Tan Jiao's Perspective

  These days I've been living in a daze, which doesn't conform to my usual creed of "one should make the most of life when things are going well".

  So, on that day, after my mood had reached an unbearable low point, I suddenly felt a sense of tragic grandeur that scorned everything, including love. I took a refreshing shower, put on the coolest dress from my wardrobe, did a light makeup, wore high heels and went to find a restaurant to eat steamed fish.

  It's probably what Mr. Lu Xun said, if you don't explode in silence, you will rot in silence.

  I met Zhang Yu at the entrance of their school.

  Zhuang Yu has probably been having bad luck lately. Although summer vacation has already started, she still has a lot of homework and exams to prepare for. I've asked her out several times, but she always says: "I'm busy, I'll be exhausted from studying soon, no time." Today she finally came after putting it off for so long. But the girl was still wearing a black T-shirt, all wrinkled, with hair messy like a bird's nest, and holding a stack of papers in her hand. I originally wanted to pour out my heart about recent frustrations, but looking at her appearance, which was even more pitiful than mine, suddenly made me lose the mood to talk.

  Two disappointed women, first have six jin of boiled fish before talking.

  While waiting for the dishes, Zhuang Yu was still doing her homework with her head down. I hadn't forgotten the main purpose of finding her today. That strange thing is now stuck in my life like a deep well. Looking around me, only Zhuang Yu can be fully trusted and also understands these weird things like science fiction, time reversal, and quantum mechanics.

  I said in a low voice: "I have something particularly strange and frightening to tell you."

  Zhuang Yu glanced at me and lowered his voice, saying: "Alright, wait until I finish copying this scroll."

  I suddenly felt a bit lost, such a big thing in the universe, is it really reliable to find her and ask for advice?

  When the fish came up, the strong fish closed the volume and said: "Finally finished, killed me." The time was perfectly coordinated. I scooped a large spoonful of fish meat into the bowl, she clamped three large chopsticks, opened a bottle of beer, and said: "Say, see if your bizarre and terrible words can stimulate my heart that has been numb from the torture of exams."

  "I said, 'Zhuang Yu, I'm not joking. Do you believe in reversing time?'"

  She spat out the fish bone quickly, without even lifting her head: "Of course I believe it. If you exceed the speed of light, you can achieve time reversal. Although humans on Earth are still so ignorant, I believe that this must exist in the universe."

  A sense of comfort in my heart. This is the first time I feel proud and secure about having this good friend by my side.

  "Or rather, it's not a strict reversal of time, but you go back to a certain point in the past, stay for a few hours, and then come back," I said.

  She said: "Uh-huh, and then?"

  I glanced around and saw no one was listening. I said in a low but clear voice, "I've been there." At that moment, I felt my heart secretly speeding up.

  The big fish's entire body and expression froze for a few seconds.

  Then "puff" sound, a mouthful of beer sprayed out, spraying me all over my face.

  "Damn it!" I roared, grabbing tissues to wipe frantically, wanting to throw the paper in her face. Zhuang Yu stifled a laugh and said, "Sorry sorry! But your tense and huddled appearance just now, whispering with your head down... really looked like a mental patient..."

  I: “……”

  After she finished wiping, she looked at me with an extremely indescribable expression. We were both embarrassed for a few seconds, I calmed down and said: "Zhuang Yu, I'm not joking, I'm not crazy, I'm very sober. It really happened to me."

  I don't know if my face really looked that bad, but I felt my fingers were icy cold. Zhuang Yu fell silent. Then she said: "Are you sure it wasn't just a dream? Or maybe it's because of the similarity to some day in the past, causing your misunderstanding?"

  "I said, 'Absolutely not. Do you remember when I signed up for a cruise ship last summer? I went back on that boat and stayed there for several hours before returning to the present. That wasn't a dream, it really wasn't. Because there was someone else who experienced it with me."

  Zhuang Yu's eyebrows suddenly furrowed: "Who?"

  I said: "Wu Yu."

  Maybe it was too noisy in the restaurant and she didn't hear clearly, so she asked: "Who?"

  I said: "Wu Ou ah. He also signed up for the cruise at that time, I told you, we had a fight on our first day and parted ways unhappily. As a result, this time, we returned to the second day."

  "Wow." He looked at me again: "You two are quite a match."