In the end, Ye Xing didn't leave Aipal here. Who could blame her for being a kind-hearted loli?
By evening, Ye Lan had returned to the cabin to reunite with Ye Xing.
After a long-awaited reunion, the identical-looking little lolis couldn't help but hug each other.
"Although it's nice to change things up occasionally, one's own body is still the best after all."
Satisfied, the two released each other and sat together on the bed to think.
As they understood more about the Star, Ye Xinglan now seemed to have figured out how to return to the future.
For example, they could go back tonight.
And incidentally, take Aipal along while sleeping soundly.
Speaking of which, there was more than one way to take Aipal back. As long as one of Ye Xing or Ye Lan lost consciousness, it would be fine.
They needed to ensure there was a sleeping person next to Aipal for her to possess successfully.
One body awake, one body asleep—Ye Xinglan could control this situation.
After all, this was an advanced slacking technique, very convenient.
Thinking of this, Ye Lan lay on the bed and waved to Aipal, who was floating in circles in the air.
"Hey, stupid ghost girl, it's bedtime. Come over if you want to go back."
"Okay~"
Then, Ye Lan entered a sleep state, and Aipal took the opportunity to dive in.
"Hehe~ Ye Lan's body, hehe~ smells nice, feels soft~"
Ye Xing's mouth twitched immediately.
How could this stupid ghost be even more of a lolicon than her?
No, this already belonged to the realm of perversion!
If she wasn't worried about inexplicably going back in the next second, Ye Lan would have squeezed Aipal out long ago.
Really.
Finally, Aipal, possessing Ye Lan, fell asleep with the body's drowsiness, quieting down.
Ye Xing looked at the night sky outside the window, feeling a bit uneasy.
How should she face the various changes that would occur in the future?
It was really troublesome.
"Sigh~"
Ye Xing let out a soft sigh and returned to lie down beside Ye Lan on the bed.
It seemed they were about to go back.
As long as she closed her eyes and simply fell asleep, she could return to the future.
Bai Tu would no longer be a loli, the Singer would no longer be the Singer, and perhaps the entire daily life would change dramatically.
Facing such changes, Ye Xing wasn't psychologically prepared yet.
She should have thought earlier that everything she did here would feed back to the future. Why was she feeling a bit uneasy?
At this moment, Ye Xing suddenly heard an ethereal singing voice, making her heart tremble slightly.
"Ah~♬"
This was Kong Yubai's voice, coming from somewhere unknown, but reaching her here.
Even at night, this singing didn't seem abrupt, but rather very suitable for the night environment, like a lullaby inducing sleep.
Hearing the emotion in the song, Ye Xing's lips curled slightly.
"I see, you've come to bid me farewell?"
Bidding farewell with a song, perhaps this was the romance between divas.
Just like poets writing poetry.
Mm, Ye Xing had also been a diva, so having a diva identity was completely fine.
Ye Xing let out a soft breath, relaxing her body.
Since Kong Yubai had come to bid her farewell, she couldn't hesitate anymore.
At worst, she'd break the pot and shatter it, letting things be as they may.
Then, Ye Xing closed her eyes, listening to Blank Diva's lullaby as she entered dreamland.
The next second, the bodies of the two emitted a faint light of the Star.
Time and space misaligned, everything returned to normal.
......
Morning.
Ye Xing and Ye Lan opened their sleepy eyes and squeezed Aipal out of their body.
"Are we back?"
Aipal stretched lazily, completely used to sleeping now.
Ye Xing picked up her phone to look and nodded.
"Mm, we're back..."
"Yay~"
Aipal floated back and forth on the ceiling happily, seeming very pleased.
She had thought she would be left there. It was so good to be able to come back with Ye Xing and Ye Lan~
After checking the time, Ye Xing lay back down on the bed with Ye Lan, feeling relieved.
According to the law of inevitable drowsiness after wish fulfillment, they should have a good sleep and rest. Anyway, Ye Xinglan couldn't get up at all now.
