The man seemed lost in a deep memory.
"There was a man whose beloved woman suddenly fell seriously ill and entered a deep coma. He sought out internationally renowned neurosurgeons for diagnosis, but the results were disappointing. She became a vegetable and may never wake up in this lifetime."
Upon hearing this, Bai Qianmo's heartstrings tightened.
She didn't ask any questions and continued listening to the man.
Several authoritative neuroscientists said that if the girl did not wake up within a month, she would likely spend most of her life lying in bed, like a sleeping beauty, until the end of her life. From then on, the man stayed by the woman's bedside almost every day. In order to take care of her at all times, the man moved his studio to the hospital. He stayed by the girl's side for more than a month, but she still did not wake up.
The man couldn't believe the girl had left him like that. He made a silent vow: no matter the cost, he would never give up on her. Just then, he received an anonymous message: finding the Qi King's Cauldron in the Kunlun Mountains could revive the girl. At that moment, the man was determined to try anything. Coincidentally, the gang responsible for the girl's coma had also gone to the Kunlun Mountains. After arranging things at the hospital, the man took his trusted men and went after them. But he never returned.
Bai Qianmo pondered. The man Fifth Brother was referring to was clearly Gu Jueye, and the girl was the one who was unconscious.
"Did something happen to that man? He... is dead?"
The man stared intently at the girl for a moment.
"He unexpectedly entered a parallel world, a world of warlord conflicts and cannibalism, but there, he finally found his girl."
Bai Qianmo's pupils contracted slightly, and a strange feeling flashed through her heart.
"Fifth Brother, is the person you're talking about Gu Jueye? So he didn't die, but entered a parallel world. Who is that sleeping girl? How come she's in that world too?"
The man said in a deep voice, "There are countless parallel worlds in this universe, and we exist in every one of them. For example, in this world you are Bai Qianmo, while in another world you may have a different name, but you are still you, just living a different life."
After listening to the man's words, Bai Qianmo calmed down and carefully considered her words.
She quickly understood what the man was trying to say.
"You mean, there's another version of me in another parallel world, so when Gu Jueye entered that parallel world, he encountered the version of me from that world?"
"You are very smart."
Bai Qianmo took a deep breath, a look of doubt flashing in her eyes.
"You say you are him, how do you explain that?"
The idea of time travel is easy to understand, as there are plenty of similar stories in romance novels. However, what she is hearing now is something that is actually happening around her.
What she's more curious about now is what kind of relationship exists between Fifth Brother and Gu Jueye.
Gu Jueye lowered his eyes slightly, his thumb gently tracing the engagement ring on the girl's right middle finger.
"I am Gu Jueye, who entered a parallel world and has lived from that era to the present day."
Bai Qianmo looked stunned, her eyes fixed on the man in front of her.
She considered all the possibilities in her mind.
She even wondered if it was possible that Gu Zhizhou and Qin Lin had twins? By some twist of fate, one grew up in the Gu family, while the other was trafficked to O state?
But to everyone's surprise, they were actually the same person, just at different times.
Okay... fantasy...
Fifth Brother, how old are you exactly?
Gu Jueye chuckled: "In that era, my name was Xu Changchong, and I was born in 1897."
"It's 2021 now, which means you're already 124 years old?"
Upon hearing his age mentioned by the woman he loved, the man coughed lightly.
"I haven't calculated my age for many years."
Bai Qianmo suddenly reached out and pinched the man's chin, gently lifting it to examine him closely.
"Your skin is so smooth and delicate, no one would doubt that you're a young man in your early twenties."
Then, she held the man's hands up to her eyes to examine them. They were long, slender, and fair hands, as perfect as a pianist's.
"The oldest person in the world has only lived to be a little over 110 years old. At that age, the skin would already be covered with wrinkles, but you show no signs of aging at all. You look like you've been frozen in your twenties. Fifth Brother, have you achieved immortality?"
Gu Jueye pondered for a moment: "There is no absolute immortality in the material world, but life can be extended. A human lifespan of a hundred years is but a fleeting moment in the entire universe."
Bai Qianmo nodded: "So your lifespan has been extended compared to ordinary humans? How many years have you lived? Also, what extraordinary encounter did you experience that led to this extension?"
"After entering a parallel universe, I found myself in a foreign country. The people who found me were a couple from Country M. They said they found me in their backyard. At that time, I was unconscious. They were a very kind and friendly old couple. They took in me, who was of unknown identity, because their son had been drafted into the army when he was young and died on the battlefield. Since then, the two lonely old people had taken me in. I lived in their house for three years. During these three years, I kept investigating why I was in this place, but I could not find any trace of myself. Until three years later, a retired teacher came to visit the two old people. When he saw me, he recognized me at a glance."
Lost in distant memories, Gu Jueye gazed intently out the dark French windows.
"He said my name is Xu Changchong, and I'm a student at N University in the US. Three years ago, I suddenly disappeared while on a forest adventure with my classmates. He said that during those three years, my teachers and classmates never gave up searching for me and even called on kind-hearted people in society to help search for me, but three years have passed and there's still no trace of me. The teacher was very excited and contacted the school that night. The next day, my teachers and classmates came to my house to meet me. They showed me some photos we took together and told me about my years of studying in the US."
"Hehe, Xu Changchong's story is completely foreign to me. I know very well that I am Gu Jueye, but the man in the photo has the exact same face as me. I tried to explain that I wasn't him, but a sentence from one of my classmates completely dispelled my idea."
Bai Qianmo asked curiously, "What did he say?"
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