Chapter 3: Opening Pandora's Box

It is true that time cannot be reversed, but unfortunately, I only understood this truth after paying a heavy price.

Although I like Yuting very much, I still haven't confessed because I'm afraid of being rejected by her. However, I think it's still early anyway, she is only 24 years old this year, in this era when it is normal to get married in her 30s, how can a girl of this age get married so early?

This time, however, I was completely wrong.

On this day in August 2019, five months after I bought the watch, I suddenly received a call from Yuting.

Although we occasionally contacted after graduation, it didn't add up to three or four times. As a thief, I never mustered up the courage to ask her out to meet alone, and only occasionally saw her at class reunions. Every time, I would be nervous, especially when Hao Ming was sitting next to me, looking at me with malicious intentions, and then at Yuting.

I'm really afraid that I'll get drunk at the class reunion, and I'm afraid that this guy Hao Ming will betray me and spread the word about my love for Yuting.

Thankfully, none of this ever happened, and I became more and more anxious.

Do you want to confess? How do I confess it? What if I get rejected?

On this day, I finally paid the price for my indecision.

I was a little flattered to receive a call from the goddess I had always had a crush on, and my voice was a little unnatural.

But when I heard the following words, I froze!

"Old classmate, let me tell you one thing, at the end of this month, oh, it is August 23rd, I will get married." After greetings, Yuting actually said this.

"What? You, you're getting married? How, how so fast? "I couldn't believe my ears and almost dropped my phone on the floor.

How can it be? Why is Yuting getting married? That's too fast, right?

"yes, it's a little fast. Because my boyfriend, oh, now it should be said that my fiancé's grandmother died three months ago, according to the custom of their hometown, the old man died, and if the junior wants to get married, he has to get married in a hundred days. Otherwise, you'll have to wait another three years. So we got married in 100 days. I didn't expect that I would be the first in my class to get married. ”

On the other end of the phone, Yuting still spoke fast as always, which was her usual style, fast and capable.

But I couldn't listen to it anymore.

In an instant, my world collapsed and I collapsed limply on the couch.

It was so sudden, it was a real surprise to me, I was not prepared at all.

Oh my God, why am I so stupid? What have I been doing all this time? I, how did I let her go so easily?

I regretted it, and even scolded myself in my heart.

Ning Qiang, you are a coward, you are a fool! Why didn't you confess to her earlier? Perhaps, you still have a chance to change everything!

However, time is really irreversible. I wish it was just a dream, but it wasn't a dream.

At noon on that day, I received bad news, a terrible news that would send me to the eighteenth layer of hell!

The person I love the most is married to someone else.

"Ning Qiang, why don't you speak, are you listening?" On the phone, Yuting's voice came again.

"Oh, me, I'm listening."

"My wedding is scheduled for the 24th of this month, at the Venus Grand Hotel. Oh, the specific time and place, I will also send you a WeChat message. You'll have to come. ”

"Okay, okay." My brain is already in the fugue, and my mouth is out of control.

However, I told myself in my heart that I would not attend your wedding, absolutely not!

However, on Saturday, August 24, 2019, at 7 p.m., I showed up at the Venus Hotel.

I was going to attend my sweetheart's wedding, and I wasn't the groom today.

"Brother, I really admire your courage." Hao Ming, who was sitting next to me, put his hand on my shoulder and said in a low voice, "If you change me, you won't come here today, brother, I will obey you, you have a big heart." ”

I didn't answer him, I looked up at Yuting and her husband standing on it, and my tears were about to burst out of my eyes.

But instead of letting the tears flow, I lowered my head, and then, with a flick of my neck, I took a sip of beer.

"Brother, do you want to get drunk today, or what?" Hao Ming was also a little surprised.

I looked at the rest of the students at the table, and they were either watching the "performance" or eating with their heads down. I didn't dare to look at them again for fear that they would see something.

I can't drink too much, I can't drink too much, I admonished myself. However, I seemed to be out of control, looking at Yuting standing on it, and drinking wine.

Yuting is wearing a white wedding dress today, which is much more beautiful than usual. However, the bridegroom standing beside her was not me!

The man called "Groom", he seems to be called Shiwen, right? It's a name that's easy to remember, so it's no wonder I remember it so well when I see it on the invitation? This surname is not common in Jiangnan City, and this name is even more eccentric. Shi Wen, Shi Wen, this guy is Sven scum, right? Why can't I see how good he is, not as handsome as me, not as tall as me, isn't he just an associate professor at a university? What's the big deal?

I admit I'm jealous, but this man named Shiwen, this associate professor, really doesn't have anything particularly outstanding, how could Yuting fall in love with him?

"Do you know what Yuting's husband teaches?" As if he saw my thoughts, Hao Ming said.

"I don't care what he teaches, it's none of my business."

"Brother, are you jealous?" Hao Ming smiled and pointed to the vinegar bottle, "You shouldn't drink, you should drink vinegar." ”

"Come less." I said impatiently, and casually asked, "What does that Sven scum guy teach?" ”

"Sven scum? He's an associate professor, and he teaches physics. ”

"Isn't that a physics teacher?"

