Ji Li thoughtfully lifted his gaze from the album, only to see a blurry face standing behind him and watching him through the mirror.
He frowned and turned around, but saw no one, so he looked back at the mirror.
That person was still there. She wore a light white dress and looked frail and thin even in the orange-yellow room.
Unlike the last time they had met, her body no longer glowed with that eerie white light. Everything seemed ordinary.
Only her face was still impossible to make out, as though shrouded in a cloud of mist.
Of course Ji Li knew who she was, and he understood why she had come here. But whenever he saw her, he could not help thinking of Yu Guo.
After a moment of silence, he returned his attention to the album and casually said, "Have a seat." ...
The eleventh page of the album was divided into two sections, indicating that the events were happening simultaneously.
The upper half showed Yu Guo standing before a large floor mirror. His face was reflected within it, his eyes filled with deep confusion.
The lower half showed A Lian running wildly through a blizzard. Half the sky was dim and the other half bright, foreshadowing that she was about to enter an unknown domain.
The twelfth page showed Yu Guo and Director Wang standing on opposite sides, fully on guard as they watched the room before them and discussed something. The plaque above the door read "1715."
The thirteenth page shifted the focus to the store clerks' leader. The unfamiliar woman held a hammer high in her hand, preparing to smash a locked drawer. ...
Although the information in these three pages was not obvious, Ji Li could understand them completely given his familiarity with