Chapter 53: Missed the Opportunity
An ID card, even if it's a fake one, is very important to me now.
So, I dialed the number on the little card.
It went well, and when I heard that I was going to *****, the guy on the other end of the phone readily agreed. The cost is also okay, only 500 yuan.
"By the way, what's your name? Do you want your own name, or someone else's? The dude asked.
"Name?" I was stunned.
My name is Wenting, but I don't know what my last name is.
"That's it, let's call Yu Manli." I blurted out.
"What? So Yu, or Yu? ”
"So Yu, graceful man, beautiful beauty." I don't know why, I have such a deep affection for the name.
I seem to prefer to be called "Yu Manli" rather than Wenting.
Putting down the phone, I was stunned and stood there motionless.
My fate seems to have been predetermined by fate. I stayed in the hotel where Yu Manli used to stay, or was it the same room - room 308, and then, I took the same name as Yu Manli? Next, do I have to re-interpret Yu Manli's story?
Now I feel like I'm in the same TV series, but I've swapped roles with the actors who play opposite me. And all this, is it all written in the "script" a long time ago?
That night, I couldn't sleep.
In the next few days, I struggled to adapt to my new role - Yu Manli or Wenting.
It's not so much about adapting as it is about recalling, though.
According to scientists' research, even if a person has amnesia, he or she will remember certain knee-jerk actions, such as how to ride a bicycle or drive a car. This is because the human body has memorized these complex movements and can function automatically without going through consciousness.
I found that I knew how to put on makeup, and I was able to do it easily and skillfully without any special learning at all. You know, unless it's a male makeup artist who has done makeup for a lady, a man pretending to be a woman may not be so skilled in such a short period of time.
I even like to go to the mall and buy clothes. With the balance in Wenting's mobile phone that can't be used up, I can buy anything I want. It's such a cool feeling!
However, I don't like to take advantage of others. So, I went back to my old job and made a lot of money with the football lottery. This money is enough for me to live well here.
My fake ID was made quickly, and looking at the picture of myself on it, I really didn't know what it was like.
In the photo, I am still very charming and moving, just like the self I see in the mirror.
Looking at this face, I felt very strange.
yes, one second I was a man, and the next, I became a woman?
I'm also used to seeing my body in the shower, but I don't have the slightest feeling of wanting to sin. It's my own body, that's all, you don't feel like it belongs to someone else.
I rarely open the window, because I am afraid of seeing Ning Qiang on the other side again.
It was such a strange feeling, and I was even afraid that I would repeat the mistakes of that Wenting in the past, and that everything in my dream would happen to me one day.
However, the more I suppressed myself, the more anxious I became.
In the transformation novel, will the fate of those male protagonists who have been "bent" happen to me? The most terrifying thing is that I will be "bent" by my past self?
The more I think about it, the more scared I become, if this continues, will the story that happened between me and Wenting happen again?
No, I have to stop it! I have to get that watch back! Before that happens, I'm going to travel to the future, I'd rather go to the future and marry a man I don't know than give this body to my past self? What's going on with that, falling in love with yourself? No, absolutely not! I can't let this happen!
Thinking of this, I made up my mind.
I'm going to get that watch back!
At this time, my focus has quietly shifted, and I no longer seem to care about whether Yuting in this world can still live, but only about myself.
Perhaps, this is the reason why time has passed. Now, I am no longer Ning Qiang, I am Wenting! What I need to do is to reverse the love story that is destined to happen between me and Ning Qiang!
Hopefully, I can change history!
Although I decided to get the watch back, I didn't have much of a chance.
Every day I had to open the curtains and secretly observe the situation in the opposite room, looking for an opportunity to get in.
However, day by day, I still didn't find a chance to start.
At noon on this day, I saw Ning Qiang receive a phone call, and then he collapsed on the sofa, crying.
At this point in time, it should be a call from Yuting, right? She told me on the phone: she was getting married and invited me to her wedding. Then, my heart broke.
I could feel the pain of this Ning Qiang on the other side, and I even wanted to comfort him, because I used to be him. However, that wasn't my primary concern, and for now, I just wanted to get that watch back.
Ning Qiang, no matter how hard you try, it's useless, your fate can't be changed! I really want to say to this Ning Qiang on the other side.
Yes, I used to work as hard as you did, but what's the use? Everything is predestined and cannot be changed. Forget it, you just treat Yuting as if she has an incurable disease, so let her go with peace of mind.
What is going to happen next is the most familiar to me. But even so, I didn't dare rush over and steal it, to grab the watch.
What to do? I paced around the room, still at a loss.
In this way, I struggled until August 24, 2019.
