Love Lock

Chapter 15 Time Reversal
Beiguan, a military camp.

The setting sun, like blood, gently bathed the rolling hills, gilding the tranquil border landscape with a golden glow.

There was no northerly wind today, and the weather was relatively mild, with a relaxed atmosphere permeating the air.

Han Lei sat on the hillside, softly singing a song—

My hometown is Shigatse.

There is a beautiful river there
Ama La said that cattle and sheep covered the hillsides.

That's because of the Bodhisattva's protection.

Blue sky with fluffy white clouds

The beautiful river water ripples with clear waves

An eagle soars over here

Leave behind that touching song
Om Mani Mani Padme Hum

The ethereal and sweet singing voice drifted across the hillside, adding a touch of vitality to the desolate vegetation around it.

Zhao Zun, leaning on his cane, walked slowly but firmly towards Han Lei. Finally, he sat down gently beside her, gazing tenderly into the distance.

"You sing so well."

Han Lei turned her head and asked, "Your leg isn't working properly, so why did you come all the way here?"

"You're hiding on this hillside, so of course I have to come up here to find you," Zhao Zun said dismissively. He hadn't broken any bones; his injuries had almost healed in the past few days, though he was still a little clumsy when walking.

"What's up?"

"Can't I come to you for no reason? Besides, if I hadn't come, how would I have known that your true hometown wasn't in China, but in Shigatse?"

"Hehe..." Han Lei was amused. "My hometown is really in China, but that's just a lyric. If you were to sing it, your hometown would also be in Shigatse."

"Didn't you say you'd tell me who you really are after this busy period? Can you tell me today?"

Han Lei looked deeply into Zhao Zun's eyes, meeting his gaze, thinking to herself, "This guy is still thinking about this?"

"I'll tell you sooner or later, I'll have to anyway." Han Lei decided to just tell him everything.

Since Zhao Zun had personally witnessed that food could be purchased through the system, what else was there to hide?

However, she felt she had to take precautions to avoid being mistaken for a monster and arrested or burned at the stake.

After all, she was facing an antique that was thousands of years older than her.

"Since you're so persistent, I'll tell you! Just don't treat me like a monster."

"A monster? Heh, how could that be!" Zhao Zun chuckled. "I've led troops for many years, I must have some knowledge, right?"

"That's good!"

Han Lei picked up two small wooden sticks and laid them out as two parallel lines near Zhao Zun's feet before beginning her explanation.

"Look, this is the Great Jing Dynasty where you live, and this is the China where I live."

Han Lei pointed to the two small wooden sticks, turned her head to observe Zhao Zun, and saw him nod to indicate that he understood, so Han Lei continued.

"The two spaces we live in are unrelated and originally had no connection, but for some reason, time and space reversed, just like this..."

Han Lei spun two parallel wooden sticks in the air and then crossed them, pointing to the intersection in the middle.

"The two timelines intersected, and I happened to travel to your Great Jing Dynasty through this intersection. Perhaps one day, I will return to my original China through this intersection, but I haven't found a way back yet."

"Ah? This..."

Zhao Zun's mouth was slightly open, his expression a mixture of bewilderment and shock, clearly as if he had heard something unbelievable.

"Doesn't that sound unbelievable? But it really happened." "Time reversal? So... this is what you mean by time travel." Zhao Zun was hearing this term for the first time and found it utterly unbelievable. "It sounds like a story from mythology."

Han Lei chuckled. For some reason, she actually enjoyed watching Zhao Zun's ignorant and uncultured manner.

"Hehe! The word 'time travel' might be unfamiliar to you, but it's very popular where I'm from." Recalling time travel novels from modern times, Han Lei couldn't help but talk about it. "The time and place of time travel vary, and the methods of time travel are also incredibly diverse."

"So how did you travel here?" Zhao Zun wasn't interested in how others traveled; he was only concerned with Han Lei in front of him.

"I don't know! I'm a military medic. I received orders and was on my way to carry out a mission. The car went over a cliff on the mountain road and ended up here."

"Can you still go back?" Zhao Zun asked, staring into Han Lei's beautiful eyes.

"I don't know! Some of those who traveled back went back, while others never did."

What Han Lei didn't say was that it all depends on how the author wants to write the book.

Upon hearing Han Lei's words, Zhao Zun bit his lip and stroked his chin thoughtfully.

Zhao Zun then asked, "When you were buying grain, who were you talking to in mid-air?"

"That's the system I came with when I transmigrated," Han Lei tried to explain as simply as possible. "It's like having a shop with you, where everything is sold, and you can buy things with the silver rewards from the system."

"Oh, is that so!" Zhao Zun was quick to understand and immediately took out a few silver notes from his pocket and handed them to her.

"I know you spent a lot of money buying food and medicine for me. This is all I have. Here you go first, and I'll have everyone chip in a little more when we get back."

Han Lei didn't stand on ceremony and grabbed them all at once. They were all silver notes with a face value of one thousand taels. She counted them and there were five in total, five thousand taels of silver, which is equivalent to five hundred taels of gold.

"Hehe, you're quite sensible. Although the money you gave me can't buy items in the system, consider it compensation."

Han Lei counted the silver notes, smiling sweetly.

Zhao Zun secretly glanced at the love lock hanging on her chest, raised his hand to cover his lips, and secretly raised the corners of his mouth.

It seems the love lock has some effect; at least they had a very pleasant conversation today, and their relationship appears to have taken a step forward. Their way of addressing each other has naturally changed from "Your Highness" and "Miss Han" to "you and me."

Han Lei finished counting the silver notes and had just put them in her pocket when the system chimed again.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, on earning income through your own efforts for the first time. Reward: fifty taels of silver."

Huh? You can complete tasks by chatting?

Han Lei thought the system was absolutely terrible.

She was told that there would be a reward for completing the task, but she never took on any tasks voluntarily. It was as if the system had already arranged the entire storyline, and she was simply following this predetermined path.

When she reaches a certain point, if the system says there's a reward, then she gets one! If the system says there's no reward, then she doesn't get one!

Whether there are rewards, and how much they are, is entirely controlled by the system. And she has no say whatsoever.

Han Lei wanted to complain about this terrible system, but then thought better of it.

Although fifty taels of silver is a negligible amount, as long as the system remembers her at the most crucial moment, that's enough.

"Are you free tomorrow?" Han Lei asked.

"Have!"

The war is over, and this month's supplies have been delivered. Apart from training, there's nothing major to do.

"Your injury is almost healed. I'll remove your stitches this morning. Can you come with me this afternoon to the ravine where we rescued you the other day?"

What were you doing there? Did you leave something behind?

Han Lei shook her head. "No. I just want to see if I can find my way back to China."

She's saved lives and delivered food. Her mission here should be complete, right? And she even managed to get five thousand taels of silver. If she doesn't go back now, when will she?
"You want to go back?" A hint of melancholy appeared on Zhao Zun's usually aloof face.

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