Insufficient balance

  My consciousness is a bit fuzzy, I want to open my eyes, but my eyelids seem to be stuck together with strong glue, and I vaguely hear someone calling my name beside my ear.

  Tang Yu shook his aching head vigorously, and with some effort, he blinked his heavy eyelids upwards. A streak of dazzling sunlight pierced through the slightly opened slit of his eyes, making him close them again. However, in his mind, a question suddenly popped up.

  "Where is this? Who am I? How did I get here?"

  "Yes, I'm Tang Yu. After accompanying the client out of Liu Jin Hall last night, it seems that I went to Huan Cheng. That kid Yan Nan Xiang drove my car away, and then...and then..."

  Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he jumped up from the ground with a start, attracting a group of astonished glances around him.

  "Wasn't I just drunk and got hit by a car?"

  Suddenly opening my eyes, the ears that had just felt a peaceful surroundings were immediately filled with the noise around me. The blue sky, white clouds, red flowers and green grass, everything was like the scenes in the world, where is there any sign of hell?

  Not far away, a string of clear and melodious laughter floated by, accompanied by several bursts of giggles, which seemed to be somewhat similar to the voice that had just called out one's name in their ear.

  "Is this, isn't this Zhongshan Park?" Tang Yu couldn't help but ask himself quietly.

  Everything is just like the Zhongshan Park in memory, Tang Yu still remembers that there was a scar of nearly five inches long on his calf, which was scratched by the sharp corner of a large stone at the edge of the flower bed during a visit to the third grade. He still remembers the scene when he was bleeding profusely and Su Qing and several other classmates carried him to the infirmary. The wound has not been completely eliminated until more than ten years later.

  The lawn, the small lake, the playground, and that large stone with seal characters that left a deep impression on him, everything is just like it was back then.

  "But now what's going on? Can't a dead person return to where they used to live in hell?"

  In Tang Yu's memory, Zhongshan Park had been permanently closed since his third-year junior high school trip.

  It is said that on the day I was injured, Zhongshan Park had two deaths due to inadequate safety facilities and was subsequently permanently closed and abandoned by the city. I remember feeling a bit regretful at the time. It wasn't until 2000 years later that this place became the favorite spot for vegetable farmers in the suburbs.

  "Why does it look like Zhongshan Park from back then now?"

  Was I in a car accident and my head isn't clear, or is this what heaven or hell looks like?

  Three steps away from the foot, there is a small pool that leads directly to the small lake in the nearby park. Tang Yu walked over, scooped up water with his hands and wanted to clear his head a bit. His gaze, slightly lowered, touched the surface of the water, but he was suddenly struck as if by lightning.

  Is that myself in the reflection of the water?

  No, to be precise, was it myself in 2011? Was it myself at the age of thirty-four?

  The reflection in the water was all too familiar to Tang Yu, to be precise, it was indeed his own shadow, but not the slightly chubby appearance he had when he was thirty-four years old in 2011, but rather the one from when he was in his teens, with a hint of fluff on his upper lip and a slender build.

  What's going on here?

  Shouldn't I have been hit by a car after getting drunk? How did I end up back in Zhongshan Park over a decade ago, and see my appearance from over a decade ago?

  Before he could continue thinking, a sudden cry for help came from not far away. Tang Yu, standing on this side, could clearly hear the cries of "Someone has fallen into the water".

  My mind was still a bit dizzy, but my feet involuntarily followed the crowd and were pushed to the edge of a small lake in the park tens of meters away.

  Tang Yu remembered this small lake, in his memory, it seemed to be dug out specifically for the construction of a water park, at that time he had been looking forward to it for a long time, and promised to come and play with Su Qing after it was completed, but unfortunately the water park was not yet completed, and the park was closed, and the small lake has never been opened since then.

  As the crowd rushed to the lake, Tang Yu finally saw that there was indeed a three or four-year-old little girl who had fallen into the water and was drifting towards the center of the lake. On the shore, a young girl had already entered the water to rescue her, looking like she was only sixteen or seventeen years old.

  Dongling City lacks water, and naturally, there are not many people who can swim. In a place like this, it's not easy to meet someone who can swim after falling into the water. The swimming skills of this girl who jumped in to save her looked pretty good, and before long, she swam up to the side of the little girl who had fallen in, lifting the little girl's head out of the water. Seeing this, the people on the shore also let out a sigh of relief.

