Countdown to Awakening

Thinking of hair loss, Qi Yuanyuan quickly checked her arms...

Folding up the sleeves little by little, what comes into view are stripes of gray-purple...

"No... This is impossible!" She was a little excited. She was even more convinced that she had returned to a place she didn't recognize...

She didn't want to come back! Why did she come back anyway?! Is there something wrong? Not only are there markings on her arms, but she must have them on her body too.

This world must be too polluted... otherwise, how could she have markings on her body? She quickly lowered her head to check her other arm.

"Yuanyuan...you're back? Where have you been for so many days?" An old voice sounded and slowly reached her ears.

Qi Yuanyuan took a closer look and realized that the white-haired old woman in front of her was actually her grandmother who had passed away long ago...

"Grandma...? You... you're gone, aren't you? How can I still see you?" Qi Yuanyuan asked doubtfully. She remembered that her grandmother had passed away.

She also remembered that her grandmother had died from the intense pollution. So why was she able to see her grandmother now? Had she traveled to the underworld? Or had her grandmother also traveled through time?

Grandma reached out and touched Qi Yuanyuan's face. "What nonsense are you talking about, Yuanyuan? Grandma is always here. Grandma finally sees you... Are you doing well? Why are you wearing a hospital gown? Are you feeling unwell?"

There was heartache in her grandmother's voice. Qi Yuanyuan could feel her sobbing.

"Grandma, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying?" Qi Yuanyuan reached out to wipe her grandma's tears.

But grandma grabbed her hand. "Yuanyuan. Are you okay?"

Qi Yuanyuan paused. What should she say? She couldn't just say she wasn't doing well, right? Then she replied, "Grandma, I'm fine. Don't worry about me."

"That's good... Grandma is still worried about you. Yuanyuan, you can't be like your mother and follow some young boy just because she falls in love with him. You can't abandon your grandma..." Grandma said crying.

"Grandma, no, no."

Qi Yuanyuan thought of her own mother, who had run away and married her father's yellow-haired man, but ended up getting divorced because they didn't live happily together, and she was left to her grandmother.

Therefore, grandma was very worried that Qi Yuanyuan would become like this.

"Grandma, you just said that you finally saw me. What did you mean? Could it be that I also..." Qi Yuanyuan asked.

"Grandma knows she doesn't have much time left... She just wants to see you again... You can't drink the water here... You have to remember, Grandma died because of this... You can't be like this too... You have to live well..."

Qi Yuanyuan was shocked!

Isn’t this what grandma said to her before she left?

She remembered that pollution wasn't that serious back then, but her grandmother passed away due to poor health.

Why is she repeating this sentence? Is she really dead?

"Grandma...you..." Qi Yuanyuan hesitated to speak.

When grandma saw her like this, she felt something was wrong. Then she lifted her sleeves and took a look, and she was also panicked.

"Yuanyuan...how come you have stripes too? That's impossible...You're an intellectual, how could you be fooled? Oh my god..."

Grandma held back her tears.

"Don't worry, grandma. I'm fine. You..."

Grandma continued, "Yuanyuan, your condition isn't that serious yet. Go get treatment quickly. There must be a cure... Don't come to see me... I'm already looking death in the face. You can't come down... Really. Yuanyuan, you have to be well... Grandma doesn't have much time left... You have to live well..."

At this time, grandma couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Grandma, please explain clearly...what do you mean?" Before Qi Yuanyuan finished speaking, her grandmother's body became more and more transparent.

"Yuanyuan... live well... don't come to see grandma... okay?"

Then, grandma held Qi Yuanyuan's hand. She could no longer suppress her emotions.

Qi Yuanyuan sensed something was wrong and wanted to hug her grandmother, but she was surprised to find her floating in the air like a ghost...

"Grandma..." She also cried.

But she wanted to know what it meant. Why did she see her grandmother? If she wasn't dead, why did she see her grandmother? If she was dead, why was only her grandmother's spirit there while she herself was completely unharmed?

Just as she was lost in thought, a figure suddenly appeared on the path in the distance and attracted her attention.

Qi Yuanyuan inexplicably felt that the figure looked familiar. It seemed as if he was leading her over.

Her emotions hadn't adjusted yet, and then it passed.

Only when they reached the middle of the path did Qi Yuanyuan see the person in front of her clearly.

In front of me was a girl with short hair, about 1.8 meters tall, wearing a loose windbreaker. She had no makeup on her face but you could tell she had a good foundation.

The girl smiled at her.

"Shang Wen?!" she exclaimed in surprise.

It’s actually Shang Wen? !

Could she really be dead? Even Shang Wen had seen her... She remembered hearing Shang Wen was also hospitalized before she traveled through time, and she didn't know what her condition was. Could she be dead too?

But if she died, why wasn't she wearing a hospital gown?

"Shang Wen...why are you here too?" Qi Yuanyuan asked.

"Yuanyuan, why are you crying?" Shang Wen reached out and wiped away her tears.

She looked up at Shang Wen, then suddenly threw herself into her arms, her head resting on Shang Wen's shoulder, but the tears in her eyes could no longer be stopped.

"Shang Wen...what should I do? My grandma is gone, I have no relatives in this world...I just saw my grandma, do you think I will die too?" Qi Yuanyuan expressed her pain.

Shang Wen reached out and touched her head. She comforted her, "It's okay, don't cry, I'm still here. I'm with you. I'm your family too."

Qi Yuanyuan felt even more aggrieved after hearing this. "Why are you here too?" She let go of Shang Wen and got back to the point.

"I should be the one asking you this. Why are you here? Shouldn't you still be alive?"

Qi Yuanyuan was startled. Could she really be dead?

"The situation here is very bad and it may threaten our health at any time. We have to leave quickly. Yuanyuan, you have to leave here quickly..." Shang Wen's words were nonsensical.

Qi Yuanyuan still didn't understand. "What do you mean? Am I dead? Why do you say that?" she asked.

"Yuanyuan, wake up soon! Don't get stuck here. It's very dangerous. Go back quickly!" Shang Wen's tone suddenly became inexplicable.

Qi Yuanyuan looked at Shang Wen and asked in confusion, "I leave? Where should I go? What will you do then?"

"I want you to wake up quickly! Wake up! Stop dreaming! If you can't get out, you will really die!" Shang Wen said.

"I...I woke up?"

She still didn't understand what it meant. Was she not traveling through time? Or was this just an illusion?

"Wake up, I'm always with you. I'll always be by your side, and I'll come to see you when the time is right. Wake up."