He hurriedly grabbed his change of clothes and strode into the bathroom. "I'm going to take a shower too …" Fortunately, Shania was focused on her hair and did not notice Tang En at all.
In the bathroom, Tang En turned on the cold water and then stood under the shower head and gave himself a slap. Damn it, she was only a 14-year-old child!
To distract himself, Twain stood in the cold water and began to memorize the technical and tactical analysis manual for the 2002 World Cup by the FIFA technical team. Then, he let his mind wander and thought about which names he should add to his transfer list for the new season, and who would be on the transfer list …
By the time the list in his mind gradually became clear, Shania had already fallen asleep on the bed.
After showering for who knew how long, Tang En came out in his bathrobe and found Shania curled up in a deep sleep on the bed. He went forward to cover her with a thin layer of blanket. Then, he walked to the window. It was only afternoon.
The sky in Chengdu was still gray, and there was no change from 2007. There were many rainy days throughout the year. In the summer, it would rain almost every night, big or small. Tang En liked this kind of weather. Even though it was cold and humid in winter, if the sun came out, the weather in Chengdu would become very lovely.
If there was such weather on a weekend in winter, sitting in the warm sun, brewing a pot of tea and reading a book … it would be a very leisurely life.
Even though Nottingham was not bad, Sichuan was where he had lived for more than 20 years. He stood in front of the window on the 23rd floor, looking down at the endless flow of traffic and people on Shudu Avenue, feeling very close.
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Tang En's plan was to first bring Shania to play in and around Chengdu for a few days, then head all the way south to his hometown. From there, they would go to Kunming, to Dali in Yunnan, and then fly to Hong Kong before returning to England.
Shania was very interested in everything in China, which made Tang En very pleased. Because his suggestion to come to China was out of selfishness, if Shania was unhappy, he would also feel guilty. Tang En brought her to Wenshu Lane to listen to Li Boqing talk about boxing and storytelling. Even though Shania did not understand anything, she could feel the traditional atmosphere. She also liked to touch the wooden Maitreya Buddha carving when she entered.
Since they were in Sichuan, then eating was definitely a part of the plan that could not be neglected.
Shania enjoyed the snacks and delicacies to her heart's content. Shania told Tang En that in order to maintain her figure as a model, she was very strict with her diet. She always felt that she could not eat her fill, but there was nothing she could do about it.
When Twain heard this, he understood why Shania liked to be with him. She could play freely and eat freely. There was no nagging criticism in her ears. She would immediately listen to him if he put on a stern face once in a while …
Perhaps her childish nature was repressed in her own home. He thought of his childhood in the countryside of Southern Sichuan. His parents were honest farmers. They wouldn't plan their children's future before they were born. Therefore, his childhood was carefree, and he let his temper run wild. Other than the fact that he could not compare to the current Shania in terms of material goods, Tang En felt that he was much wealthier in terms of spirit.
The two of them stayed in Chengdu for three days. They played around in the city and went to Dujiangyan. Twain planned to visit Mount Emei and Mount Qingcheng before returning to his hometown to visit his "parents."
But there was an accident in his plan.
On Sunday, on Chunxi Road, outside the Southwest Book City, he met himself.
This sounded a little paradoxical, but there was no problem in saying it this way.
Tony Twain met Tony Twain.
At that time, Tang En brought Shania to stand at the end of Chunxi Road, waiting for the signal to cross the street. Opposite them stood a crowd waiting to cross the safety barrier. This was an area where traffic and people were concentrated, so the waiting time was very long.
Shania was still looking curiously at the unfamiliar city and the yellow-skinned, black-haired people around her. Tang En habitually glanced around aimlessly and without any focus. But he soon saw a once familiar face in the crowd opposite him!
To say it was once familiar was because he hadn't seen it for a year and a half …
The man standing across the street, holding a stack of books in the crowd, was Tony Twain's previous incarnation — the real Tang En.
