Chapter 31: The Curse of the Watch
In the cafΓ©.
Regarding the question I raised, Yu Manli pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Actually, I don't know, I feel as if I was brought to this parallel space by you. β
"Huh? You were taken to parallel space by me? "I didn't get it.
"Well, I'm not a traverser." Yu Manli lowered her head.
"But, you just said that I'm not the only one in this world?" I also stood up.
"Did I say that?" She clasped her arms and placed them on her chest, looking nervous.
"You said, you said, 'You just don't think I'm from this parallel world'!" I said word by word, "Who the hell are you?" Could it be that you have also traveled from another world? β
Yu Manli didn't speak.
Clearly, she was lying!
She can't be from this world, just like me, she must have crossed over from another world. But by what did she rely on to get through? Could it be this watch?
I looked at the watch on my wrist, and then at Yu Manli.
"I'm not lying." "But every time you dial back that watch, I'm somehow going back in time and back in time." β
"What?"
"You may not believe it, but it's true!" Yu Manli raised her voice, judging from her expression, when she said this, she really didn't lie, "All people won't believe it, but that's it, you traveled back in time, and I followed back in time." This watch, this watch seems to determine which parallel space I stay in. β
I was stunned for a moment, and I couldn't help but look at the watch.
"If you don't believe me, try doing it again, and you'll see both of us evaporate like steam." Yu Manli said.
She was right, because as I crossed over, I disappeared like steam. But why would she?
"I can't explain this phenomenon, maybe it's in our family's genes." "I even suspect that my dad is an alien, and this watch is the tool he used to travel back, but it's so powerful that whoever activates it, I'll follow that person back to the timeline he traveled back to." β
"That's why you want to take it back?" I'm starting to understand.
"Yes." Yu Manli said, "I don't want to follow you back to the past again and again, it's meaningless, you can't save yourself, but will drag me back to the past." β
I sighed, and the mystery in my heart was finally solved.
It turned out that this Yu Manli was the owner of this magical watch, and her father, even if he was not an alien, was probably the one who knew the secret of this watch. But I don't know why, she was dominated by this watch. The watch was lost, and Yu Manli had to get it back. However, I bought the watch before her, and magically turned back to the past, and she followed, and I went back in time again and again.
"I'm so sorry." I looked at her with shame, "I really didn't expect this to be like this, so your life has been affected by me, and you have not been able to return to your own world?" β
"I don't know, maybe in another timeline, I'm still living the other one." Yu Manli turned her face away and stopped looking at me, leaving only one side for me, "However, I understand you, you have really done your best for the person you love the most." β
I suddenly felt a sad feeling and wanted to cry again.
She turned her head, looked at me, and said faintly: "Ning Qiang, you can do it boldly, I don't want to stop you." If my watch can help you, it's a great merit, so give it back to me when you're done with it. Or, you don't have to pay it back, as long as you don't call it back in the future. β
I stepped forward and shook her hand excitedly.
Yu Manli was stunned, but did not withdraw her hand.
"Thank you!" In fact, I didn't have any bad intentions, but expressed my gratitude, "Don't worry, as long as you can save Yuting, after achieving this goal, I will definitely return this watch to you." β
"Good luck!" She smiled.
"Thank you!"
I returned home, but I was lost.
Unexpectedly, this magic watch is not only linked to my fate, but also linked to Yu Manli's life? If I can't change the fate of August 24, 2019, do I have to go back to the past again and again, and let the innocent Yu Manli follow me back to the past again and again? No, you can't be too selfish.
But I don't know why, I always feel that something is wrong, Yu Manli still seems to be hiding something from me?
Is this watch really her family's ancestral? Impossible, right? Decades ago, there should have been no such style, and her father had to be a man of about forty years old at the youngest, so he could get this kind of watch at that time? Also, does she or a member of her family really have some kind of gene that will be bound by this watch and go back in time with this watch?
I can't imagine if my watch had been stolen by someone else, and when that guy dialed back in time, would I have gone back in time?
Or is there something special about this watch, which is that all the people who have been its owner, whether it is Yu Manli or me, will be swayed by it? Anyone, as long as they flip their watch to go back in time, those "masters" also have to go back to the timeline of the past?
However, in this case, who is the "master"? Are we the people, or is this watch?
The thought of this makes me feel a little creepy. I looked at the watch on my wrist, and it seemed to be smiling at me and seemed to say something to me.
"All those who want to possess me, you will have to pay!" The watch sneered, "As long as someone turns my hand back, you'll all disappear from this world!" β
I was startled, but the watch was still sitting quietly on my wrist, and everything was just my hallucination.
I took off my watch and placed it on the other side of the coffee table, not daring to look at it again.
What should I do? Do I still want to continue with my plan?