"Physics teacher? That's right, but don't underestimate him. Hao Ming also took a look at the "physics teacher": "People study space physics, by the way, he also wrote some books about the reversal of time and space." ”

"Plane reversal?" I was stunned for a moment, and then looked in the stands.

At this time, the bride and groom have finished cutting the cake and start to walk down.

"yes, just like Hawking." Hao Ming said, "He is studying time and space, this guy is amazing." This kind of thing that only exists in science fiction, and he actually studies it? But it's a scientist. ”

"Hmph, that's still a scientist?" I said disapprerovingly, "Isn't it just a charlatan, can time be reversed?" The devil believes. ”

Seeing that I was so excited, Hao Ming could only smile awkwardly. I continued to drink again, hey, how can I solve my worries, only Du Kang.

I drank a lot of wine tonight, and even Hao Ming couldn't persuade him. Soon, though, the beer took a toll on my stomach, and I couldn't hold it anymore and went to the toilet.

Closing the door to the toilet room, I started crying.

Tonight, Yuting is that man's. Tonight, I will lose a loved one.

Why? God, would you be so cruel to me? Ning Qiang, why didn't you confess to her in the first place? Now, even if you have the courage, there is no chance to confess.

After going to the toilet, I stood in front of the sink in the men's restroom and looked at me in the mirror in a daze.

I drank too much today and my face was ugly.

Suddenly, there was another churn in my stomach, and then I vomited. The sink was stained with the vomit I had spit out, and the sleeves of my clothes were stuck with the vomit.

Damn it! I had to grab a tissue from the sink and wipe it down my sleeve.

Fortunately, I am alone in this toilet, otherwise, I would have been ashamed to go underground when people saw me so ugly.

I looked out of the toilet, but luckily, no one was coming.

I lowered my head again, but I just saw the beautiful and delicate watch under the rolled up sleeves.

This is the same watch I bought from that store 5 months ago.

"Turning back time and space?" I smiled wryly, looked at the watch, and said to myself, "It would be nice if this time was really like this watch, and it could be reversed." ”

That's what I think, yes, how nice would it be if it was still March 24, 2019?

I don't know why I remember that day so clearly, is it, just because I bought this watch on that day? Or was it because of the sudden thunderstorm that day? Or, the beautiful woman in black?

I thought of that beautiful woman in black, if I could find her to be my girlfriend, would it not be so painful today?

I don't know how I came up with this idea, but at this moment, I actually thought so. Forget it, I only have a one-sided relationship with that woman, besides, I only have Yuting in my heart, where can there be other women? Even if I had a girlfriend now, wouldn't I be sad?

I took off my watch and wiped the stain off the dial. This watch is still quietly moving forward. My gaze, along with the second hand, kept moving forward.

Suddenly, I pulled out the needle. But at this moment, the old man's words came to my mind again.

"Don't pull it out!"

I was stunned for a moment, and my hand was withdrawn, but the needle had already been pulled out by me.

Nothing happened, though.

At this time, I was really a little too drunk, and looking at the watch, another thought flashed to me: what would happen if I turned this dial back the needle?

In normal times, I would have laughed at myself for becoming mentally retarded. What else will happen, isn't it that these hour, minute, and second hands are turned counterclockwise, isn't that the watch?

Today, however, I suddenly became a little curious about this commonplace phenomenon.

Why? Why won't the old man let me dial my watch? Is there anything special about this watch?

But how much do I wish that time could be reversed, like a watch that can be reversed, and that everything can go back in time?

Yes, I'm going back in time, I don't want to live in the present - August 24, 2019 at 20:30 pm!

So, as if to vent my anger, I turned the needle hard, and it was counterclockwise!

Nothing special happened, when the needle quickly crossed from 8 o'clock to 7, 6, 5 o'clock······

Everything was normal, nothing happened.

Just then, I heard footsteps outside the door.

I looked up at the door, and suddenly, I saw a familiar face.

Five months ago, the woman in black I had seen in that store was walking this way. She saw me too, froze for a moment, and stopped.

We just watched it for a second.

Suddenly, she opened her mouth wide and let out a scream.

"Don't!"

I was startled, too, and then I heard a crisp "click" from the watch.

I looked down, only to see that the time on my watch had turned back to 8:30, which was the current time. The hour and minute hands of this watch have been on the dial for a full week, returning to their original places.

Suddenly, I felt my body become lilt.

What's going on? I turned my head and looked at the mirror. However, I almost didn't scream out at this look.

In the mirror, like steam, I radiated little by little.

How did I disappear? Oh my God, what's going on?

I regret it, why didn't I listen to the old man? Why should I dial that watch back? Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on?

But no one can tell me. The me in the mirror was gradually disappearing, and I could see the face that was about to be erased in the mirror, the frightened eyes.

I looked out the door again, and right at the door of the men's restroom, the woman in black, with her mouth open, looked at me in horror.

She should be the last person I saw in this world. This face is the last face I ever see in this world.

It was all over, and just like that, I evaporated from this world······