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"You guys always remember it?"
On Valentine's Day night, Xu Xingluo had a dream.
In his dream, he came to a void space.
Half a year later, Xu Xingluo heard that strange yet very recognizable voice again.
"Congratulations, your mission has been accomplished."
Xu Xingluo opened his mouth to say something, but found that he could not make any sound.
The strange sound continued.
"The relationship between your parents has completely changed. Everything in the future has changed, and you are about to leave this time and space."
"You have one last day to say goodbye to them."
"Good luck."
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In the bedroom of a villa in North City, sunlight shines in through the gaps in the curtains and falls on the boy's long eyelashes.
Xu Xingluo woke up rubbing his eyes and stared at the ceiling for a while.
He seemed to have had a very long dream.
But the strange thing was that no matter how hard he tried to recall the contents of his dream, he could not remember it.
After trying for a while without success, Xu Xingluo turned over and sat up from the bed.
Forget it, since I can’t remember it, it means it’s not important. I won’t think about it anymore!
The sunlight outside was a bit dazzling. The boy looked up and saw that the hour hand of the wall clock was pointing to the number one and was slightly to the right.
He actually slept until after one in the afternoon?
No wonder I feel a slight headache.
Xu Xingluo rubbed his temples, grabbed the phone on the bedside table, and opened WeChat.
11:43
Beautiful Mom: [Your dad and I are already on the plane, and we're expected to land at 2:00 PM.]
Big beautiful mother: [[Picture]]
Beautiful mother: [I bought you a gift at the airport. Your mother treats you well! ]
Beautiful Mom: [Your dad forgot to buy you a gift, and I had to remind him to remember!]
11:47
Beautiful Mom: [Why aren't you replying? Are you still asleep?]
11:50
Beautiful mother: [You really didn't wake up, you can sleep well, young man!]
Beautiful Mom: [The plane is about to take off. I'm turning off my phone. See you then!]
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Seeing this series of news, Xu Xingluo raised the corner of his mouth.
He knew that his mother would not forget him when she went traveling, so she bought him a gift!
Xu Xingluo happily replied to his mother's message, got up from the bed and put on his slippers.
Only a few days had passed since the Spring Festival, but he was the only one in the huge villa.
The reason was that just two days ago, his parents flew to other cities for a trip.
When Xu Xingluo first heard about his parents' travel plans, he expressed his desire to go with them, but was rejected.
The reason is: in previous years at this time of year they always traveled together as a family, and now that his son has finally grown up, the two of them want to spend some time alone on Valentine's Day this year.
There was no way, what else could Xu Xingluo say? He could only agree.
Who made his parents so loving ever since he could remember?
In Xu Xingluo's impression, his mother and father never seemed to quarrel.
Of course, Mom would get angry occasionally, but Dad would apologize in various ways, and Mom would calm down within a few hours at most.
Xu Xingluo withdrew his thoughts from his memories, got up and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Normally, there is an aunt at home who is responsible for cleaning and cooking, but during the Chinese New Year, the aunt took leave.
In order to prove that he was able to live independently, Xu Xingluo rejected the invitation of his grandparents who were on vacation in the south, saying that it was only less than three days and he would be completely fine staying at home alone.
After washing up, Xu Xingluo walked down the stairs, took the hamburger out of the refrigerator and put it in the microwave.
I sat down in the restaurant with my heated lunch, and a ball of orange rubbed against my feet.
Xu Xingluo took a big bite of the hamburger and leaned over to touch the kitten rubbing against his legs.
"Yuanbao, have you gained weight again recently?" he said. "When Mom comes back, I'm going to tell her to reduce the amount of cat food and canned food you eat!"
The kitten named "Yuanbao" meowed, as if expressing dissatisfaction with what he said.
Xu Xingluo remained unmoved: "No, you must lose weight! As your brother, I have to consider your health!"
After lunch, Xu Xingluo looked at the time.
It’s 1:35, and there are still more than 20 minutes before Mom and Dad’s plane lands.
