My girlfriend died in the past

Chapter 317 Everything Seems to Be Normal

At the edge of a deep pit that was hundreds of meters deep and even more than three hundred meters in diameter, Zhuang Xiao stood there looking down at the "garbage" below.

Those "people" looked like puppets or lifelike dolls, but they looked too much like real people.

There was no expression on his face and no movement or reaction on his body. He looked like a muscular doll, but his eyes were all open. Zhuang Xiao felt that they were looking at him, but when he looked closely, he didn't feel that way.

Looking at the piles of meat, a genetically based feeling of discomfort and nausea came over me.

He felt a little dizzy and subconsciously took a few steps back, just in time to touch the armrest of Shu Die's electric wheelchair.

"What are these?" Zhuang Xiao's voice was very dry.

"They were once living people." Shu Die coughed twice, and then told the truth she knew, "I went to the official database of the 'Shadow World' and retrieved the information. Some of the people in it once existed, but some did not, or died an untimely death.

"It could be an accident. It could be that she died unexpectedly while still in the fetal state."

Shu Die raised her chin slightly, "But they are all here now."

Zhuang Xiao frowned, "So what are they?"

"BUG." Shu Die spat out two words.

"BUG?" Zhuang Xiao was stunned for a moment before reacting. "Are you talking about the kind of bug you see in computer programs?"

"Yes." Shu Die gave an affirmative answer, "Combined with what I encountered before, I suspect that the 'shadow world' was originally a place to deal with the 'redundant garbage' of the real world."

"Wait. Wait a minute." Zhuang Xiao suppressed the dizziness and raised his hand to his forehead. "The premise of this statement is that our world was 'created'?"

"I just have doubts, but those things are not important anymore."

Shu Die smiled and looked at Zhuang Xiao's profile, "Brother Xiao, let's go back."

"Where to go back to?" Zhuang Xiao asked subconsciously. He was still thinking about the problem.

"Go back to the park, to the strawberry house." Shu Die looked at Zhuang Xiao earnestly.

Zhuang Xiao was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly, "Okay."

At this moment, there is no need to say more.

After returning to the strawberry house in the park, all the other Shudies around him moved away, and Shudie ordered the artificial rainfall system to be turned on.

He stretched his hand out of the strawberry house, feeling the coolness in his palms and listening to the rustling sound of rain by his ears. Zhuang Xiao suddenly turned around and found Shu Die lying on the hospital bed, looking at him with a smile on her face.

He suddenly said something puzzling, "Is this place the most important to you?"

"because."

The rain curtain covered the entire park like silver-gray satin.

The water droplets meandered down the plastic dome of the strawberry house, refracting the figures of the two people into countless swaying spots of light.

She was lying on the white hospital bed. The white skirt she had changed into was stained with a few strawberry leaves wet by the rain. The air was filled with the sweet and sour aroma of fermented ripe fruits.

He looked at the traces of time on her face. She counted the blue veins that appeared when he rolled up his sleeves, like counting the spirals of strawberry seeds.

".It was just you and me then."

Zhuang Xiao didn't say anything.

She didn't say anything else, just counted the mist that had settled on his eyelashes.

Maybe it was the raindrops that fell.

She counted again and again until she reached the seventh breath, when she heard his voice.

"In fact, there are still many things you don't know, I——"

He was about to say something, but she gently interrupted him, "But I am very old, and I am tired and sleepy."

She smiled, and a hint of girlish shyness appeared on her old face.

"I am already very, very happy that you can come here and let me see you again.

"No matter where you go in the future, I will be here, waiting for you at the place where we started.

"Tell me the other stories later.

"Brother Xiao, goodbye."

"wait--!"

Zhuang Xiao wanted to reach out and grab her thin and dry arm.

But just as his hand was about to touch her, everything around him seemed to be moving away from him, as if the whole world was being pulled away from him.

When he came to his senses, he found himself still lying on the soft big bed.

Turning my head, I saw the bright sunlight outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

Zhuang Xiao immediately stood up and picked up the Huazi Sanfen next to him and took a look at it.

2025年4月1日，早上7点32分！
He's back again!
Zhuang Xiao didn't stop, he immediately washed, dressed and set off for An Lan's house.

After finding the timeline detector, he immediately rushed to the valley halfway up the mountain.

But after reaching the valley halfway up the mountain, he was a little confused.

"No, where is my huge time machine? Is it flying with its butt sticking up?"

Standing in the empty room, he felt a little dizzy.

