I raised stunning young ladies, but they all wanted to possess me.

Gu Yan looked at her.

A very faint hint of confusion flashed in his eyes.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he just shook his head.

Shen Youyao's eyes immediately reddened.

She lowered her head, tears dripping onto the floor, spreading into a small dot.

Then a soft voice escaped her lips, trembling with sobs but still trying to hold on.

"asshole."

"We've waited for you for three years."

"How dare you forget us?"

"You better remember it quickly."

"Otherwise...otherwise I'll beat you up every day."

Fu Wanqing was helped to the bedside by Fu Shiwei.

Her leg wasn't fully healed yet, but she insisted on sitting down by herself.

She looked at Gu Yan and gave a big smile, but her eyes were as red as a rabbit's.

"Gu Yan, I am Wan Qing."

You used to always compliment my smile.

"Look at me now, do I still look good when I smile?"

Gu Yan looked at her intently for a while, and then said.

"nice."

Fu Wanqing's tears welled up instantly.

She laughed and cried at the same time, burying her face in Fu Shiwei's shoulder.

Fu Shiwei didn't speak, but simply raised her hand and patted her back very lightly.

Then she looked at Gu Yan, her amber eyes filled with tenderness.

"I am Shi Wei."

"Fu Shiwei".

It's okay if you don't remember.

"We have plenty of time."

Cecilia was the last to speak.

She stood at the back of the crowd, her voice soft but each word clear.

"I am Cecilia."

"You healed my leg."

"It also healed my heart."

"You'll remember."

"I'm waiting for you."

Gu Yan looked at the people in the room.

They announced their names one by one, like pebbles being thrown into his heart.

The pebbles fell without creating any ripples.

His heart still felt empty.

But he could sense that these people were sad.

They were laughing, they were crying, they were trying to hold on.

The way they looked at him was as if they were looking at someone who had lost himself.

He didn't know what he had lost.

But he suddenly felt that he should remember it quickly.

We should remember them for their sake.

"sorry."

He said.

The ward fell silent for a moment.

Then Lin Jinyu's voice came from the doorway.

"What are you sorry for?"

"It's not your fault."

"If you really want to apologize, then hurry up and remember us all."

"Drink this bowl of porridge first."

She came in carrying a bowl of steaming hot white porridge and sat down by the bed.

She scooped up a spoonful, blew on it, and held it to Gu Yan's lips.

Gu Yan looked at the spoonful of porridge, then at Lin Jinyu.

Her golden eyes still held traces of tears, but the corners of her mouth were turned up, as if she were comforting a sick child.

Open your mouth.

she says.

Gu Yan opened her mouth and drank the porridge.

The porridge was very hot, but it smelled delicious.

He swallowed, and the dryness in his throat eased a bit.

He looked at Lin Jinyu and suddenly asked.

"Am I amazing?"

"You all seem to like me."

Lin Jinyu paused for a moment.

She turned her head away, sniffed, and her voice was slightly nasal.

"Awesome my ass."

"You're a bastard."

"The worst of the worst."

"But we just...like you, you bastard."

Outside the door, the battlefield broadcast suddenly blared.

That was an announcement from the provisional government of Jinghai City.

The voice was old and solemn, and it carried through the loudspeaker throughout the hospital and the entire city.

"Attention all citizens."

"The Kuroshio Current has completely receded."

"The remnants of the Angel race have withdrawn from the solar system."

"Human civilization has protected its home."

"By resolution of the Supreme Council, this day shall be declared a global day of remembrance."

"In memory of all those who sacrificed their lives in this war."

"Also in memory of all those who survived."

"We...won."

After the announcement, the entire city fell silent for a moment.

Then, cheers erupted from all directions.

The sounds poured through the windows into the ward.

Gu Yan lay on the bed, listening to those sounds.

He doesn't remember the war.

I don't remember how I won.

I don't remember those who died.

But he could hear what was in those sounds.

It was the ecstasy of surviving a catastrophe, the release of something suppressed for too long, and the loudest farewell from the survivors to the dead.

"They're celebrating outside."

He said.

"Um."

Lin Jinyu fed him a second spoonful of porridge.

"Celebrating the victory."

"And congratulations on your survival."

Gu Yan looked at the sunlight outside the window.

The sea breeze billowed the curtains, making them look like a white sail.

He suddenly realized that although he couldn't remember anything, being able to wake up, hear these sounds, and have someone feed him porridge wasn't so bad.

"I'll remember."

He said.

The voice was soft, but very earnest.

Everyone in the ward looked at him.

Their eyes held tears, laughter, and waiting.

Lin Jinyu held the third spoonful of porridge to his lips and said.

"No rush."

"Think about it slowly."

"We have plenty of time."

"This time, we're not going anywhere."

"I'll stay by your side."

"Wait until you remember us one by one."

Outside the window, fireworks were set off in the sky above Jinghai City.

These are not fireworks to celebrate victory; they are homemade fireworks.

But those individual lights blooming in the sky are more moving than any grand ceremony.

Sunlight fell into the ward, onto Gu Yan's face, and into the gentle gazes of everyone in the room.

He drank the spoonful of porridge and suddenly chuckled softly.

"The porridge is delicious."

He said.

"Next time, I want to eat xiaolongbao (soup dumplings)."

Chiyomiya Hanyu's tears finally fell.

She turned her head away and very lightly wiped the corner of her eye with the back of her hand, her voice tinged with laughter.

"it is good."

"Wait until you get better."

"I'll take you to eat."

"The best xiaolongbao in Jinghai."

"It's my treat."

The cheers outside the window continued.

The sun is shining brightly.

The sea breeze is lovely.

everything is fine.

The war is over.

Some people have left, while others remain.

Gu Yan doesn't remember who she is, but a group of people do.

They will find back his lost memories, bit by bit.

Until then, they will stay with him.

Just like he used to be with them.

In the first month after the war ended, the women gathered in a temporarily requisitioned meeting room.

Chiyomiya Hanyu placed a handwritten note on the table.

"Do you all still remember?"

"Lady Elena said that a level seven civilization can revive life as long as there is even one cell left."

The meeting room remained quiet for a long time.

Lin Jinyu was the first to speak, her voice a little hoarse.

"Remember."

"She also said that angels are different from calamities; calamities are about plundering, while angels are about restoration."

"Her exact words were, as long as there is one cell left, there is no true death."

"But she's already dead."

Pei Yuran's voice was very soft.

Her eyes were still red.

"Her body, her blood, were all golden."

"Can our human technology be preserved?"