Chapter 1: A Car Accident and the Reversed Time

Qu Yunxuan was also knocked to the ground by Dong Xuebin's swing, rolling over with a thud

Qu Yunxuan also climbed up while covering her arm, not even bothering to put on her fallen high heels, and barefoot, she hurriedly ran to Dong Xuebin's side, squatting down and shaking him, "Xiao Bin! Xiao Bin! What happened to you? Speak to me! Please don't scare me, okay? Wake up! Wuwu! Please don't scare me!" Tears streamed down Qu Yunxuan's face uncontrollably, "It's my fault! I didn't listen to you and hid away early! Wuwu! Wake up! If something happens to you, how am I supposed to explain it to your mother? Wake up! Wuwu!" "Xiao Bin! Xiao Bin! What happened to you? Speak to me! Please don't scare me, okay? Wake up! Wuwu! Please don't scare me!" Tears streamed down Qu Yunxuan's face uncontrollably, "It's my fault! I didn't listen to you and hid away early! Wuwu! Wake up! If something happens to you, how am I supposed to explain it to your mother? Wake up! Wuwu!"

Dong Xuebin was the one who fell the hardest, lying diagonally on the road, gasping in cold air while enduring the pain in his back and legs

Never have I regretted this much

Strength returned to his body, and his hearing and vision suddenly restored to their original state. Dong Xuebin was momentarily stunned, blinking in confusion as he looked around, only to find himself standing perfectly well in front of the traffic lights at the intersection he had just been at. Surrounding him was the unique sea of long vehicles characteristic of the capital city, with cars, trucks, and taxis speeding past him one after another. Under the dim yellow glow of the streetlights in the evening, pedestrians hurried by.

After several attempts without any success, he smiled helplessly, thinking, indeed, how could superpowers possibly exist

The elderly person was also visibly emotional, with slightly reddened eyes, saying, "It's fine, it's fine!"

The elderly man on the ground was helped up by the traffic coordinator rushing over from the opposite side. Seeing Dong Xuebin lying there motionless, the elderly man anxiously shouted, "Young man, how is he? What happened?"

Many of the timid have closed their eyes

The old man tilted his body to one side and rubbed the ground, sliding half a meter to the north

Hiss

Alert!

No need, thank you, young lady, you may go on your way

All must thank the picture books, all must express their gratitude

The crowd nearby was taken aback, quickly looking around in all directions

My surname is Hu, you can just call me Grandpa Hu. Young lady, young man, how do you two address each other

It is too late to say anything now

Boom

Where is the car

In the next moment, Dong Xuebin's vision blurred, and something unexpectedly leaped out from the endless darkness

As the red light extinguished, the yellow light illuminated, and after a brief pause, the green light appeared across the street. Pedestrians waiting for the green light at the intersection began to gradually step onto the crosswalk. The elderly man was the slowest, shuffling forward with the aid of a cane, while Qu Yunxuan carefully assisted the old man, accompanying him across the road

With a whoosh, the menacing truck sped past Dong Xuebin, almost brushing against his back

Qu Yunxuan saw the truck and turned to Dong Xuebin, asking curiously, "What are you shouting about? There's a red light over there"

My home is just across the street, no need to take a detour. Come, I will assist you.

It hurts so much

The screams around are incessant

Are you going to die?

So familiar

The old man has died, Aunt Xuan has died, and with such a serious injury... I definitely won't be able to survive either

Someone is about to be hit

Dong Xuebin rubbed his eyes, his heart filled with shock. Wasn't this the scene just before Aunt Xuan and the other person had the car accident?

Dong Xuebin let out a sigh, still feeling a lingering fear, and with great difficulty turned his head to say: "I am fine... it's just... I fell hard..."

"Clap, clap, clap." It is unknown who initiated it, but the bystanders nearby began to applaud Dong Xuebin enthusiastically

Qu Yunxuan's arm froze for a moment, and she hugged him tightly, crying with joy, "You scared me to death! Scared me to death!"

The elderly did not take it seriously; the truck was on the line for a right turn, and turning would not obstruct them

However, Dong Xuebin's thoughts were not focused on the * diagram * in the book; his mind was clouded with questions.

four meters

What kind of car is it

Qu Yunxuan, filled with compassion, gently wiped the dust off Dong Xuebin's face with her hand, saying, "You don't need to thank me; the fact that we can stand here and talk is all thanks to Xiao Bin."

I am Dong Xuebin, and she is called Qu Yunxuan

three meters

"Young lady, run away! Don't worry about me!" The old man anxiously pushed Qu Yunxuan away.

But it was too late; the roaring truck was already within arm's reach

It sounds like thunder! A sound that seems capable of shattering the very soul!

Dong Xuebin silently recited: Go back! Retreat! Return! Step back! BACK!

She ran away

Well done, young man

Qu Yunxuan was completely stunned; her face turned pale. The first thing she did upon regaining her senses was to pull the elderly person with all her might, "Hurry! Run!"

How could this happen? Has time reversed? Is it not an illusion?

Grandpa Hu said, "Please leave me a contact number, and I will come by another day to properly thank both of you"

Qu Yunxuan and the elderly man displayed expressions of despair

Sir, may I assist you in crossing the street

As he gazed at the tragically beautiful face of his secret crush, Qu Yunxuan, covered in blood, Dong Xuebin felt a pain in his heart as if it were being pierced by needles

It is fundamentally incomprehensible

Qu Yunxuan paused in her black high heels and said with a laugh, "Xiao Bin, what's wrong with you today? That car doesn't..."

Regret

Uh, Dong Xuebin, who had never been this intimately close to this beautiful neighbor, suddenly felt a bit stiff.

