Destiny was ordinary.
This was something Fang Ran had been absolutely certain of for twenty years.
An ordinary face, an ordinary person, no special talents, no particular flaws. His time spent single was approximately equal to his age. What, why only approximately...
Uh, probably because Fang Ran had been especially good at playing house as a child. He always played the dad...
"Damn it, can this shitty weather get any hotter?!"
Fang Ran hung his head low, walking only through the shade. Passersby kept staring at him, but Fang Ran was completely unafraid!
Come on, a lettered short-sleeved shirt on top and jeans below—there were at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, people dressed like this in the city. And he had no memorable features whatsoever. Did they think just staring at him would make him walk beneath the blazing sun?
Not happening.
"I can't take it anymore. I'm dying from the heat. I need to get back."
Fang Ran sighed weakly. Sigh, he was still too young, too naïve. If he could completely ignore everyone's stares, he could just run home naked.
Unfortunately, while he did want to make the headlines, he did not want to do it that way.
Still, destiny was ordinary. Fang Ran had always believed that, and had already accepted it. Father Fang had smacked him awake, making him graduate from his youthful chuunibyou phase.
He had thought he would live an ordinary life like that—graduate, work, marry, have children, retire, then grow old.
Until today.
"Fine, you win. This weather really can get hotter!"
After struggling desperately and "crawling" forward beneath thirty-plus-degree sunlight, Fang Ran finally reached the station. Seeing that the temperature on the big screen had risen another two degrees, he complained speechlessly.
Then Fang Ran collapsed onto a chair. He was done for. He felt like a complete wreck.
"Buy a ticket and get back already. Believe it or not, my life was given to me by air conditioning."
Fang Ran muttered, nearly losing himself—pah, losing focus. Then he felt around in his pocket, immediately pursed his lips, and his expression turned grave in an instant.
He had not brought his wallet.
"Unbelievable!"
Fang Ran cursed helplessly, then continued sprawling across the station seat, being a useless wreck.
Just then, crisp heel-clicks sounded from the entrance to the hall, and quite a few people sitting inside, like Fang Ran, suddenly stirred!
The incomparably crisp sound of high heels striking the floor came from their owner's feet. Many people turned toward it, and their gazes were instantly seized.
Two women entered through the hall entrance. Black high heels, simple white shirts, suit jackets draped over their arms, the same sunglasses covering their faces, with figures that looked like fashion models from a magazine.
One of them made Fang Ran stare blankly. She gave him a strangely familiar feeling, as though he had seen her somewhere before.
That wine red long hair seemed familiar.
But he quickly shook his head and grinned at himself mockingly.
How could that be?
As Fang Ran shook his head and continued lying there to rest, a young man in sunglasses entered the station behind the two women who had just drawn so many eyes.
After spotting the two beauties ahead of him, he showed an intrigued expression and followed after them.
"Ah, no, I'm going to faint! He's too handsome!"
A woman whose arm was nearly as thick as Fang Ran's calf held her forehead, sighed, and weakly fell over.
What the hell! Ma'am, if you're falling, then fall. Why are you falling this way?! Trying to take advantage of me? Pounce on that guy instead!
Fang Ran forced a smile as he pushed the woman away, defending his innocence.
Where everyone was looking, one of the sunglass-wearing women noticed the young man behind them and quickly whispered into the other woman's ear.
But the other beauty did not stop. The two continued walking into the station.
While everyone else was looking at the handsome men and beautiful women, Fang Ran went with the flow and glanced over as well, then slumped back into his chair, his eyes losing themselves—pah! Losing focus!
What was there to look at? What was so interesting? No matter how pretty that woman was, she would not be yours. Rather than stare at her while drooling, it was better not to look from the start. What did celebrities-level beauties and handsome guys have to do with him? He should think about something more worthwhile instead.
For example...
How exactly was he supposed to get home now?
"Hey, man, do you think those two beauties might be celebrities?" the guy on his left said blankly.
"Ah, no, my heart has already been stolen by that man!" The woman on his right clutched her chest and weakly fell over again.
Celebrities? It was possible. After all, this was the first time in twenty years that he had seen beauties of this caliber, and there were two of them. Hey, hey! Ma'am, can you stop pushing this way so hard? Even if you want to cop a feel, this is not how you do it!
But just then, several more people entered from outside the station. Fang Ran did not look closely.
Still, they all seemed like the sort of people who should not have appeared in a station.
"Mmm, ah~ I can't take it anymore. Sis is drunk. My heart has already been stolen by that young man!"
A youth who looked like a high school student, wearing huge headphones, raised his eyes and glanced ahead before walking over. The woman on the right immediately held her forehead and collapsed again.
Damn it! Wasn't your heart just stolen by that handsome, rich guy driving a Lamborghini? How had it been stolen again? Ma'am, how many hearts do you have? Do you produce them or something? If you have an extra one, could you donate it to someone in need?
What if someone ran into all kinds of trouble and somehow lost their heart?
Fang Ran ranted wildly in his head, then fiercely shoved her back before looking around the station. There really were quite a few more people now.
Eh. That girl over there who looked like a high school student was pretty cute.
Enough, he should hurry up. Since he could not take the subway, he could only walk home. The sooner he left, the sooner he would get back.
Fang Ran sighed and stood up, casually giving those handsome men and beautiful women one last look.
They were not people from the world he lived in.
Living in an ordinary world, walking along an ordinary path of destiny, he was destined to be unable to compare with people like them. He should hurry home, wash up, and sleep.
Two worlds.
Today, he had only seen some handsome men and beautiful women. Tomorrow would still be the same ordinary life, without the slightest change.
"Destiny really is ordinary."
Fang Ran looked out at the city and sighed to himself as he started walking home.
Then—
The station suddenly collapsed.
Amid a thunderous boom, huge chunks of rock from the ceiling came crashing down, instantly filling Fang Ran's vision!
Fang Ran, twenty years old. No criminal record. Did not smoke, did not drink, did not fool around with men, virgin. His time spent single was approximately equal to his age. He had taken the CET-4 three times and still had not passed. The day before yesterday, a male friend had confessed his feelings to him.
After living peacefully for twenty years, he learned a new lesson.
Destiny was actually sudden.
And whenever destiny struck so suddenly, people began to regret things.
At that moment, Fang Ran regretted more than anything that he had not studied hard during those three years of high school, learning science and culture and enriching his linguistic foundation.
So much so that, in this life-or-death moment, all he could do was tremble all over and blurt out a shocked curse.
"Holy shit!!!!!"
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