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‧₊˚ 75 - THE END‧₊˚

Zhou Yao was scared to death by Su Li. For several days in a row he didn't dare leave Su Li's side, following Su Li everywhere, almost calling Zhou Wenyu back from the United States.

Su Li really didn't have the energy to protest, so he let Zhou Yao be. He sat back in the rocking chair, gazing up at the sky, lost in thought.

He wasn't actually that desperate anymore.

After so many years, looking back on his past life, whether bitter or sweet, he didn't have too strong of an impression anymore.

The wounds he had suffered, the taunts he had heard, he had actually forgotten most of them.

Always appearing very concerned about it all was just because he had been too stubborn, stubbornly remembering the feelings at the time, the indignation and unwillingness, the grievances and distress.

Su Li took a sip of tea, resting his hand under his head, and softly humming that little tune.

Zhou Yao was in the room processing documents. His window looked right out onto the small courtyard. Every now and then he would lift his head anxiously to check on Su Li.

After lying there for a while, Su Li stood up. "I'm going to the cemetery."

"I'll go with you!" Zhou Yao practically jumped up right away.

"Aren't you busy?" Su Li looked at the documents piled high on his desk.

"Not busy!" Zhou Yao turned off his computer and walked over to stand in front of him, looking a bit nervous.

"Then let's go." Su Li didn't reject him.

The cemetery was very peaceful, with hardly anyone there. Su Li bought two bouquets of fresh flowers and placed them in front of the tombstone.

As he used his hand to clear away the fallen leaves, he said to Zhou Yao:

"I'm going to talk to them for a bit, it might take a while, you can wander around yourself first. I'll call you when I'm ready to leave."

Zhou Yao nodded, walked some distance away, but didn't dare go too far. He found a bench and sat down, watching Su Li from afar.

Su Li was silent for a long time.

"I...really wish I could change history."

"Does that sound too fantastical?"

"I don't know why I dreamed about you all, and I don't know what I should do after dreaming about you either. I feel like no matter what I do, nothing is right, and not doing anything also feels wrong, so I chose to accept this seemingly absurd research."

"I feel like if you knew, you would definitely scold me, right?"

Su Li said with a laugh.

"I think, just let him continue the research, no matter how long it takes. Let this be something I have to look forward to for the rest of my life. Thinking that I have a chance to help the three of us in another world, I feel really great about it."

"I'm still not bad enough. If I could make up my mind to let the professor continue the research unscrupulously, insisting on changing things, that would be good."

"But I saw many people, Aunt Ruoruo, Zhou Yao, Wenyu, Shanshan, and many others, they are all living very well. I'm afraid I would disrupt their lives."

"The professor said people are the most unpredictable. In the blink of an eye they may make different choices, and different choices lead to different futures. This means that if we start over again, it's possible they would not be the way they are now."