If I go play games now, I may not be able to reply to my mother's message immediately.
Better find something else to pass the time.
Xu Xingluo stood up and walked out of the restaurant. After wandering around the living room for a while, he stopped in front of a row of cabinets.
In the cabinet are family photos of him, his parents and him taken in various places since he was a child.
This photo was taken when he was held in his mother's arms shortly after he was born. This photo was taken when he was "swinging" while holding his father and mother's hands at the same time after he started kindergarten. This photo was also taken when his family was in elementary school wearing swimsuits on the beach.
After that, it happens almost every year during the three years of junior high school and the beginning of the first year of high school.
Xu Xingluo admired all the photos and nodded with satisfaction.
He has indeed inherited the good genes from his parents and has been handsome since he was a child!
Just like his mother, she has always been a super beauty, both in the past and now, and she always amazes all his classmates every time she attends a parent-teacher meeting.
When he goes shopping with his mother, some people always think that his mother is his sister, and some short-sighted men often ask for his mother's contact information.
His father also looks young. Over the past decade, not only does he still have a lot of hair, but he also has very few wrinkles. He is extremely handsome.
After admiring all the displayed photos, Xu Xingluo still felt a little unsatisfied.
He stretched out his arms, took down a few photo albums from the top shelf of the cabinet, and sat on the sofa to look through them.
When he opened one of the books, the boy's eyes froze.
These photos... seemed to have been taken by his parents before he was born, and they were all on Polaroid film, which he had never seen before.
The first few pages of the album are almost all solo photos of my mother.
The mother in the photo looks very young, like she is only in her early eighteen years old, with two playful pigtails.
I turned a few pages and saw a few solo photos of my father, as well as photos of my father and mother.
Suddenly, Xu Xingluo's fingers paused.
There was a photo that was not put into the plastic cover of the album, but was sandwiched between two pages.
Xu Xingluo pulled out the photo, and after seeing the image on it clearly, he slowly opened his eyes wide.
This is a group photo. There are three people standing under the bell tower. On both sides are his father and mother, and the person in the middle is——
Although the photo wasn't very clear and the colors were a little faded, he still found...
That person looks almost exactly like him now!
How is that possible?
He had no recollection of ever having been to this clock tower, and he should not have been born at that time!
Xu Xingluo suddenly felt his temples throbbing, as if something was exploding in his head.
…
“Meow, meow——”
Xu Xingluo opened his eyes and found Yuanbao lying on him and calling anxiously.
Seeing that he woke up, the kitten finally stopped meowing, rubbed his face and jumped off the sofa.
Xu Xingluo slowly sat up straight.
He just... seemed to have lost consciousness on the sofa?
Many memories suddenly appeared in my mind.
It seems that in a certain world, his parents were not as loving as they are now, but were very distant and cold to each other.
In order to change the relationship between his parents, he traveled back more than 20 years and spent half a year with his parents who were in their early twenties.
Everything seemed like a dream, yet much more real than a dream. He could even recall many details.
Like when he first met his mother, she was wearing a purple dress.
When he first met his father, he thought he was a liar and was so scared that he ran away without even saying a word.
On his sixteenth birthday, his parents took him to the park to go boating and also prepared a birthday surprise for him.
When he heard that his father had successfully confessed his love to his mother, he jumped out of bed excitedly and ran around the house.
And... on the last day in that world, he went to the pier with his parents to watch the sea, and he hugged his mother.
Xu Xingluo suddenly couldn't tell the difference between illusion and dream.
The hug from his mother was so real. At this moment, when he closed his eyes, he seemed to be able to smell the salty sea breeze and hear his mother smiling and telling him to stop crying.
But before going to bed yesterday, his mom and dad called him on video from the hotel. In the video, his mom said good night to him, and he also remembered it clearly.
He seemed to have two completely different memories at once, so... which one was the real one?
Xu Xingluo felt as if his brain was like a ball of wool that had been repeatedly plucked by a cat's claws—all sorts of memory fragments were tangled into a tangled mess that could not be untangled at all.
