IRDFPFCIW Chapter 77

When Jiang Tang opened his eyes in the morning, he realized something was off about where he was lying.

Looking up at the ceiling, it took him several minutes to realize that it was different from the one he had seen before going to bed last night.

How come the ceiling and the room’s decoration resembled that of his previous life?

Jiang Tang pushed aside a certain arm draped over his waist and sat up abruptly.

He looked around. It was not similar, this was indeed his room from his previous life!

“Wife, why are you awake so early? Don’t you want to sleep a bit longer?”

An arm reached out from behind and pulled Jiang Tang back into the covers, then he was tightly embraced by someone.

…Wife?

Jiang Tang frowned and was about to respond, but he froze when he saw Wen Renyuan. His eyes widened in shock.

Wen Renyuan’s face was still the same, but how did his silver hair suddenly turn black?

And upon closer inspection, Wen Renyuan’s face appeared more mature than before. Although still handsome, it carried a charm of age.

“…Why did your hair turn black?”

Wen Renyuan nuzzled against Jiang Tang’s neck like a big cat for a while before touching Jiang Tang’s face.

“Wife, are you confused after sleeping? When we returned to Earth a few years ago, you said my silver hair was too eye-catching, so I dyed it to black.”

Jiang Tang: ???

Wait…

Jiang Tang sat on the sofa hugging his arms, while a pitiful Wen Renyuan sat across from him.

Wen Renyuan: “Wife…”

Jiang Tang raised a hand to refuse. “I told you not to call me wife!”

Wen Renyuan: …sob.

How could his big and fragrant wife not want to be called that after waking up?

Jiang Tang was too lazy to respond to him. He rubbed his temples and organized his thoughts.

The current situation seemed to be: he and Wen Renyuan had studied that notebook they found in the cave on the deserted island one day before and found a way to return to this world.

A few years ago, they successfully returned to Earth using that method and had been living there ever since.

Although he didn’t know why he lost so many years of memory, Jiang Tang’s memories were definitely still from yesterday, which was when Lin Yucang and Gu Lin posted on Star Network, and Wen Renyuan wanted to… cough, cough at night because of jealousy.

Yesterday, someone was jealous and wanted to take things further. But he woke up to find himself married?

Looking at his reflection in the mirror, Jiang Tang felt a bit dazed. Time seemed to have treated the young man in the mirror kindly, leaving no traces on his face.

He looked more stable, reserved, and gentle than before, like a glass of mellow red wine.

Jiang Tang wanted to touch his face but noticed the ring on his left hand’s ring finger.

Wen Renyuan hugged him from behind. “Old… baby[mfn]buzzword on the Internet which comes from a popular video. Old (老, lao) baby (寶貝, baobei): usually not young, but very handsome or rich[/mfn], what are you thinking about?”

Jiang Tang shook his head and leaned back against Wen Renyuan’s chest.

He was actually thinking about what those lost ten years had been like.

Suddenly, he felt a little regretful.

Perhaps, one day in the future, he would recover all his memories.

After all, he had lived on Earth for twenty years, so even though he lost some memories, Jiang Tang adapted quickly to life on Earth.

But what surprised him a bit was Wen Renyuan.

He was an interstellar person, but he looked more like a native of Earth than Jiang Tang himself.

For example now, Wen Renyuan was effortlessly shopping for New Year’s goods while holding his hand in the supermarket.

Jiang Tang: …

Time has really changed something terrifying! Just yesterday, you were still the arrogant and domineering Imperial Marshal!

Wen Renyuan carried all the New Year goods in one hand and held Jiang Tang’s hand with the other.

China had legalized same-sex marriage many years ago, so many same-sex couples walked hand in hand on the streets.

However, Wen Renyuan and Jiang Tang still attracted a lot of attention due to their stunning looks.

Wen Renyuan tucked Jiang Tang’s hand into his coat pocket to warm it.

Jiang Tang smiled. Although this Wen Renyuan was a bit different from the Imperial Marshal in his memories, what could he do? Wen Renyuan in this state still made his heart race.

Wen Renyuan and Jiang Tang drove back to the Jiang family’s old house.

Unlike the “Jiang Tang” from the interstellar world, in this world, Jiang Tang had a very harmonious and loving big family.

During the Chinese New Year, the old house was the liveliest.

Jiang Tang was especially popular with the children, particularly the younger generation of the Jiang family. They rushed over as soon as they saw Jiang Tang and Wen Renyuan coming.

The lively and outgoing ones hugged Jiang Tang’s legs, while the shy ones stood by and looked at him obediently.

