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Anatomy of Flowers
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My name is Ye Zhenzhen, a junior in college. Today is my twentieth birthday.
Turning twenty isn’t particularly special, but for me, it holds immense significance.
The most important point is that the Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China states: "The legal marriage age is twenty-two for men and twenty for women."
In other words, twenty is my legal marriage age. I can get married!
This feels like a ceremonial event for me because I have been looking forward to this moment for a full eight years.
Twenty minus eight equals twelve, which means I fell in love at first sight with that person when I was twelve and decided to meet him officially on my twentieth birthday.
In fact, I have been preparing seriously for this for a whole eight years!
You might ask, was it worth it? If you like someone, why not just pursue them? Being a little girl has its advantages, right?
At this point, I can only sigh. Because my idol is not even in my world. If I don’t give it my all, how could I possibly meet him?
My idol's name is Nie Qiuyuan.
Actually, I have only seen his portrait. Yes, not a photo, but a portrait. I don’t know who painted it so beautifully. In any case, I fell for him at first glance. After reading his biography, I was completely captivated.
My idol is handsome and charming, born in the year 605, and he rose to the position of Premier of the State Council.
What? A premier born in 605? That’s… during the Tang Dynasty?
That’s right. The person I fell in love with at first sight is the handsome official who became Chancellor during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang—Nie Qiuyuan. So, I decided to travel back to the Tang Dynasty to find him.
You might say: Nonsense! The chancellors back then were Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui.
I want to say: N,n,n! Just because you don’t know doesn’t mean he doesn’t exist. And besides, I'm the one traveling back in time! Is time travel just a joke? If that person didn’t exist, why would I go through all this trouble?
So my wish is simple: go to the Tang Dynasty, find Nie Qiuyuan, marry him, and spend my life together.
So at the beginning, I was just rambling. It’s not that I’m waiting for some legal marriage age; it’s just that achieving this goal after eight years still feels a bit insufficient.
So, when we talk about time travel, what exactly are we discussing?
After watching numerous time travel dramas, I found myself asking: if you could travel back in time and could only bring one thing with you, what would you choose?
My answer is contact lenses.
As for how I became nearsighted, that's a story for another time. However, traveling back to ancient times and not being able to see clearly would be incredibly inconvenient; it would severely diminish my quality of life, especially if I needed to escape from danger.
I wonder if you've seen a movie called "The Mummy." There’s a character who is extremely nearsighted and can’t even see the zombies creeping up behind him. He even tries to reach out and touch them! That scene left a deep impression on me, and I had nightmares about it. I thought to myself, if I'm going to die, I'd rather do so with my eyes wide open.
What if I brought glasses instead? That would be quite odd in ancient times—so many inconveniences, and most importantly, they wouldn't look good at all! Just imagine wearing traditional clothing while sporting a pair of glasses—oh dear!
But contact lenses have a short lifespan and require cleaning solution, which is just too impractical.
So at eighteen, I decided to undergo surgery to correct my nearsightedness once and for all.
Even though I might be using someone else's body after traveling through time, my thoughts would still carry over. What if my vision came along too?!
See, I'm the kind of person who thinks things through meticulously! A person like me is bound to achieve their goals.
Now let me tell you how my idol changed my life.
Ever since I fell in love with him, I made up my mind that from that moment on, every minute and every second would be dedicated to working hard for the chance to meet him in the future.
I started taking my studies seriously, eagerly absorbing modern scientific and cultural knowledge—especially focusing on memorizing history after the Tang Dynasty. These subjects may seem mundane today, but they can significantly enhance one's charm and provide plenty of conversation starters. However, in ancient times, any piece of knowledge could become essential for survival.
From middle school to university, everything went smoothly for me. My classmates looked at me with a mix of admiration and disbelief as if I were some kind of superhuman. They whispered behind my back: "This girl is an absolute genius! Does she even sleep?" Hmph, how could a Sparrow understand the ambitions of a Swan? Those impressive exam scores were merely byproducts of my efforts. The power of love is limitless!
Thus, my relatively small brain was crammed full of various knowledge. My Intelligence Quotient skyrocketed from 19 to 169.
You might say: "That's nonsense! The IQ test range is only 46-160!"
Allow me a moment to chuckle. Since Sheldon Cooper has an IQ of 187, why can't mine be 169? Besides, that 169 is just what I believe it to be.
