The next morning, at Yan Huan's home.

Yesterday Yan Huan was lucky at work, it was Friday, and today is the weekend, so he doesn't have to go.

"Mom, this is the little cat I raised before... I thought it ran away, but a classmate called and said they've seen it."

Yan Huan picked up the chubby black cat from his arms and showed it to Wang Yulu.

"Meow~"

Meow also meowed obediently, showing off its cuteness.

"Oh my, it's really adorable..."

Since Yan Huan had mentioned it earlier, Wang Yulu wasn't surprised. Besides, she had intended to buy a kitten for Yan Huan.

"Let me see..."

Wang Yulu curiously looked at Meow, raised by Yan Huan, pinched its hind legs with her Big Thumb and index finger, and slightly lifted it, examining its furry body.

Soon after, she showed a puzzled expression,

"Is this a little male cat or a little female cat? I can't tell..."

"Uh..."

When his mother asked this, Yan Huan was a bit dumbfounded.

God...

Shouldn't have a gender, right?

Anyway, he's been with Meow for so long, he hasn't noticed at all.

Before he could answer, Wang Yulu withdrew her hand and suggested,

"Regardless of whether it's male or female, it should be neutered, right? Has it been neutered? If not, how about we take it to get vaccinated and neutered in a few days?"

"Meow?"

Upon hearing this, Meow's eyes widened immediately and struggled, looking at Wang Yulu as if she were a demon.

"Never mind, Mom..."

Yan Huan held it back in his arms, allowing it to stand on his shoulder.

Upon hearing this, Meow finally felt relieved, thinking Yan Huan would help it out.

Yet immediately, Yan Huan said,

"It has already been neutered..."

"Meow?!"

"I see..."

Wang Yulu smiled slightly, seeing that Yan Huan had his own thoughts, she didn't ask further but said,

"I have to go out to run some errands this afternoon. Didn't Shiyu say she found a place for your classmate called An Le? Do you want to go check it out?"

"Alright..."

Yan Huan patted Meow's head, seeing his mother's mysterious expression, he didn't ask what she was going to do.

Only after watching his mother leave did Meow get off Yan Huan.

It looked somewhat displeased, not much different from the previous night, seemingly complaining why upon returning, the subscribers on Love Cat TV had increased,

"Truly a terrifying woman, meow..."

"Tap tap tap..."

"But this place is indeed much better than your old rundown house in the South District, meow!"

Meow ran around the spacious living room, speaking in this manner.

Listening to its superficial tone, Yan Huan chuckled, instinctively said,

"Boil..."

"However, I seem to have some clues about how Bai Yi travels through time, meow!"

Halfway through the sentence, Meow abruptly stopped, wagging its tail and turned to look at Yan Huan.

"...What did you just say, meow?!"

"Nothing, I said you've been thoughtful."

"Meow?!"

Facing its piercing cat eyes, Yan Huan averted his gaze.

Meow quickly ran back, meowing at Yan Huan,

"Didn't I say before, meow, outside the world line, there are many 'projections of world lines', somewhat like fantasies where the world has only results without processes...

"And every afternoon at 4:44, the world line becomes active, creating a similar projection within less than a minute, meow!"

Yan Huan frowned and questioned,

"Every afternoon... how many of these if lines are there exactly?"

Meow shook its head and continued,

"Countless, meow! But that's not important, what's important is that every afternoon at 4:44, the timeline becomes very active!

"It's like when people sleep at night, their brain becomes active and organizes everything experienced in the morning, leading to dreams, but the world line's process is extremely brief!

"The ring finger seems to use this minute loophole to leave the current world line and enter the projection in an if line...

"Just like last time when you used the Universal Key to enter an if line!"

So that's how it is...

Yan Huan rubbed his chin and then asked,

"So, what's the connection with Bai Yi traveling through time?"

"You dummy, meow! Think, every afternoon at 4:44 you can enter an if line from the world line, then conversely, you can return to the world line from an if line, meow!"

Meow widened its eyes, pointed a paw at Yan Huan's cheek, reminding him,

"Normally, you can't reverse time or travel to the future, but the if line is a projection of the world line, independent of the real time axis!

"So, that's why you previously traveled to an if line related to the future, meow!

"So theoretically, you can return to any node in the actual world line from an if line!"

Hiss...

In other words, the ring finger used the if line as a transit point for time travel.

To jump from one point in time to another only requires entering an if line at 4:44 in the afternoon and staying there until 4:44 the next day to transfer.

"Is it... that simple?"

Yan Huan's breathing became rapid.

Since last time he was able to use the Universal Key to enter, this time he certainly can as well.

He just needs to prepare two Universal Keys, one to enter the if line at 4:44, and another to return to the past at 4:44 the next day in the if line!

"If it were that simple, it'd be great, meow!"

Meow couldn't help but sigh, and continued,

"Firstly, even in this very clever way, essentially it's still time travel, which will face the repulsion of the world line!