Don't Jump

I stood on the hotel rooftop, feeling utterly hopeless. Watching the endless stream of cars and ant-like pedestrians on the street below, I was once again reminded of how small and insignificant I was.Yes, small.My girlfriend is very beautiful. Her name is Wendy Holland. Earlier today, she told me she had a group meeting and might sleep at the dorm tonight. I didn't suspect a thing. Not long after, I spotted her at the Four Seasons Hotel below me.Even when I saw her walk into a room with a man with my own eyes, I still refused to believe it. I dawdled for over an hour, then went up to the hotel rooftop, took out my phone, and called her.The call connected. There was a lot of noise on her end. Breathing heavily, she asked what I wanted.Through the receiver, I heard a clamor of car horns. I asked where she was, why it was so noisy. She said she was at the campus, that her advisor was holding the group meeting, and she had snuck out to take the call.I said nothing. From the re

I pulled out my phone. The screen showed "Unknown Caller". After hesitating for two seconds, I answered."Hello?"A voice that I couldn't be more familiar with came from the other end of the line. It was my own voice."Don't jump, Jack Sterling."Although I had a faint suspicion, I still asked, "Who are you?""Well, you probably won't believe it, but I'm actually you from ten years in the future—""Hold on a second," I interrupted him. "Do you know where I am?""Yeah, I know. You're on the rooftop of the Four Seasons Hotel right now. If I hadn't called you, you would have jumped and smashed yourself to pieces.""For what reason am I jumping off a building?""Because Wendy cheated on you.""Hmm, okay, I believe you."There was a pause on the other end, then the person asked, surprised, "Aren't you going to ask anything else?"I gave a bitter laugh. "If you're really my future self, you should know the situation I'm in. I've lost everything. What could you gain by deceiving m

I'm lucky too, Wendy. You're my first love too!But why did you... Did that man force you? I started overthinking as I listened."Ah, how wonderful! I hear you have two children?""Yes, two little angels joined our family last year, a boy and a girl. The boy's name is—"The recording suddenly cut off there. I anxiously said "Hello? Hello?" for a while, then my future self's voice came on, "Stop shouting, you're going to blow my eardrum out.""What's the boy's name?" I asked anxiously."Don't be so impatient, you'll find out eventually," my future self said smugly."What you just heard was a recording of a reporter interviewing Wendy. I want to tell you that Wendy will definitely become your wife in the future, and you are destined for success. Are you relieved now?""Mm-hmm." I nodded like a puppy. Now, I no longer wanted to die, and even felt a deep sense of fear for almost missing out on a wonderful future."I know you're at the hotel to borrow money from Terry. Go home. You

"Ten years ago, at 5:31 PM, the daughter of a prominent foreign tycoon left the hotel where she was staying, preparing to discuss a project investment with the Teilla city leaders. However, as she walked out of the hotel surrounded by a bunch of people, an idiot fell from the sky and landed right on her."I was stunned, completely speechless. The unbelievable story continued:"This young lady's name was Lucy. She was the only heir to her family. Her parents arranged the Teilla trip for her to let her gain experience."That's right, for a powerful family with vast assets, an investment highly valued by the Teilla city government was merely a training exercise for their heir."Lucy was almost constantly surrounded by well-trained bodyguards. Although she came from a wealthy background, she didn't like being flashy. She could have easily booked out the entire hotel, and then you wouldn't have been able to go to the hotel rooftop, but she didn't. She preferred having people around her.

"History will try every means to wash away these planks and restore the altered history to its original course as much as possible."Saving Miss Lucy is equivalent to changing the river's flow with planks. Too few planks, and the river will still flow along its original path. Too many planks, and the river will get blocked and might even flood its banks!"It's now 5:40 PM where you are, but Lucy still hasn't left the hotel. History is clearly intervening already. If you jump, you'll probably still hit and kill Miss Lucy."History will adjust the time Lucy leaves the hotel to the exact moment you jump. Even if you jump from a different location, some other accident will happen. Things won't change unless you wait until Lucy leaves, because that level of change cannot be corrected even by history.""How do you know when Lucy will leave?""The investment meeting is set for 7 PM, so Miss Lucy will depart from the hotel by 6 PM at the latest. All history can do is adjust her departure