Nan Mengqian had combined Ji Yun's traumatic experiences at the age of 29 and could generally guess that the great flood years ago had likely caused immense damage to Lan City...
Since Ji Yun had saved the Sixiang Mountain Dam and Lan City in a time of peril, according to the first loop where Ji Yun had rescued his own father, Ji Yun had likely entered the second sweep of the time pendulum, endlessly searching for ways to save Lan City.
To save so many lives, to preserve this city, that would explain why Ji Yun had given himself an order to end his life before sunset!
"Is that so?" Nan Mengqian asked.
Ji Yun closed his eyes tightly, yet the glow of the setting sun could still be reflected in his pupils. Amid this beautiful glimmer, what floated up in his mind was a small room where his body was bound by leather, and as the sun set, his chance to start anew grew increasingly distant...
Under the setting sun, Nan Mengqian, dressed in pure white, sat by his bed.
