My girlfriend died in the past

Chapter 185: The Future Leading to the Past (Part )
"Happy twenty-sixth birthday~"

After working overtime, Zhuang Xiao dragged his tired body and took out the key to open the door of the rental house, and he was greeted by a big hug from her.

After letting Zhuang Xiao go, An Lan, who was wearing a sweater, jeans and an apron, helped take the slippers from the narrator's shoe rack and helped him take off his down jacket. "Working overtime again today?"

Zhuang Xiao's eyes were full of fatigue, "Yeah. The company has been busy being acquired recently, and I've been working on the planning proposal for a day."

He walked over to the sofa, sat down, and then collapsed there.

Just when he closed his eyes and rested, he was suddenly pulled to lie down, with his face pressed against a plump and elastic thigh, and then his temple was gently massaged.

A faint floral scent wafted past his nose, and Zhuang Xiao's brows, which had been wrinkled into the shape of the Chinese character "川", gradually relaxed.

"I'm already 26, and I don't know when I'll be able to afford a house."

“Why buy a house?”

An Lan's voice sounded softly in her ears, "Didn't we say at the beginning that we don't need to buy a house, we can live in your house or mine in the future.

"Besides, if we buy a house, my family can also provide the down payment, and then we can pay it back together slowly."

After a pause, she said with some dissatisfaction, "I already said I don't need a house. It sounds like I won't marry you if you don't buy a house."

"I just don't want you to suffer with me." Zhuang Xiao's eyes were still closed, but a bitter smile appeared on his face. "Not only buying a house, but also the decoration money, various expenses for the wedding, wedding photos, wedding dresses, diamond rings, three golds, betrothal gifts, and if we have children in the future, there are also various expenses for the children."

A finger pressed against his lips, "Stop!"

Zhuang Xiao opened his eyes and saw his girlfriend's dissatisfied eyes, "You are chanting! People who don't know would think I am marrying you! I don't have any of those, why are you putting so much pressure on yourself?"

An Lan lowered her head, and looked at him with her flawless face, "Do you still remember what I said when I confessed to you?"

Zhuang Xiao was stunned.

An Lan puffed up her cheeks and complained, "At that time, I finally won over Gu Shiyue, Shu Die, Dong Weirui and the others to confess to you first, but you hesitated and talked about money, house, and betrothal gifts.
"I said at the time that I don't need a dowry or a house. I can even buy a car or a house. It would be great for us to just live together."

Zhuang Xiao sighed, "I don't think I'm worthy of you. You are a PhD from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and your parents are both university teachers. My parents are both retired factory workers, and I only graduated from a second-tier university."

"So what? I like you." An Lan patted his forehead, "Okay, don't say this again in the future, or I will be angry!

"Go wash your hands~ I made your favorite braised prawns~"
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"Professor? Professor?"

An Lan woke up dazedly. She picked up her glasses and put them on. The middle-aged researcher in her sight asked, "Professor Gu is here and is waiting for you."

Was that a dream just now?
An Lan, whose hair was already gray, nodded calmly, "Please ask her to come in."

Soon the office door was pushed open, and Gu Shiyue, who also had a slightly weathered face and mostly white hair, walked in.

"Were you asleep?"

An Lan smiled gently, "I dreamed of him again."

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After a moment of silence, Gu Shiyue continued, "The experiment was very successful, but we still can't confirm whether it is really possible to transfer a person's consciousness back to their past body."

"Don't think about it anymore." An Lan stood up, swaying for a moment, but soon regained her balance. "My body is almost failing. I don't have time anymore."

"Do you really want to do it yourself?" Gu Shiyue frowned, "You should understand that if it really succeeds, it should leave traces."

"It's the only thing that's kept me alive for another fifty years."

A hint of pain flashed in the depths of An Lan's tired and old eyes.

She still remembers that day.

December 2024, 12, the night of Zhuang Xiao’s 31th birthday.

There was an earthquake.
At that time, Zhuang Xiao protected her under his body, with a peaceful smile on his face, and apologized to her softly.

"I'm sorry, I can't walk with you anymore."

Taking a deep breath, An Lan said slowly: "I know that although you have tried your best to help me, and Shu Die has provided me with funds for decades, you actually hate me in your hearts. You hate that he saved me in the first place.
"So I would go back and save him. If I had died that day, maybe he would have survived."

Gu Shiyue was silent for a moment, then turned around and said, "Come with me, if you have really decided."

An Lan followed with a faint smile.

"On that day fifty years ago, I was ready."
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2024 12 Month 31 Day.

