On the streets of Fog City in August, the sun was as bright as ever.
At eight o'clock in the morning, when the bell from the Palace of Westchester rang for the seventh time.
A yellow-skinned, black-eyed Asian youth wearing a British checkered suit suddenly looked at the sunny sky and smiled meaningfully.
Whoosh--
He took out the black umbrella he carried with him and opened it slowly. The bell just happened to ring for the eighth time.
The surrounding passersby looked at him strangely.
One of them, a white man in his thirties with the words "Serve the People" tattooed on his arm and dressed in a hip-hop style, walked up to him and glanced at him. He said with a hint of mockery,
"Hey, buddy from the East, why do you need an umbrella on a sunny day? Is this the custom of your hometown? Or perhaps, as a grown man, you're still afraid of being roasted by the sun? Sunlight was very precious in the weather of Fog City!”
The man said in a teasing tone, but the smile on his face froze in the next second.
The sun was clearly hanging in the sky, but dense raindrops were falling.
The pedestrians on the street ran away in a hurry, and he looked at Shen Ran, who was smiling, as if he was looking at a monster.
Shen Ran glanced at him and said softly,""The heavens are unpredictable! Good luck, buddy!"
Then, he no longer paid attention to the white man who was in a daze. He continued to hold the umbrella and walked into the rain unhurriedly.
When they reached the third street, Shen Ran suddenly stopped and looked down at his watch.
At this moment, a little boy rushed out from the corner with a schoolbag on his head.
When he ran in front of him, the little boy suddenly staggered and was about to fall headfirst toward him.
Out of habit, Shen Ran reached out and held the little boy firmly.
The little boy, who was still in shock, opened his eyes in surprise and looked at the young man who was holding him in surprise for a full two seconds. Then, he reacted and hurriedly thanked him.
It was already the eighth year of the Western calendar, August 10, 2018.
That's right, Shen Ran had already experienced the same day eight times like the male lead in the classic American movie," Groundhog Day."
Every day when Shen Ran passed by the intersection, the little boy would fall and hit him because the road was too slippery.
Next, he would be reprimanded by his superiors when he arrived at the company because of work.
Then, he was laughed at by a group of white colleagues, especially his colleague Bruce, who laughed very cunningly.
This was because the root cause of the problem at work was this guy's doing, but there was no evidence.
They had fruit-flavored pizza for lunch.
Of course, if Shen Ran was willing, he could totally change his taste.
However, only the fruit pizza tasted the best in that restaurant. Everything else was rubbish to Shen Yang, so there was almost no choice.
At night, Fran called to invite him. Finally, he met a strange-looking black stray cat at his door.
These things happened over and over again, and even the details were already memorized.
Now, he could even pinpoint a certain point in time.
Shen Ran came from Shu Han in China and grew up in a third-tier city by the Yangtze River.
His parents were laid-off workers, but his father inherited the craftsmanship of Tang School Sichuan Cuisine from his grandfather. He took his savings from his early years and opened a medium-sized Chinese restaurant.
Because the taste was authentic, combined with some of the characteristics of the Yan Gang dishes, and the price was affordable, the business was very good.
The husband and wife were very simple. They had saved some money over the years and bought two commercial houses in the city center.
Shen Ran was also very hardworking. She got into Sanjiang No.1 Middle School with excellent results and became a member of the rocket class.
Later, before taking the college entrance examination, with the help of the form teacher, he applied for the IELTS and received a full scholarship from Southampton Solent University.
For Chinese families, studying had always been a big deal.
Many parents wanted their children to become successful and attached great importance to education.
In order for their children to obtain better educational resources, they were even willing to give everything they had.
Especially when Shen Ran was able to go abroad for further studies, it really made his parents proud.
His parents even closed the shop for a few days and returned to their hometown to hold a banquet to celebrate with their relatives and friends.
Of course, in order to let Shen Ran suffer less in a foreign country, his parents still worked hard to run a small restaurant in their hometown. They worked hard from morning till night.
From time to time, she would send him a sum of money so that he could be as well-off as possible and spend more time on his studies instead of going out to work to earn money.
In order to live up to his parents 'ardent hopes, Shen Ran also worked hard.
In the end, he graduated with straight A's and became an outstanding graduate of that batch.
After graduation, Shen Ran rejected the professor's kindness and did not choose to continue her studies.
However, he did not immediately return to the country. He decided to stay in England and work hard before returning.
Shen Ran's parents were very supportive of her decision.
However, his mother's only request was that he could find a partner as soon as possible and solve his personal problems first.
His parents only had him and his sister, Shen Yue. Shen Yue was just eighteen years old and was a freshman at the Xishu Music Academy.
