We lose our way in a complex, ever-changing world. No one is destined to stay with anyone forever. If I could, I would still trade everything I have, however little, for one reunion and a final farewell.
Mu Yan: I know I have a terrible personality, but I want someone to protect the little bit of innocence I have left. I cannot save anyone, because I am already mired in the mud. I dare not accept another's kindness, because I am unworthy of it...
Mu Yuan, a decorated general, was sent into an unpredictable virtual world after peace was established. He followed orders, and in the end his consciousness collapsed, leaving behind a body that could never awaken. When the clouds of war gathered once more, his value was rediscovered, and a plan to awaken him was set in motion. Even as his mental power scattered, he never gave up trying to save himself. The person who entered the virtual world for his sake was destroyed by the complexity of human nature. Carrying memories he had not had before, he returned to a cold world. Loyalty, family, faith... Those layers of shackles could bind the person he once was, but everything had changed.
To Mu Yan:
I know what you like and dislike, and I know everything about you. You are the only person I care about. You are my everything.
From someone who cannot tell you in person