Jiang Tang patted each of their heads. After patting, he gave them all red envelopes.

“Alright, go play.”

After giving the red envelopes, Jiang Tang looked at the backs of the children running away happily. He couldn’t help but laugh.

“Huh? There’s still a little friend here. What should I do? I don’t have enough red envelopes prepared.”

A small baby was being held by his mother, standing aside. Jiang Tang walked over. The baby had big bright eyes and was curiously looking at him while babbling.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Tang took out a bracelet and fastened it onto the baby’s wrist. “May you grow up healthy and happy.”

The woman holding the baby thanked Jiang Tang.

When Jiang Tang tried to pull his hand back, the baby suddenly grabbed his finger, making a couple of ah-ah sounds.

Jiang Tang found it amusing, so he poked the baby’s chubby cheek and started chatting with the mother.

“…Jiang Shan? Sounds like a very grand name.”

The woman covered her mouth and laughed, saying, “It’s not the mountain of mountain and rivers, but cedar of cedar tree. Jiang Shan.”

Jiang Tang exclaimed and rubbed the baby’s nose, “Oh, so it’s this Shan! Hello, Little Jiang Shan~”

But Jiang Tang always felt that this name sounded somewhat familiar. Jiang Shan, Jiang Shan… he muttered it again and again in his mind.

Suddenly, it was as if a bolt of lightning flashed across a dark sky and a loud sound echoed in his mind.

Jiang Shan!

That one who transformed the deserted island into another Earth, left behind a whole shelf of comic books in the cave, and precious little booklets—that Jiang Shan!

He was the one who left the writing in 2055. According to the timeline, it should be this very Jiang Shan in front of him.

Jiang Tang looked at the little cutie who was now starting to nibble on his fingers again with a complicated expression. Is this even possible?

“Little baby, what kind of fate do we have?”

Throughout the afternoon, Jiang Tang occasionally glanced at little Jiang Shan, sighing and marveling at this wonderful destiny.

Wen Renyuan observed all of this.

When the evening came and it was just the two of them, Wen Renyuan suddenly pushed Jiang Tang down onto the bed.

“Do you really like children that much?”

Jiang Tang tilted his head and thought for a moment, “I do quite like them.”

Although children are very cute, raising them can be really troublesome. When they cry, it’s hard to handle. He might as well raised a few fluffy pets or just enjoy watching other people’s children.

While Jiang Tang was lost in thought, Wen Renyuan had already reached for the buttons of Jiang Tang’s pajamas.

It was not until Jiang Tang’s chest was exposed that he said, “What are you doing?”

Wen Renyuan leaned down and kissed Jiang Tang.

“Since you like children so much, let’s have one!”

Jiang Tang: ???

He just lost his memory, not his mind, okay! Who are you fooling?!

Jiang Tang lifted his foot, intending to kick the man off the bed, but heard a thud.

Jiang Tang: ? I haven’t even kicked yet.

“Baby… wake up…”

Who was speaking?

Suddenly, a distant voice floated into Jiang Tang’s ears, and his eyelids became heavier and heavier, and his vision gradually blurred.

“Baby, wake up, it’s time to get up.”

Jiang Tang abruptly opened his eyes to see Wen Renyuan’s enlarged face in front of him.

Jiang Tang almost kicked him.

Wen Renyuan felt a bit wronged. “Baby, what’s wrong? Did you have a nightmare? Just now in the dream, you wanted to kick me.”

Jiang Tang looked at Wen Renyuan. He was young and silver-haired, then he glanced around the bedroom.

This was the interstellar world!

He was back again?

“I ask you, how old are you this year? What happened last night? Did we get married?”

Wen Renyuan answered one by one.

“I’m 27 years old this year.”

“Last night, we almost took a step further.”

When it came to the last question, Wen Renyuan raised an eyebrow.

“I didn’t know you were in such a hurry, baby. If it wasn’t for wanting to give you the grandest wedding, I wouldn’t have… But since you want to, how about we go register first?”

Jiang Tang: …Okay, he really is back.

He reached out and hugged Wen Renyuan’s waist, rubbing against his chest.

Wen Renyuan was stunned for a moment by Jiang Tang’s rare initiative, then reached out to hug him back.

The two stayed in a comfortable silence, hugging each other and enjoying the quiet and sweet morning together.

Was it a dream or reality?

Jiang Tang himself couldn’t tell.

If it was a dream, it was too realistic.

But if it was really just a dream, fortunately he didn’t miss out on those ten years of memory.

“Let’s get married, I’m serious,” Jiang Tang suddenly said.