As for what changes had occurred due to the past, she didn't know yet.
She only knew that Kong Yubai's return was enough. The rest could be discussed after waking up.
"Good night~"
......
Next door, Mo Tu fell into deep thought.
A memory appeared in his mind, precisely of the world line where Ye Xing and Ye Lan existed.
Those two lolis had messed around in a parallel world again.
Compared to the original, truly significant changes had occurred.
At least he had enjoyed himself thoroughly at that time.
It made him really miss the days of being the Announcer in the Rising Sun Troupe.
After Ye Xing and Ye Lan left, he even continued to act with the Rising Sun Troupe, becoming the first Radiant Sun Night Watcher in history to be out of contact for a very long time.
Who could have imagined that he would become a Star Eclipse and run around everywhere with several Superior Star Eclipses?
When he put on the Deceiver's concept mask, even his former colleagues who came to subjugate didn't recognize him.
Every time the Gentleman and the Deceiver confronted the Night Watchers, he would watch the fun from behind. Just thinking about it made him want to laugh.
But later, after he had enough fun, he quit on his own.
Because the Singer had temporarily left, a troupe with only four men was really getting harder to bear day by day.
"Ah... but now it seems there are quite a few interesting people in the troupe. The Singer has returned, and later a Puppeteer joined, and a certain Spectator is also inside. Should I go back and mix in for some presence?"
However, this was just idle talk. Mo Tu was just saying it casually.
It was really a bit inappropriate to go back at this time.
Then Mo Tu picked up his phone to check, querying the network status.
The world now hadn't been corrected much. Although Blank Diva had returned, she was in a retired state, with the new World Diva Kiyomi "leading" the diva industry, without any sense of dissonance.
And Blank Diva's retirement seemed to be a matter of course. Everyone thought it was normal, including Mo Tu.
Besides this, this correction seemed to have changed a bit.
It seemed to be...
"Not fully corrected? The information that should have existed has been concealed? [Wish Machine] obtained part of the power of [Existence Interference], adding it to the corrective power. It seems a bit interesting."
Mo Tu had witnessed "Ye Xing" plundering the power of [Existence Interference] at the end. It should be correct like this.
One could only say it was getting more and more interesting.
By now, Mo Tu had also analyzed some of the mechanisms of [Wish Machine].
To make a wish, one needed to pay a corresponding price, and it also required the consent of Ye Xing or Ye Lan themselves. After the wish was fulfilled, the price would be collected, just like the one-third of [Existence Interference] power this time.
As far as Mo Tu knew, Bai Yu and Lian Hua had also made wishes, and afterward, traces of their auras were hidden in Ye Xinglan's body.
The price Bai Yu had to pay should be her mother's [Life Blessing], and the price Lian Hua had to pay was sharing the majority of the usage rights of [Puppet City]. Now the price Kong Yubai paid was one-third of the power of [Existence Interference].
This price was quite high.
Mo Tu couldn't help but wonder, if he made a wish, what price would he pay?
Surely he wouldn't have to hand over his [He Tu Luo Shu]?
That wouldn't do. Although this Star couldn't compare to a Supernova, it was his capital for finding fun. Once lost, he wouldn't be able to enjoy himself anymore.
"Forget it, let's go to the Night Watchers' base to see if there are any new changes."
Mo Tu's lips curled into a smile as he happily headed towards the base.
......
The slacking cabin was quiet.
After who knows how long, Ye Xinglan finally had enough sleep.
"Mm~ That feels good. Although I always get sleepy after coming back, having a comfortable sleep is nice too..."
Ye Xinglan looked around the room and found that Aipal wasn't here. She should have gone out to play.
Come to think of it, during the time they brought her back, they always made her stay at home. Ye Xinglan felt a bit guilty about it.
Now it seemed there shouldn't be any problems.
It was good that she could go out to play on her own.
Just hope she wouldn't be discovered by the Night Watchers.
