We moved to Golden Courtyard

At that moment, Airi took out a letter from her bosom and handed it to Mei.

"This is what he left for you before he died... I hope you can read it."

……

Back in the car, Mei was about to drive home in a daze when she noticed that she was still holding the letter in her hand.

The letter... was from Xu Qi to himself...

She stared at it for a long time, and finally took it apart.

Just then, the car radio started playing an old song by Jacky Cheung...

To my dearest:

Mei, if you read this letter, I suppose you won't be around for long. Actually, I've been thinking, if I had been more selfish, more forceful that day, and kept you by my side, would things have... turned out differently?

Regret slowly eroded my heart.

Wiping away the last tear

From now on, I will no longer cry for anyone.

……

I don't know if you've already forgotten me by the time you read this letter. But... it seems I can no longer do that.

I often feel that you're right beside me, accompanying me through countless springs, summers, autumns, and winters... but it's just a fantasy. Oh, and I'll never forget that kiss we shared; it was my first kiss.

Is tender intimacy merely a fleeting moment?

You can't keep people, you can't keep their souls.

I can't keep everything about you.

……

I apologize for saying some things that you might find frivolous. Actually, I didn't have many thoughts behind writing this letter. I just wanted to tell you something I never had the chance to say back then.

I love you, I will always love you. If life could start over, I hope the person I love would still be you.

Who secretly stole my heart!

Unable to tell! Night or day!

Who secretly stole my heart!

My eyes! I can't see myself!

……

The song on the radio was still playing, but the letter... seemed impossible to read any further.

Tears soaked the letter and completely blurred Mei's vision.

The intense pain felt as if it had torn her heart, which should have shattered long ago, in two once again.

Mei's forehead rested limply on the steering wheel, the tear-soaked letter in her hand silently placed aside. At this moment, the emotions in her heart... could no longer be suppressed.

Her shoulders trembled uncontrollably, and tears streamed down her face as if a dam had burst...

Suppressed sobs became the girl's only lament at that moment.

Who secretly stole my heart!

Unable to tell! Night or day!

Who secretly stole my heart!

My eyes! I can't see myself!

……

Matters between men and women depend on the right time and place; a slight deviation, and it becomes a dead end. —From *Blossoms*

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Many things can only be truly understood by hearing them from the person involved. Mei was like that; she looked at Mei in front of her and calmly finished recounting everything.

But her tears, like those of 'Mei' in that story, flowed down like a burst dam.

"It's my story, so why do you seem to be crying more bitterly than I am?"

"But!...But I am you!"

Mei was taken aback; it seemed... that was indeed the case. For a moment, she was both amused and exasperated, feeling that Mei was being far too sentimental.

But it seems like that's just who I am...

"Just like that song that was playing in the car that day, my heart... has probably already been stolen by Xu Qi."

"And then? What happened to you...?"

"Later I secretly vowed that I must see Xu Qi again... I abandoned everything in the past and spent more than ten years studying quantum mechanics. As for what happened after that... I can't say anymore."

Mei blinked blankly, but after seeing Mei's gaze, she wisely stopped asking.

Like sisters who know each other inside and out, this kind of tacit understanding is something that even Mei finds amazing, let alone Mei...

Mei slowly took Mei's small hand, which was still slightly cold.

It sounds so easy, more than ten years... but who can understand the difficulties involved?

Just to see someone, just for... a sincere feeling.

Why...didn't you come to see him sooner?

However, Mei still blinked her eyes.

Mei understood; this was something she couldn't say either.

"That night, I saw him do something completely different from what I had encountered, and at that moment... I also believed in my own existence."

You are lucky… Xu Qi defied his predetermined fate for you, even though he knew nothing about it… and you should understand just how deep his feelings for you truly are.”

Mei lowered her eyes—how deep? Deep enough that their separation could cause him to die from heartbreak…

"He yelled at me like that in the courtyard, but actually, I wasn't that angry. Because I know all too well how much Xu Qi truly loves Mei."

I just feel a little heartbroken... What's not mine will never be mine.

……

Suddenly, Mei grabbed Dr. Mei's hands, looked at her with unwavering eyes, and said very seriously, "You're feeling sentimental here because you know..."

Approaching Xu Qi under the guise of another Mei only resulted in hurting each other, so you never told him any of this, right?