In Sanjiang, the older generation's thinking was still very traditional. The idea of favoring sons over daughters was more serious.
Although his parents also doted on their daughter, Shen Yue, deep in their hearts, they naturally hoped that Shen Ran could get married as soon as possible and carry on the family line.
Now that Shen Ran had found a job that she liked and was about to do well in her career, she had to encounter such a strange thing.
What should he do in the future?
Was he going to be like the male lead in Groundhog Day, forever stuck on this day?
If that was really the case, returning to the country to see his parents would become an extravagant hope.
Since he would start again tomorrow, why should he follow the rules every day?
In the British Bar.
Shen Ran ordered a glass of whiskey and sat in front of the bar. He took a puff of his cigarette and slowly blew it on the girl's face.
"You're saying that you've already passed August 10th eight times?”The girl looked at him strangely and asked in surprise.
"Yes, I was trapped on this day.”
"Your way of hitting on people is really too lame.”The girl rolled her eyes at him in disgust and sized him up. She could not help but look curious.
The girl's name was Claire. She was Caucasian, with blonde hair and blue eyes. There was a tattoo of Italian English letters on the inner side of her calf. She had a small face the size of a palm and delicate facial features. She wore hot pants and suspenders, and she often went to bars. However, when she was chatting with him, she had a guarded expression.
"I've seen many men hit on me, but the method you used was the worst. Do you think I'm as easy to fool as a three-year-old?”
"Then how do I know your name is Claire?”Shen Ran did not mind. He even smiled like a gentleman and said indifferently.
"How do you know my name?”Claire raised her head, her expression alert.
"My time cycles. In the past eight times, I've slept with you five times.”Shen Ran raised his right hand. His gaze swept over her body as he spoke in a faint voice.
Time would not move forward. In the past eight cycles, he had done many exaggerated and excessive things.
He used different ways to woo Claire, fighting, robbing casinos, and other things that violated human morality like murder and arson. He was prepared to try everything else.
In any case, everything would be cleared tomorrow.
"You slept with me? How was this possible? I don't believe it." Claire did not believe it at all, as if she was hearing a funny joke.
"Although you often go to bars and have a rebellious personality, you've never really had a man. You even cherish your body very much.”Shen Ran said lightly as he glanced at her face.
"You, you must be guessing blindly." Claire's expression changed as she said in disbelief.
"In three minutes and fifteen seconds, this television will broadcast a piece of news. A fire broke out in a London bank, burning 86.33 million pounds.”
Claire glanced at her watch. She didn't believe him at all. Just as she was about to get up and leave, the bar's television suddenly popped up the night news.
" In the evening, a fire broke out at the London Bank on West Street due to employees throwing cigarette butts. The amount of money burned was as high as 86.33 million pounds…"
"How did you know the exact amount? Don't tell me you work in a bank?"
Claire looked down at the time. Unable to suppress her curiosity, she sat back down in her chair. Although it was not accurate to the second, three minutes had indeed passed.
"I'm a small employee of a beef sales company. This is my work card.”Shen Ran pointed at his chest and took a puff.
The figure in the smoke was lonely and mysterious.
"I don't believe it. You must have seen the bank fire with your own eyes, although you were lucky enough to get the right amount.”Claire was still unwilling to believe him, so she found a barely reasonable excuse.
"It's up to you whether you believe it or not. Anyway, we'll meet again here tomorrow. I can still soak you in bed.”
Shen Ran said in a relaxed tone, as if she was talking about eating and walking. This attitude successfully angered Claire. She said with some annoyance,"I'm a girl with principles. I won't agree to your dirty request. Besides, I'm not even 18 years old yet.”
Claire slammed the table and stood up. She picked up her glass and was about to splash it at Shen Ran.
"You are almost nineteen years old. Pretending to be eighteen is just a way for you to protect yourself. You like to fool around like this because you are rebellious and want to resist your parents 'control.”
Shen Ran did not dodge. His words made Claire freeze completely. She had a good figure. Wearing revealing clothes could be considered hot. Her full body was hidden in her bra. Any man would want to find out what was going on.
His gaze shifted to Claire's hot pants pocket and pointed to the one on the left."There's a folded Swiss Army knife hidden here, and you also have a bottle of pepper spray in your bag to protect yourself.”
"How did you know all this?”
Claire tightened her legs and grabbed her bag tightly with both hands. She subconsciously became alert.
These were all her secrets, including the mole on her butt.
She had been in the bar for so long and had met all kinds of men. No matter how much she admired him, she had always kept her bottom line and secrets. She had never said these things out loud.
Unless…this man had climbed into her closet to spy on her life.
"I'm not interested in peeping. In ten minutes, your brother will call you to borrow money and lie that he hit someone with his car. In fact, he used the money to gamble and embezzled the money from your father's company account.”
