"Oh~" Understanding dawned on Lin Yi's face. "So that's-no, wait, did you just mention Liangzi?"
"Van Gogh took Liangzi's advice and created The Starry Night...?!"
"Holy crap, Liangzi showed up in the nineteenth century too?" Lin Yi's expression turned exceedingly strange.
Tian Bufan said, "That logic doesn't hold. The Starry Night came into existence entirely through Van Gogh's own subjective will. Celestial Worthy Wei Liang of Fortune and Life wouldn't interfere in something that affected the timeline. As for that incident in the nineteenth century..."
"It wasn't just him. You were there too. You all took part together..." Tian Bufan said. "You just don't remember it for now. Time travel... and avoiding paradox loops means there are many things we only remember at certain stages."
"Well..." Lin Yi opened his mouth, then narrowed his eyes. For some reason, the bizarre image of that bastard Wei Liang happily discussing his stocking kink with Van Gogh inexplicably surfaced in his mind...
Wait, wait!! Wait!!!
That business about Napoleon inventing stockings... could that bastard Liangzi have helped it along?
No way...? Surely not...?
Tian Bufan said, "Any more questions about the time allocation? If not, we'll leave the High-Rank Alien Angel alone for now. Once we awaken Difa, eliminating the High-Rank Alien Angel will be something we can do in passing."
"I don't think I have any more questions for now..." Lin Yi said.
"If there are no more questions, I'll leave first. I won't accompany you for the rest of the way. Call me when you actually run into trouble," Tian Bufan said. "I've stayed here too long. Wei Sang might have trouble holding things together alone."
According to the plan, he would only accompany them partway. For the rest of the time, he had to take control of Lin Yi's body.