This is really an awkward combination. Chen Ruying, standing at the entrance of the restaurant, saw me and Wu Yu walking towards her together, and her face turned pale.

  I'm the kind of person who usually has a dignified and elegant demeanor, but I don't normally have an overbearing or intimidating presence. Unless someone provokes me. Chen Ruying is playing the role of a poor little white flower, since she didn't take the initiative to provoke me, I just quietly followed Wu Yu along the way.

  "A Yu, when did you get to know this sister?" Chen Ruying could barely maintain a smile.

  I also want to see how Wu Yu says it.

  Wu Yu said: "This has nothing to do with you."

  Chen Ruying fell silent.

  I looked up and gazed out the window at the sky, a few black birds flew by, the sky grew increasingly overcast. I didn't know what was hidden, whether it was secrets of the past or the future.

  Ke Chen Ruying asked again, and turned her head to smile at me: "Sister, is it you who chased after Ah Yu, or was it Ah Yu who chased after you?"

  That's a bit too much.

  I calmed down and said: "It's Ah Yu... first press my hand, give him a cigarette."

  Chen Ruying was taken aback and smiled almost stiffly: "Oh..." The man walking alongside her in front didn't say a word, nor did he turn his head.

  Just as we were about to reach the door, Chen Ruying suddenly had another idea and turned her head to look at me, saying: "Isn't that right, sister? Ah Yu has never smoked before, he hates people who smoke the most." I almost saw a flash of complacency in her eyes. This made my heart feel annoyed, and I said lightly: "You ask him yourself whether he smokes or not."

  Chen Ruying looked at Wu Yu.

  Wu Yu said only three words: "I smoke."

  Chen Ruying's face was incredulous, but she didn't say another word.

  She took out the room card, opened the door and shouted: "Mom, Ah Yu and... his friend have come to visit you."

  I curled up my mouth and followed Wu Yu into the room.

  I had only caught a glimpse of the mother and daughter on the deck earlier. Now I see that they are both refined and dignified, just like Chen Ruying's mother. To be honest, I think I prefer her mother more. And I didn't expect her to be so young.

  The glass door of the balcony was closed, probably to prevent the wind from coming in. Chen Mu Feng Yan sat up from bed. Before, Wu Yu said that Feng Yan was over 40 years old, but now it seems that saying she is in her thirties would also be believable. She wore a suitable casual blouse and skirt, with a slender figure, looking very delicate, with plump cheeks that made her face look gentle. Her eyes were also soft and quiet, subtly shining brightly. It makes you feel that she's an extraordinary woman at first glance.

  And this woman will also die in a fire six months later. It's a thought that makes one's heart ache.

  She saw Wu Yu and smiled: "Ah Yu is here." Then she looked me up and down with great interest.

  Wu Yu walked up to her, standing straight and speaking respectfully: "Master's wife, are you feeling well?" Feng Yan shook her head: "Nothing, just a bit seasick. And this is..."

  "Wo yu said: 'My friend, Tan Jiao.' I smiled and said: 'Hello.'"

  Feng Yan apparently was a sensible person, smiled at me and looked at her daughter who was shrinking beside her, but didn't say anything.

  Wu Yu turned to her and chatted for a few more sentences before suddenly changing the subject, saying: "Madam, nothing out of the ordinary has happened on the boat these past few days, has it?"

  Feng Yan was taken aback for a moment and said: "No, what are you referring to?"

  Looking at her, she doesn't seem to be lying. Chen Ruying chimed in, "A Yu, I think you've been a bit off the past few days, haven't you encountered some insurmountable difficulties? If so, tell my parents, they'll help you." After saying that, she gave me a sidelong glance.

  Why did she say that and make me a bit unhappy? Feng Yan probably also felt that her daughter's words were inappropriate, so she pressed her hand to signal her not to speak. Wu Ou just smiled and didn't look at Chen Ruyin, saying to Feng Yan: "There's no problem, I'm fine."

  We walked out of their mother-daughter room, and Chen Ruying finally didn't follow us again.

  "It seems..." Wu Yu said, "Nothing unusual has happened to the mother and daughter yet."

  "Uh-huh."

  Just then, we passed by the deck. There were not a few people on the deck, and my eyelids seemed to jump up because I saw that familiar couple again, smiling as they walked past us. They seemed to have not seen me and Ou Yu, treating us just like two strangers. Their expressions didn't change in the slightest.

  Wu Yu also saw Yan Yuan and Zhu Jihui.

  "Only you and I can turn back time." I said, "They still don't recognize us now."

  Wu Yu met with silence.

  "This time we've stayed for a bit too long." I said again, "We won't just keep moving forward like this and not return after a year, will we?"

  He said: "If so, it's best for me."

  I didn't say anything.

  We walked to the door of my room, he stopped, I felt his gaze on me, I ignored him, took out the key card, swiped open the door, and went in without a word. Until I closed the door, he just stood there, not saying another word.