Immersed in despair, time seems frozen, making it hard to breathe, the future is sealed off, and the past becomes an inescapable prison.
As the great river of time begins to flow, tributaries pour into the cracks of the soul, despair dissolves, and the scars on people's bodies begin to fade.
Fragments of Gao Ming's consciousness scatter into these tributaries; he exists both outside and within time.
Drifting along, as the years change, uncertain of how long it's been, he sees in an aquarium in some city, a child bearing a striking resemblance to Chen Ge leaning against the glass in the exhibition hall, staring blankly at the fish swimming by, searching for a long time without seeing that large figure.
"Xi Nuan!" A woman's voice rings out from afar. Wen Qing runs up to the boy with the aquarium's merchandise: "Mom did her homework this time, got all ten questions right, and finally got this limited edition keychain."
