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"A child fell into the river!"

"what?"

"I'll hang up first, it's important to save people!" Regardless of whether the daughter on the other end heard it clearly, Ye Youliang hung up the phone with a 'click' and rushed out quickly.

There are not many people around here, and it seems that no adults have noticed them yet.

For a drowning person, every second counts.

He didn't care to call others, so he rushed out in a hurry.

"What's going on!" As he ran, he kicked the shoes off his feet.

An older child yelled anxiously: "She was playing by the river and fell down by herself!"

It was a little girl.

And her strength to struggle has become weaker and weaker.

Half of the head could hardly stick out of the water.

Ye Youliang dragged his coat off, didn't have time to untie his belt, so he jumped into the river.

He grew up in the countryside, with a reservoir next to his home. Although he is not the standard breaststroke, he is definitely proficient in dog planing.

The creek is not too wide, but it took Ye Youliang more than ten seconds to reach the place where the little girl was struggling.

She had been swept near the center by the river, and was not struggling much anymore.

He anxiously carried the girl on his back, supported her with one hand, and paddled desperately with the other.

The shore is in sight.

He didn't care about going up first, so he put the little girl on the shore first.

Although she was full of water, she hadn't fallen into a coma, but her expression seemed a little dazed, and she vomited all over her body with a 'wow' sound.

Just as Ye Youliang was about to climb up to the bank, the outlet of the small river suddenly started to release water. The huge impact was so sudden that he couldn't hold on to the river bank and was washed out.

The little girl who had just vomited opened her eyes wide and watched him being washed away by the flood.

The word 'finished' flashed in Ye Youliang's mind for the first time, and he remembered that he did not die here, but lived to the future, and a power to survive emerged from his body.

But at this moment, the icy river water made his legs start to cramp.

He was rushed downstream uncontrollably, sinking lower and lower...

The future can be changed.

That is to say, he might really die here.

If he dies, there will be nothing later, including his own children, and they will not be born.

He was not reconciled.

He struggled hard.

But he couldn't resist the raging water.

The passage of time began to slow down.

His mood also began to gradually despair.

Are you really going to... die here?

He hasn't had time to change too much of the future... but is he going to leave this world earlier than the established future?

But at this moment, he felt something break through the water and stretch towards him——

With the fragrance of sunshine and earth.

……

86. Transformed

Under the gloomy sky, the woman narrated the past incident.

"After he was washed away by the river, he never heard from him again, and he didn't come back to look at the things he left here..." She didn't continue, but the meaning was already obvious.

"how is this possible?!"

"Wan Qing, Wan Qing..." Ye Chen pulled Wan Qing over and whispered in her ear, "Don't get excited... If Dad is really dead, how can we still exist?"

Wan Qing, who thought that the history of the past had undergone a huge change, calmed down again: "We don't know what he is like now."

"Sorry, I shouldn't have asked this." The woman said apologetically, she probably thought that the corpse hadn't even been fished out...

"fine."

"Then the storage of this item will end today, do you need to open it here for inspection?"

"No need..." Wan Qing's mind was a little confused, she hugged the box in her arms, thanked her, and walked out of the door slowly.

Ye Chen followed her and asked her where she was going, but got no answer.

Not knowing what Wan Qing was thinking about this matter, he could only follow along silently—even though he was particularly curious about what was in the box at this moment.

The two walked a long way, about an hour, and they almost came near their home.

Wan Qing raised her head and looked at the grandpas and aunts who were coming out of the park - their morning exercise time probably just ended, making this not-so-big park much deserted.

However, although the park is not big, the scenery is well done, and it has the feeling of changing scenery as a Soviet-style garden.

In addition to a small square dedicated to people's activities, there are intricate park paths.

Walking through the rockery, through the pond, through the gazebo, and finally into the corner of the park - a slope like a river embankment, with a yellow lawn on it.

Don't be confused, because there is actually a short mountain behind, but the part at the foot of the mountain has been incorporated into the park.

Wan Qing sat on the bench under the slope and took a deep breath.

"Don't worry so much, right? Dad must be fine, otherwise there would be no us."

"The timeline may not be completely connected, maybe it is intermittent, just like a water pipe, it can not only seal a section of independent existence, but also exist together with other connections... Maybe history has changed, but we still have time. Unaffected."

"You mean, after the connection, we will be affected? The current dad will also...disappear? We will also disappear...?"

"Well... And it completely erases all traces of our existence, as if it never appeared before."

"What should I do?"

"You are Nobi Nobita, and I'm not Doraemon. It's useless if you ask me, but I think...the key may be here." She tapped the delicate box lightly.

"What... mean?" Ye Chen raised his head, only to feel that the sky seemed to be getting darker, it was clearly still morning, but it seemed like night was coming.

"Have you heard the story of Taro Urashima?"

"That... what?" Ye Chen shook his head blankly.

"Oh, yes, this seems to be from a Japanese myth... Anyway, it is about a fisherman who saved a sea turtle, and it turned out that it was in the Dragon Palace... Probably the existence of Prime Minister Turtle, so he was invited to the Dragon Palace. , the Dragon King's daughter personally entertained him, and when he was about to leave, she gave him a jade box to prevent him from opening it, but after he returned to the ground, he still opened it, so the power of time turned him from a young man into a jade box. An old man."

"why?"

"Because the time in the Dragon Palace and the mortal world do not correspond - one day in the sky, one year on the ground, have you heard it?"

