Lu Wanqing couldn't help herself. She just wanted to cry, feeling miserable!
Lu Yang hesitated, then carefully walked up to her, crouched down, and looked at her.
Lu Wanqing raised her head and saw his face. She felt her heart accelerate.
She knew it couldn't be Third Brother, but he looked so much like him...
"What's wrong?" Lu Yang couldn't help but ask, he was very concerned about her.
Lu Wanqing opened her mouth but found she couldn't speak. Alone in the interstellar era, she had tried hard not to think of home, tried to adapt to this era, to the people, the things, she had always tried her best to adapt. But she never expected to see a face so identical to Third Brother's in the interstellar era.
"Who... are you?" After a long time, she finally managed to speak, her voice hoarse.
"Lu Yang," Lu Yang said.
Lu Wanqing froze. She stared at him, her whole body stiffening – shocked, lost, disbelieving.
Could it be such a coincidence?
"My name is Lu Yang, you can call me that," Lu Yang said to her.
Lu Wanqing was startled. She stumbled backward, but being crouched, she nearly fell.
Lu Yang was also taken aback and quickly grabbed her: "Be careful!"
Lu Wanqing was held, but as she looked at him, she felt a profound shock. She couldn't believe such coincidences could exist in this world. Why was there someone who looked exactly like Third Brother and also shared the same name?
"Like you, I am also from the ancient Earth era. However, I am different from you; my body... I've had many bodies."
"I've forgotten a lot. Things from the ancient Earth era, I seem to have... mostly forgotten."
Lu Yang continued.
The ancient Earth era?
He had also survived from that time?
Could it be... he was Third Brother?
Lu Wanqing thought, her gaze fixed on him...
Seeing her stare at him like that, Lu Yang's heart also began to race uncontrollably.
He couldn't help but reach out, gently stroking the top of her head, and said, "Don't cry."
His words made Lu Wanqing want to cry again. Third Brother used to do this too. Whenever she cried, Third Brother was always the first to comfort her and protect her.
"What... era of the ancient Earth are you from?" Lu Wanqing couldn't help but ask.
As soon as she asked, Lu Wanqing felt her heart pounding. She was hopeful, yet afraid.
She hoped he was Third Brother, the Third Brother from her era, but she was also afraid he would say he wasn't...
"The 21st century, I think, around the year 2022." Lu Yang said.
Lu Wanqing's heart throbbed. She reached out, wanting to touch his cheek, but also afraid...
"Then where did you live before?" she asked again.
Lu Yang shook his head: "I don't remember."
Lu Yang looked at her and said earnestly, "I think I'm looking for someone. I lost her. I promised her parents and brothers that I would find her, but I never did."
Lu Wanqing looked at Third Brother, her tears now completely uncontrollable, falling in large drops. Her throat was hoarse. It really was... Third Brother.
"What about you? You slept for over three thousand years, why did you wake up?" Lu Yang suddenly asked her.
Lu Wanqing was stunned at his words. Why did she wake up?
She shook her head: "I don't know."
"Maybe it was an accident. I just woke up for no reason, I don't know either," Lu Wanqing said.
She couldn't help but explain, "Earlier, federal archaeologists were excavating on ancient Earth and accidentally brought me back. Perhaps the medical and technological advancements in the interstellar era unexpectedly revived me."
Lu Yang shook his head: "No."
Lu Wanqing looked puzzled: "???"
Lu Yang looked at her and said, "There is no technology in the interstellar that can revive someone who has been dead for over three thousand years."
Lu Wanqing was bewildered.
Lu Yang continued, "If such technology existed, they would have revived many people and extracted ancient Earth genes to cultivate ancient Earth humans on a large scale."
Lu Wanqing: "..."
"Then why did I come back to life?" she couldn't help but ask.
Lu Yang shook his head. He didn't know.
The next moment, Lu Wanqing grabbed Lu Yang's hand. The instant she held it, she felt a sense of security. It was Third Brother.
Lu Wanqing, crying, suddenly began to laugh. It was wonderful. Third Brother was still alive! She had found Third Brother!
Lu Yang, who was suddenly grabbed: "!!!"
Lu Yang's heart pounded. Her hand was soft and warm, with a temperature. Holding him, he felt as if his heart was also being held. He was nervous, excited.
Lu Wanqing's throat trembled. After a while, she managed to squeeze out two words: "Third Brother."
Her hoarse words seemed to strike a chord deep in his heart, making his chest tremble.
Third Brother?
Why did she call him that?
Did... they know each other before?
Was he her Third Brother?
At that moment, Lu Yang's mind began to race. Her surname was Lu, and his was also Lu. Furthermore, they were both from the 21st century of the ancient Earth era. Could it be that they...
"Third Brother," Lu Wanqing called out again.
"Am I your Third Brother?" Lu Yang asked nervously. He felt as if every word was leaping from his tongue.
Lu Wanqing nodded: "Mm."
In Lu Yang's optical computer, Qingqing AI was stunned. Third Brother? The master was Lu Wanqing's Third Brother? No way, no way, this was too shocking!
Lu Yang stared intently at Lu Wanqing. After a long time, he reached out, his fingertips slowly tracing her eyebrows and eyes... He did feel a sense of familiarity?
But... he also felt something was wrong.
How could she be Third Brother?
If they were siblings, why did his heart race so fast when he saw her? It felt like...
As Lu Yang pondered, two words suddenly jumped into his mind: Love!
"You're lying!" Lu Yang thought, and couldn't help but blurt out.
Having lived for over three thousand years, the thing he trusted most was his own feelings. If she were truly his sister, he wouldn't have such a flutter of emotion; he couldn't possibly love his own sister.
He could distinguish between brotherly love and romantic love!
Lu Wanqing: "???"
"I am not your brother," Lu Yang said.
"I am definitely not your brother!" Lu Yang repeated. But this repetition revealed his inner unease. If he wasn't her brother, why did they share the same surname?
Did he have... feelings for his own sister?
Lu Yang thought, and felt terrible. Could Lu Wanqing be the person he had been searching for all this time? And this person was his own sister, and he... loved her?
Lu Yang suddenly stood up and left in a hurry.
"Third Brother!" Lu Wanqing saw him about to leave and instinctively panicked. She quickly jumped up and grabbed him.
"Third Brother, you're not my biological brother, but you're still my brother. You are Third Brother, I wouldn't mistake you!" Lu Wanqing said anxiously.
Why wasn't Third Brother acknowledging her?
Why did he say he wasn't her brother?
Did Third Brother no longer like her?
Did Third Brother not want to acknowledge her as his sister?