A thousand miles between us, yet we remain as close as flowers.

  A thousand miles between us, yet we remain as close as flowers.

  "Let there be light!"

  Su You struggled in the nightmare, frantically shouting the three words that God had uttered when he was idle, but did not wake up from the dream. However, a new life seemed to have begun naturally, just like the creation myth of Jehovah. In his subconscious mind, Su You only wanted to get rid of the suffering in the dream. He would rather be like the great god of the West, lifting his legs and reciting incantations, instead of physically wielding an axe to split the chaos in two.

  Perhaps Su You is a genius with imagination, when he dreamed of Pangu opening the sky and splitting the chaos, he suddenly felt hungry; however, compared to the chaos, he prefers rice porridge.

  But that's not the point, the point is he was tormented by hunger and woke up from his dream.

  At this time, the sun was good, he was about to untie his body from the big tree and return to the ground. However, a beautiful little deer entered his line of sight, and behind the little deer was a hungry wolf that was chasing after it relentlessly.

  In the afterglow of sunset, a life-and-death racing is being staged on a mountain ridge not far away.

  If time could be frozen in this scene, Su You could have named it "Chasing the Deer", and the off-screen sound would have been even more solemn. After all, chasing deer is always connected to the world, and who killed the deer makes no difference to the deer itself.

  "Su Yunfan... Su Yunfan..."

  Su You thought of his son who had left him for more than two months, but no matter how loudly he shouted, he couldn't get any response.

  At this time, the mountain is speechless, and heaven and earth are also silent.

  Su You shouted out the child's name, finally collapsing weakly onto his knees on this desolate mountain peak.

  After fatigue, memories slowly became clear, and Su You thought of the details that had happened more than two months ago. The last time he parted with his son was at a cave they had planned to visit for a long time. About half an hour after entering the cave, the underground river suddenly surged back, and Su You did not dare to confirm whether it was an earthquake or a secret base nearby conducting nuclear explosions.

  When he was swept away by the current into the river, his son's cries echoed in the cave for a moment, but he had no way of knowing what happened afterwards. - Perhaps after he fell into the water, his son stood on the shore at a loss; or perhaps Yún Fān also jumped down without hesitation?

  Su You shook his head and threw off the distraction, gazing out into the distance once more. However, he found that the scenery beyond the continuous mountain ranges to the north seemed both unfamiliar yet familiar at the same time. After over two months of surviving in the wilderness, Su You had encountered countless dangers from ferocious beasts in the mountains and had narrowly escaped death several times. Yet, as he was about to leave the mountains, he found himself afraid of encountering humans, afraid of meeting those people who were just like he imagined them to be.

  In the mountains and forests, there were many large wild animals and towering ancient trees that made Su You think he was in a dream. His heart had its own speculations about his surroundings, and this speculation was getting closer and closer to reality - he had crossed over!

  "I must find my son, I must." Su You gave himself a boost of confidence, tightened the homemade bow and arrow in his hand, and cautiously guarded against possible wild beasts and people. In recent days, Su You had already discovered some human footprints, but his complicated life experience made him more worried, he thought of all the people he met for the first time as bad guys.

  Human April fragrance is exhausted, in the early summer mountains, the low wild jujube tree has bloomed with "small yellow flowers in stories". Su You has experienced the four seasons without any danger, he has looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle many times to find that bright sorrow, but his tears have long been dried up, even the green bamboo in the valley has bloomed.

  "So, how to start?"

  With this question in mind, Su You continued north for three more days before finally having a sense of solid ground under his feet.

  It's the season of falling flowers, and it seems like a funeral weather. At this moment, Su You felt the aura of someone he had long been separated from with joy. Not far away on the road, there were more muddy roads than the familiar asphalt or cement, which made him even more aware of his traveler's identity.

  Although he had discussed time travel with his friends before, he was unwilling to agree. Firstly, because of the law of conservation of energy, if you were to travel back in time, wouldn't someone have to die in ancient times? If not, would the time traveler become the butterfly effect, causing a ripple in the ocean? And according to logical reasoning, people in later generations could read about this time traveler in history books.

  In conclusion, the only way out for a time-traveler is that there is no way out, i.e., to grow old in solitude and obscurity...

  Although Su You was uneasy about the answer that had already been determined, he still hoped that his son would also cross over and that they would have a day to reunite. Perhaps this was also the motivation for him to travel through the desolate forest for more than two months.

  Su You was at a loss as to where to go or what to do when he suddenly heard the sound of people coming from afar and getting closer, after being lost for more than two months, he finally saw people for the first time, saw those people he had imagined.

  "It's really a crossover!" —— Su You finally made a conclusion with mixed feelings.

  On the official road, there were several anciently dressed scholars with swords hanging from their waists and wearing bright clothes on spirited horses. Su You could only guess that this was the attire of before the Song Dynasty because after the Song Dynasty, the imperial court began to emphasize literature over martial arts, so scholars of the Song Dynasty and later would not deign to wear swords. What made Su You even more curious was that he could hear their conversation clearly, even though they were already more than twenty meters away.

  "Zhang Yu's opening move is indeed brilliant, I, Li Mi, am ashamed to be inferior." The scholar who spoke had the most sonorous voice and the sturdiest build, but judging from his complexion, he was clearly insincere.

  "You're too modest, brother. Isn't your decision to resign from office, close the door and read books also a big move in the next game?" The person who spoke had the longest beard, a slender build, and a pair of long, narrow phoenix eyes. The weathered look on his face was enough to show that he was the most experienced in life among the three men.

  The youngest of them all listened attentively to their conversation and occasionally chimed in.

  Three people were chatting casually about life and ideals, when they saw a middle-aged man riding a horse over, behind him were several horse-drawn carriages and twenty or thirty guards, all wearing black armor. The man in front had a feminine appearance, but on this hot day he was wearing armor, looking majestic and extraordinary.

  "Brother Zong, I didn't expect to meet you here. How have you been?" A few scholars stood aside on the road, and the tallest scholar was an old acquaintance of the newly arrived general. The two couldn't help but exchange some pleasantries, and the four people introduced each other to one another.

  Su You finally guessed the origin of the four people in front of him through their mutual introductions. The newly arrived general was likely Li Yuan, who had once "shot a sparrow with a silk screen", while the one who had resigned and traveled to study was Li Mi, known as "hanging books on ox horns". These two men were not simply called "宗兄宗弟" (sworn brothers), but upon closer examination, they both came from the Li family of Longxi. However, due to the difference between zheng and shu, Li Yuan had always been one step ahead of Li Mi, and many years ago, it was considered shameful to be from Li Mi's branch.

  Su You indulged in wild fancies, silently comparing the two with the mentality of a fan seeing an idol; compared to the two Lis, the other two also left deep marks in history, and the slender one was Fang Qiao and Fang Xuanling, while the youngest handsome scholar was Du Ruhui and Du Kuming.

  The four words "household strategy and decisive action" flashed through his mind, he thought of going to make friends with them, but discovered the awkwardness of identity, others are high-ranking officials in fresh clothes and horses, what about himself? Not a single scholar, farmer, worker or merchant, not even a wild man!

  When Su You was indulging in self-pity and self-blame, the four people on the road had already bid farewell with a wave of their hands. Although they didn't take away half a speck of dust, they left a shadow on his heart.

  Li Mi has gone far away, Fang Du has gone far away, going towards that magnificent and majestic capital Chang'an.

  Li Yuan has also gone far away, he is like a passerby, from Fufeng to Chang'an, and then from Chang'an to Xingyang.

  But where is Su You? Where can he go now...