"Mom..." Little He Xinglan exclaimed excitedly upon hearing her brother's voice, "Mom! Brother's awake!"

After taking care of him for a day and a night, I was just about to go eat when my son opened his eyes as I turned around.

This made Li Ying extremely excited: "Son, you scared me to death! How could you be so careless? I'm so glad you're alright, I'm so glad you're alright!"

The couple had prepared for the worst with solemn expressions—even if they were burned to the point of being mentally impaired, as long as they survived, that would be enough.

"May God protect us! May our ancestors protect us!"

Xiao Helin felt sore all over. He didn't know why he suddenly had the idea to go play by the river, but a strong gust of wind blew him into the river.

There weren't many people by the river at the time, so no one noticed what was happening. He drank a lot of dirty and icy river water, and after his heavy coat became soaked, they started dragging him downstream.

Fortunately, someone finally noticed that someone had fallen into the water at the critical moment. He fell on the edge of the water, which was not too deep. Two adults worked together to pull him out and take him to the hospital.

The illness came on very suddenly, and the doctor said that if the fever didn't subside, the patient might become mentally impaired.

Fortunately, the temperature dropped this morning, but we are still not out of danger.

The couple prayed to everyone they could, from heaven to earth. Now that their son is awake, a huge weight has been lifted from their hearts.

"Mom, my head hurts so much."

"Don't overthink it. If you're not feeling well, don't try to lie down. Your dad's gone to call the doctor. The pain will go away when the doctor comes, okay?"

Little He Xinglan stood in front of the hospital bed, looking at her brother, and reached out her little hand to grab his burning hot hand: "Brother, it doesn't hurt, Lanlan will blow on it for you."

Her family was all around her, but Xiao Helin felt a blank in her mind and couldn't remember anything no matter what she did.

"Madam, should we report this to the police?" Uncle Chen, who was in charge of the household, stepped forward and asked.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Helin subconsciously felt that this matter was related to her and asked with concern.

"It's alright, as long as the child is okay. The money's gone, but thankfully it wasn't much." It wasn't that she didn't care, but with the child sick, she didn't want the family to get bogged down in another trivial matter. "It's just that the money and tickets are gone, and yours are gone too. Don't worry, nothing else is missing."

Xiao Helin shook his head and lay down on the bed. He didn't really care about the money, but he couldn't help thinking about it.

The doctor arrived quickly and, after asking a few simple questions, confirmed that the child lying in the hospital bed had lost a small part of his memory due to a high fever.

"Don't worry, comrades, this won't affect his health. It's not just this child who's having this reaction."

After the doctor's patient explanation, the couple felt relieved, but some worries still lingered in their hearts.

Xiao Helin recovered and was discharged from the hospital in just a few days, but he could not recover the memories he had lost for those few days.

After recovering, life returned to normal. He quickly forgot about the illness and went to school and came home every day as before.

He was interested in many things and didn't dwell on what exactly happened in those few days.

……

Having experienced the same thing before, and now experiencing it again, He Lin no longer felt the same unease as before. In less than a minute, he accepted it calmly—he was trapped in this inexplicable world, giving him the illusion that he could never go back. Despite his resentment, he had no choice but to face reality.

"Young man, please move aside."

As He Lin pondered, he turned to the side, and a large group of people passed by on the narrow path. Looking up, he realized that the people who had just passed by were none other than his own family's workers. But what if they didn't recognize him… "Have I returned to the wrong world again?"

He looked around in disbelief. The group from before was long gone; he would have to find someone else to help him. The place was familiar, but it kept reminding him that he had arrived at an unfamiliar point in time.

As He Lin walked down the street, the reflection in the glass blinded him. Turning his head, he saw a person he didn't recognize in the mirror, and he was now that unfamiliar person. Despite the bizarre situation, he still couldn't accept it.

The reflection showed a thin, youthful-looking young man, about eighteen or nineteen years old. His clothes were patched in several places and torn in a few spots, probably because they hadn't been sewn up yet. He raised his hand to look at his clothes and saw his wheat-colored skin.

He searched his body but found nothing useful. He Lin didn't know if he was in someone else's body or if he had created a body out of thin air. Calming down, he decided to take it one step at a time and first check out the places he was most familiar with.

After figuring out the time, he instantly changed his mind, having originally planned to go to the Yu family's house. They had only been married a short time. After much hesitation, he couldn't resist his curiosity and detoured to the He family's house. Since he hadn't brought anything with him, he had to walk from the west side of the city to the city center. It took him two hours to reach the vicinity of the He family's house, and as dusk approached, the last rays of the setting sun touched his face. Summer evenings are always noisy and bustling.

Upon reaching the He family's door, he refrained from making any rash moves, hiding in the shadows to observe who was coming and going. At this time, his parents returned home one after another, but his younger sister, He Xinglan, was about to leave.

"Mom, do you think it might have already been picked up by someone?" His sister's words triggered He Lin's memories—in his memory, his sister had lost a necklace around this time. She had worn it for many years and was attached to it, but it wasn't particularly valuable. After he came back, she insisted on helping him look for it, but in the end, she returned empty-handed. Who knew that the Tian family's son would find it.

"Never mind, it's probably not nearby. You haven't been outside much today, so if it's not in the car, it must be at school. Check the school's lost and found office tomorrow; if they don't have it, there's nothing we can do. If someone in need picked it up, consider it a good deed for the day." Li Ying was easygoing and comforted her daughter. Although He Xinglan was reluctant, she nodded in agreement.

After his mother and sister returned home and the gates of the He family mansion were closed, He Lin realized that something had happened at work in Haicheng during this time. He had been there for half a month to deal with it and had only been gone for two days. Bitten by a mosquito and seeing that it was so dark around him that he could hardly see his hand in front of his face, he decided to find a place to stay first.

"Who are you?" Upon seeing the old man in charge of the He family again, He Lin felt a mix of emotions. In his memory, the old man had passed away due to illness during the He family's labor re-education period in Nanjiang. Now, seeing him alive and well standing before him, his heart was churning.

"Uncle Chen, you're Uncle Chen Yuan, right?"

"Hiss—I am indeed surnamed Chen, but who are you?" Faced with a stranger calling out his name and trying to claim kinship, Old Man Chen immediately became wary.

"I am the cousin of your aunt Wang Guihua from your hometown of Erlang Mountain. Life in the village is really unbearable, so she asked me to come to you for help. She said she wanted me to find a job so I could send some money to the villagers, or even just some food back if necessary."

Upon hearing this, Old Man Chen had no doubts whatsoever and immediately let the young man in front of him come in.

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