Chapter 80
“La la la….”
Humming a cheerful, nonsensical tune, Bai Yi walked along the streets of the old city district, stepping on each concrete paving stone one by one, as happy as a primary school student on a field trip.
It was after-dinner walking time. It was already early December, and the temperature in Yuanyang City had dropped sharply. It had snowed just two days ago, and there was still unmelted snow on the eaves.
There weren’t many people in the old city district to begin with, and most of them were elderly. In this kind of weather, unless necessary, they didn’t want to go out and face the cold wind and remnant snow, challenging their old arms and legs. As a result, the entire street seemed excessively empty.
The world seemed much quieter in Bai Yi’s perception.
Whenever he walked among crowds, those intense emotional colors and mental impacts that always rushed towards him – red, white, purple, like spilled paint – were now distant due to the absence of people. All the noises, shouts, and low murmurs were also weakened by at least several degrees due to the physical distance before entering Bai Yi’s mind.
This was enough for Bai Yi.
Most of the time, he felt like he was immersed in the deep sea, surrounded by a mental ocean on all sides. Now, away from the crowd, he could temporarily surface. Even though dark seawater still soaked his surroundings, at least he could breathe some air.
“What wonderful weather. Indeed, I love winter the most~”