The Thirteenth Year of the Republic

Yi Yan stood with her suitcase in an old Shanghai lane in the thirteenth year of the Republic, and witnessed with her own eyes her young grandfather abandoning his wife and child, while her grandmother pleaded with him to stay.

Holding the great-uncle who had nearly been stolen away, she met the curious gaze of her father.

Yi Yan thought: "Hello, Father. I'm your hundredth-birthday present. I'll help Grandmother raise you."

Don't worry. I don't like Schrodinger's cat, and I don't like the grandfather paradox. I only like...

Note 1: In 1960, the United States established the world's first human sperm bank.

Note 2: This blurb was uploaded on February 8, 2022.

Theme: Do all you can, and don't worry about what comes next.