I gotta say, the contrast here is a little funny.

Ningwei: I am tortured in a prison I chose. A puppet going through the motions of love still cannot be a lover. There is no light at the end of the tunnel, but I hear the echoes of the ending.
Tao: I love my GF

"She is my utopia."

Bro that's the kinda shit Sappho would say

It's kind of really funny for Jing Xiu to go "oh by the way i'm literally the reason you're in this situation apologies but also let me explain"

It's kind of really funny for Jing Xiu to go "oh by the way i'm literally the reason you're in this situation apologies but also let me explain"

Ah... eto.... Bleh :p

SHE ADMITTED IT!!

Okay, guys, she said don't write it in your danfics. You know what that means.

Just caught up, and ough, this is still so peak. The whole thing with the cake was great, and also these are some really interesting developments with Ningwei. The onesided like, "I'm trapped in a toxic yuri and rotting inside" vs "I love my girlfriend so much but I think I fucked up but can't back out now" is an interesting dynamic, and makes a great contrast to our main duo's more emotionally grounded issues... and makes her fate in the original timeline even darker to think about. Loved her face at the "don't write this into your fanfics!" bit too lol.