I can rewind time to prevent death

Shi Yanan slowly pulled out the magical tool and walked up to Yan Junze, handing it back to him. Her eyes were wide with curiosity. This time, it seemed she didn't want to cover her eyes and miss the exciting scene she had missed earlier.

However, Shi Yanan soon felt disappointed. Yan Junze kept holding the large tool in his hand, but he just wouldn't put it back.

Wan Shouguang had already gone to record the energy measurements and had entered the second value into the computer as well.

Zhang Chengjing stared at the magical tool and asked, "Yan, how did you come by the three beads on this thing?"

"It was a coincidence, a chance I thought was just about resolving strangenesses, but I ended up getting a prize," Yan Junze replied without going into detail, brushing it off.

Zhang Chengjing sensed his reluctance to talk about it and didn't press further.

In Yan Junze's view, if even Zhang Chengjing with his sharp eye couldn't discern what the Black Spirit Pearl was, then it might not have been included in the databases he had seen earlier, perhaps not even in the "Special Items" section.

"Next time I run into Rock, I should figure out a way to get more of these," Yan Junze planned to himself.

"We're just missing the last energy value," Wan Shouguang said, walking over at this moment.

Zhang Chengjing clapped his hands and said, "The weather is nice today. We might be able to collect the last value tonight. Now that there's nothing else, Yan, we should head out."

He turned to Wan Shouguang and added, "Old Wan, thanks for your help this time. After you finish the item, I'll give you something as a thank you note."

Wan Shouguang waved his hands hastily, "No, no, I don't want anything. Making this umbrella for Yan is my pleasure; I don't need your gift."

After saying this, he glanced at Yan Junze, worried about causing any misunderstanding.

Yan Junze just smiled and looked towards Shi Yanan, noticing that the woman was still staring at the magical tool in his hands.

Shi Yanan timidly pointed at the magical tool and asked, "You're... going out just holding it like that?"

She quickly added, "The security guards outside..."

"I'll put it back once I'm out this door," Yan Junze nodded in response.

Shi Yanan glanced again at Yan Junze's crotch, her look somewhat disappointed.

Zhang Chengjing chuckled, slung an arm over Yan Junze's shoulder, and headed for the exit. He seemed to casually ask, "How are things going between you and Xiaomo?"

Yan Junze was startled, feeling there was more to the question.

Before he could answer, Zhang Chengjing seemed to realize his abruptness, quickly changing the subject, "Come to my place for dinner tonight. When the moon comes out, I'll measure how much energy the mysterious woman in your shadow has."

"There's a moon tonight?" Yan Junze asked.

...

"Indeed, there is a moon!"

At 7 p.m., standing inside Zhang Chengjing's home and looking at the bright moon through the window.

Not long after they had finished dinner, the bright moonlight sprinkled over the earth. Yan Junze murmured to himself, while Luo Wenli, Zhang Chengjing's wife, and Xiaomo's stepmother, was behind him cleaning up the plates.

Yan Junze turned around, ready to help clean up, but Luo Wenli shook her head, smiling, "Your uncle has something else for you outside, leave this to me. Don't worry about it."

Zhang Chengjing came out of the bedroom, putting on a jacket, "Come on, let's go for a walk."

The two of them walked out the door, the cool moonlight casting long shadows behind each of them.

After a few steps under the moonlight, Yan Junze turned to look at his shadow.

Zhang Chengjing looked back as well.

There was no reaction.

Yan Junze looked up at the moon—it was still bright—and then back at his shadow, which was just as it always was.

"Is she not guaranteed to appear?" Zhang Chengjing asked.

Yan Junze shook his head, then suddenly his gaze fixed on Zhang Chengjing, puzzling him for a moment.

"If that's the case, she might indeed not appear tonight!" Yan Junze said.