Mei turned her head away, which was taken as tacit agreement.

"Look at me!"

Mei looked at Mei with some surprise, clearly not expecting that she would have such an aura.

"But you are not Mei... You already have a new identity! You are the captain of the Ptolemy, you are Dr. Mei! You are Gretchen's tutor!"

Why not try... to fall in love with Xu Qi again under this new identity? To create... a memory that belongs only to Mei and Xu Qi!

485. Dr. Mei's Sayings

"Hello? Um... okay, I understand."

Eden hung up the phone and said to Xu Qi, who was still deep in thought in the living room, "Mei has already found Mei, so you don't need to worry about her anymore, right?"

……

Xu Qi supported himself with his legs and slowly got up.

"Thanks, Sister Eden. Could you please tell me... where they are right now?"

"Are you going to see her?"

"Yes." Xu Qi nodded. "I will make up for the mistakes I made myself. And I can't... I can't let her leave in sorrow like this."

This is the Xu Qi we know...

With a relieved smile, Eden slowly said, "It's the same hotel where you and Fu Hua checked in last time."

"it is good."

Having said that, he grabbed an umbrella and rushed into the rain alone.

Aponia slowly walked down from upstairs.

"Should we tell him everything about that Mei?"

"Little Mei must have known everything all along, but she didn't say anything. After all, I don't believe she would have gotten nothing after consulting Professor Planck."

Eden took a deep breath. He himself was extremely envious of the relationship between Mei and Xu Qi.

"Since Mei can become the world's greatest quantum theory scholar, Mei must also have this talent. They are not different Mei from different worlds."

They are all branches that branched out from the same person because of the choice Xu Qi made.

Aponia looked sorrowful.

"Before the night of Hiroshima, Xu Qi's fate was clear. That night was his doom. No matter how much observation was done, Mei would leave, and Xu Qi's fate... was also destined to end in this death."

The tree of destiny has only one branch. But Xu Qi did it; destiny was truly rewritten, manifested in the growth of a completely new branch…

Aponia seemed to be deeply shocked by her own discovery.

But there were still things she didn't understand.

"But how did he do it? The objective conditions haven't changed at all, so why was Xu Qi able to..."

Aponia paused, while Eden's smile remained enigmatic.

"It seems that the person who helped you break free from the shackles of fate was not only Xu Qi, but also Mei, or rather, Mei."

Because the only variable in this world is Dr. Mei, who observed the tree of imaginary numbers.

In quantum theory, observation is a very important concept.

Dr. Mei abandoned everything to choose the path of the quantum realm and successfully observed the tree of imaginary numbers. All of this was to meet Xu Qi.

Or rather, to create a world where Xu Qi is alive.

"Only when a person truly wants to change the world will they realize how insignificant their individual power is..."

Once a person's soul is scattered, they cannot be brought back to life.

The world allows consciousness to fit into new containers, but does not allow containers to collect dissipated consciousness.

To save him, my only one, I can only create new possibilities in the past. This other future will belong to his time and space.

Xu Qi, live on.

As Eden's emotional voice recited this passage, his compassionate expression deepened, but Aponia asked in bewilderment, "What is this passage...?"

"I thought of a play, so let's use this part as the ending of the play."

"Is it modeled after Dr. Mei and Xu Qi?"

“Yes…” Eden smiled, “I’ll put on a performance and give it to an acquaintance of mine in England.”

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After their long conversation, Mei and Mei went downstairs together.

Inside the elevator, Dr. Mei, who should have been more mature and composed, appeared somewhat nervous.

She glanced at Mei beside her and hesitated, "Really...is it okay? To start over with Xu Qi using Mei's identity..."

"How do you know it won't work if you haven't tried? Besides..." Mei looked Mei up and down, well... she was basically a super-sized version of herself.

Damn! I'm smitten!

"Heh! Xu Qi can't refuse you at all, so don't worry."

I know that too. After all, Mei has already proven how attractive she is to Xu Qi twice, once with herself and the other time with Mei.

"Oh, right."

Mei seemed to have thought of something, took out a roll of hair tie, and tied a high ponytail for Mei just like her own.

Both of them were wearing the same blue t-shirts and white jackets that the hotel had just delivered, giving them a youthful and energetic look.