I'll be there in every universe

Hello?

     Shen Yuan held his phone up as if it was possible that the small device could do something to the War God. Liu Qingge had an unreadable expression, this only made Shen Yuan feel like he had fucked up.

     Wait wait wait, Liu Qingge? Shen Yuan finally woke up completely, becoming aware of what was happening. He almost reached out to touch Liu Qingge until he realized that that would be weird, and Liu Qingge probably didn't know who he is. Shen Yuan decided that it'd be better for him to pretend that he didn't know Liu Qingge. Unfortunately. Liu Qingge had already seen through him.

     "Shen Qingqiu?" Liu Qingge asked, making eye contact with Shen Yuan as he slowly approached him.

     Fuck, he caught on. What should I do? What should I do? Ah, why is he here? Is the system trying to punish me for not finishing the plot? Is he here to kill me? Oh no, oh no, oh no. Ha-ha... the system wouldn't do that. ... right? He sighed and lowered his phone, trying to get a grip on the situation.

     "Why are you here? Actually, no don't answer that." Highly doubt I'd want to hear the reasoning. Shen Yuan paused before sitting down on the bed. "More importantly, how did you get here?"

     "I followed the robes." Liu Qingge said, nonchalantly as if it was something completely normal, pointing at them on the floor.

     "Robes?" Shen Yuan looked at where Liu Qingge pointed on the floor. There it was, his- no- Shen Qingqiu's old robes. Shen Yuan looked at Liu Qingge confused, how would it even be possible to find him with that, especially since they're from different universes (was that even the correct term to use? Shen Yuan didn't know what to call it)? Did Liu Qingge use a tracking talisman on it?

    "Yes, it led me here."

     Huh? The robes did what?

     Shen Yuan decided to let that topic go for now. They stayed there in silence for a while. Shen Yuan was organizing his thoughts, making sure he wasn't about to say anything stupid. Liu Qingge stood by him, analyzing the difference in appearance and if there were any injuries on Shen Qingqiu.

     Liu Qingge opened his mouth to speak, but paused for a moment to get his words together, "Why did you leave? Where are we? And why are you shorter?"

     Shen Yuan stiffened a bit and frowned, subconsciously fixing his posture after his height was mentioned. Did they really think I left them? Well, I really did leave them so I can't get upset by that. But it's not like I had much of a say in it.

     "I," Shen Yuan didn't know how to explain that he suddenly woke up in his old (dead) body after years of being in Shen Qingqiu, "didn't leave by my own choice, to say the least."

     This caused Liu Qingge to get alarmed, his hand immediately heading to the tilt of his sword. "What do you mean you didn't have a choice? Is someone threatening you? Are you in danger, why didn't you tell someone?...Or do you not trust m- our martial siblings?" For a moment, it seemed like he was going to say something else.

     Shen Yuan was taken aback by Liu Qingge's sudden outburst of questions. He had never seen the other man so... so agitated. Shen Yuan noticed how tightly Liu Qingge was gripping the sword by his side and took another step back.

     "That doesn't matter right now... haha." Shen Yuan decided to change the topic quickly before Liu Qingge went through with hitting him. As he was looking around, avoiding 'his' shidi's glaze. He frowned a bit as he realized something, "Wait, Liu-shidi, for how long were you watching me sleep?