There was a sudden noise at the entrance, followed by the voices of a man and a woman.
Xu Xingluo was startled and looked up at the clock on the wall.
It’s almost three o’clock.
Xu Xingluo looked over in the direction of the voice.
The door of the villa was opened, and the first figure to appear was his mother.
Xu Yingxi: "Finally home! The wind outside was so strong today, the few steps from the garage to the front door almost blew me over!"
Then, his father came in pushing two suitcases.
After putting the suitcase steadily, Song Siyao walked to his wife and raised his slender fingers.
After more than ten years of marriage, they have each changed a lot, and the way they get along is a little different from when they were first married.
But there is one habit that has never changed.
Every time they came back from going out together, if Xu Yingxi's coat had buttons, he would help her unbutton them.
Xu Yingxi enjoyed the man's service as usual, complaining: "I don't know what your son is doing. He hasn't replied to messages since we got off the plane. Is he obsessed with playing games?
Hearing his mother mention him, Xu Xingluo came to his senses and stood up from the sofa.
The coat button was undone to the last.
Xu Yingxi raised her eyes: "Hubby, will you be here for a moment——Hey?"
Hearing footsteps, she turned to look at the boy: "You're not playing games, then why didn't you reply to the message before?"
Xu Xingluo's mind was still confused and he didn't know how to answer his mother.
Xu Yingxi narrowed her eyes. "Why do you look a little off? Your dad and I have only been out for two and a half days. Are you sure you've gotten sick?"
Xu Xingluo quickly waved his hands: "No, no! I'm not sick!"
Xu Yingxi turned her head and glanced at her husband.
Song Siyao immediately understood what his wife meant and helped her take off her woolen coat and hang it on the hanger.
Xu Yingxi walked over and touched the boy's forehead with one hand.
After feeling it for two seconds, she withdrew her hand: "I don't have a fever either."
Xu Xingluo: "Mom, I'm really not sick!"
Xu Yingxi: "So what were you doing just now?"
"I..." Xu Xingluo hesitated and looked back.
Xu Yingxi followed his gaze and looked at the sofa in the living room.
"Are you looking through the album?" she asked as she walked over, her gaze then resting on the ground. "Go ahead and look at it, but why didn't you pick up the photo you dropped?"
Xu Yingxi bent down, picked up the photo on the ground, and paused after taking a look.
Seeing this, Xu Xingluo held his breath nervously.
Song Siyao also came over and asked in a gentle voice, "What's wrong?"
Xu Yingxi handed him the photo.
Song Siyao took the photo, his eyes slightly fixed: "I thought this photo was lost."
Xu Yingxi: "Yeah, I thought it was lost too. After all, I searched for it for so long but couldn't find it. I didn't expect it to appear again after all these years."
Listening to the conversation between his parents, Xu Xingluo's heart began to beat wildly.
A bold idea came to my mind.
"Mom, Dad..." Xu Xingluo asked, "Could it be that... you have always remembered it?"
Xu Yingxi looked up at the boy for a few seconds, then suddenly blinked cunningly: "What are you referring to? This photo, or your time travel?"
Xu Xingluo's brain was still in a confused state, and he stood there in a daze after hearing this.
It was unknown how long it took before he finally found his voice.
"Mom, Dad, I..."
There are so many things I want to say and so many questions I want to ask, but I can't even utter a word.
His shoulders sank, and it was his father who patted him with a smile.
"It's okay." Song Siyao's voice was gentle and steady. "If you don't know what to say right now, just think about it and then speak slowly."
Xu Yingxi agreed: "Well, your father is right, there is no need to rush."
As she spoke, she looked at the man beside her, and they smiled at each other.
Their family has lived together for so long and will spend many more years together in the future.
So, there is still a long time.
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【Author’s words】
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My state has been up and down while writing this, so I will take a few days off before updating the extra chapters. The plan is as follows [Please]
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