Faxin came to the secret chamber late at night to visit Zixiu, only to find that Zixiu had already regained consciousness at some point. He was sitting up in bed, staring unblinkingly at the mural not far ahead.
"You're finally awake. Now I can rest easy." Seeing that Zixiu was alive again, Faxin finally breathed a sigh of relief. He walked over to the bedside and looked Zixiu over carefully.
To Faxin's surprise, however, Zixiu expressionless, showing no reaction whatsoever to his late-night visit. His eyes were fixed and vacant, looking as though he had just been roused from a deep sleep, or perhaps as if he were dwelling on some heartbreaking sorrow.
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