Forty-Six Billion Years of Immortality, Revealed by My Daughter for the First Time

Qin Changsheng has lived for 4.6 billion years. He’s been clocking in since Earth was still a ball of fire. He’s seen the Cambrian seas, felt the Jurassic winds, shared drinks with Qin Shi Huang, helped Li Bai after a fall, and even fought in the War of Resistance. His only hobby is photography, and he specializes in capturing things that no longer exist. Nautiluses hunting, the dinosaur kingdom playing rock-paper-scissors with meteorites, a family portrait of mammoths... At home, his daughter plays with all those jars and pots like building blocks. She uses the Yongle Encyclopedia to prop up a table leg, and plants succulents in a Shang Dynasty bronze cauldron. Qin Changsheng can’t be bothered to say anything. As far as he’s concerned, they really are toys. His daughter, Qin Keke, just started kindergarten. Her classmate told her that her dad makes a lot of money from livestreaming, and that rich dads have lots of new moms. Qin Keke lowered her head and said nothing. She wanted a new mom too. While Qin Changsheng was off in the mountains with his camera, the four-year-old started a livestream and said in her little-girl voice: “Hi everyone, I’m helping my daddy find a wife.” She picked up a jade seal beside her and showed it to the viewers. “This is my daddy’s toy. If you want to be my mom, first tell me what these words on the seal say.” The chat went wild. “That’s the Imperial Seal of China!” “What kind of person uses the Imperial Seal as a toy?!” “By the Mandate of Heaven, may he live long and prosper! Holy crap!” Qin Keke tilted her head. She only cared about one thing: “Does anyone want to be my mom?”