"Do you know about the time paradox?"
Du Zijun suddenly asks me, holding a lottery ticket that didn't win.
"Someone who's supposed to win will win no matter what numbers they choose, while someone who's not supposed to win won't win even if they pick all the right numbers."
"Just like how I fell for Xu Cheng, who's destined never to love me back."
I admit, that kind of freaks me out, because my name is Xu Cheng.
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First-person, short story. Basically, a story about someone who's both unlucky and a goofball, and somehow ends up with a happy ending.
Theme: Believe in science
