She took me to a small courtyard behind the sales office.
That was where the Small Western-style House model homes were located.
She directly opened the door to one of the model homes and tilted her head slightly. "Come in."
After I entered, she closed the door.
"Aren't you afraid someone might come by later?"
"Relax, no one will come by right now. Even if someone does, just say you snuck in yourself." She looked utterly unconcerned.
Only then did I remember what she had said earlier: no one could see her.
So I sat down on the sofa without worry. Out of habit, I reached into my pocket, intending to light a cigarette, but quickly came to my senses. I was no longer a young man in my twenties. I was a little kid now. How could I smoke?
But I discovered that my Mustard Seed Space was still there, and nothing inside it was missing either.
"Tell me, how did you end up here?"
"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? After leaving that island, I was transported here. And I found out this was more than ten years in the past." A smile appeared on her face as she spoke.
I glared at her. I knew what she was laughing about—wasn't she just making fun of how I looked now?
I said, "Looks like we succeeded, then?"
When Ye Jinghong heard me get down to business, she narrowed her eyes. "I don't know whether it counts as success, but I saw the system."
I shot up from the sofa. "That woman, or Xiao Jingfeng?"
Ye Jinghong said it was that woman.
"Wasn't she already destroyed?"
Ye Jinghong shrugged. "She should have been, logically speaking. But I really did see her. Still, something about her seemed