Zou Yi's eyes almost popped out of their sockets at her answer.
"Four?" he asked in disbelief. However, he toned down when he saw the same guilty awkward look he saw earlier when he asked her if she saw their parents.
"Not more than five minutes have passed since we went through the waterfall and arrived here."
Yu Mei who had been silent, spoke.
Zou Yi found it hard to believe. Lu Mei as if reading on it, added,
"That place operates differently than here. Years could pass there, and it wouldn't be more than a few minutes here. Your real body wasn't there."
"What was that place?" asked Zou Yi in confusion.
"Your heart, I think," answered Yu Mei. Her response triggered a reaction from Zou Liqin whose look turned grimmer.
'What happened to her in there? What did she experience for those four years?' Zou Yi inwardly.