Chapter 48: Sorry, can you pause for a while?

　　As the red light in the memory space flashed, Dr. Rosalina said, "We don't have time..."

　　She took two steps back, and finally left a sentence: "Trust me."

　　After speaking, her movement speed suddenly accelerated, leaving an afterimage, which disappeared at the end of the corridor in a blink of an eye.

　　Dr. Watts was about to chase after him when the memory space suddenly shook. He couldn't help staggering back two steps, and then watched the corridor in front of him fold and twist, as if it had been straightened and stretched by a pair of invisible hands.

　　Needless to say, it must have been Dr. Rosalind who used the device's authority to modify the memory.

　　Afterwards, the light became indistinct, then completely darkened, and both the corridors and the classrooms became pitch black.

　　Dr. Watts: "The lighting data is abnormal - even if you abuse your power, you can't completely ban me from operating!"

　　With the beeping sound of data manipulation, Dr. Watts radiated light as if he had turned on a flashlight, but it could only illuminate a small area around him.

　　In the corridor ahead, there were some rolling stones and ground thorns inexplicably, and Dr. Watts exclaimed: "There are still traps?"

　　Dr. Rosalind replied from a distance: "I just want to buy more time!"

　　Then, the right to operate returned to Lin Fan's hands. He didn't need to read the instructions below, he knew what to do now: rush through the corridors with many obstacles and stop Dr. Rosalind!

　　Lin Fan controlled Dr. Watts to dodge the rolling stones and the flying instruments, while avoiding the spikes on the ground. The more obstacles you get behind, the more troublesome it is to avoid, and the seemingly endless corridors make people feel extremely impatient and annoyed.

　　Finally, Dr. Watts walked out of the corridor.

　　"Huh? This is..." Lin Fan looked at the scene in front of him and was stunned for a moment. Isn't this where Johnny approached Riva for the first time at school?

　　Around the corner, Riva was sitting on the stairs, reading a book. Two vague figures appeared next to them, and they seemed to be calling Riva, pulling her to another place.

　　Dr. Rosalind was just behind, quietly watching all this happen. Apparently, she had altered Johnny's memory in some way.

　　Dr. Watts rushed forward, looked in the direction where Riva disappeared, turned his head and asked Dr. Rosalind, "What did you do to her?"

　　"Relax, she just went somewhere else."

　　Dr. Watts seemed to know that it was useless, and sighed, "You're going too far."

　　Dr. Rosalind said: "At this point, this is the only way. I beg you to believe me. You just need to calm down and wait here."

　　After speaking, her figure walked into the wall and disappeared.

　　"What else are you going to do?" Dr. Watts' inquiry got no response at all, and he could only wait helplessly in place.

　　It didn't take long for Johnny and his friends to shove from the back of the corridor: "Hey, what are you doing—"

　　The figures of Johnny and Jiyou appeared, and Jiyou pushed him forward and ran away in a hurry.

　　Johnny looked at the direction in which his friend ran away, and seemed to want to escape with him, but he hesitated, took a deep breath, and turned his head: "Hello—"

　　Looking at the empty stairs, Johnny's half-sentence greeting came to an abrupt end.

　　"Sorry, kid..." Dr. Watts walked to his side with Johnny, looking up at the blank ceiling, with a tone of joy or sorrow, "It's already started."

　　There was a flash of whiteness in the memory space, and Johnny gradually disappeared in this light.

　　Memory has changed.

　　Lin Fan felt a moment of loss in his heart. He couldn't get his energy up, and his thoughts became boundless: "What will happen to the changed memory? Will Liva still appear?"

　　On the stairs, a few teenagers suddenly ran down.

　　Johnny,

His buddies, and... Joey.

　　While chatting and laughing, they ran to the cafeteria.

　　Dr. Watts watched them run away, and Dr. Rosalind then walked down the stairs.

　　Lin Fan looked at the young Joey, and his lost mood seemed to pick up a little: "Is this what Dr. Rosalind did just now? At least, Johnny's mother doesn't have to deceive herself all day long, and Joey has realized himself. A chance to wish. But..."

　　"Saving him doesn't make up for it," Dr. Watts said.

　　"He can always find another 'Riva,' Watts. But he only has one brother..." Dr. Rosalind said softly. "We should go or we'll get in the way."

　　Like a mother holding her child, the gentle bgm humming a serenade sounded, and the touching music made Lin Fan's breathing quiet, watching the scenes in Johnny's memory gradually change...

　　Outside the movie theater, Johnny hugged his calf and squatted in the corner of the wall. Riva walked out of the theater through the other exit and walked up to Johnny. Johnny turned his head to look and jumped up...

　　"Wander, take a deep breath and everything is fine"

　　A faint white light lit up, the two figures dispersed, and the scene just now seemed to have never appeared before.

　　At the entrance of the cinema, Johnny, Jiyou and Joey rushed in happily, lining up to enter the screening hall.

　　In the face of the movie being shown, several people watched it with relish...

　　"Look up, I still can't step into the spotlight"

　　Riva and Johnny rode swiftly running horses, one after the other, galloping across the grass that had lost its color.

　　"She said I was sad"

　　A faint white light lit up, and the two brown-haired horses turned black leisurely strolled on the grass, and the riders above also turned into blurred figures. The camera moves down to the road, and a car drives forward unhurriedly.

　　"Somehow, beyond words"

　　Lin Fan sighed, and tears started rolling in his eyes again: "So, have all these memories with Liva completely disappeared?"

　　As soon as the screen went dark, the camera switched to the inside of the car. Johnny looked at the scenery passing by the window, and it didn't take long for him to look away.

　　"I just stayed there looking for an answer"

　　The picture came to the classroom of the school, and the teacher seemed to have just asked a question about what career the children would like to pursue when they grow up.

　　"When the world has no meaning, we can only see the moon"

　　"Active star!"

　　"Writer!" was Joey's answer. Coincidentally, he was sitting in the same position as Riva.

　　"Firemen!"

　　Seeing that the other students responded enthusiastically, while Johnny sat in the chair silently, the teacher asked, "What about you, Johnny?"

　　Hearing the teacher's question, Joey also turned around and looked at Johnny.

　　"...astronaut."

　　"Please fly away with me until the stars fall"

　　In front of the lighthouse under the sunset, Johnny and Riva hug each other affectionately...

　　"It's dark in the sky, but I don't mind"

　　On the day the two got married, the vehicles that were full of guests came to congratulate...

　　"As long as you're with me then everything will be fine"

　　All the evidence of love and dependence disappeared at this moment.

　　The traces of your existence in my life are like being gently erased by an eraser.

　　Lin Fan couldn't hold it any longer, he tore off a piece of paper and wiped his tears: "Can this animation be paused, I want to cry for a while..."