That’s right, the time machine that was supposed to be here and allow him to enter the “shadow world” is gone!

There wasn't even any trace left on the ground, as if the machine had never existed!
Zhuang Xiao originally wanted to call Secretary Zhang and ask her to check the surveillance cameras near the Mid-Shan Valley, but after thinking it over, he decided not to.

Because it doesn't make any sense.

There is a thick layer of dust on the ground, which means that if there was something here before, it is gone long ago. You can't find anything by checking the surveillance video now.

However, Zhuang Xiao still called Secretary Zhang. This time, he did not ask her to check the surveillance or arrange for someone to move the equipment. Instead, he asked her to check whether there had been any decoration teams coming in and out of the Mid-Mountain Valley in recent years.

After Secretary Zhang took on the task, he gave an answer in just over ten minutes.

No.

The answer is no.

In recent years, no decoration team has come here, not even a few people have come.

Mid-mountain Valley was originally an unfinished townhouse project.

After the new developer took over, the houses were built and sold, but almost no one renovated them.

Some of them have been renovated a long time ago.

After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Xiao rubbed his chin.

Am I going back in time again?

No, it must be that time has gone back.

But why is the time machine gone?

Did we jump to a new timeline again?

Why go back in time?
The elderly Shu Die must have died at that time, so she should be the end of the "story line".

But where is the starting point?

Could it be that Shu Die in the real world had been killed at that time?
That shouldn't be the case. Didn't she say she wouldn't kill the other person? After all, those were her.

Are the other Shu Die below killed in private?
It shouldn’t be like that, after all, their consciousness is common.

Did the old Shudie deceive herself? No, she didn't have to do that.

But now there is no way to get to the "shadow world"
Zhuang Xiao thought about it and decided to call Gu Shiyue, and the call was connected quickly.

Zhuang Xiao briefly described his current situation, but did not go into too much detail, after all, he did not write a document this time.

In short, he asked Gu Shiyue to bring Shu Die back to Luoyang as soon as possible.

It doesn’t matter even if Shu Die disappears after coming to Luoyang, because at least it proves that the “shadow world” still exists.

Moreover, the elderly Shu Die said at that time that the memories of other Shu Dies except her own would be gathered on Shu Die in the real world.

He also needs to confirm this.

However, he did not tell Gu Shiyue about this matter. He had to wait for Shu Die to come and confirm it.

So what other clues are there?
Zhuang Xiao recalled his conversation with the elderly Shu Die.

Then I thought of it immediately!

The other party said that there might be something wrong with Dong Weirui!
She also said that Dong Zeyu is an only child and that Dong Zeyu's father died of old age!

Zhuang Xiao immediately took out the mobile phone he had just put in his pocket and opened the phone book!
He breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Dong Weirui's name.

Then he hesitated for a moment and immediately called.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is unavailable"

Zhuang Xiao was stunned.

He gritted his teeth and dialed four or five more times, but each time the electronic female voice in the receiver told him that the number he dialed was not in service.

"How can it be"

Zhuang Xiao pursed his lips.

He firmly believed that Dong Weirui really existed.

Aside from his memory, the names in the phone book in his cell phone said it all.

Since the phone number is no longer in service, what about WeChat?
Zhuang Xiao and Dong Weirui had a lot of WeChat chat interactions!
So he opened WeChat again to look for Dong Weirui, but couldn't find her after searching everywhere.

It was as if Dong Weirui had never appeared in his WeChat.

Zhuang Xiao didn't hesitate any longer and called Dong Zeyu immediately.

The phone rang several times before it was connected. Dong Zeyu's voice, clearly still half asleep, came from the receiver. "Brother Zhuang? What time is it now? You called me so early in the morning. Didn't you say we'd meet at noon?"

"Stop talking nonsense. I have something to ask you." Zhuang Xiao asked anxiously, "Can you contact Wei Rui?"

"Wei Rui? Whose girl is she? Brother Zhuang, do you have a new bad love interest?" Dong Zeyu's tone was teasing, but Zhuang Xiao's hands and feet were cold, and his heart gradually sank to the bottom of the valley.

He said in a low voice, "Don't you remember that you have a sister?"

"Sister? Brother Zhuang is my only son! I actually want to have a sister." Dong Zeyu complained unhappily, "What's wrong, Brother Zhuang? It's not enough to have Xiaodie and Teacher Gu. You've started to fantasize about having a sister who can be your brother-in-law, right?"

