Brian Bolton's mind was a bit muddled; it seemed he had been reborn, fifteen years ago, in 2001, in Hefei City.

But somehow, things didn’t seem quite the same. Since when did the “Fei” in Hefei have the three water dots?

……

That was the year Beijing won the Olympic bid, and sodas at the little shop by Qianmen were free.

That was the year the national football team qualified for the World Cup, and the internet café owner gave everyone an extra hour of time.

That was the year “Legend of Mir” was all the rage, and if you hadn’t played it, you’d be embarrassed to say you knew how to use the internet.

That was the year Brian Bolton started senior year one.

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That year, the people were still the same, but the stories had already changed.