Yes, Elis is dead. But the dead Elis is bigger than a ghost, and can still talk and laugh in foreign countries.
The male protagonist can go back to the past in the foreign land, it should be because the foreign land has no time. So go back to the original time like flipping a photo.
There is a detail, when young Elis saw young Josh pointing at the door, his expression was strange, he should have seen his old self. When the old Elis saw this scene, he smiled and said, "So it is." When I meet myself across the latitude of time and space, I don't know how it feels.
And through the women's clothing boss, we can see that it is very important to have a normal mother. May all husbands in the world treat their wives kindly, and mothers in the world take care of their children.
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