Mr. Su Bai chose to walk home instead of taking a taxi, though it was quite a distance from Fang's place, it didn't seem to make any difference whether he returned home or not for him now.
Previously, every time he returned from outside or from the world of stories, Mr. Su Bai always felt an urgent and unconscious desire to return home, eagerly anticipating the moment when he opened the door and his child would wobble over and fling into his arms.
For a long time, that child had been the last piece of softness in Mr. Su Bai's heart, but now that place has been eradicated, and due to his abnormally strong will, he did not go insane or hysterical, but it did numb him.
Numb to others, and also numb to himself,
But fortunately, there was one thing Mr. Su Bai was clear about, and that was his current goal — to keep getting stronger and stronger; as for everything else, it didn't matter anymore.