After praying in her heart, Ye Xinglan got up to wash up, preparing to see how reality had been corrected.
So Ye Xing brushed her teeth while looking at her phone, searching for information about Blank Diva.
"Oh~ Found it."
According to the information displayed, Blank Diva was in a retired state, having withdrawn from the top tier of the diva industry. She probably wouldn't engage in many diva activities anymore.
And her whereabouts were also hidden, said to be working at a secret company. Anyway, it was classified information that couldn't be disclosed.
There was one more thing to be happy about.
With the return of Blank Diva's existence, her series of songs had also reappeared online.
And they hadn't lost popularity even now. There were still many people who liked to listen to her singing.
Mm, Ye Xinglan was the same. Just thinking about having so many songs she liked to listen to made her bubble with happiness.
Of course, there were also Qinglin Mio's.
The return of Blank Diva's existence hadn't affected Kiyomi Diva's status at all.
It's just that... the diva rankings probably wouldn't change anymore.
The world's number one diva was Blank, and the second diva could only be Kiyomi.
Thinking carefully, being number two forever was really sad.
But Ye Xinglan thought Qinglin Mio definitely wouldn't mind, after all, her idol was Blank. She might even want to stand on stage together with her.
"Mm~ As expected of the two divas I exclusively support."
Ye Xing exclusively supported Qinglin Mio, Ye Lan exclusively supported Kong Yubai. It was indeed exclusive support.
At worst, they could switch.
Then Ye Lan took out her Night Watcher phone and opened the official website, preparing to check Kong Yubai's current status.
The internet said Blank Diva's whereabouts involved classified information, so she should have become a Night Watcher.
At least Ye Lan really couldn't think of any other reason for the recovered Kong Yubai to stay in the Rising Sun Troupe.
It's just a pity that Ye Xing's Rising Sun Troupe would lose an excellent member, wah wah wah!
"Oh~ So there is indeed?"
Ye Lan saw information about Kong Yubai on the Night Watchers' official website and thought, as expected.
Kong Yubai had indeed become a Night Watcher, still staying in Yunzhang City.
However, she hadn't become a Radiant Sun level Night Watcher.
Even though she possessed an Exceptional Star, her abilities wouldn't be allowed to be used for too dangerous tasks anymore.
After all, her Star had experienced Star Eclipse-ization. If it lost control again, it would be a big problem.
So Kong Yubai was equivalent to a Nova level Night Watcher in the Night Watchers' base, very popular in the base, occasionally holding small concerts in the base. She truly had captured the hearts of the Night Watchers.
Night Watchers from other cities who knew about this were simply jealous to death.
"Um~ This is good. Now she can still sing for others, and many people remember her. She won't be forgotten by people anymore. There's nothing more pleasing than this."
Ye Lan felt happy for Kong Yubai.
It's just that the Singer might really be gone!
Sorry, Troupe Leader, for inexplicably making your troupe lose a member!
"Um, I'll go check on the troupe later."
Then Ye Lan continued to think about the Night Watchers' base.
She was wondering whether to go there now to see the situation.
And how to fool the boss and others whom she had deceived.
In all likelihood, her connection to the "Tragedy Shadow Troupe" should be exposed.
At this, Ye Lan could only resign herself to fate!
But no matter what, she still couldn't escape it.
She could only go back and face it bravely.
"Hah~ I'll go take a look now..."
After washing up, Ye Lan put on her dress and stepped out of the door.
Since she had stood on a stage with tens of thousands of spectators, she was now fearless!
......
Arriving at the Night Watchers' base.
Ye Lan walked into the interior with light steps, still a bit cowardly.
Being fearless was a lie, a case of the leopard unable to change its spots.
After walking in the corridor for a while, her Night Watcher phone suddenly rang.
"Eh?"
Ye Lan picked it up and found that it was boss Xiao Jin wanting to find her, in a nearby reception room.
Seeing this message, Ye Lan's face scrunched up like a little cat.
"Um, I haven't even started observing yet. Why have they discovered I've come?"