Yu Manli said that I can't change the result that Yuting will definitely die, is this true? I tried to refute it, but I found myself powerless to refute it. Yes, Yuting died, and every time I crossed, I could only watch her die.
However, every time I enter, isn't it a different timeline? It stands to reason that the stories in each timeline should be independent. So, this time, is she still destined to die?
When I think about this, my heart is sad again.
How can this be changed? I'm definitely going to do something completely different from what I've done before, but what is that?
I sorted out my chaotic emotions, and now, all I can have is time, but what I am most afraid of losing is time. Time, both my friend and my enemy, is standing opposite me, coldly watching how I can make a move.
After a long time, I still couldn't find a clue.
I'd better give up, but it's not to give up saving Yuting, that's impossible, I can't watch her die!
In this parallel space, only me, and Yu Manli, knew that Yuting would pass away on August 24, 2019. Yu Manli won't save her, and I'm the only one who can save Yuting. If I don't save her, then what's the difference between me and those who don't save her? I decided to save her, but the price I had to pay was to give up my right to be her husband.
I made a decision, I decided not to follow Shiwen anymore. This guy carried Yuting on his back and had a tryst with another woman, but what could he do? Yuting didn't know about it, as long as I didn't debunk it, the two of them would get married on August 24. In this way, perhaps Yuting's fate will change.
That's right, as long as I don't get involved in this matter, Yuting won't die!
So, I decided to give up. Although this is a very painful thing for me, as long as Yuting can live safely, I can give up everything.
This night, I was finally able to get a good night's sleep. I hope that my "inaction" can finally be exchanged for Yuting's peace. Although I am a little sorry for myself and Yuting for doing this, because I allowed her to marry a hypocrite who has two boats on her feet, but compared to Yuting's death, the others are really not that important.
Life, except for life and death, is nothing serious.
I had a quiet few weeks.
I didn't go to Shiwen's school, I didn't follow him, although I knew what he had done in the meantime. I'm like a spectator, not even a spectator, just letting everything that should have happened happen, what should have been in the past passing.
During this time, except for work, I almost stayed at home and became a complete otaku. On my phone, on the TV, there was "old" news that I couldn't be more familiar with, and I lost interest in making football lottery. No matter how much money you have, it won't be of much use to me.
I lost contact with others and didn't make a single phone call. However, there was a phone call from one person that once made me feel the urge to dial out. Is it Yuting? No, I didn't want to disturb her purity, and besides, we were just ordinary classmates, not even friends. Of course, if I don't do anything, she and I will just be ordinary classmates in the future, and that's it.
Who would I most like to call? This person turned out to be the woman in black - Yu Manli!
In this world, she is the only one who knows what is going on in my heart, and only she can solve the mystery in my heart.
I don't know why, I found that I seemed to like this slightly mysterious woman a little, and even, I was fantasizing, if Yuting could live safely on the night of August 24, 2019, when I returned the watch to Yu Manli, why couldn't I pursue her? Although the thought is only fleeting, it is very tempting.
Yu Manli, this woman's beautiful face, as well as the plump twin peaks, the curvacated buttocks, and the two slender legs, all make the male hormones in my body rise rapidly. This kind of feeling is something I couldn't experience in Yuting before. I felt like I had a split personality, half human, half ferocious beast. On this side of people, I still love Yuting, but I can't be with her anymore. However, on the beastly side, I longed to possess a woman who was different from Yuting, who could ignite all my enthusiasm and return me to a primitive animal state.
I felt ashamed that I had gone against my past principles and fell in love with another woman other than Yuting?
However, I comforted myself again: Anyway, I can't be with Yuting in my life, anyway, I have to find another woman to marry sooner or later, why don't I prepare myself in advance? I can't be a bachelor for the rest of my life, can I?
But why did I choose this Yu Manli? I just can't understand it.
I didn't ask how old Manly was, but she was in her early twenties at most, a few years younger than me. I like a "sister" type girl like Yuting, because I feel quite safe. If I hadn't thought about finding a little Lori before. But the strange thing is that this little girl named Yu Manli has a maturity that is very different from her age, just like a married woman. Of course, this is not surprising, there are indeed many women in Jiangbei who got married in their teens and then gave birth to children, although this kind of marriage is not legal, but who cares? I even suspect that Yu Manli may have been married, or she has slept with many men a long time ago, and even had an abortion, right?
When I think of "abortion", I think of the child in Yuting's belly. This is the crystallization of her love with Shi Wen, she is still pregnant with his flesh and blood after the two broke up, which shows that she has a deep affection for Shi Wen. Forget it, why should I break up their family of three, let them go.
As for me, if I can get Yu Manli, it seems to be another beautiful thing.
Will I be able to catch up with the woman, though? How much do I know about herΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·