su Nian lay quietly on his back, her breath quickly dissipating in the air. She didn't say anything, just listened silently.

"A lot happened after that. During the National Day holiday, her mother suffered a heart attack and passed away. She had always depended on her mother for survival, and at that time, her world had probably completely collapsed. After returning to Ningchuan, she worked a high-intensity part-time job at a barbecue restaurant every day, like a machine."

"Then I worked with her. At first, I was probably just afraid she would do something foolish and wanted to help her. But later, I found that she was much more resilient than I had imagined."

"Some time ago, she told me in detail about her plans for the future. She said she wanted to do an internship and take on more part-time jobs. She had planned everything for the future very clearly."

"She wants to save up half of her savings to buy a house that belongs to us, then get married and have children."

"I don't have any grand ideals. But listening to her calculate so earnestly and plan every step of the future so clearly, I suddenly felt that such a life wasn't bad."

Lin Ye's story came to an end. There were no earth-shattering vows, nor any complicated entanglements, only a kind of steadfastness integrated into the trivialities of daily life.

Is it pity? Not entirely.

Pity only leads to charity, not to a desire to build a future together. Lin also found a home that perfectly aligned with her mindset through Shen Yi's down-to-earth plans.

Lin also felt a strange sensation on her neck; warm liquid silently fell onto her skin.

Su Nian's voice was breathy:

"Lin Ye, I've been dumped..."

Lin was taken aback at first, then lowered his head.

"what?"

"Um……"