I don’t know if he now recognizes that Chao.

Guan Hao always felt a gaze falling on him. He looked up and caught Lin Fan’s eye. Guan Hao looked down at himself, nothing wrong, he was perfectly clean.

Feeling a bit uneasy under the gaze, he smiled and met Lin Fan’s eyes.

"Brother, anything up?"

"No, just wanted to ask if this job is tiring?"

"It’s alright, but it can be frustrating when dealing with unreasonable clients."

"Oh, you’ll be fine." Lin Fan patted Guan Hao on the shoulder, then walked ahead.

Guan Hao scratched his head, full of questions. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"Such a strange person."

But he didn’t think much about it and continued delivering goods on his tricycle.

Lin Fan walked slowly, observing the familiar cityscape, his smile growing brighter. It was lively, and the happy expressions on people’s faces made him feel very satisfied.

A black sedan was driving slowly.

The series of lucky numbers on the license plate was enough to indicate that the person inside the car was quite remarkable.

Tang Jiayu was idly watching the pedestrians outside the car window.

Suddenly.

She saw a figure in the crowd, someone unfamiliar, yet for some reason, there was a sense of déjà vu.

"Stop the car."

Tang Jiayu hurriedly got out of the car and looked back, but found that the figure had disappeared without a trace.

She clutched her chest, feeling an inexplicable warmth.

"Such a strange feeling."

...

Lin Fan proactively went to see his old friends but did not disturb them. That terrible apocalypse would not happen; everyone’s lives were on the right track.

Seeing them doing well brought him immense satisfaction.

Ahead.

A masked beauty was shopping with her friends. Even with the mask, her sexy figure attracted their attention.

"Nini, look at these men. Even with a mask on, your figure can’t be hidden; they’re all ogling."

"Well, it’s their business to look, what can I do about it."

"True, Nini, that guy who appeared in your live stream the other day was so obnoxious. If I knew who ’Autumn Knife Fish’ was, I’d tear him apart."

"It’s okay. Doing this job, I understood sooner or later that these things are unavoidable."

Just then.

Lin Fan and Yan Nini brushed past each other.

"Wait..." Yan Nini hurriedly turned around and called out to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan stopped and looked at the familiar yet already unfamiliar friend, gazing at her with a smile.

"What’s your name?"

"Lin Fan."

"Lin Fan... Have we met before?"

"Maybe we met in a previous life." Lin Fan said.

Nini’s friend was extremely surprised as she watched Nini. Her mind went blank; she never expected Nini to actively call out to a stranger.

"Previous life..."

Lin Fan said, "Once, someone asked me if I would notice them in the vast sea of people, and now I think I know the answer. All right, keep it up, big streamer. When I get a chance, I’ll send gifts."

"Hey..."

Yan Nini wanted to say something, but that figure disappeared so quickly.

"Nini, what’s wrong? Do you know him?" Her friend asked curiously.

Yan Nini shook her head, "I don’t know, I don’t recognize him, but he feels so familiar, like I’ve met him before. You know how indifferent I am to strangers."

"Could it be that you’re falling in love, meeting your own Prince Charming?"

"I don’t know, I really don’t know."

Yan Nini was very upset, losing even the mood for shopping.

Lin Fan went to see many familiar faces.

Everyone’s life was going well, in this civilized and warm society, working hard every day towards a more beautiful future.

The apocalypse should not happen.

And cannot happen.

It would disrupt everyone’s life plans.

...

Afternoon, five o’clock.

Sunshine District, small shop.

"Xiao Wang, send a bag of good rice upstairs for me."

"Sister Ni, don’t worry, I sell only good stuff here, quality is top-notch."

"Mm, that’s good, I still trust you."

"Sister, why are you always single? I think with your looks, sweethearts should line up from the door to the street."

"What do you know, I’m a single queen, fully dedicated to my career, who wants to get married?"

A woman of just thirty-something, forty, conversed with Xiao Wang, with a beautiful face, delicate features, if not for her age being told, one might think she was in her twenties.

"Sister, wasn’t there someone stubborn enough to pursue you?"

"Well, there was a guy before, drove me mad, I still remember his name, Lin Yifu, like a plaster, annoyed me so much I once beat him up fiercely, but heard he died in a car accident a few years later, anyway, speaking about the dead isn’t auspicious."

"That’s true, but Sister, look at that guy at the door, I’ve seen him all morning, sneaky, could he be wanting to steal something?"

Sister Ni turned around, looking at Lin Fan standing at the door.

She felt the gaze was on her, raised a hand, beckoning him with a finger, "Little guy, why are you always looking at Sister?"

Lin Fan stepped inside the shop, walked towards her, his eyes reddening instantly, tears uncontrollably flowing.

"Can you hug me?"

The sudden tears surprised Sister Ni. Oh dear, do young kids courting women have such deep tactics where they start crying directly?

Sister Ni raised a finger, poked Lin Fan’s head, "Little guy, I’m old enough to be your mum, hurry and go after young girls, don’t spoil your sister’s good mood."

"Mom, can you hug me?"

Instantly, everyone in the shop was stunned.

Even Sister Ni was taken aback, but from this little guy’s eyes, she saw a deep, indescribable emotion, one akin to anticipation and love crossing time.

What had this child experienced?

Sister Ni stepped forward and hugged Lin Fan, gently rubbing the back of his head.

"Good kid, Mom is here, talk to Mom if something’s on your mind, don’t keep it bottled up."

She thought this child had lost his mother, and his mother looked somewhat like her, mistaken identity maybe, and to that, she was willing to comfort this child, helping him out of sorrow.

"Mom, I miss you so much..."

"Mom misses you too, my good child..."

Right at this moment.

He cried out in a heart-wrenching sob.

End of the book!