  However, when they were swimming back, the girl seemed to be struggling and getting slower. After all, she was a woman, and she didn't have enough strength after swimming less than half of the distance. The two of them stopped in the middle of the small lake, with one big and one small body, seemingly sinking into the water again. They couldn't help but shout for help. The people around were discussing how to rescue them, asking each other who could swim and hurry up to save them.

  However, in the Dongling of 93, it was already a miracle to meet someone who could swim. To expect another one in the East Tomb Park is no different from a fool's dream. Some kind-hearted people have gone to find the management personnel to rescue people by boat, but the lake has not been built yet, and where can they get a boat?

  Listening to the faint cry for help, watching the two bodies in the water, one big and one small, struggling to stay afloat but slowly sinking to the bottom, Tang Yu's still somewhat dizzy head didn't hesitate, he quickly took off his long pants on the outside and threw them aside before jumping into the water.

  If they don't rescue them, the two people, one big and one small, will sink into this small lake. Subconsciously, Tang Yu still doesn't want to see such vibrant lives disappear before his eyes while he remains unmoved.

  Tang Yu's swimming skills were learned in physical education class during his university days, when his physical education teacher praised him for having a talent for it. He later joined the winter swimming team and even won an award at the University Games.

  As soon as he entered the water, the cold lake water in April wrapped around his body, and Tang Yu's mind became slightly clearer, but he still thought of rescuing people first.

  It seems that there is a faint feeling in the mind that something is not quite right, it feels very awkward, as if one has neglected life, but at this time saving people is more important, and there is no time to think about other things.

  When Tang Yu swam past, the girl who saved people was already unable to support herself, with half of her face submerged in the lake water. However, she still managed to keep the mouth and nose of the little girl who fell into the water from being submerged, and this kind of spirit of saving people is really admirable.

  Fortunately, the girl was only suffering from leg weakness and she wasn't a complete non-swimmer who would cling to her rescuer like a drowning person clinging to a straw.

  The girl apparently had some knowledge of water rescue and knew how to adjust her body to a suitable posture to facilitate Tang Yu's rescue.

  Tang Yu inserted his hands into the girl's arms and fixed her body in place. The girl then propped up the little girl with her face upwards.

  Obviously, Táng Yù's mind was still a bit muddled and he only thought about saving people, so he didn't notice the position of his two hands was a bit improper. He also didn't have the heart to feel the surprisingly soft and slippery touch on his hands, nor did he notice the faint blush spreading from the girl's ear roots to her neck.

  Thanks to Tang Yu's good swimming skills and physical strength, he managed to drag the two people to the shore with great difficulty, exhausting himself in the process. Fortunately, there were kind-hearted people waiting on the shore who helped Tang Yu pull the two people onto dry land and even helped him wipe away the water marks on his body.

  Tang Yu carefully checked and found that the girl who had jumped into the water to rescue people was only cramping in her legs, and hadn't recovered yet.

  As for the little girl, she had been in the water for a while before being rescued, and her belly was bulging, apparently having swallowed a lot of water. Fortunately, Tang Yu had some knowledge of first aid for drowning, and after helping to squeeze out the water from her stomach, he saw that the girl who had saved her had not yet recovered, so he gave the little girl several mouth-to-mouth resuscitations until she came to.

  The little girl looked obviously frightened, with a few strings of unknown water droplets or tear marks on her face, and her eyes were slightly dull, staring at Tang Yu without blinking.

  Not far away, someone seemed to be anxiously shouting something, probably a relative or friend of one of the two people, but he didn't quite hear what was being shouted. Tang Yu responded casually and took his pants from a kind-hearted person beside him, preparing to put them on. He glanced down at his legs and was struck by the sight of his smooth, fair skin, his mind thrown into chaos. Without waiting for the thanks of the people behind him, he hastily pulled on his long pants and squeezed out of the crowd.

  Along the park's single-lane path, Tang Yu walked a long way before slowing down his pace. Seeing a recliner beside him, he didn't care whether it was clean or not and directly sat down.

  It seemed that he still couldn't believe his eyes at what he had just seen, so Tang Yu rolled up the long pants on his right leg to just above the knee.

  Upon closer inspection, there seems to be nothing unusual about him, except for the slightly pale complexion from having just taken a bath, and he appears no different from a normal person. It shouldn't have caused his shock.