Zhuang Xiao pursed her lips and said, "Come to my house right away."

After saying that, he hung up the phone without waiting for Dong Zeyu to ask any more questions.

"He didn't mention An Lan. Is there something wrong with the timeline?"

Zhuang Xiao took out the timeline detector from his other pocket and pressed the green button.

There were no numbers on it, but a string of garbled characters.

And this string of garbled characters is still changing, and it looks like many blocks of color are switching back and forth.

Zhuang Xiao was silent for a moment, then immediately turned around, left the valley halfway up the mountain and drove back to the flat.

Not long after, Dong Zeyu came. He was eating a pancake and handed Zhuang Xiao two plastic bags containing hot egg-filled pancakes and a cup of soy milk.

After Zhuang Xiao took it, he sat down on the sofa, took a piece of tissue from the coffee table, wiped the oil stain on his mouth and threw it into the trash can beside the coffee table, "Brother Zhuang, what's the matter that you called me here so urgently?"

He looked Zhuang Xiao up and down, and seeing that his clothes were intact, he winked at him, "Brother Zhuang, where have you been? Are you back?"

"Yeah." Zhuang Xiaofei quickly finished the omelet and then drank the soy milk.

After wiping his mouth, he took out his cell phone, opened the phone book and handed it to Dong Zeyu, "Take a look."

Dong Zeyu glanced at Dong Weirui's name, and his expression instantly became serious. His small green eyes were full of seriousness, "Brother Zhuang, what's going on?"

He didn't think Zhuang Xiao was teasing him. After all, the anxious tone he sounded on the phone just now couldn't be faked.

He only reacted after the phone was hung up, and then he hurriedly got up, washed up, and came over.

"Let me tell you about the situation."

Zhuang Xiao gave him a brief account of what had happened to him.

After listening to this, Dong Zeyu frowned, "So, Brother Zhuang, what you mean is that I originally had a younger sister who was one year younger than us?"

"Yes." Zhuang Xiao said, "The older version of Xiaodie said she had a problem, but when I came back, I found she was gone and I couldn't contact her. Even her WeChat account was gone. Only her name and phone number were left in this phone book, but the number was no longer in service."

"Wait a minute." Dong Zeyu raised his hand to tell him not to speak, then immediately took out his phone and called his mother.

After a while, he put down his phone and looked up, "Brother Zhuang, I asked my mother, and she said, I am indeed an only child, and she has never been pregnant again since I was born, so there is no possibility of aborting the child."

Zhuang Xiao sighed, "This is troublesome."

"Wait for me for twenty minutes." Dong Zeyu stood up immediately.

Zhuang Xiao also stood up, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to go home and see if there are any extra clothes or rooms. Please wait for me for a while."

"Okay, go quickly and come back soon."

Twenty minutes later, Dong Zeyu came back.

Zhuang Xiao opened the door and welcomed him in. "What do you mean?"

Dong Zeyu shook his head, "There is no trace of it ever existing."

After he sat down, he asked Zhuang Xiao, "Brother Zhuang, are you sure this isn't just your fantasy?"

Zhuang Xiao nodded, "I am absolutely sure, it is real."

How could all those past experiences be false?
"That's interesting," Dong Zeyu rubbed his chin. "Brother Zhuang, what do you think?"

Zhuang Xiao took out the timeline detector and showed it to him, and there were still garbled characters flying around on it.

He said, "I think the timeline hasn't changed, because in this timeline, An Lan did die as a child, and everything else is the same as I remember."

In the twenty minutes that Dong Zeyu was back, he had already contacted Secretary Zhang to investigate.

An Lan's death was the same as what he had experienced.

They all died when they were in the fourth grade of elementary school.

"That's interesting." Dong Zeyu continued to ask, "Are there any other clues?"

Zhuang Xiao glanced at him and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Dong Zeyu hurriedly said, "Come on, Brother Zhuang, wait, is this related to me?"

Zhuang Xiao nodded, "That old lady Xiaodie said that your father should have died of old age, and this is also what I have confirmed.

"Wei Rui did exist. As far as I know, Uncle Dong passed away when we were kids. I remember we were only in the first grade at that time. During physical education class, I saw you sitting on the edge of the playground hugging your legs and crying. Wei Rui squatted beside you and was also crying. That's when I came to comfort you. We only became close friends at that time."

Dong Zeyu agreed, "Yes, that's what I remember too, but it was just the two of us, there was no third person."

(End of this chapter)