This little thing sure knew how to survive!
"Hehe, I heard you were about to croak, so I came to say goodbye."
The woman had grown very old as well. Her face bore none of Yu Wan'er's former adorably dazed appearance, but because she was hunched over... she looked even shorter.
"Then I really am about to croak!" Jiang Che lay in the hospital bed. Though he had a ventilator attached, he did not seem the least bit afraid of death.
"You're taking it quite well," Yu Wan'er's aged voice sounded.
"Of course."
Jiang Che tremblingly raised his hand, picked up his phone, and took a picture of Yu Wan'er's withered old appearance. He would show it to that little girl when he got back.
Afterward, Jiang Che began chatting with Yu Wan'er.
"Hehe... no wonder you aren't afraid of death. So that's how it is? In another world, you and I had already grown old together?"
Yu Wan'er was not surprised. She merely spoke in an even tone.
"Not just you. There was Ye Mengyao too. I had one in each arm..."
Yu Wan'er snickered. "One in each arm? I couldn't tell you were such a show-off. In this world, you didn't even dare pursue Sister Yaoyao and me. You lived alone your entire life... and only dared reveal your Inner Voice when you were about to die. Even in other worlds, you were destined to be a bachelor."
Jiang Che did not refute her. He merely lay quietly in bed, waiting for death to descend.
"Jiang Che, let me ask you something..."
"Ask away. I don't have much time left."
"In that world, were you happy?"
"Of course I was happy. Everyone praised me as Young Master Jiang, and Immortal Fairies across the heavens all had to dress