  But it was precisely because of this ordinariness that Tang Yu's heart was filled with confusion and shock.

  He clearly remembered that there was a scar about five inches long on the upper part of his right calf, and more than ten years later, he could still see the faint shadow of the scar, which could not be removed no matter what kind of scar remover was used.

  Even many years later, Tang Yu still clearly remembered how the scar came about. It was during a self-organized outing in Zhongshan Park by his classmates when he was in third grade. He was pushed from behind by Du Dahao and his gang, fell off a large stone not far away that was within his line of sight, and was scratched on the side of his calf by the sharp edge of the stone. The wound was very deep, about half a centimeter, so even many years later, it still left a scar.

  But now, although the calf is not "smooth as jade", even if he opens his eyes wide, he can't find any scars, let alone a five-inch-long scar.

  Again, he thought of his own car accident, the reflection of himself in the water at the age of ten or so, still opening the Zhongshan Park that had not fallen into a vegetable garden, and his small legs were still smooth and scarless. All of this was telling Tang Yu an astonishing fact...

  I have been reborn!

  Still somewhat disbelieving, Tang Yu pinched his arm hard until it bled, the sharp pain and a thread of crimson blood making him realize that this wasn't a dream, this was real, and those legendary events were truly happening to him.

  He lay down by the water's edge, carefully examining himself again to confirm that this was indeed his teenage self. Tang Yu's mind was still a bit dizzy and he didn't dare believe that such a thing had happened to him. When did he get so lucky?

  At this time, he was slightly crazy, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was mad. Anyone who encountered such a thing would also find it difficult to accept for the time being. As for his recent rescue of someone from drowning, he had long forgotten about it, throwing it to the back of his mind. He was too immersed in the shock and joy of rebirth to think about those trivial matters.

  Walking in a daze, I didn't realize until I looked up that I had already left Zhongshan Park. It was only then that I remembered I didn't know what time it was today or why I came to the park to play. All I could recall was someone calling my name when my head was foggy, but nothing specific came to mind. So who was it with that familiar voice before I woke up?

  Forget it, since I've been reborn, why think about so many things?

  But it's not all good, with his body rejuvenated to nearly twenty years old, walking still makes Tang Yu feel slightly unaccustomed.

  Just now my mind was dizzy, and when my subconscious controlled my body movements, I didn't feel anything. Now that my mind is getting clearer and clearer, my brain is directing my body, but somehow my nerve reactions and muscle responses seem to have lost their rhythm. It seems like I still need to get used to it.

  After a while, Tang Yu slowly came to his senses. For himself, the most important thing now seemed to be figuring out what time it was today. Although he could roughly guess from the lack of scars on his legs, it was still good to confirm the specific date.

  Not far away, there was a convenience store. Tang Yu patted his pocket and seemed to have found a coin. He bought an ice pop and borrowed a calendar from the plump owner under her surprised gaze. The date on the first page caught his eye: April 4th, 1993, March 13th in the lunar calendar, Guiyou year, auspicious...

  Some people walked out of the convenience store with a lost soul, April 4th, 1993, wasn't that the unlucky day when there was a scar on my calf in my previous life?

  Tang Yu still remembered that day vividly, it was a weekend, and the tense review of the first three years finally had a holiday. Some classmates organized a trip to Zhongshan Park, and he went too, but unexpectedly, while playing, he was designed by Du Dahao and Ji Liang, pushing himself down from the big stone, leaving an indelible scar on his calf and heart.

  So today is the day when I added scars to my legs in my previous life. That voice, which seems vaguely familiar, must be Su Qing's, no mistake about it. I was still with her in Mianzhou just a few days before crossing over, no wonder I find the voice somewhat familiar.

  Because I was reborn and came to save people in the water, it seems that I missed their prank that time. However, it seems that Zhongshan Park in my previous life was permanently closed due to safety concerns after someone died there. My actions today have saved the fate of Zhongshan Park! I wonder if I should find them and ask for a reward or something as a joke.

  He smiled self-deprecatingly, and his physical age seemed to decrease, as if his mental age had also decreased. This is not a good sign.

  He looked up and saw that the sun had already begun to set in the west. Tang Yu didn't have the heart to go back to the park to look for those unfamiliar yet familiar middle school classmates. His mind was still as vexed and perplexed as before, he needed to be alone by himself, calm down, think things through, and sort out the thoughts in his head.

  As for others, it's better not to care about those little brats.