Tick tock...tick tock...
The cold raindrops hit his face, which gradually awakened the young man's consciousness. When the cold wind blew over his wet body under the rain, the young man shivered subconsciously and wrapped his coat tightly.
It was a very worn-out cloak.
here it is...?
I am...?
Under the old cloak, the young man raised a face full of confusion.
He seemed to be thinking hard for a while before he remembered something, such as his name.
Liao Ji.
The rain was still falling, and the biting chill made the young man's already weak body even more overwhelmed.
Although Liao Ji's mind was still in chaos and he always felt as if he had forgotten a lot and could not remember many of them, but driven by instinct, he tried to stand up from the ground and found a corner where he could take shelter from the rain.
Although he finally didn't have to get wet in the rain, the worn cloak on his body had already been soaked before, and it stuck to his body and continued to consume the little heat he had left.
Driven by instinct, Liao Ji wanted to take off the soaked rotten cloak on his body. This rotten cloak was already in a state of dilapidation and could not provide much wind protection at all.
But just when the young man was about to take off his cloak, his hand stopped.
This time it wasn't biological instinct.
Rather, it was like a subconscious force from deep within his heart was preventing him.
Liao Ji looked at his paused hand in confusion.
The confused look before appeared on the young man's face again.
He tried to remember what he was trying to hold on to.
But in the end, the splitting headache made Liao Ji give up. He could only vaguely understand that this cloak should be very important to him.
Very important.
"It's so cold..."
Hiding in this small alley was not an option. Although it provided shelter from the rain, the cold wind could still hit him.
Liao Ji, whose whole body was trembling from the cold, had to find a new place that could block the wind and rain before he could move.
if possible...
It would be nice to be a little warmer.
With this thought in mind, the young man finally had some more information in his empty brain, and he finally recalled some things besides his name.
for example...
Where is his home.
right...
go home...
Although Liao Ji didn't know why he appeared in the rain on the street and why he went out wearing such a shabby cloak, at least what made him feel at ease was...
He still has a family.
Liao Ji had walked the road home many times since he was a child, but this time he still stumbled and took several wrong intersections before finally finding the familiar unit building in his memory.
Liao Ji was in very bad shape at this time.
His body was already as weak as if he had just recovered from a serious illness. After walking for more than ten minutes in the rain, Liao Ji was breathing heavily and felt that his limbs were no longer in control and his hands and feet were cold.
But Liao Ji's spirit is still uplifting.
because...
He's home.
After entering the unit building, the elevator was temporarily repaired, and Liao Ji could only climb up the stairs to the fourth floor with difficulty. Fortunately, his home's floors were not high, otherwise Liao Ji doubted whether he could support this floor.
So far it's just as I remembered.
However.
When Liao Ji turned to where his home was in the corridor, he was a little stunned.
Because the door of "home" in front of me...
There was a difference with the appearance in his memory.
My original door...is this it?
Liao Ji fell into confusion for a moment, but quickly shook his head. He felt that he must have a fever and his mind was a mess. He must have remembered it wrong. What he wanted now was to get home quickly and sleep in bed. Sleep.
The young man reached out and touched his pocket out of habit.
But there was nothing left in the cloak and trousers.
No key.
Liao Ji did feel panicked, but fortunately, he could see that there must be someone else at home, because through the door, Liao Ji could smell the aroma of food coming from inside and see the warm light through the crack in the door.
Own...
Have a family?
This was another point of conflict with Liao Ji's memory. His impression of "family" was completely blank. The young man was fed up with his confused mind, so he simply pressed the doorbell.
Ding dong...Ding dong...
After remembering the doorbell, footsteps sounded from inside the house, and soon a slightly impatient man's voice came from "home".
"Who!"
Who...who?
"It's me..." the young man replied in a weak voice.
"What!?"
But obviously the man in the "home" didn't understand, and seemed more surprised.
The young man had no choice but to speak again: "It's me, Liao Ji..."
"Liao Ji? Who is it? I don't know him. You knocked on the wrong door."
After the man on the other side of the door replied like this, he seemed to turn around and go back to the house, while the young man outside the door froze on the spot.
Liao Ji first identified the location again and determined that this should be his home, except that the door was different.
So Liao Ji rang the doorbell again.
Ding dong...ding...
"You must be sick!"
After the rapid footsteps, a cursing man opened the door.
He first glanced at Liao Ji's appearance, and after seeing the wet appearance and the tattered cloak that looked like picking up rags, he cast a look of disgust and disgust.
"excuse me..."
Before Liao Ji finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by the man. He said fiercely: "I'll tell you again, I don't know anyone named Liao Ji. I don't care whether you are a liar or a beggar. If you continue If you dare to harass me and don’t leave, I will call the police!”
bump!
After finishing speaking, the man closed the door directly, this time with great force, as if he wanted to express his dissatisfaction, and made a deep "bang" sound.
After the doors were closed, the voices of the men inside the house could still be heard cursing.
"I'm really convinced. It's already 2051. How come there are still people like this? This is a broken community. They charge such high property fees every month but do nothing about personnel. How can they let people like this come in and harass the residents... ..”
"No matter what, I shouldn't have been fooled by that bitch* agent into buying an old house here..."
"..."
The sounds in the room could not be heard clearly from the back, and it was not clear whether the man had walked away or whether Liao Ji's mind was buzzing and confused.
2...2051?
Although Liao Ji can't remember much, he still has a concept of time, because a game he particularly liked to play at the time was released on July 21, 2023. At that time, he was on the screen I had been looking forward to it in advance, so I was very impressed with the date.
But why now...2051? Nearly thirty years apart?
besides...
That game...that game that I particularly liked at the time...what did it come from?
When Liao Ji frowned and tried to remember, the feeling that his brain was being torn suddenly emerged again, giving him a splitting headache, as if there was an invisible wall blocking him.
The pain in his head finally made Liao Ji give up.
But then, the young man fell into confusion again.
Because of the changes in "home" and the changes in time, Liao Ji began to no longer trust his own memory.
Coupled with the warning from the man in the house just now, Liao Ji did not dare to knock on the door any more, nor did he dare to stay here for any longer. If the police and the property management really came to the door, it would undoubtedly make his current situation worse.
The confused young man had no choice but to return to the streets again.
He was back in the dark alley where he woke up.
After several twists and turns, the young man was extremely tired, and his eyelids began to fight uncontrollably.
Liao Ji finally huddled in the corner of the alley, and his consciousness gradually faded. Before falling into sleep, Liao Ji used his last bit of strength to make a wish in his heart.
It would be nice if the rain could be lighter...
I do not know how long it has been.
Maybe a minute?
Maybe an hour?
Liao Ji's consciousness was pulled out of the darkness.
The reason is that changes in the external environment make the body instinctively break away from sleep.
When the young man who was lost in the lake looked up from his old cloak and opened his eyes, he found...
The rain really stopped.
No...that's not right...
The rain didn't stop.
But...
A big sister with long wheat-blond hair, who was as beautiful as if she had stepped out of some game, was now in front of him.
She was half-bent, holding her knees with one hand, and with the other hand, she held an umbrella decorated with forest patterns above them to block the cold rain.
The woman seemed to have been watching for a long time.
It wasn't until she woke up and looked into those emerald green eyes that the woman smiled and murmured softly along with the sound of rain.
"Finally, I've been waiting for you."
