: This feels great!

"Wait...wait a minute!"

Qiao Yuan shifted his feet, pushing the chair he was sitting on back a couple of times to create some distance between himself and the boss's table.

He had a feeling something was off today. Lin Ya had just called the curator "Uncle Li"? A relative? Although he didn't know much about Lin Ya's family.

But that's right.

Originally, they were happy to get 10,000 yuan for free, and all they had to do was shoot a promotional video. Just like the loan from Fajia Heavy Industry, they still needed to promote it in the end.

But now I have to stand in the center with Lin Ya. If Bao Bao finds out, I'm doomed.

If you don't do it, that's 10,000 yuan! Even if the baby is interning at Ember, the monthly income is only 15,000 yuan. After deducting the fixed monthly costs of [fresh air] and [impurity filtration potion], there's practically nothing left. It's barely enough to make ends meet.

Today is the 4th, and there are only two weeks left until I report to Galaxy University on the 20th.

Although money won't be a problem once you unlock the future timeline, it still takes time.

"I'll sign, but I won't stand in the center position. If the curator doesn't think it's appropriate, then forget it," Qiao Yuan emphasized.

The bald curator, Mr. Li, first looked at Lin Ya, then chuckled and said, "It's just taking a picture of a guy. I don't know anything about you young people. It's fine with me."

Lin Ya couldn't help but ask in surprise, "You really like Yan Baobao? Isn't she your older sister?"

Qiao Yuan's lips twitched: "Go away, wait, you've already transcended, why are you still filming GG?"

"Why not take a free photoshoot? I'm going to be a star when I get to Galaxy University, hmph. Too bad, you missed the chance to have a future female star as your girlfriend. It's not too late to regret it now."

Seeing that Lin Ya was still so narcissistic, Qiao Yuan felt relieved. Sure enough, rich people just like to play around.

He went back after signing the contract. He had originally wanted to see if dinner was provided that night, but decided against it.

He's only 0.13 points short of his physique; it's best to improve it sooner rather than later, so he won't have to bow down for a living anymore. As for Lin Ya, he really isn't very interested.

The other person had dated countless times in high school; they were the kind of person who would try to pick peaches for a monkey, and they were very promiscuous.

It was just past three in the afternoon when Qiao Yuan got home. He went to his bedroom, drew the curtains to cover himself completely, then turned on his phone to record a selfie and set it up on the bedside table.

After doing all this, Qiao Yuan sat down in the chair in front of the computer, facing the selfie camera. This time, to test whether the experiment would disappear, he would just find an anchor point to enter.

He hesitated for a moment, then got up and went to the living room, where he took a picture frame off the wall.

The photo in the frame is a picture of him and his baby at the orphanage. He was ten years old then, seven years ago.

I remember it was the baby's birthday that day. The old director took the photos himself. I'll go take another look. Qiao Yuan suddenly realized a new use for this ability, such as his own origins, whether he was abandoned by his parents or caused by their death.

After thinking about it, he decided to give up.

It's good as it is now, living with the baby, this is the home he has known since he can remember.

Ten years ago, he might have been genuinely interested, but as he's grown up over the years, the specific reasons are no longer so important.

[Anchor point: Yan Baobao's tenth birthday.]

[Time: Autumn of 3170, October 10th, 7:30 PM.]

Qiao Yuan watched quietly as time flowed backward, eventually returning to the familiar orphanage. It was decorated in a medieval style and was said to have been sponsored by a businessman from out of town. It was named Fanxing (meaning "Starry Sky"), but it was not located in the Fanxing commercial district.

At that moment in the restaurant, Yan Baobao, with her fluffy pink hair and wearing a light yellow dress, was happily sitting at the table cutting cake with a plastic knife, saying, "Thank you, Grandma Xu. Qiao Yuan, do you want some? Let's each have half."

The boy sitting next to him was himself. He was very thin and frail, but his face was handsome. Because of this, he was often bullied by other children his age.

The woman called Grandma Xu is the former director of the welfare home. She is a very kind old lady who took good care of him and Yan Bao when they were little.

Grandma Xu also personally baked the baby's tenth birthday cake in the kitchen.

Grandma Xu, in her early sixties, sat across the table, wearing a green cheongsam and eating osmanthus cake. She asked with a smile, "Baby, you turned down another family today. Wouldn't it be better to be adopted?"

While eating her cake, the baby muttered, "I want to be with Qiao Yuan. He's my brother, but they just want to take me away. I don't want that."

Qiao Yuan smiled silently to the side. At that time, he was ten years old and still ignorant. Now it seems that Yan Baobao values ​​this sibling relationship more.

Although they are not related by blood, they are the only bond in this dark world.

Grandma Xu nodded slightly: "Alright, if you don't want to go, then don't go. It's most important to make your own decisions about your life."

Qiao Yuan watched quietly, not in a hurry to go back.

He still remembers that he first met Yan Baobao when he was a child. It was eight years ago, during a snowy winter. In the first half month after she arrived, she was not sociable and was bullied and ostracized by a clique in the girls' dormitory. As a result, she had nowhere to sleep at night, so she secretly ran to the boys' dormitory to find a bed. She was really brave!

Because they were all children, the orphanage was simply divided into two areas.

Then, that night, by sheer coincidence, he had a stomachache and spent the whole night in the bathroom.

When I got back, I found a little girl with pink hair on my bed.

Over time, they became familiar with each other.

He was the only one who talked to the baby. The other boys would always call him "Ginger Head" because of the baby's hair color, plus the girls' cliques ostracized him.

Later, it was Bao Bao who stood up for him, and their friendship grew stronger, and they started calling each other brother and sister.

Until he was twelve years old, the Starry Welfare Home was attacked by monsters and caught fire. At that time, he and his baby had just started junior high school and were receiving relief funds, so they were forced to find cheap housing outside.

They are clearly still children, but Yan Baobao has already shown an unusual level of maturity.

For a long time, the baby was like a guiding light, illuminating his path forward.

Nowadays, the landlords in Moonlight Community are all friends of Grandma Xu, and they offer her discounted rent.

He relived Yan Baobao's tenth birthday, stayed quietly for half an hour, and only returned to his own bedroom in reality when the time was up.

Phew, the moment to witness a miracle has arrived!

Qiao Yuan reached for his phone on the bedside table, tapped to end the recording, and opened the selfie video he had just recorded in his photo album.

From when he sat down, to when he got up to go to the living room to get the photo frame, and then to when he went back inside.

As he looked at it, his brows gradually furrowed, and he looked at it several more times.

It was finally determined that his body had never disappeared from beginning to end, or rather, it may have disappeared, but because the time was too short, it did not appear to have disappeared, like... what was it again?

Qiao Yuan pondered for a moment, then his eyes lit up, and he muttered to himself, "That's it, it looks like light!"

He drew back the curtains and looked up at the sky. It wasn't lamplight, but starlight—many bright stars. Their light sources, projected to a distance visible to humans, had traveled countless light-years. Their bodies might have long since extinguished or even shattered, turning into cosmic dust.

Even if the planet itself is gone, the starlight remains; that's probably the idea.

After all, he also traveled through time, which means he was countless times faster than light.

According to the concept of the Eternal Great Luo position, he may have existed in all timelines, including the past, present, and future.

Therefore, his disappearance was not shown on the video, and no one else noticed the change.

Very good!

This is really awesome.

In other words, he will no longer need to find an excuse to go to the toilet; he can travel to the past and future anytime, anywhere, significantly improving his operability.

Qiao Yuan smiled broadly and immediately got up to go to the living room to practice the Ape God Stance. He was only 0.13 points away from completing the goal, so he decided to just go for it.