As I was thinking about all this, the situation changed.
The surroundings had changed. I saw unfamiliar streets, with shop signs written in characters I couldn't recognize. The people around me were speaking a language I couldn't understand.
I saw many girls flash past, buildings in an exotic style, beautiful natural scenery, and sparklers bursting into light...
It was hard to describe the feeling.
This wasn't the first time I'd experienced a dream that fast-forwarded, but it was the first time I'd felt the person I was inhabiting's emotions so vividly.
It was like watching a nature documentary, seeing spring arrive and flowers bloom.
The changing sky, the clouds drifting and gathering, the sunrise and sunset, the stars and moon—all of it became breathtakingly beautiful.
In the end, those scenes gave way to a sparkler held in someone's hand. Its glowing sparks lit up a tiny space, making the pale hand look like a piece of fine jade.
The girl's excitement reached its peak.
The darkness faded, and the sun rose above the sea.
The girls gathered together. A young tour guide who looked to be in her twenties held up a camera and called out to everyone, "Say cheese!"
The girls all burst into laughter.
I felt the sunlight passing through my body. Before my eyes, the backs of the girls' heads grew blurry, replaced by a busy road filled with traffic.
I stood by the roadside, a travel bag at my feet.
My phone rang. I answered.
"Yihuan, you finally picked up!"
"Yihuan, Yihuan! You're so mean! You didn't get in touch with us at all!"
"Ask her if she saw our messages!"
"We're turning the corner now. We're almost at her place. Has she come out yet?"
"And what about her visa? Did she get one?"
"Hurry