In fact, for my idol, I have truly endured a lot of hardships.
For example, in ancient times, to live well, one must have good physical fitness and know a bit of martial arts. Every morning, I insisted on running, and since I was twelve, I apprenticed under a master to learn the most practical form of Chinese martial arts—Wing Chun. I even won awards in national martial arts competitions!
I also read a set of books called the Waisman Survival Manual. It is an authoritative guide by British Special Forces instructors, ranked five stars on the Amazon Book Chart, teaching you how to survive in the wild under any conditions. One book, one knife, solving all survival problems—essential for driving, hiking, traveling, and adventuring! Every year, I participate in outdoor survival training and first aid camps, which makes me feel like I'm part of the Special Forces.
Moreover, my ultimate goal is to win my idol's heart. But people say that to capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach. So, I put in a lot of effort to learn cooking; give me a chance, and I can conquer you with dishes from around the world!
There are also some very practical issues that are a bit hard to mention. I considered this journey through time so thoroughly that I researched some very specialized topics: how to make toilet paper, how to create sanitary pads, and the patterns for underwear and bras.
I believe that if I have no source of income, with the skill of making toilet paper alone, I should be able to survive.
So, with all this hard work in learning, how could I not be nearsighted?
Now I just want to weakly ask: Is my Golden Finger enough?!
No matter how one travels through time.
Traveling through time isn't as simple as Guo Degang makes it seem; you can't just touch a switch and "poof," you're there. That would be courting death; you'd end up like Guan Yu looking up at a plaque that reads "Maicheng." However, traveling through time isn't as difficult as portrayed on television either; you don't necessarily have to die once or encounter a fortuitous event with odds of one in ten billion to achieve it.
After serious research and exploration, I've finally figured out that time travel can actually be accomplished by taking a certain potion. You fall asleep and then wake up having lived an entire life there while here it might only be ten minutes.
I can cite several examples. In ancient times, there's a tale called A Dream of Yellow Millet about a man named Lu Sheng who stayed at an inn in Handan. After falling asleep, he dreamed of enjoying wealth and glory for a lifetime only to wake up before his rice was even cooked. This actually records an instance of time travel.
In foreign films, there's one called Time Reversal Seventy Years where the female lead ages beautifully. The story revolves around a playwright who becomes deeply captivated by a photo of an actress from 191 years ago and cannot extricate himself. He uses self-hypnosis to travel back from 197 years to 191 years and finally finds the actress, leading to a romantic connection.
Although it seems like sixty years from 191 to 197 no matter how you count it, that's not important. What matters is that this male playwright is so much like me now! But he didn't prepare seriously at all; no wonder he didn't get a happy ending!
There's also a movie called Inception; the director must have traveled through time himself. He casually mentioned that if you die there, you can immediately return to reality.
However, there’s also something misleading in Inception. The human body's limit for time travel is just once. In other words, going back and forth repeatedly is impossible. I only have one chance—one precious opportunity—to capture my beloved idol's heart. Otherwise, why would I need to learn so much?
Actually, it took me eight years to find the mysterious person who could create the time travel potion. As for the details about this mysterious individual—it's an ultimate secret that won't be disclosed here. If you want to travel through time yourself, you'll have to find out on your own. Just raise your Intelligence Quotient to 169; eight years should be enough!
Why bring up the Intelligence Quotient again? Because the higher your Intelligence Quotient is during the crossing, the more conditions you can set. Crossing over is like drinking from the River of Forgetfulness; my Intelligence Quotient allows me to remember only three conditions along the way. These three conditions will be fulfilled once I arrive!
But three conditions? Is that really enough?!
After careful consideration, I chose the following three conditions:
First, historical records show that Nie Qiuyuan married at the age of twenty-two, so I want to travel back to the year he turned twenty-one. This way, he will be unmarried, and I won’t have to wait too long.
Second, I hope to be of a matching age with him, beautiful as a flower, and in good health. These qualities can only be granted by fate; hard work won’t help here, so they are a must.
Third, I want to be close to him, so I don’t spend my whole life searching for him.
That’s it then. My idol, wait for me; I’m coming!
You might say: What? This isn’t scientific!
Let me laugh heartily three times: Ha! Ha! Ha!
Come on, I’m about to cross over, and you’re talking to me about science?!
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