Yup! That's pretty much it. Although I don't remember He Tian saying he would be away "for two days"; his disappearance was post 3rd year of high school (as his student card here suggests) so we haven't even gotten close to what his parting words to Mo would be, from what I remember.
when he tian escaped from his brother and was hiding from him in chapter 440! he tian took momo into the woods to say that he was going away for 2 days. that was one of the last episodes from that timeline i think. so i thought that was the author telling us that that was the only thing he tian told momo before going away.
Oh thank you for telling me the chapter! I had forgotten about that line so it was good to go back.
Now, technically, you could be right and wrong.
This line is said while they are still in middle school-- but the current chapter shows a 3rd year high school student card, which would be 3 years apart from that, and theoretically means that He Tian was around until then...but it could be a mistake in the translation, maybe, or Old Xian could be trying to rectify precious mentions of them in middle school as being high-school (which would lead to a nasty problem in the storyline, but alas). I feel like this realy does fit as a way to transition into the future where it has been *way more than 2 days*, but the timeline we have so far wouldn't fit 100%. Maybe He Tian went off and disappeared a bunch of other times? And Mo was especially mad this time because it was the one time he wasn't notified? Who knows!
I guess we'll only know for certain after a few chapters (RIP)
i’ve seen translation confuse middle school and high school in china or foreign countries, or they use them interchangeably at least so i kinda see that happening. i also agree with the second part bc old xian has gotten inconsistent with the story so we’ll never know!
now i’m rlly confused when he tian and jian yi went off the grid because i reread a couple of chapters in the beginning where zheng xi said that jian yi went missing during their 2nd day of highschool. now i’m confused whether jian yi went missing for a long time a couple of times, or this was the long hiatus with he tian that is kind of the most important plot device in the series.
XiXi says that when Jian Yi went missing that day, he thought he'd never see him again, and we jump back to XiXi being in university-- so I think it's fair to assume he was gone for 3 or 4+ years, but how long exactly is hard to say because we're not really given anything to compare with. They spend at least some time together before *that* Christmas, though; so they've met and have been together (at least in a friendly way lmao) before He Tian's comeback, since he specifically comes back during Christmas (ch224). So I don't think their "disappearances" (so to speak) are tied to one another.
Their families for sure have a shady business transaction going on, but I think it's safe to say the two of them "come and go" independently
OOOOH okay! i was really under the impression that he tian’s “business” was just taking over his brother’s business so in my mind, that extended to helping jian yi with his family matters. but thank you for this! if i think of their parting that happened separately, the timeline makes more sense. i wish old xian would release more chapters about their parting, both he tian and jian yi’s, to clear things up more. thank you so much!
While He Cheng (and his father by extension) seems to work closely to "Mr. Yi", it's not clear what exactly his father wants He Tian to do. From what I can gather from their "mafia-esque" style, he probably wants to teach He Tian how to run their whole operation (being the head/the boss)-- which would mean helping protect Jian Yi, technically, but probably doesn't mean he will be as physically involved in that as, say, one of the men that would work for him.
They also probably manage other "non-shady" businessess (hence the horrendous amount of wealth) and I think that's what He Tian has his eyes on, since he talks about being able to provide for Mo, and this would be the safer way to do it
and honestly I'm having fun theorizing and stuff so ty too :]
wait when did Jian Yi disappeared? I am so lost damn
Check chapter 45, first plot relevant chapter. He disappears on the second day of High School
ah so when he tian said that he was going away for “two days” that was a lie? cause he and jian yi went away for so long that by the time they got back, it’s post college graduation already? and the christmas special where he tian went back is the beginning of this timeline? that explains momo’s grudge against he tian who left him for so long? am i understanding this right?