Chapter 1: Mall Fire/Travel through the 1970s
As the merchandise manager of the largest shopping mall in City A, Lin Momo hasn't had a good night's sleep for several days.
The mall has been updating its products in the past few days. As a manager, she has to keep an eye on it all the time and cannot make any mistakes.
Lin Momo started working in this mall after graduating from university. She worked her way up the ladder and finally got the position of merchandise manager at the age of 27.
This afternoon, Lin Momo finished her last merchandise exchange job and didn't even have time for lunch. She fell asleep on the sofa in the office.
At this time, in the kitchen of a restaurant on the 9th floor, a chef seemed to smell a natural gas leak and quickly notified the store manager. The restaurant manager did not dare to delay and called the mall management department.
The mall broadcast an announcement that all personnel in the mall were required to evacuate. Fire trucks, SWAT teams, and even the local special forces were alerted.
Not long after the staff were evacuated, explosions were heard in the mall. The 9th and 10th floors were restaurants, and the fire started on the 9th floor and quickly spread upwards.
"Where is Manager Lin? Has anyone seen Manager Lin?" The mall counted the staff but couldn't find Lin Momo.
"Manager Lin was too tired. He went back to the office to catch up on his sleep without even having a meal." At this time, an employee from the merchandise department said.
"She, she hasn't come out yet, has she?"
"Manager Lin, which Manager Lin are you talking about?" At this time, a soldier in special operations uniform came over and grabbed the employee.
"Lin, Lin Momo, Manager Lin."
The soldier's face turned pale instantly. "Which floor is the office on?"
"The 12th floor, the one with the open window." The merchandise employee pointed to the soldier.
"Mall floor plan." The soldier shouted to his teammates.
After getting the floor plan, he took a careful look at it and ran towards the mall.
Lin Momo was in the office and was awakened by the strong smell of cigarettes. The office was already full of black smoke.
"Cough cough." Lin Momo covered her mouth and walked towards the door, but she felt a vibration under her feet, as if something exploded.
Because when it was designed, it was originally planned to use the 10th and 11th floors as restaurants, so natural gas pipelines were also buried on the 11th floor.
Soon, Lin Momo's temperature became higher and higher, and there seemed to be firelight coming through the crack in the door.
The sound of the fire sirens downstairs reached Lin Momo's ears, and she ran to the window, but black smoke was rising from downstairs, and she couldn't see down at all.
Lin Momo looked at the fire outside the door and it seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, the black smoke was getting bigger and bigger, and the air was getting thinner and thinner. Lin Momo's consciousness was a little fuzzy, "Am I going to die here?"
"Momo." A familiar voice sounded.
"Cheng Jinghao?" Lin Momo saw the blurry figure of Cheng Jinghao walking towards the window.
The soldier in special operations uniform is Cheng Jinghao, Lin Momo's childhood sweetheart.
Cheng Jinghao stepped forward and helped Lin Momo up from her kneeling position on the ground. "How are you?"
"What are you doing here? Are you crazy? Are you here to die?" Lin Momo weakly pushed Cheng Jinghao away, fell to the ground, and yelled at him.
"Momo, don't be afraid." Cheng Jinghao took off his combat uniform and covered Lin Momo with it. "Fire prevention."
"We can't get out. We can't get out, Cheng Jinghao." Lin Momo hugged Cheng Jinghao and cried.
Cheng Jinghao knew that without any auxiliary tools, the mall was made of glass and tiles, and he had no way to take Lin Momo away from here.
They didn't send out a helicopter this time, so he and Lin Momo couldn't hold on until the rescue.
Cheng Jinghao hugged Lin Momo without saying a word. Since he couldn't take her out, he would stay with her.
"Cheng Jinghao, if I had known that I would die with you in the end, I would not have quarreled with you at that time." Lin Momo's voice was getting weaker and weaker.
The office door could no longer hold back the fire that was rushing in.
Shrouded in black smoke, Cheng Jinghao could no longer see Lin Momo's face. He reached out and touched her face.
"Momo, I..."
Lin Momo didn't hear clearly what Cheng Jinghao said, and she lost consciousness.
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When she opened her eyes again, Lin Momo felt uncomfortable, and a memory that did not belong to her appeared in her mind.
It is now 1973. The original owner is Lin Momo, 18 years old this year, just graduated from high school, from Beijing, Lin's father is the director of a flour mill, Lin's mother is an accountant in a steel mill, and her family conditions are still very good at this age.
There are two older brothers. The eldest brother, Lin Ze, is 25 years old and works in a steel factory. His wife, Cao Shulan, works in a supply and marketing cooperative. Their son, Lin Jiejie, is now 3 years old and has already gone to kindergarten.
The second elder brother, Lin Yu, is 22 years old and works in a rubber factory. He married Zhang Hui, who also works in the rubber factory. They have been married for half a year.
The original owner lived in the flour mill staff compound, a three-bedroom, one-living-room house. The first and second elder brothers had moved out and only came back for dinner on weekends.
The original owner's last memory was an electronic sound, which meant that the original owner's mission in this world was completed.
After accepting the original owner's memory, Lin Momo remembered what happened before she lost consciousness. She realized that she had traveled through time, but what about Cheng Jinghao? Where did he go?
"Momo, are you up?" Lin's mother's voice came from the door.
"Mom, I'll get up right away." There was no time to think anymore. Today was the weekend and her brother and sister-in-law would be back for dinner, so Lin Momo had to get up first.
After getting up, Lin Momo looked around the original owner's room. It was exactly the same as the original owner's memory. As the only girl in the family, the original owner was very favored.
In addition to some high school books, there was also a radio and a watch on the desk in the room. There is also a mirror on the wardrobe, which was specially made by Lin's father for his daughter.
Lin Momo walked to the mirror, and a fair and beautiful face appeared in the mirror. She reached out and touched her face.
Isn't this what I looked like when I was 18? It seems like this is a profit. I was supposed to be dead, but I traveled to the seventy years ago and became ten years younger.
I don’t know how Cheng Jinghao is doing? Did he also travel through time like me?
He went to the office for himself, right?
She is the same age as Cheng Jinghao. Their parents died in an accident when they were 20 years old. At that time, Cheng Jinghao had served in the army for two years.
Later, Cheng Jinghao joined the special forces and they had less contact.
Although the two had quarreled from beginning to end, they had grown up together and had a deep bond. He actually lost his life for her.
"Momo." Lin's mother's voice urged from the door, "Didn't you say yesterday that you were going to buy groceries with mom? If you don't come out, the pork belly will be gone."
"Right away." Lin Momo quickly opened the closet, looked at the closet full of loose clothes, picked out one at random and put it on quickly, then tied two pigtails and went out of the room.
"Hurry up and wash up and have breakfast." When Lin's mother saw Lin Momo coming out, she hurried to the kitchen to bring out the porridge.
"My daughter looks really beautiful today." Father Lin helped Mother Lin with the dishes and chopsticks, and praised Lin Momo as he passed by.
"What's wrong with your daughter?" The original owner was the same as Lin Momo in character and other aspects, so there was no need to worry about being discovered that she had changed.
"Yes, our daughters are all pretty." Father Lin agreed with a smile.
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