I finally understood: in the world of the future, in the year 2037, I turned this watch counterclockwise, and it took me back 15 years ago, at 3:30 p.m. on March 24, 2019. However, I didn't change back into my original self, on the contrary, I continued to retain Wenting's identity, but in this parallel space, I bumped into another self, another Ning Qiang living in 2019!

This Ning Qiang is not Wen Ting who is interchangeable with my soul, but another real Ning Qiang, that is, myself. It's just that this is me in another parallel space, not the current me!

Did I meet myself? However, I can only watch this "me" control my body and do what I have done?

Yes, all his movements, all his words, are so familiar, just like I have done in the previous crossings.

Ning Qiang in this parallel space is like someone else in my eyes, but he has done everything I have done. He bought the watch, and then went out with the watch again. During this process, the boss reminded him that he could not call back his watch, but I am sure that he would eventually call it back on the night of August 24, 2019.

It's a weird feeling, like I'm watching myself perform in a video. However, when we watch the video, we know that the person in the video is ourselves, and that is just the history and images of ourselves. Now, however, this "history" or image is not in the video, but in the real world. And I, on the other hand, was like a spectator, watching another me perform the role I used to play, doing the same actions and saying the same things.

However, he is Ning Qiang, so who am I?

Could it be that I have replaced Wenting? Had to play the role she once played?

The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, but when I saw that Ning Qiang leaving the shop, although I still hesitated for a moment, I still followed out.

Ning Qiang (well, I can only call him that for the time being, just as if he was a stranger with the same name and surname as me and the same look) walked forward, and when he reached the door of a small shop, he suddenly turned around.

I had nowhere to run, and in a panic, I had to walk in the other direction, but I was a little nervous.

Oh my God, why are my movements exactly the same as Wenting's previous actions? What's going on?

I recalled the action I had just scertained, yes, I stepped on those high heels, there was no sense of disobedience at all, it seemed natural. Also, when I wore the bra on my chest, I didn't seem to feel it. Even, I found that some of my personalities were becoming more and more like women.

Could it be that I am not Ning Qiang at all, but Wen Ting?

I suddenly remembered Zhuangzi's famous dream butterfly, and Zhuangzi sighed: I don't know if Zhuangzi has become a butterfly, or a butterfly has become Zhuangzi? So, what about me? Is it me Ning Qiang who has become Wenting, or am I Wenting in the first place?

My brain has become more chaotic.

However, another problem arose, and my confusion instantly turned into panic!

It's not good, my watch, my watch was taken away by this "Ning Qiang"!

Damn, why didn't I buy this watch first just now, only to watch it being taken away by Ning Qiang in this world? In these different parallel spaces, Ning Qiang can have countless of them, but there is only one magic watch! He took the watch, so how will I cross it in the future, how can I "cheat"? Wouldn't I be a woman forever?

No, I have to get my watch back! That Ning Qiang didn't know how to use this watch at all, if he activated this watch, I was afraid that I would be constantly dragged back in time by him, and experience those helpless and painful past events again and again.

I really don't want to go through the past few times, do I have to do it again? And then, the cycle goes on endlessly? Oh my God, what about my own life? Could it be that in my life, I can only go on like this without limit?

When I think of this, I have only one firm belief.

That's it – I have to get that watch back! Take it back from your own hands in this space now!

However, that Ning Qiang seemed to realize something, and he actually ran!

Can't let him run away! Even if he runs away, the watch must be taken back!

So, I also picked up my pace.

However, this Ning Qiang ran into the toilet in one go.

I wanted to follow up, but when I was almost at the door of the men's bathroom, I stopped.

Oops, I forgot that I'm not a man now!

No, I'd better wait for him to come out. He always has to come out and wait!

But what if he comes out of it and finds me?

I saw a tree about ten meters away from the toilet, so I simply hid behind the tree, but my eyes were fixed on the direction of the men's toilet.

This Ning Qiang came out again, but he didn't leave immediately, but washed his hands at the sink at the door of the toilet. The plastic bag with the watch was next to him!

The watch, this is the watch, take it back!

A thought drove me forward, but I was scared again. Did I fight with him in the past? Apparently impossible.

Suddenly, he seemed to spot me and looked back this way.

I was startled, and my body shook involuntarily.

Calm down, calm down! I wanted to calm myself down, but no matter what my brain commanded, my body was still out of control. Could it be that my current body has betrayed me?

At that moment, suddenly, a dazzling flash of lightning flashed in the sky, and then a rumbling thunder sounded. Then, the rain poured down.

"Ahh I was startled and took a step back.

