"Previously, Mom told me a lot about you..."

She hesitated, then conveyed what Zuo Jiangqin had told her to Bai Letian.

Upon hearing this, Bai Letian’s smile slightly faded.

But after listening to the whole story, he didn’t say anything, instead, he spoke to Bai Yi,

"Sorry, it’s my fault, Yiyi."

"..."

So, Bai Yi pursed her lips, unsure of what to say, having tasted the consequences of curiosity.

Fortunately, Bai Letian didn’t let the atmosphere drop, and asked about other matters.

After a long while, Officer Zhou opened the door again and came in, saying to Bai Letian,

"Time’s up."

"Ah..."

Seeing this, Bai Letian apologetically looked at Bai Yi again, and comforted her with a sentence,

"Go back and have a good rest, no matter what happened today, everything will be over after some sleep."

"Okay..."

After saying the last sentence, Bai Letian put down the phone, and shakily held onto the armrest, intending to stand up.

Behind him, Officer Zhou expressionlessly stepped forward to support him.

"..."

Bai Yi opened her mouth, then leaned towards the microphone.

In front of her, Bai Letian immediately reached out upon seeing her about to speak, grabbed the already lowered microphone, and put it to his ear.

Even when she picked it up, Bai Yi hadn’t decided what to say.

"Haha..."

Bai Letian let out an awkward laugh, thinking he had misunderstood.

But just as he was about to put down the microphone, Bai Yi’s Star Eyes flashed slightly, and finally, she said something still half-baked,

"Then you... take care of yourself. I’ll come visit you if I get a chance."

However, hearing this, Bai Letian remained indifferent, only nodding with a smile,

"Okay." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

...

...

"Beep beep... click clack..."

Outside the prison, Bai Yi stood dumbfounded at the gate with Yan Huan in her arms, watching the asphalt road in front of her gradually covered in golden light, feeling as if she had woken from a dream.

"Yan Ye, I feel... actually, my dad isn’t that bad, not like my mom said..."

"Meow?"

Yan Huan looked up to see her little face flushed, with a faint smile on her lips.

"Of course, it might be just because it’s the first time we met, and Mom kept talking about him before, lowering my expectations..."

It was already 4:30 in the afternoon, and in a few minutes, the next time travel would begin.

"Perhaps he got better because he’s been in prison for over ten years?

"Or maybe he was a good person after all, but just got caught up in illegal immigration and had no choice but to take the wrong path..."

That’s indeed the truth.

In the South District, Yan Huan had seen a lot of illegal immigrants since childhood.

At that time, Linmen did not have strict control over illegal immigrants like now, so all sorts of people flocked to this emerging sea city.

Without identity, many people didn’t even have skills, and it was hard to survive in the South District, which was dominated by many early immigrant forces.

Many of them inevitably took risks and ended up on a criminal path.

Gangs, drugs, the nightlife industry...

These were all things Yan Huan had witnessed as a child, it was indeed chaotic.

So, Bai Yi wasn’t entirely wrong in what she said.

No matter what, everything had already happened.

Can regret solve everything, or change the past?

"Beep beep... click clack..."

At this moment, Bai Yi blinked and abruptly stopped in place.

The hands of the pocket watch landed precisely at 4:43.

Yan Huan slightly opened her mouth, her eyes’ golden color materializing into a golden pendulum clock, checking the status of the world line in front of her.

"Um, are you ready, Meow? We’ve changed a lot this time, the if line might be dangerous..."

Bai Yi looked at Yan Huan, pinching her chin as she said,

"Emm... but if we finish the if line and then travel back, this should be the last stop, right?"

"Yes, Meow..."

Yan Huan checked the world line, and in front of them was indeed the final knot.

It happened on the day of the spring semester entrance exam.

And it was on that day that Bai Yi received the modifier.

"Um... thinking back carefully, I got the modifier that afternoon, and then thought about getting back at Zhou Bin and Yan Huan from back then!"

What a bright idea you had...

Forget it, considering how cute you are, I forgive you.

"Yes, that’s right. Yan Huan also discovered on that day that you were the modifier’s host, Meow..."

"So quickly?!"

"Yes, Meow... so, just preventing you from using Indifference to let him find out will solve this knot."

Saying so, Yan Huan’s gaze inevitably swept to the distance of the world line.

At this time, she could no longer see her own collapsing world line.

This detector can only display the world line status within 30 days. To see it, one has to go into the if line that exists independently of the real world line’s timeline and adjust to cover the 30 days including July 1st.

If she returns to the if line to untie the final knot and the Causal Law Bomb is still not defused, then let Meow fake it, tricking her back to now...

"...Have you thought of a solution, Meow?"

With these thoughts, Yan Huan looked at Bai Yi again.

"I’ve thought it through! Hehe..."

Bai Yi made a "V" sign, pointing at Yan Huan’s small belly.

There, Yan Huan’s phone was still hidden.

"I really despised Yan Huan back then! He always seemed like someone else’s child, until I found out he was my fan, then things got better..."

Bai Yi took out the pocket watch, preparing for the time travel.

With these preparations, if danger arose at the moment of entering the if line, she could instantly use Time Stop, avoiding being camped at the respawn point.