On this day, if you follow the script for the first time, Ning Qiang will dial back the watch in the men's toilet of the Venus Hotel at 20:30 in the evening. In this way, he will open this "Pandora's box" and understand how powerful this watch really is. Then, it is the endless reincarnation, and I will inevitably get closer and closer to him, until finally, the two will inevitably "collide" in everything!
He must be stopped! I'm sure to grab this watch before 8:30 p.m.!
So, on this day, I also came to the Venus Hotel.
However, this time, I am not here to save Yuting, but to save myself!
I admit that I've changed now, and that's because I've become a different person. As a woman, I don't seem to have the same feeling for Yuting as before, the feeling of seeing her as a goddess. Perhaps, this is the reason why I am more objective in the position of being of the same sex, right?
Now, I am a goddess myself, I know a secret, I have a secret that can turn my life around! Now, I'm going to take out the means of a goddess and change my fate!
When I arrived at the hotel, I chose the most inconspicuous place, which was the closest place to the entrance of the wedding venue, and observed everything here. Anyway, no one knew me, and they all thought I was a guest from the bride and groom, and they didn't suspect my identity.
I had already seen Ning Qiang, and he was sitting next to Hao Ming. His face didn't look good, but of course, I knew why he wasn't happy.
His attention was focused on the stage. On that, Yuting and Shiwen are happily performing the ceremony of their happy marriage.
When I saw that associate professor Shiwen, I didn't feel the slightest jealousy and anger at this time.
Of course, he hid from his new wife and had an affair. Now, no one here will know this except me. However, I don't seem to care about that now. That's someone else's business, what does it have to do with me?
Ning Qiang drank a little too much, and Hao Ming put his arms around his shoulders and was talking something. Of course, only I know what they're talking about.
Then, Ning Qiang suddenly stood up and walked towards the bathroom. The newlyweds on the stage had already finished cutting the cake and came down.
It's not good, Ning Qiang, is this going to the toilet? When he arrives at the toilet, he turns the dial of his watch upside down and travels back in time to the past 5 months ago! This is my last chance, I'm going to stop him and get my watch back!
I was about to get up when someone stopped me.
"I'm sorry, this young lady, I don't seem to know you? Are you a friend of the man or the woman? ”
I was stunned, but when I turned around, I was stunned.
The person who stopped me was none other than the serious police officer!
"Officer Yan? It's you? I blurted out.
Today, instead of wearing a police officer's uniform, this officer Yan is wearing a civilian attire, and he is sitting at my table. However, because my attention was on Ning Qiang in front of me and Shi Wen and Yuting on the stage, I didn't notice him at all.
"What, do you recognize me?" Serious stunned for a moment, and then, laughing.
I had barely seen him smile at me before. But now he smiled at me.
Oops, I'm not Ning Qiang now, but Wen Ting, how can I know seriousness? Wouldn't it be bad if he found something flawed?
"Maybe I'm too famous, right?" Seriously, half-self-deprecating, half-humorous, he said, "Miss, what is your surname?" ”
"I, my surname is Yu." I stood up and said, "I'm sorry, I'll go to the bathroom." ”
Nodding solemnly, I suddenly saw something different in his eyes.
Maybe it's because I'm a woman now, and women's instincts are very sensitive. Seriousness is not like ordinary men, these days, I have been accustomed to the obscene eyes of some men on the street, but seriousness is not such eyes, he seems to be a little pity for me, and a little shocked.
However, what is hidden in this look?
I got rid of my seriousness, but my precious time was lost to this event.
By the time I got to the men's bathroom, it was too late.
I could only watch as Ning Qiang turned the watch, and he disappeared in front of my eyes, in front of the sink, turning into a puff of steam.
It's over, I'm late, but he still takes me one step ahead and travels back in time!
Ning Qiang in this world, the former me, has disappeared. So, what about the current me, this Wenting now? What's the point of me staying here? I can't prevent the inevitable death of Yuting in the future, and I can't continue to stay in this world as Wenting or Yu Manli. Because, I don't belong here!
I don't seem to have to worry about this happening, though.
Because, I'm also disappearing little by little, just like Ning Qiang, I've also become steam!
I finally understood: as long as someone activates this watch that can turn back time, no matter who that person is, I will follow him and travel to another time and space. Because, I don't belong to any time and space, I'm just an "intruder", once this space-time reversal machine is activated, I, an outsider, can only follow the person who reverses time and space, and travel to the past together.
So, what will become of me after this crossing?
Am I Ning Qiang in the past, or Wen Ting?
I don't know, I really don't know.
The truth will only be revealed after the crossing is completed······