"How can this be? I must be overthinking it... This is impossible, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't make sense, and..." Dennis muttered to himself in a long string of words, his voice low and his speech very fast, with every word and sentence blurring together, to the point where he himself probably didn't know what he was saying, let alone Xia Chuan and the others standing beside him, who were completely baffled.

He Liang couldn't even find a gap to interject and answer his questions, and was also very curious about his strong reaction.

Shen Lan couldn't help but say, "What's wrong with you, just say it, what kind of sutra are you chanting."

Dennis swallowed and said, "I just suddenly remembered why I felt the name of this passenger ship was familiar, because I had really heard of it before. This passenger ship had sunk in the sea due to some reasons, with some passengers on board perishing, and some being rescued."

"Sunk in the sea?" Xia Chuan frowned.

If it were a stranger hearing Dennis' words, they would definitely think he was talking nonsense. If it had already sunk, then what about the place they were standing on now? Had they seen a ghost?

Although He Liang didn't say anything, judging from the expression on his face, he should belong to this category.

But Xia Chuan and Shen Lan were different. Before boarding this ship, they had just walked through two unimaginable worlds that should have long disappeared. So Dennis' words not only didn't make them feel absurd, but rather had the effect of awakening someone from a dream.

"No wonder..." Xia Chuan responded in a low voice.

No wonder the decor here always had an old-fashioned feel to it. Calling it retro was a bit too much, but calling it modern always felt a bit awkward. Whether it was the dim yellow lighting or the style of the shirts and trousers, they all had a traditional feel to them...

"Looks like we really have seen a ghost." Shen Lan swept his gaze around, his eyes unintentionally passing over He Liang, and came to this conclusion.

In He Liang's eyes, the reactions of these three people were all a bit absurd. He said in an unhappy tone, "There are many ships with the same name. If it really sank, how could we be standing here."

Dennis didn't know how to explain it to him, and just shook his head and said, "I shouldn't have made a mistake. Because I didn't learn about the sinking of this ship from TV or newspapers, but heard it from someone, and he mentioned this to me because of an old photo."

Xia Chuan asked, "Who?"

Dennis hesitated for a moment before answering, "The professor."

The only "professor" in their shared knowledge was Professor Linton.

Xia Chuan's expression changed, and some thoughts flashed through his mind, disappearing in an instant, to the point where he himself didn't know what those thoughts were.

Before they could say anything, Dennis had already started talking to himself in a daze, "That was a few years ago, the first time I visited the professor's house. In his study, I saw a very special photo. The reason why I say it was special was because the photo was quite old, at least ten or even twenty years old. It had probably been exposed to moisture or water, and the surface of the photo was already blurred, and it was blurred in a particularly wrong place, right on the faces of the people in the photo.

"The photo was of three people, two of them wearing shirts, one with a jacket draped over his elbow, and the other wearing a very simple t-shirt. Because everything above the shoulders was basically a blur, they could only be identified by their physiques. At least the two wearing shirts were not too old."

He gestured with his hand and said, "From the lower part of the photo that wasn't blurred, you could see a bit of metal railing. But most of it was blocked by people, with only two sections exposed. At the time, I asked the professor why he still had the photo framed and placed on the bookshelf, even though it was ruined like this, and it didn't match the other things. It would have been fine to just put it in a photo album or something. The professor told me at the time that it was because the people in the photo were very special to him."

"I asked him if they were friends. He first subconsciously nodded, but after a while, he shook his head and said he didn't know. I asked him where the photo was taken, and he said it was on a passenger ship called the Dominic, twenty years ago. Later, the ship sank, and the two friends in the photo also perished." At this point, Dennis swallowed again, paused for a moment, then raised his eyes and looked at He Liang with a very complex gaze.

Actually, from the moment he started talking about this, Xia Chuan and Shen Lan had already vaguely predicted what it would be about, but after hearing it, they still had a feeling of unreality.

"So no wonder earlier in the corridor, we could hear a little girl listening to GNR's song 'Don't Cry'. If I remember correctly, that song was released in the early 1990s... In other words, the time we are in now should be 199-"

"1992." He Liang suddenly interjected, "If I'm not mistaken, the song 'Don't Cry' was released last year."

"You even know about this?" Dennis was distracted by his words and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"I don't really pay attention to these things. A young colleague in the lab likes it and brought the CD into the company cafeteria's CD player, playing it over and over again for a whole year. It's hard not to remember even if you wanted to." He Liang seemed to not have grasped the meaning of Dennis' previous words at all, and his expression still looked extremely calm.

He paused for a moment, then added, "That colleague also showed signs of experimental failure three months ago this year and didn't make it through."

Hearing this, Xia Chuan and the others fell into another silence. In this silence, Dennis opened his mouth, then closed it, and after a few seconds, opened his mouth again, as if he had something to say but didn't quite dare to say it.

"Are you a goldfish?" Shen Lan glanced at him and said in an unhappy tone, "If you have something to say, just say it."

"I just wanted to say, Mr. He, is the full name of the friend you mentioned Buddy Linton?" After saying this, Dennis added, "I remember the professor mentioning to me at the time that one of the people in the photo was Chinese, very smart, surnamed... um, if I remember correctly, surnamed Xia."

Shen Lan: "..."

Xia Chuan: "..............................................................."

Many people's memories are just that magical. When they see some familiar things, they often only feel a sense of familiarity at first, unable to recall where they heard or saw it before. But when they suddenly remember, they can pull out a string of details as if the events of that year are replaying in their minds, with every detail and every word seemingly becoming extremely clear.

Dennis obviously belongs to this type of person.

However, the words he said were like a nuclear bomb, exploding in Xia Chuan's ears.

For the first time, he experienced the feeling of a dazed mind, and instinctively cast his gaze towards He Liang.

He saw He Liang stand up from his chair, nod and say, "He's right, my surname is indeed Xia. So what about you, what is your real surname? After asking this question, I need to go deal with some things. After all, if what was said just now are all things that will happen in the future, then it's very likely that my and Gardner's whereabouts have been exposed in the end."

When Xia Liang spoke, his eyes fell on Xia Chuan, and the usual calm look in his eyes had something indescribable added to it. Although he still looked extremely calm, but...

"As I said before, you and I have the same surname. It's just that I made it up casually before, but this time it's real." Xia Chuan's expression was almost identical to his.

"Xia Chuan?" He Liang repeated the name twice, and said, "Same name as the little one in my family."

Xia Chuan: "..."

Dennis: "..."

The corner of his mouth twitched, thinking this is not the same name at all. Didn't you understand what I just said? We've gone back 23 years!!!

While the surging complaints were still rolling in Dennis's heart, He Liang suddenly spoke again, "I suddenly... don't know how to face you. I believe the strange feeling in your heart won't be any less than mine."

Xia Chuan subconsciously nodded. He did indeed have a strange feeling in his heart. But amidst the strangeness, there were other emotions surging, making his heart feel hot and swollen, as if a huge air sac had suddenly expanded inside, making the membranes of his heart feel sore.

"But I'm very happy." He Liang's gaze swept up and down several times, and a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

This smile was different from the polite one before, with a kind of gentleness that went from the corners of his eyes to the corners of his mouth. He said in a low voice, "I never thought that I would be able to see you grow up smoothly in this way, even taller than me..."