Tan Jiao's Perspective

  I didn't tell Wu Ou the truth, and on the phone, Zhuang Yu said something else to me.

  At first, when I heard she was coming back, I was surprised and touched. Sweetly, I asked: "Zhuang Yu Dada, why did you suddenly want to come back again?"

  Her tone turned serious: "Dazhu, I recalled our interactions over the past six months."

  I was taken aback, the past six months... I had no memory at all. But I remembered that when I first realized I had lost my memory, I asked her about this year's memories, and she said there was nothing out of the ordinary.

  "At first glance, it seems like nothing special," said Zhang Yu. "But when I think carefully and in detail, I realize that there's not a single thing that comes to mind."

  I was stunned, and Wu Yu was just a short distance behind me. I raised my head to see the snow-covered forest stretching far into the distance.

  "To put it another way, for the past six months, you have been a vague existence in my memory, without any obvious abnormalities. How to say it? For example, subconsciously, I would think that we are still like before, often eating together. But when I try to recall each time specifically, I couldn't remember. Can't remember where we ate with you, what clothes you wore, or what words were spoken. Can't remember any specific details at all. But you know my memory has always been exceptional. I even remember the color of the clothes I wore during last year's final exam when the teacher was proctoring."

  I was shocked to hear this, why is it like this? Before I always thought that only I had lost my memory.

  I suddenly remembered calling my parents a few days ago, and their reaction was almost as exaggerated as Zhuang Yu's.

  They said, it's like that, you're so busy with work.

  Am I also vague in their memories?

  Is everyone around me like this?

  He is different from me, he has a clear memory of the past year, only the past is changing. And the people around him, Professor Chen, Xiaohua, and Chen Ruying, all clearly remember his existence.

  "Do you know, Dazhu." The voice of Zhuang Yu came again, "You are like a phantom, existing in my memory."

  A terrible and unbelievable thought flooded my mind——

  That lost year, was it me who forgot, or... did I never experience it in the first place? Did I never exist?

  Why am I different from Wu Yun?

  But this is almost beyond the scope of my brain's understanding, and it can't be explained at all. My heart was extremely disturbed, and I subconsciously turned my face away, not wanting Ou Yu to see my disheveled state.

  "Don't panic, Dazhu." Zhuang Yu's cold voice came through. "Any phenomenon must have a cause behind it. Even if it defies our familiar physical common sense, it won't defy the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics and the universe. It must be at that mysterious time intersection point, where the starting point of this abnormal timeline is also its endpoint, you encountered something else. And that thing even affected the people around you. Because we all live alongside your twisted timeline. But don't be afraid, you just need to reach that point, find the answer, and solve it."

  "Hmm...hmm..." I almost bit my lip in response, and Zhang Yu's words sounded like I understood them but didn't really.

  "So, I have to come back immediately." Zhang Yu's voice suddenly became soft. "Because the two people you mentioned last time are about to do something dangerous, they need to deal with both the jump in the timeline and the terrible fire. And a few days later, my good sister will continue on her journey again. As for me, I won't remember anything that happened today, she will still be a vague shadow in my memory, and I will continue walking in another direction until we meet again. So I think, even if I can't help much, I should accompany her."