What is going on? Did I not die? Did Aunt Xuan not die? Did the old man not die?

Time seemed to freeze at that moment, and immediately after, cheers erupted in the streets

Soon, the traffic police arrived, and Qu Yunxuan and the elderly man recounted what had just happened.

The three individuals had some abrasions on their hands and legs, but fortunately, they were not injured. As the traffic light was about to change, Dong Xuebin and the other two supported each other and made their way to the auxiliary road across the street.

A faint metallic smell of blood lingered in his nose and mouth. In the pitch darkness, Dong Xuebin tried to move his fingers—no response. He attempted to turn his neck—still no response. Finally, he exerted all his strength to slowly open his eyelids a crack. Through his blurred vision, he saw an overloaded truck filled with sand and gravel. Beside it lay an elderly man, around seventy or eighty years old, and a beautiful woman, not yet thirty, both motionless in a pool of blood. A crowd of onlookers had gathered on both sides of the road, gesturing and shouting something near the bodies of the old man and the woman, but Dong Xuebin heard not a single sound; he could hear nothing at all.

Ah! It's over!

Is there really such a surreal thing in the world

Ah, um, just got back. "Take a look at this, check that out," Dong Xuebin instinctively replied, but it took him a long time to react.

Qu Yunxuan, with red eyes, adjusted Dong Xuebin's crooked collar, moving her lips but not uttering a word

Not dead! Not a single one is dead!

Such a familiar scene

If Dong Xuebin had discovered the out-of-control truck a moment earlier and rushed over to save the people, perhaps all three of them would not have died

Ah!

Dong Xuebin was astonished as he turned to look in the direction of the voice. To his surprise, Qu Yunxuan, with a gentle smile on her face, appeared on the crosswalk not far away. She also spotted Dong Xuebin and smiled brightly, asking, "Xiao Bin, are you back? Have you gone to play with your classmates?" Next to her stood the elderly man who had just passed away. The old man glanced at Dong Xuebin and then hunched over, covering his mouth as he coughed repeatedly.

At a critical moment, he could not afford to think much and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Get out of the way! There's a car!"

Before the words had left his mouth, the massive body of the truck had already crushed onto the parking line, showing no signs of slowing down!

Why did the scene suddenly revert to when the three of them were waiting at the traffic light, when it was clear that they had been killed in a car accident?

Dong Xuebin knew that the truck that had taken the lives of the three of them would not stop at all, and while running, he urgently shouted: "Aunt Xuan! Quickly get away from there! Get away!"

Whoosh! In the terrified gaze of the crowd, the truck ran the red light

Was it just a dream? There was no car accident? It was all an illusion

Neighbor Qu Yunxuan is an exceptionally kind woman. Just at the intersection, she proactively helped an elderly man cross the road due to his difficulty in walking. However, it was clearly a red light, and a truck driver approaching from the side, whether due to drunk driving or fatigue, unexpectedly barreled through. From a distance, Dong Xuebin, who saw Aunt Xuan in danger, rushed over in an attempt to pull Qu Yunxuan away, but he was unable to reach her in time, and he lost his own life as well.

Dong Xuebin rubbed his arm, panting heavily, "Please, don't be so polite."

Dong Xuebin blankly extended his hand into the air, opening it, clenching it into a fist, then opening it again, with no blood and no injuries

When everyone thought that the two of them were doomed on the spot, Dong Xuebin, who had long anticipated that the truck would run the red light, suddenly sprinted behind them. Using the momentum from his dash, Dong Xuebin exerted all his strength to wrap his arms around Aunt Xuan and the old man's waist, and continued to run forward with the same force, shouting loudly as he forcefully swung them both out!

With a screech, the culprit truck only belatedly slammed on the brakes and came to a stop in the middle of the road, about ten meters away. The window was rolled down slightly, and a drunken head poked out. After pondering for a few seconds, the truck's engine roared to life, and it sped away in a cloud of dust.

"Someone has died!"

Unable to withstand Grandpa Hu's relentless questioning, in the end, Dong Xuebin thought for a moment and took out a one-dime paper bill from his jeans pocket, writing a global communication number starting with 139 on the white edge.

As soon as he steadied himself, the elderly man trembled as he grasped Dong Xuebin's hand, expressing his gratitude: "Thank you, thank you. You said we have neither kinship nor acquaintance, yet you risked such great danger... What can I say? You are still young, and the road ahead is long. I have nearly lived for eighty years, and I was just diagnosed with lung cancer recently, with only a few days left to live. If you were to sacrifice your life for an old man like me, that would be a grave sin. Fortunately, fortunately, nothing happened." From his accent, it was clear that the elderly man was also from Beijing, and judging by his mannerisms and demeanor, he was likely one of those scholarly old men with a high level of education.

Suddenly, a loud engine noise reached Dong Xuebin's ears. He instinctively looked over and saw a large truck driving along the right turn lane on the left side of the road, filled to the brim with sand and gravel, even bulging out in one large section. The truck was not moving particularly fast, at most around 40 to 50 miles per hour, rumbling toward the intersection.

Dong Xuebin's eyelids grew heavier and heavier; he could no longer bear to look at the deformed bodies of Qu Yunxuan and the elderly man, struck by the car. With his eyes closed, he awaited the arrival of death

Run quickly

Quickly note down his vehicle number

If the deaths of the three of us are merely an illusion, then why do the scenes in the illusion mirror reality so perfectly? The conversation between Qu Yunxuan and the elderly person before helping him cross the street, the reckless charge of the truck—everything is identical except for the final outcome. Is this also an illusion? But if it is not a delusion, then how can one explain the sudden return to a previous time period?