My soul was ripped apart by a force during that intense emotional turmoil.

In the agony, I lost consciousness.

When I opened my eyes again, I was lying on the shore.

My soul was back in my body.

And there was a voice, a system, in my mind.

[Detection complete. Host meets the requirements to bind with the Repentance Collection System.]

The system saved me.

I just sneered, a self-mocking smile on my lips.

Meet the requirements?

"Do you think my family will regret my death?" I asked the voice.

"They only care about Justin."

"You've bound to the wrong person."

[No. You have simply lost a memory.]

The next second, memories flooded my mind like a tide.

A tour boat on a lake suddenly malfunctioned.

The whole boat lost control and capsized.

The family of four on board was thrown into the water.

The lake was remote.

Almost deserted.

The father was a strong swimmer.

He could have saved the whole family.

But he suddenly cried out, his face twisted in pain.

"My leg cramped!" he yelled.

The mother and the little girl couldn't swim.

They struggled helplessly in the water.

Despair gripped them all.

But no one expected the youngest boy to react fastest.

He could swim.

Agile as a fish in the water.

His body was small, his arms thin.

But he had surprising strength.

He set his jaw tightly.

He pushed the two adults towards the shore.

Without a moment's hesitation, he swam back.

He had to save the girl in the water.

The girl was panicked.

She thrashed wildly, hitting him multiple times.

He endured the pain.

He was already completely exhausted from saving the adults.

He was at the end of his strength.

But there was a force supporting him.

He fought to push the girl up onto the shore.

He himself, drained of energy, sank into the water.

The people on the shore had just come to their senses.

They were frantically calling the police and shouting for help.

But an unusually strong current rushed in.

The boy, without strength, was swept away by the water.

He vanished.

On the shore, his parents cried hysterically.

"Baby!" they sobbed.

"Don't abandon Mommy and Daddy! Please, come back!"

That couple was heartbroken beyond belief after losing their biological son.

They never even saw his body.

Their whole home was swallowed by despair.

The girl, who was usually so lively, threw away all her toys.

She sat in the living room, silent, day after day.

Every night, she cried, sobbing for her little brother.

Meanwhile, the boy had been swept into a river.

A fisherman by the riverbank found him.

He pulled him out.

The boy had hit his head hard.

He had lost his memory.

One side of his face was a bloody mess.

The kind man took him for facial reconstructive surgery.

Then he brought him to an orphanage.

Because he was found in the river, the kind man gave him a name related to water.

He called him 'Little Miao'.