Return to the Era of Dislocation

If we don't help the poor, the real tragedy often comes not from an accident, but from the quagmire that we can't get out of.

This chapter was a bit shaky when I wrote it, especially when I wrote the part about Chen Fan being electrocuted. I felt like I had goosebumps all over my body. In many rebirth stories, the protagonist returns to the past and often has an "invincible" aura. He can defeat the villain with three punches and two kicks and protect the heroine behind him. But I always feel that if "changing destiny" is so simple, then the regrets I had back then wouldn't be called regrets. Therefore, I set a very frustrating restriction for Chen Fan - "Pain is distance." The core joy of this chapter is actually not a "slap in the face", but an "explosion of frustration." Chen Fan obviously has a lot of strength, but he can't take action because of the system's punishment; he obviously has a lot of information about the future, but he can't tell it all because of Lin Wan's suspicion. He could only warn her like a madman, using the palest language, to try to change the inevitable ending. When I wrote about Lin Wan asking "Who are you?", I actually felt very sad. This is not only a question for the character, but also the most instinctive reaction for each of us when faced with an old acquaintance that suddenly changes. When a person becomes too good, too affectionate, too good to be true, what he often feels first is not happiness, but fear and doubt. In addition, regarding the "Nokia Button" prop, I turned it into a "pain beacon" in this chapter. It is no longer just a token of love, but has become a painful link between two people. Chen Fan felt Lin Wan's pain through it. This "empathy" was the starting point for him to truly understand her and fall in love with her. The next chapter is "The Agreement at the School Gate". Chen Fan has to face Lin Wan's family storm, and the system's "memory flashback" punishment will become more and more frequent. How can he protect Lin Wan from harm without touching her? What unintended consequences will the punishment of "indirect causal interference" bring? The plot is about to enter its first climax - "Family Storm Chapter". I will try my best to write it as delicately as possible so as not to disappoint everyone. Please vote for favorites and recommendations. Your support is my biggest motivation to fight against the big villain "Cavan"!

After writing this chapter, I breathed a sigh of relief, but my heart became even heavier. This chapter is an "anti-climax" that I deliberately designed. In the usual routine, the protagonist digs out the love token, the heroine should be moved to tears, and the two of them can resolve their feud. But I don't. Because I feel that the real salvation lies not in the romance of "guessing the secret", but in the courage of "facing the ugliness". Chen Fan thought he was coming back to be a hero, but the system (or fate) slapped him hard: The reason why Lin Wan left so decisively was not because Chen Fan didn't go to the appointment, but because Chen Fan showed complete indifference and selfishness in the darkest moment of her life (when her family forced her to marry and her brother was seriously injured). That "Nokia button" is the ultimate irony. It was originally a childish joke between boys and girls, but in the end it became Lin Wan's only belief in a desperate situation. And what about Chen Fan? He didn't even remember saying that. This is the "price" I'm going to write about. When you think you're making amends, you might just be opening up the scars of how much of a jerk you were. In this chapter, Lin Wan's last sentence "Your eyes are wrong" is actually a keynote. Chen Fan took the vicissitudes and regrets of 2026 and forced them into the body of 2012. Sooner or later, this sense of disobedience will be exposed. And now the punishment mechanism has been upgraded - "cannot touch her actively", which has pushed the relationship between the two into a more desperate situation. In the next chapter, Chen Fan will face a real desperate situation: he knows the truth, but loses the qualification to get close to her. How will he break this "curse"? Lin Wan's family crisis is about to break out. How can he save her from danger without touching her? The gears of the plot have turned, and this time there is really no way out. Please give me some motivation (favorites/recommendation votes/comments) to continue writing this heart-wrenching story!

