short series

The Eighth Year: I Cross Time to Embrace You

share time: 2026-01-12 00:35:53

Lin Xiaoman waited for Gu Chuan for eight years—on that rainy night eight years ago, she watched his hand slip from her palm in a car accident. On her eighth birthday, she found the old pocket watch Gu Chuan gave her before he died; its hands suddenly reversed, sending her back seven days before the accident. She tried desperately to change the ending: reminding Gu Chuan not to drive, secretly swapping his car keys, but every effort felt like a game of fate—Gu Chuan would still end up on that road, even smiling and saying, "Xiaoman, I feel like I've known I'd meet you for a long time." When the watch's last tick brought her back to the accident scene, she finally hugged the bloodied Gu Chuan, only to hear him whisper in her ear: "Actually, I've waited for you for eight years, in every timeline you tried so hard to rewrite."

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