Every Time You Travel, You Have to Pay an Unbearable Life.

In 1996, businessman Pan Zhongwen was intercepted by the police at Dalian Airport with 2,859 grams of gold. For the next thirty years, he lived in the gray area of ​​"released on bail pending trial", neither a criminal nor an innocent person. In 2026, he finally signed the settlement agreement, but the moment he touched the seizure list, he was dragged back to 1996 by a mysterious force. He gained the ability to travel back two hours into the past, but each time he traveled back, he had to pay a heavy price - the first time, his wife Lin Fang will die of cancer in 2021; the second time, his son became a daughter; the third time, four lives; the fourth time, eight... The price doubled each time. The man behind the scenes was Sun Weiguo, the policeman who arrested him. Sun Weiguo, now the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, secretly used gold residue to obtain the "echo" ability, which can send messages to his past self. Under the guidance of the time merchant, Pan Zhongwen went from getting back the gold, to protecting his family, to confronting Sun Weiguo head-on, failing again and again, and paying a heavier price every time. In the end, he became a time merchant and started adventure after adventure. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.