This chapter made my palms sweat as I wrote this chapter, and my heart became filled with panic. When writing about the moment when Chen Fan admitted that he "disliked Lin Wan", to be honest, I was a little afraid to look directly at the screen. We always like to portray the protagonist as a perfect savior in rebirth stories, as if as long as we have the aura of a "prophet", all past mistakes can be easily forgiven. But what I want to write is a more real and cruel logic: some injuries are not because you "forgot", but because you "don't care" at the time. When Chen Fan didn't answer the phone back then, it wasn't because there was no signal in the Internet cafe or because his phone was lost, but because he felt that Lin Wan's waiting was an "interference" while he was playing games. This kind of indifference from the heart hurts more than any lie. So when Lin Wan heard him admit, "I find you annoying," her tears were no longer filled with grievance, but with disillusionment. This is the "price" I want. Rebirth is not a panacea. There are some cracks that cannot be repaired by just saying "I'm sorry." What Chen Fan can do now is not to rely on the "reorganized memory" given by the system to make up lies, but to face the truth about the "bastard" he was back then, even if it will completely disgrace him in front of Lin Wan. As for the "note in the gap in the stands"... This is a small foreshadowing. It is not only a prop that proves Chen Fan's "magical calculation", but also the youthful thoughts that Lin Wan buried back then. When Chen Fan dug it out, he dug up not only the memory, but also the gap that had spanned fourteen years between the two. The next chapter is the time to reveal the mystery. Can Chen Fan find the note? How would Lin Wan react after finding it? Is it moved, or more fearful and alienated? The plot is about to enter its first climax, and I will work hard to write it well. Thank you all for your continued reading, and please vote for your favorites and recommendations. Each of your comments is the motivation for me to code!

After writing this chapter, my palms are still a little sweaty. Many friends often fall into a sweet misunderstanding when conceiving the theme of "rebirth/time travel": they think that the protagonist returns with a God's perspective to "rewrite the script" and to be the savior. But when I was conceiving the setting of "The Price of Reorganization", I was thinking in another direction - if the world was a sophisticated program and a variable with a "known outcome" was forcibly inserted, how would the system come back to bite you? In this chapter, Chen Fan thought he was here to "repair" regrets, but he ignored the most basic logic: memory is unreliable, and reality is exclusive. By forcibly "reorganizing" his memory, he was actually fabricating evidence. This kind of forgery not only deceives the system, but also subtly deceives himself, and even frightens those around him. Lin Wan's last look was the hook I left on purpose. She is not stupid, she can keenly detect the "sense of disobedience" in Chen Fan. This fear of being "seen through" suffocates the protagonist more than systematic punishment. I want to chat with you: If you went back in time and found that you actually remembered the details of a key memory incorrectly (for example, you remembered the wrong clothes the other person wore, the first words they said), would you choose to forcefully tell a lie to change the ending, or would you choose to confess that you "can't remember clearly"? In the next chapter, Chen Fan will face a real dilemma: should he continue to lie and use more lies to fill the pit of the first lie, or should he risk being regarded as a madman and find the real loopholes in the system? I will try my best to bury some real details that are in line with that era (2012) in the plot, such as Nokia mobile phones, non-mainstream hairstyles, and the smell of Internet cafes all night long, hoping to bring back a little bit of that "moist and restless" sense of youth. Thank you all for reading, please vote for your favorites and recommendations. Your support is my motivation to update!

Dear book lovers, after reading the first chapter, some may feel that "something is wrong". There is no system activation as soon as you get started, no "ding" mission prompt, and no protagonist looking in the mirror and exclaiming "I am reborn." Even the once-familiar "Lin Wan" seems to be subtly different from the protagonist's memory in this time and space. Yes, that's exactly what I wanted to try as "unconventional". The core of the story I want to write is not "using prophets to reap the dividends of the times", but "how a soul beaten by the future finds redemption in the dislocation of the past." In this story, the "system" is not the protagonist's tool, but more like a "cage of memory." The information it gives is incomplete, lagging, and may even be misleading. The protagonist must relearn how to be a "living person" in the gap between "memory" and "reality". Therefore, you will see him confused, you will see him hesitating, and you will even see his fear and powerlessness caused by "remembering the future". As for Lin Wan, she is not a "vase" waiting to be rescued by the protagonist, but an independent individual with her own destiny. The protagonist tries to change her ending, but reality often gives him a loud slap in the face - can intervening in the past really change the future? Or are we just repeating the same tragedy? This is not only a cool article about "rebirth and counterattack", but also an adult fairy tale about "choice" and "regret". If you are willing to accompany me, in this year of 2012, which is full of dislocation, walk slowly, look slowly, and explore those tiny lights that have been ignored by us and hidden under the torrent of the times, that would be my honor. The "slow heat" of this chapter is to accumulate strength for the subsequent "explosion". I hope this different opening chapter can catch your eye. Please add it to your collection and recommend it. Every feedback from you is the motivation for me to keep writing.