Looking at the murderer who escaped, An Lan knelt down in front of Zhuang Xiao, who was covered in blood, at a loss, "Why. Why!"

She had clearly found an excuse to take Zhuang Xiao out at night and not go home, and had avoided the earthquake, but why did Zhuang Xiao still die in front of her? !

"Because I can't put you in danger."

"Don't go! Don't leave me."

"it does not matter."

His bloody hand gently stroked her face.

"Go get more sun in the future. I will be with you no matter where you are."

His hands fell limply.

"Zhuang Xiao!!!"

Another fifty years later, An Lan, lying in the instrument room, slowly closed her eyes.

This time, she must save Zhuang Xiao!
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2024 12 Month 31 Day.

Looking at Zhuang Xiao being hit by a car in front of her, An Lan's pupils shrank sharply.
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December 2024, 12. Zhuang Xiao was hit by an object thrown from a high altitude and died in front of her.
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2024 12 Month 31 Day.

Zhuang Xiao is dead
2024 12 Month 31 Day.

Zhuang Xiao is dead!

2024 12 Month 31 Day.

Zhuang Xiao is dead.

Zhuang Xiao is dead!

Zhuang Xiao is dead
Kneeling in front of Zhuang Xiao's body, An Lan covered her face and trembled all over.

"Why."

Why couldn't she save Zhuang Xiao no matter what she did? !

why!
No matter how many times I try, no matter what method I use, I can't
She simply relives the fifty years since his death over and over again, then goes back in time and relives it all again in a different way.

By now, she couldn't remember how many fifty years she had experienced.

Is it true that the time node cannot be changed?
Gradually, her shoulders stopped shaking.

When she put her hand down, there was only determination in her originally dead eyes.

Ten years later.

"I don't understand why you rejected the idea of sending the spirit back to a past body."

Gu Shiyue, who was in her thirties, wore a white coat and frowned slightly. "This is the most feasible way."

"Not completely." An Lan denied Gu Shiyue's research with a smile, "That's meaningless, because the 'past' cannot be changed."

As long as the "time node" does not change, it will make no difference no matter how many times you go back.

Gu Shiyue was puzzled, "So, what direction do you plan to research in?"

"I want my body to go back to the past." An Lan didn't even raise her head.

"It's impossible. There's no way around the 'Grandfather Paradox'." Gu Shiyue frowned, "Unless it's a parallel world, but in that case, even if you can go back, it's meaningless."

"It's very simple." An Lan said calmly, "Just go back to the distant past, and I will create a new timeline."

Gu Shiyue opened his mouth, "But what if it fails?"

Rather, it is almost certain that it will fail.

An Lan smiled gently and said only four words: "I don't care."

Gu Shiyue understood that An Lan was probably really crazy.

But isn't she the same?

"Okay, I'll help you."

Forty years later.

Gu Shiyue, Shu Die, and Dong Weirui stood in front of a machine with densely wired wiring, while An Lan stood next to the machine.

The four of them were silent for a long time, and Shu Die suddenly spoke up, "I paid for the investment, so I should go."

Dong Weirui said calmly, "I have the best physical fitness, I will go."

An Lan's smile was still gentle, "But I am his girlfriend."

Shu Die and Dong Weirui fell silent.

Gu Shiyue spoke slowly at this moment, "Are you really ready? The moment the machine starts, your body will be annihilated, and no one knows whether you can really return to the past physically.

“Even if I could go back, I don’t know what would happen. Maybe the world would really be destroyed.

“And even if everything goes well, you can’t necessarily go back to when.

"Let's take a step back and even if everything goes well, you still have to make sure everything goes according to the normal timeline. At least there can't be too many changes before he is born. But you yourself may not be born, and no one knows what will happen to you then."

"Also, the world may be destroyed now, but you all agreed, didn't you?" An Lan smiled in response, "Not just me, you all have gone crazy a long time ago."

"So." Gu Shiyue finally asked her, "You don't regret it?"

Past scenes flashed through An Lan's mind.

That year, she was only ten years old.

Because her parents were away from home all year round, no one came to the parent-teacher meetings, leading to the rumor in her class that she was a child without a father or mother.

At that time, he stood up and beat up the children who made fun of her, and then patted his chest and said that he didn't have a father or a mother either.

As a result, his parents were called and beaten.

That year, she was fourteen years old.

Because I was quiet in class, I was bullied by a small group.

It was him again, fighting with them alone, and when she asked why, he just said dismissively that he had an itchy hand.

And that year, she was seventeen years old
Opening her eyes, An Lan turned around with a smile and walked into the machine gracefully, "I will never regret it."

(End of this chapter)