"That is to say—"

"Yes, that is to say, this box may have become a key item to change history at a certain moment. When we open it, time will be reconnected, and all the accumulated changes will come in an instant."

After hearing this, Ye Chen swallowed 'gulu': "Then... can't we just open it?"

"Do you know why Urashima Taro opened the box?"

"why?"

"Because he found that everything around him had changed, and he didn't know him at all, and his home and parents were gone, so he thought of this box and wanted to open it to find his lost years."

"But it turned out that it wasn't found at all, and it got old instead. Then we shouldn't open it?"

"But have you ever thought that if we don't open it, maybe we will be pressed the pause button. At that time, our thoughts will be stagnant, and there will be no hope or possibility of change. Even if the situation is better, maybe would be stuck in an infinite loop throughout the day."

Without waiting for Ye Chen to say anything, Wan Qing 'clicked' the buckle of the box, and opened the lid without hesitation.

Ye Chen panicked and narrowed his eyes subconsciously.

As if a dazzling silver light would emerge from it.

In reality, however, nothing seemed to happen.

He moved his head curiously and glanced at the contents of the box.

There is a bronze mirror and two silver bracelets inside, remove the above things, and there is a wooden comb under it.

These four things are all very delicate, but if you look closely, you can still find many traces of handwork.

For example, the corners of the bracelet are a bit rough, for example, there are slight to almost invisible fingerprints on the back of the bronze mirror, and for example, the teeth of the comb are not exactly the same size.

At the bottom, is a letter.

Although it was sealed in this almost airtight box, the envelope also looked slightly yellowed, and the stamps pasted on it as decoration had lost their stickiness.

"This stamp should be worth a lot of money..." When she saw it, the word 'philately' slowly emerged from her mind.

After a few decades, postage stamps seem to have faded from people's sight. They may still be valuable, but there are not so many people who collect them.

Ye Chen was not interested in this. He picked up the letter and couldn't wait to open it: "Is it the letter written by my father 20 years ago?"

"perhaps?"

Their heads were pressed against each other, and they opened the envelope together. The letter paper inside was extraordinarily exquisite, and the workmanship was also very good, as if they had been bought in a friendship store.

At the beginning is the very familiar font that belongs to father, but this time it looks a little sharper:

"My children:

"I don't know how you felt when you received this letter, but when I wrote it, I really looked forward to seeing it.

"It should have been 1996 when I received the letter, right? Did life get better 20 years later? Don't worry about the later me. I will work hard to change here, and I will definitely not become that look.

"When I was writing this, your mother came in and saw that I was writing to you, and she also clamored to add a few words to her, so the following is what she wants to say to you.

"My dear children, I got the news of the future from your father. He said that he will be decadent in the future, so why didn't I guard him in the future? If I didn't treat him well, you must be with him. In the future, I will have a heart-to-heart talk and ask her why she left behind such a deep love back then. The whole family has been laid off, so I shouldn’t put all the pressure on him. The future me can’t be so unreasonable. The family must work hard together of."

Ye Chen and Wan Qing looked at each other, both of them had bitter smiles on their faces.

They want to talk to their mother now.

But now... Mother is gone.

The timeline may change, but at this point in time, she is already a dead person, and it is impossible to resurrect her.

—perhaps not impossible.

Just as they might disappear out of thin air, might mother also appear out of thin air?

This is just a little bit of good wishes in their hearts.

Although Wan Qing couldn't say the reason, she knew very well that it was much more difficult for people to appear out of thin air and resurrect them than to make people disappear out of thin air.

Just like destruction is always much easier than creation.

"Life can be a little hard, but don't be afraid, it's going to pass, it's going to be okay, oh my kids I've never met, I wish I could see you sooner - love you moms.

"Haha, the above is what your mother is going to say, in fact, she babbled a lot, if I didn't stop it in time, I'm afraid it would be more than these words.

"Oh yes, let's talk about the gift for you first. The bronze mirror is for Ye Chen. Although it's a bit strange to give my son a mirror, but I think this is not bad. Man is a mirror, which can show gains and losses. I hope you are a person who can recognize yourself, see others clearly, and understand the truth.

"Of course the comb is for my daughter. It's a wooden comb made by an old carpenter in the village. It's made of ebony. Oh, that wood is really good. It's a pity that it's just a little scrap, but it's really just used to make a comb. Well, I heard that combing your hair with this kind of comb can also promote blood circulation and soothe the nerves! Comb your hair a lot, girls need to be well-groomed.

"As for the two bracelets, they are made of silver. They were made with old silver blocks. The materials may not be enough. I originally wanted to make two silver bells, but now I only have two bracelets. I don't know what your hands are. Later, the one for Ye Chen was made bigger, so it was relatively slender, while the one for Wanqing was smaller, so it was wider, and the materials used were the same.

"I wanted to say a lot of things before, but now I don't know what to say, so it's better to be like this, I wish you health and happiness every day!

"——1977.12.20"

The hazy patch on the bronze mirror doesn't seem to be able to reflect people very clearly.

Wan Qing picked it up and rubbed it lightly, and saw Ye Chen's slowly shrinking skeleton.

She even thought she was hallucinating, rubbed her eyes vigorously, and opened them wide to look at him.

"Wan Qing...?" Ye Chen was looking down at his hands, obviously aware of the changes in his body.

Originally, he also had a neutral appearance. Although he might not be able to distinguish between men and women at first, if he was a boy, he would be acceptable.