Traveling to the Ancient Times to Rely on Love and Marrying a Shadow After O - Chapter 35

After the filming of Gravity concluded, winter arrived in Yangzhou in the blink of an eye.

A fine drizzle fell outside. Fu Yi sat in the pavilion of her backyard, watching from afar as Ye Xunshu walked toward her.

“The weather is cold outside. What is Sister doing here?”

Fu Yi answered without thinking, “Admiring the plum blossoms.”

Ye Xunshu glanced at the bare plum trees in the courtyard. It was only the beginning of winter; where were the blossoms to admire?

A touch of gravity lingered between Fu Yi’s brows. She had been thinking about this for a long time. She still hadn’t figured out how to tell Ye Xunshu that she wasn’t from this world. Her reasons were twofold: first, she feared Ye Xunshu wouldn’t be able to accept such an incredible truth; second, she worried that she might suddenly return to the Upper Realm one day.

If they were unable to find each other, what would happen? After confirming her feelings for Ye Xunshu, this matter had remained buried in her heart, becoming a source of constant unease over the past month.

Until a month ago, when Su Cheng came to tell her something. When she first heard it, her level of surprise matched her initial arrival in the Lower Realm. Su Cheng had come to talk to her about Liu Quan.

Since the end of Gravity, the dreams Fu Yi had that night would occasionally wake her in the middle of the night, but they had changed. Liu Quan’s ending was no longer a living burial, and she never saw Liu Quan in her dreams again. Instead, she saw Ye Xunshu.

However, the “other her” in the dream did not treat Ye Xunshu well at all. She was cold and distant, even unwilling to touch her. The two looked as if they held a deep, ancient grudge. After waking, every time Fu Yi saw the person sleeping beside her like an obedient rabbit, a shadow would cast over her heart.

Why did the “her” in the dream say such heartless things to Ye Xunshu? Su Cheng provided all the answers.

Fu Yi recalled the question Xi Quan once asked her, “Does the Lower Realm really exist?” Now she had the answer. The Lower Realm exists. But everyone had always misunderstood the existence of the Upper and Lower Realms. They were not two coexisting dimensions in the same timeline. If a person possessed memories of two lives, the Lower Realm was the past life, while the Upper Realm was the life after reincarnation.

Su Cheng had known this for three years. When Xi Quan disappeared, Fu Yi searched the entire Upper Realm for months without a trace; she had vanished into thin air. Su Cheng told her that Xi Quan hadn’t died. Like Fu Yi, she had suddenly come to the Lower Realm.

However, unlike Fu Yi, who transmigrated into the body of her past self, Xi Quan arrived in the Lower Realm and coexisted in the same timeline as her past self, Liu Quan. Two identical souls cannot be allowed to exist in one timeline. At that time, Su Cheng was at his lowest point, and Xi Quan discovered and saved him.

Xi Quan hadn’t planned to tell Su Cheng these things, but he eventually witnessed her body gradually fading away. He saw her hands becoming almost transparent and asked what was happening. Knowing she couldn’t hide it, and fearing he would think she was a monster, she told him about her frequent strange dreams and her discovery of the relationship between the realms.

After hearing this, Su Cheng asked her why she would trust someone like him. Xi Quan just smiled and shook her head, saying nothing. Later, Su Cheng found Liu Quan. Though they shared the same soul, their personalities were quite different. Su Cheng thought of Xi Quan constantly mentioning “Fu Yi-jie,” then looked at Liu Quan mentioning “Fu Yi-jie” just as often, and smashed his cup with a sneer. Liu Quan was terrified and didn’t dare speak.

“You told me these things because you wanted me to take good care of Fu Yi.” Su Cheng seemed to be speaking to her, yet also to himself. Liu Quan only thought the Young Master Su before her looked like a madman. “But she is not your sister alone in this life. You should know what her reputation is like outside.”

Later, Su Cheng met Fu Yi for the first time at the flower house. Upon seeing her, he remembered Xi Quan’s words. He felt that this Fu Yi was not worth the weight Xi Quan placed on her. Thus, despite never having met her, he showed his hostility immediately. Though Fu Yi had been drinking, she sensed that hostility. If someone showed her enmity first, why should she be kind? That first meeting was the true start of their grudge.

Later, Su Cheng noticed something was wrong. After marriage, Fu Yi seemed to become a different person. She was devoted to Ye Xunshu and even started a dating show. He had heard of dating shows from Xi Quan. Thus, he knew this Fu Yi was no longer the original one. He also knew that this Fu Yi was no longer the person Liu Quan was waiting for.

He didn’t want to see Liu Quan heartbroken, but despite his warnings, Liu Quan remained stubborn. Eventually, she could only silently endure the pain herself.

Fu Yi asked Su Cheng why he was telling her all this.

“She knew I didn’t like you and persuaded me for a long time. She is ultimately not your sister. I should repay Xi Quan’s kindness through Liu Quan. Since she has let go herself, I redeemed her contract. Where she goes from here is her own business. She told me that even though it’s unlikely, I should tell you not to go looking for her anymore.”

Fu Yi was speechless, her palms clenching unconsciously.

Su Cheng said, “You must realize she is not Xi Quan, and you are not the original Fu Yi. The person of the past is no longer there; there is no need to interfere with someone who has no memory of it.”

Fu Yi asked, “Then, where did she go?”

“I don’t know.” Su Cheng turned to leave without looking back. “She will have her own life. Miss Fu Yi, you will not be returning to the Upper Realm. Forget the past and only remember the things of this life.”

Ye Xunshu looked at the heavy-hearted Fu Yi and tilted her head. “Sister, what is wrong?”

Fu Yi had made ample psychological preparations. She looked up into the other’s eyes, which shone with a curious light and a magical, magnetic power that made it impossible to look away. She squeezed her palms and said, “Xunshu, come here. I, have some things I want to say.”

Two years later, driven by the success of Gravity, dating shows developed rapidly in the Lower Realm, with various programs launching one after another. Many people used these shows to break the traditional constraints of parental orders and matchmaker words.

As the pioneers of this genre, Fu Yi and Ye Xunshu were invited for an interview. Since it was a dating show interview, the questions were similar to those Fu Yi had answered before.

Host: “Miss Fu, is there anything you would like to say to Miss Ye beside you?”

Since the start of the interview, Fu Yi had held Ye Xunshu’s hand without letting go. She met Ye Xunshu’s gaze, her eyes full of tenderness, as she slightly tightened her grip. Her clear, pleasant voice rang out.

“When light leaves a star, it must travel 149.6 million kilometers, penetrate an atmosphere over 1,000 kilometers thick, and travel at 300,000 kilometers per second for 499 seconds just to touch the ground. And I only want to be faster than that.”

Everyone was confused by these words. The host laughed to pull the scene back. “Miss Fu Yi, could you explain what stars and kilometers mean?”

Fu Yi shook her head and refused decisively, “No.”

These were matters of the Upper Realm, things only she and Ye Xunshu knew. No one else needed to know; it was enough that they understood each other.

From now on, no matter how far apart they might be, there would be an invisible gravity pulling them together, at the speed of light, binding them tightly. Then, they would become each other’s light, falling in love within a meter’s distance at the speed of a single glance.

For the rest of their lives, their devotion would remain unshakable until death.

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