After they finished watching the stories behind those three photos, the scene before them changed again.
This time, Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing were in a park strewn with maple leaves, sitting on the yellowing grass and gazing at the tranquil lake.
"Every time you left, you would disappear from the photos."
A faint smile rested on Shen Yeqing's lips, as though he had already made peace with those memories. "It was like the world was correcting itself, erasing someone who wasn't supposed to exist."
"But I always believed you existed."
"Whether you came from another world or a different point in time, all I knew was that one day, I would stand beside you."
"No matter where you were."
Xie Mi paused, thinking back to all the robots and unfamiliar inventions she had seen along the way.
Suddenly, something clicked.
"Is that why you created all this?"
Shen Yeqing turned to look at her, his deep eyes filled with unwavering resolve.
"I wanted to make the impossible possible, to create a way to find you even if you disappeared from this world."
"Even if everyone laughed and called it a pipe dream, I still wanted to try."
Xie Mi met his sincere gaze without the slightest hesitation. Her eyes slowly curved as a smile spread across her face.
"It isn't a pipe dream."
"Didn't I tell you? No matter which world I'm in, I'll wait for you."
"So you have to come find me, wherever I am."
Even if everyone thought it was impossible, she still believed.
She believed he could make every impossibility possible.
By the time she woke up in the gaming pod, an hour had passed.
Xie Mi saw the time displayed above her, then spotted Shen Yeqing standing outside the pod's entrance, smiling softly