Lee Byung-seung frowned, met Mo Mumu's shocked gaze, and bent down to look at the boy: "Please be clear."

"the woman you're looking for, I think I know where she is!"

"..."

The boy's name is Jamie. He has been homeless in London since he can remember. He could actually survive by scavenging and begging, but for people like him, a simple flu can force them to start their lives all over again.

In those years, I often heard passersby saying things like, "I hope I can meet a kind-hearted god this winter."

Jamie never understood what it meant, or why so many people said that. Was it because someone had actually seen God? He looked at the only ten pence in his iron bowl and felt sorrow for the first time.

If there really is a God, then why does God only help those who lack nothing, and not help poor people like him and Luna who don't even have a home? For the first time, he realized that even God can be biased.

Perhaps because he was punished for secretly criticizing God, Jamie caught the flu. His neighbors and friends chipped in five pounds to buy him medicine, but Jamie still didn't get better. His cough got worse and his body ached more and more. Afraid of infecting others, Jamie decided he couldn't stay in the same place anymore. He ran away and collapsed on the roadside.

On that very day, the wanderer who had been secretly criticizing God encountered a God who was impartial to him.

Jamie had only seen that woman once, but he always remembered what her face looked like. Yesterday afternoon, when the woman entered through the gate, Jamie, who was "off work" and on his way home, spotted her immediately.

He really does resemble that soft-hearted god.

Jamie was surrounded by people and walked ahead for the first time. He was very reserved, but he was so eager to save people that he didn't care about anything else. He walked towards the school according to his memory, and no one dared to stop him.

Mu Yiran was soaked to the bone and sat awkwardly on the cement floor. The splint on her hand had come loose, and her right hand was now unsupported, causing her a dull ache.

There was a reservoir in front of her; she had just swum up from there.

Mu Yiran recognized it; this was Qiao Lisi's reservoir, which resembled a sewer. She had been attacked, abducted from the pitch-black entrance of Guanyi, and pushed into the lake. By the time she swam to the surface, it was not only daylight, but the land was no longer the same.

She's got pretty good stamina; she swam all night.

Or perhaps... time really is a long river, and she actually "swam" back to 2023?

Or perhaps she had actually drowned?

Who were the people who kidnapped her?

Is it Qi Pan? No, he's already been dragged back from customs by Shi Men, and he might not even be alive.

How come Shi Youxi has so many enemies?

I should have let Guan Shiyan escort me; I insisted on going on my own.

A jumble of all sorts of ideas.

Patting her slightly aching head, Mu Yiran stood up groggily. She was about to look for a clock to check the year when she faintly heard shouts through her waterlogged ears. Mu Yiran pressed her ear to the side and turned her head away—

"—Where is she! It's her!"

"—Ranran!"

"—Mu Yiran!"

"—————"

"—Miss Mu Yiran."

“…”

"Miss Mu Yiran!"

A tingling sensation came from her hand, bringing Mu Yiran back to her senses. In front of her sat a staff member behind a table, on which was a sign:

【promote:

Premarital checkup first, then marriage certificate.

…Premarital checkup…getting a marriage certificate?!

Mu Yiran's eyes widened, and her thigh suddenly twitched. She tried to stand up, but with a sudden jerk of her left hand, she fell back down. Mu Yiran turned her head and saw Shi Youxi's face.

…By the way…she traveled back in time a little over two months ago.

The person sitting next to her now is not 18-year-old Shi Youxi, but 23-year-old Shi Youxi.

She will wake up from her past dream and face the reality that lies before her.

She agreed to the marriage agreement with Shi Youxi because of the inheritance from her parents and grandmother.

She and Shi Youxi are now preparing to... register their marriage.

"Sister, she's asking you a question." The man's low, husky voice rose slightly, conveying both urgency and a hint of happiness.

Shi Youxi curled her lips and wagged her little finger:

"Answer her quickly!"

…seems very happy.

Mu Yiran could only concentrate and turn to look at the young lady inside. The staff didn't notice that she was lost in thought.

After all, when asked about this kind of thing, countless people think it over and simply turn around and leave, saying goodbye. It's a major life decision, so she has to think it through carefully. Since she became a registration staff member, she has to screen every new person who comes here!

The staff member cleared his throat and asked loudly:

"Miss Mu Yiran, are you willingly becoming husband and wife with the gentleman beside you?"

"..."

She voluntarily became husband and wife with Shi Youxi.

Mu Yiran's breath hitched and she didn't answer immediately. Her palm was scratched again, and she turned to meet Shi Youxi's phoenix eyes.

…

…

[Finally back to the normal timeline. It won't be long; the female lead will be mostly over once she resolves her inner conflicts.]