"So, which day do you want to travel to, meow?"

"Hmm..."

This if-line was very quiet. Anyway, she wouldn’t see Yan Huan. She decided not to look for anyone else and just stayed quietly in the room to rest well, while also discussing the details of the last time travel with Yan Ye, until the afternoon of the next day.

Bai Yi nodded, recalling the files she had seen before, and said to Yan Ye,

"The day my dad was arrested!"

"...Reason, meow?"

Bai Yi took out her phone and showed it to Yan Huan,

"The file contains the police records...

"On November 8th, the arrest operation was launched, targeting the mastermind of a large economic crime. On November 11th, they arrested the suspect Bai Letian at Linmen Airport, who is my dad...

"But after the 11th, the operation to capture the mastermind continued. Seven days later, it was suddenly concluded that my dad was the mastermind and he was sentenced to 22 years in prison."

Yan Huan looked at Bai Yi and asked,

"So you think the mastermind didn’t get caught, and they made your dad take the blame?"

"Mm-hmm! Even if my dad isn’t completely innocent, the sentence shouldn’t be this heavy... perhaps he could have been back around the time I started primary school..."

Bai Yi nodded, hopeful,

"More importantly, after the arrest on the 11th, Officer Zhou handed the rest of the operation to other officers, took a leave, and went abroad...

"Even though my dad served ten years, he only switched jobs due to health reasons and became a prison guard later.

"Yet he still says such things about my dad’s case...

"So on the day of my dad’s arrest on the 11th, he must have discovered something but lacked substantial evidence!"

Hearing this, Yan Huan gave her a helpless look.

He actually understood Bai Yi’s thoughts.

Even if they only traveled back for one day, as long as there were clues, she could pause time.

She could take anything silently and discreetly.

Oh well...

"Okay, meow..."

Yan Huan opened the clock that anchored the world line and started inputting the year.

But as soon as he did, his expression suddenly froze.

Thankfully, it’s in November, if it were any earlier, he wouldn’t be able to travel back!

At this moment, in that year, he looked at his own world line and wiped the sweat off.

July 1st of that year was the starting point of his world line, which was his birthday.

Yes, traveling back in time can’t go to before one’s own birth. The world line before Yan Huan was born is a void, so there’s no grandfather paradox or anything like that.

Bai Yi’s birthday is December 25th, making her almost half a year older than Yan Huan.

In November, he was only four months old, and she was almost a year old.

So, if you really think about it, Yan Huan should be calling Bai Yi "sister."

"What’s wrong?"

"It’s nothing, meow, I’ve anchored the time point."

Yan Huan nodded and looked at that time point.

Speaking of, his parents also died in a plane crash at the end of November that year...

But this time, Bai Yi didn’t go back to that day to change their fate.

Sure enough, when he decided to deceive her into returning to the present and giving up the modifier, the world line changed and didn’t follow the direction where Bai Yi disappeared.

That’s good.

"..."

Thinking this, Yan Huan took a deep breath, looked at the golden clock in front of him, and said softly,

"It’s almost time to depart, meow... Just so you know, this is the last time!"

"Mm-hmm, I promise."

Bai Yi smiled slightly, also looking at the clock in front of her starting to sway.

"Tick tock... tick tock..." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

As the ticking sound of the clock sounded like water drops, the space in front of them opened up once more.

What appeared in front of them was Linmen Airport eighteen years ago.

...

...

"Passengers who have not yet boarded flight BF1087, please proceed immediately upon hearing this announcement..."

"Carrying flammable and explosive items is prohibited on flights..."

"Tick tock... tick tock..."

Even over a decade ago, Linmen’s airport was already bustling and lively.

With the hard work of several generations of Linmen leaders, this artificial offshore island became a famous international economic metropolis, bolstered by the power of the Golden Lion Group.

As an air transportation hub, the airport hub of Linmen was a place where the faces of people from various countries could be seen coming and going.

Among them were many who would, eighteen years later, become the parents of Yan Huan’s peers. At this moment, they might not yet be part of Linmen.

"Whew..."

Outside the airport, the young-looking Officer Zhou took a deep draw from a cigarette.

Behind him, several plainclothes policemen were also smoking, their eyes fixed on the taxi drop-off point in the distance.

"He’s coming, boss."

"He’s coming?"

Behind him, a policeman watching that side spoke suddenly, drawing everyone’s attention.

They looked in that direction and saw a young, handsome man from Dragon Country, with a pale face, getting out of a taxi with a suitcase, heading towards the airport.

"Confirmed, it’s Bai Letian."

Hearing this, Officer Zhou took another puff of his cigarette, not looking in that direction, but asked,

"Just him?"

"Mm."

"..."

Officer Zhou squinted his eyes, then, after taking the last puff, dropped his cigarette butt into a nearby trash can and walked towards the airport.

"Let’s go!"

"Hey..."

Bai Letian carried a small suitcase, looking around as he checked in and checked his luggage.

"Going to Dragon Country?"

"Mm..."

Even facing the airline staff, he couldn’t help but avoid their gaze, as if afraid of drawing attention.

"...Wow, is that my dad?"

In the shadows, Bai Yi, "fully equipped," blinked and continued to follow him closely.