Qiluo panicked: "Gongsun Ce, you can't change like that!"
"What about you?" Gongsun Ce poked her forehead, "We're human, not machines. I still privately chat with you when things come up. If you're hiding your troubles from me, what do you take me for? Before handling official duties, I'm your boyfriend first, understand?"
Qiluo curled up and whispered, "Oh..."
"Oh, you foolish child." Gongsun Ce sighed, "Once you figure it out, talk it over with me. How did you get cornered like this? How did a child as optimistic and forward-looking as you get pushed to the point of wanting to end it all?"
Qiluo was silent for a moment, slowly describing her experience. She spoke intermittently, pausing for a long time before each segment, letting Gongsun Ce understand her past... the past of "Qi Jingxuan".