This was just a very instinctive action, but when I came to my senses, I was shocked to see that Ning Qiang, who was ten meters away on the opposite side, was looking at me with wide eyes!

It's over, I'm exposed, I'm found out by him! He found out I was stalking him!

Suddenly, he was running towards me!

My subconscious instinct was to run away, but one thing changed my mind!

The watch, the watch was actually thrown on the sink by Ning Qiang! He forgot to take the watch?

Don't miss the opportunity, lose it again!

So, instead of running away, I ran out from behind the tree and ran towards the opposite side, towards the sink.

However, after I ran up, I regretted it.

I am no longer the man Ning Qiang of the past, I have become a woman's Wenting, the running speed is not only half a beat slower, but also, I am still wearing high heels, and it is not easy to run at all.

That Ning Qiang obviously realized something, and immediately turned around and rushed to the sink.

In the "race" where I rushed to the sink with him, he won without any suspense, as he was closer to the sink and faster. I could only watch him, in front of me, take the plastic bag in my hand.

I stopped, gasped, and looked at him in despair.

He looked at me too, looking at each other, and neither of us spoke.

Then he ran again, in the direction of the home I once was!

Can't let him run away like this! I'm going to catch up and get that watch back, it's mine, mine, mine!

I mustered up the last bit of strength and chased after him.

Ning Qiang, who was in front, bumped into the old lady in a wheelchair, and his speed slowed down.

I still have a chance! Catch up!

However, Ning Qiang had already bypassed the wheelchair.

As for me, I didn't have time to "brake suddenly" and crashed into the old lady's wheelchair solidly.

"Ah, I'm sorry!" I subconsciously screamed, this was the first sentence I uttered in this parallel world, of course, it was a female voice belonging to Wenting.

Ning Qiang ran farther and farther, and I chased a few more steps, but I couldn't run anymore.

Wenting's physical fitness really can't be compared with my body in the past, just after running for a while, my heart was pounding, and I was only gasping for breath.

I stopped, clutching my chest, and could only watch as Ning Qiang disappeared from my vision.

The most infuriating thing is that he even turned around and laughed with a victor's eye.

Makes you laugh! "Ning Qiang", you wait, I will definitely get the watch back!

But what about being angry, what about being helpless? I still lost this game.

I sighed and dragged my feet slowly.

The rain was falling on my hair and on my face, but I didn't pay any attention to it.

I just want to change back to my old self and see Yuting again, even if this time I am doomed to fail.

But what else could I do without that watch?

Just then, the rain suddenly stopped, and the sun came out again. I was facing the direction of the sun, and I couldn't open my eyes because of it.

I walked to the house where I used to be, and I stood downstairs, and I looked up.

It's on the third floor, in the house where I used to be, and the windows haven't been opened yet.

Ning Qiang in this time and space has returned home, and at this moment, he should be lying on the sofa just like me in the past, right? The watch, he threw it on the sofa? Then, it was Hao Ming's call. After answering the phone, Ning Qiang will come to the window, open the window, and look at the opposite side?

I remember every detail of this day, March 24, 2019, as it has been repeated countless times.

I turned around again and looked across from my house, at the gray building, at the little hotel.

Room 308, the one facing my room, the window was still closed, like a silent, closed eye.

I can't go back to my own home, because I'm not Ning Qiang anymore.

But should I live on the other side? Just like Yu Manli in the past, that is, me now, Wenting, used to do it?

I really don't want to continue to play the role of Wenting, let alone monitor every move on the other side in room 308. What's there to see? Isn't that the other side just me?

But I'm already homeless, where can I go?

I hesitated, not knowing what to do next, so I had to walk around downstairs.

At that moment, I inadvertently looked up again and saw that the window of my house had been pushed open.

Oh no, that Ning Qiang was about to push open the window, he would see me soon! If he finds out I'm stalking me, he'll be suspicious of me.

So, I quickened my pace and left this place, my former home.

I had nowhere else to go, so I had to think about finding a place to settle down for the time being.

However, because I didn't have an ID card and no other documents to prove my identity, the hotels and hostels didn't dare to contain me.

Until eight o'clock in the evening, I was wandering around, unable to find a place to go.

I finally tasted the taste of not having a home, and my feelings were extremely complicated and heavy when I walked through the noisy streets.

If only I could get that watch, but what's the use? I can't change back to my old state, I can't change back to Ning Qiang.

Could it be that in this life, or even countless time and space traversed, I can only become Wenting and survive as a woman?

I really don't want to admit defeat like this, but what I need most now is to find a place to sleep.

Perhaps, only in my sleep can I get a little respite······