At this, Ye Lan could only head there.
At worst, she'd use her usual method of playing dumb and that would be it.
Those adults surely couldn't be hard on a little loli?
That's what Ye Lan thought.
A moment later, Ye Lan arrived at the door of the reception room and entered after receiving permission.
After entering, Ye Lan took a quick look around.
This look was quite something, there were quite a few people!
Xiao Jin, Wang Chao, Bai Yuan, Mo Tu were all present, as well as the seventeen-year-old young lady Bai Tu, and... Kong Yubai sitting on the sofa, smiling as she stared at Ye Lan.
Four years ago, the reception room had the same people, and now it was the same group.
Only Kong Yubai and Ye Lan hadn't changed at all.
Mo Tu smiled and said, "Look, the protagonist has arrived. How about we welcome her?"
Wang Chao lazily leaned back on the sofa and casually said, "How to welcome? Throw her up in the air and catch her?"
Hearing this, Ye Lan really wanted to criticize.
What kind of child-coaxing trick was this?
Did she look like a little kid?
"Um, how did you know I came? The timing of the message was so coincidental."
Xiao Jin said, "It was Kong Yubai who said she sensed your presence, so we knew."
Hearing this, Ye Lan looked at Kong Yubai, who was smiling without saying a word, and couldn't help but tilt her head.
"Is that so?"
Kong Yubai nodded gently.
"I won't overlook Ye Lan's existence alone. No matter where you are, I can find your existence. Who told you to save me?"
"Oh~ Then when playing hide-and-seek, wouldn't you be invincible?!"
Ye Lan inexplicably thought of this question, causing everyone to burst into laughter.
Using an Exceptional Star holder's Star power to play hide-and-seek was truly a genius idea.
Only Ye Lan could come up with it.
"Ahaha~"
Ye Lan also laughed dryly, already embarrassed enough to want to run away.
However, from her observations just now, the atmosphere wasn't that serious.
Moreover, Kong Yubai's condition was very stable.
At this, Ye Lan felt very reassured.
This time, Xiao Jin spoke, "Ye Lan, it's been a while since you've been back. How do you feel?"
Ye Lan blinked, her mind spinning quickly.
"Um... it feels like I've been away for a long time, but also like I just left yesterday. It's a bit strange."
Wang Chao lazily interjected, "That's normal. Time perception gets messed up when dealing with parallel worlds and time travel. You'll get used to it."
Bai Yuan nodded in agreement, then gently asked, "Ye Lan, do you remember everything that happened?"
Ye Lan nodded cautiously, "Yes, I remember."
Mo Tu smiled mysteriously, "Even the part about joining a certain troupe?"
At this, Ye Lan's expression froze. She glanced at Kong Yubai, who was still smiling silently.
"Ah... about that..."
Xiao Jin raised his hand, stopping her, "It's alright. We know about your involvement with the Tragedy Shadow Troupe. It was necessary for the mission."
Ye Lan's eyes widened in surprise, "You're not angry?"
Bai Yuan chuckled softly, "Why would we be angry? You did what was necessary to save Kong Yubai and prevent a catastrophe. That's what Night Watchers do."
Wang Chao grinned, "Plus, it's hilarious imagining you in that troupe. Did you have to wear a fancy costume?"
Ye Lan's face reddened, "N-no comment..."
Everyone laughed good-naturedly, easing the tension in the room.
Xiao Jin's expression turned more serious, "However, Ye Lan, we do need to discuss the implications of your actions and the changes that have occurred."
Ye Lan nodded, straightening her posture, "I understand. I'm ready to report everything."
Mo Tu leaned forward, his eyes gleaming with interest, "Yes, let's hear all about your adventures in the parallel world. I'm particularly curious about how you managed to outsmart the Supernova Star Eclipse."
As Ye Lan began her detailed report, the atmosphere in the room shifted to one of professional focus, with everyone listening intently to her account of the events that had transpired in the parallel world.