Shen Ran spoke clearly and gave a simple reminder. These were all things that he had learned when he was close to Claire last time.
He was a poor student who had just graduated. Normally, he would not dare to strike up a conversation with such a beautiful foreign woman.
It was different if he could loop time. He could investigate all kinds of information to get close to this girl and even successfully coax her to a motel room.
"This is impossible! My brother is very obedient. He's not the kind of person you're talking about.”Claire was even angrier. Clearly, she was extremely unwilling for her family to be slandered.
"If you don't believe me, ask your father to check the company's account and see if there's a missing sum of money. Oh right, as the daughter of the Layton Group, you have the right to check.”
"You liar. What if I check and it's not what you said? You have to apologize to me!" Claire picked up her phone angrily and logged into her bank account.
Shen Ran slowly took a sip of wine, as if he had expected her reaction.
"You liar, I must make you apologize to me!”
Claire mumbled as she checked her account. When she saw the balance, her face instantly turned pale.
She raised her head and sized Shen Ran up again. Could it be that he was right?
His phone vibrated, and a call came in.
When Claire picked up the call, she glanced at the time. It was exactly ten minutes. She picked it up and said angrily,"Hey, what's wrong?"
"Sis, I hit someone with my car. Hurry up and make some money for me. That person seems to be dying!”His younger brother's voice came from the phone with a hint of trembling.
Claire glanced at Shen Ran and said resentfully,""Did you secretly transfer the money from Dad's company account? Isn't that money enough for you to save her?"
"Uh…what money? I don't know." The younger brother's voice suddenly became nervous and he stuttered.
"Where are you now? I'll transfer the money to you." Claire suddenly softened her voice and asked.
"I'm on Lyme Street. Sis, hurry up and transfer me the money. It's an emergency!”
"I happen to be on Lyme Street. Give me the exact location and I'll rush over now.”Claire frowned and glared at Shen Ran as she probed.
Before he could finish, the phone was hung up.
"Your brother must have found a way to cover up his lie. He will turn off his phone and call you in half an hour.”Shen Ran reminded him kindly.
Claire frowned and called again. As expected, her phone was turned off!
"Damn it! How dare you ruin our family's money like this!" Claire frowned and cursed. Now, she completely believed Shen Ran's words and even began to doubt his identity.
" I'm not a corporate spy. I know this because I spent wonderful nights with you in the first five cycles. You even offered yourself to me.”
Shen Ran drank the last mouthful of wine and took out his wallet to pay the bill. He took the initiative to ask the waiter to charge Claire's expenses to him.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Claire was actually a little unwilling. She stood up and stopped him."Although I don't know how you got that information, I have to admit that you've piqued my interest.”
She looked up at Shen Ran's face. Her hands were obviously trembling from nervousness, but she had to act like she was skilled and strong.
"I don't want to sleep with you today. I've slept with you five times in a row and I'm a little tired.”
Shen Ran took the money from the waiter and walked towards the door. She looked at her as if she was a toy.
"You liar!"
Claire stomped her feet in anger. Her face was flushed red. The good impression she had of this man was erased again. She glared angrily at Shen Ran's back as she left, and a trace of reluctance appeared in her heart.
He had to admit that he had succeeded. He had successfully attracted her attention!
The night was bleak. Shen Ran walked out of the British bar and looked at the neon lights on the central street. He felt a little lonely.
Everything would happen again tomorrow, including this scene at this moment.
He sighed softly. His days of debauchery were suddenly boring. This long and repetitive cycle made him feel like he had been abandoned by God.
Therefore, he woke up on time from today onwards and moved to work according to his schedule. However, at night, he still couldn't help but go to the bar to sit for a while.
With mixed feelings, he turned to the convenience store and bought a can of high-end canned meat.
Normally, he would never be willing to spend so much money to buy a can of food to feed the cat.
Now…Who cares!
Everything would start over anyway!
Shen Ran suddenly stopped when he reached 430 Bayson Street.
It was an old building with a British style.
The building was tall and dilapidated, mottled by the passage of time.
Due to the age and lack of necessary repairs and protection, even the corridor was filled with a strong musty smell.
Before entering the elevator, Shen Ran suddenly stopped in his tracks. His gaze fell on the old phone booth beside the door.
Meow-meow-
A few weak meows suddenly sounded.
Looking in the direction of the sound, a black cat was curled up there.
The cat's eyes were like orange gems, and its fur was black and bright like brocade.
At this moment, it also saw Shen Ran. She was licking her mouth with her red tongue and lying in the corner.
When it saw Shen Ran walking over, it immediately arched its body and barked twice.
It felt like she was acting coquettishly…
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