And clearly, because he was too focused, he also attracted Tang En's attention. Just like that, the two Twains stared at each other across the street. The traffic in the middle could not interrupt them.
Such an encounter was too inconceivable. Tang En himself could not describe this moment. Although he was Tony Twain on the outside, he was still Tang En on the inside. Since he was the Tang En of China, then who was the Tang En of China standing across the street? A Tang En who had the same thoughts, the same memories, and the same personality as him?
How could there be two identical Twains in this world?
Besides, he had transmigrated back to 2003 from 2007 three years later. In that case … what happened to the Tang En of 2007? Disappeared into thin air? Death? What about the Tang En of 2007?
He had also experienced the period from 2003 to 2007. Why was it that at this moment in his memory, he did not meet a foreigner who was staring at him?
If he continued to investigate, if time really developed in a linear fashion … which meant that changing the past could affect the future, then could changing the future affect the past? What if changing the future and changing the past? Just like what he did … He came from nowhere and then squeezed out the "spot" of a person from the past and replaced him. What kind of effect would this have on the person who was squeezed out? In other words … when Tang En suddenly came from Sichuan, China in 2007 to Nottingham, England in 2003 and possessed another person's body, then what was the fate of the person he possessed? Disappeared into thin air? Could a person's consciousness really be disposed of just like that?
Thinking of this question, Tang En shuddered. He seemed to feel that he was touching a door that was originally forbidden to approach. What was behind that door … he did not know.
The middle-aged woman standing by the side of the road to maintain order blew the whistle in her mouth and then made way for the people on both sides of the road to cross the narrow road.
Shania had intended to walk over, but she realized that Uncle Tony, who was beside her, did not move. Instead, he only frowned and stared at a point in front. She followed his gaze and saw that on the opposite side of the road, there was also a man who was looking at her with the same expression.
The other party had also noticed him. Tang En realized this, and a seemingly absurd but very possible idea suddenly popped up in his mind — the 2007 him had inexplicably transmigrated to 2003, occupying the body of an Englishman, Tony Twain, and the soul of the Englishman, Tony Twain, had possessed the body of the 2003 Chinese Tang En … As for where this Chinese Tang En had gone to, perhaps he had gone to Sichuan, China in 2007, to fill in the gap left by the first Tang En. When he woke up, he would definitely be even more surprised that he had gone to the future. However, this was something that Tang En, who had transmigrated from 2007, could not care less about.
It seemed to be a very complicated matter, but if one did not view "time" as a single line, but as a net, then the problem would be much easier to understand.
In other words, the Tang En of 2007 and the Tang En of 2003 were not on the same timeline. Even though they looked the same, it was only on the surface and not exactly the same. Then, there was a divergence in Tang En's timeline in 2007. At this point, the original line split into several different directions and spread out in all directions, with one of them turning to Tang En's timeline in 2003.
At the same time, in England in 2003, Tony Twain's timeline split when he first took charge of Forest's First Team. One of the lines turned to Tang En of 2007 and converged with the line that he had split off. This was the reason why Tang En had transmigrated forward and possessed the body of another stranger. And this 2003 timeline did not end. Another line flew to Tang En's timeline in Sichuan, 2003 … At the same time, in Sichuan, China, that Tang En's timeline also split. One of the lines turned to Tang En's timeline in 2007, and after the divergence, it perfectly merged with the main timeline in 2007, continuing to advance in the original direction — he had replaced his future self. Like the word "claw," it split into several lines in the middle, and then countless "claws" formed an array. They were connected to each other or parallel, and their relationship was intricate and complicated.
Tang En was not a scientist, nor did he know any theoretical knowledge. He had completely figured it out through the novels, movies, and comics he had read in the past, as well as his own blind imagination.
When the cars on both sides of the crosswalk were allowed to pass again, many pedestrians gathered on both sides of the road, waiting to cross the street. Tony Twain was still on this side, and Tang En was still on the other side. They were separated by a road, but it was as if they were separated by a flow of time …
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