On the Eve of the College Entrance Exam, I Rejected My Best Friend

"The admission letter from Jiangnan University is here!" the mail carrier called from downstairs. I was bent over my desk, working through physics problems. My pen paused for a second, then continued working through the calculations on the scratch paper. It was July 15, 2019, exactly five years after I received this same admission letter in my previous life. Back then, I was so excited when I got it that I didn't sleep all night, thinking I could finally escape this suffocating little county town. Little did I know that was only the beginning of the nightmare: I was ostracized by my roommates throughout college, couldn't find a job after graduation, and finally died in a car accident,