This really is a junior high school classroom.

However, what on earth is this “Shanhai City” that suddenly appeared out of nowhere?

He looked out the window. This was the third floor. Outside was the old locust tree planted on the right side of the teaching building, which had accompanied them throughout all three years of junior high. Some of the windows still had newspapers stuck on them by the students sitting by the window to avoid being exposed to the sun.

On the red brick and white tile walls was written: “Promote civility, foster new trends, maintain hygiene, everyone is responsible.”

None of the details had changed.

Could it be that the entire school was moved by some great supernatural power? Or had he entered the Main God’s space?

No, that wasn’t it. Looking past the wall, there were indeed several residential buildings over there. Those old-style buildings and their arrangements were exactly as before, unchanged.

In the more distant part of the city, there should be the landmark Sheraton Hotel of the former Qingshan City. At this time, it should have just been built for less than a year. It was the most luxurious hotel in Qingshan City, a source of pride for its people. When it was completed, all the city’s media reported on it with great fanfare.

There it was—the hotel.

But—

“Fuxing!?”

Ryan Carter suddenly blurted out, this outburst causing the English teacher to pause in the middle of class. Instantly, countless pairs of eyes swished over to look at him. Ryan Carter was already the class’s giant panda.

The English teacher showed a hint of displeasure, then continued teaching.

“What’s wrong with you today… Are you sick…” Shawn Hughes looked at him suspiciously.

“Why is that hotel… called Fuxing?”

“Isn’t it just Fuxing Hotel? The Fortune 500 company Fuxing Hotel Group saw the opportunity for Shanhai City to become a national tourist city and specially developed this hotel… The founder of the hotel, Mr. Ernest Henderson, was born in 1887 in Chestnut Hill near Boston, USA. He later established the Fuxing Hotel brand, and in 1945 it became the first chain hotel group to be listed on the New York County Stock Exchange in the USA, remaining prosperous to this day…”

Shawn Hughes introduced to Ryan Carter as if reciting a family treasure. In fact, all of this came from the city’s major media reports after Fuxing Hotel opened, and many people prided themselves on being able to recite this hot information backwards.

Listening to this introduction, both strange and familiar… In the future that Ryan Carter knew, this was the genuine Sheraton Hotel! But what was going on…

Suddenly, Ryan Carter thought of something, as if struck by a bolt of electricity!

He vaguely remembered reading an autobiography, in which Sheraton Hotel’s founder Henderson’s mother had German blood. According to German custom, a child born on Sunday is a “lucky star” (Fuxing). So when Henderson was young, he also had the nickname “Fuxing.” Later, when he founded the hotel, if he hadn’t started with “Sheraton”… then the name Fuxing Hotel would make perfect sense!

After a moment of daze, Ryan Carter tentatively asked, “Then… our country is called?”

“The New Huaxia Republic, where the people are the masters!” Shawn Hughes tossed over a history book, sounding annoyed, “You need to take your medicine!”

Ryan Carter hurriedly flipped through the history book. Although it was only one volume, it still sent waves surging in his heart.

He had thought that his rebirth would bring him back to his original world’s junior high. But now it seemed that the world he once knew had, at some point in history, undergone a slight shift, resulting in different changes.

The history in the book was generally the same as the history he knew from his previous life. It was also a country founded after suffering humiliation. The general direction was the same, but as for the specific differences, Ryan Carter wasn’t a history expert in his previous life and couldn’t point out many distinctions. But he could tell that many familiar names and laws from his previous life had all changed… Hmm, the New Huaxia Republic…

Those trees, those bricks and tiles, the crisscrossing city outlines and distant mountains, and the things beyond the mountains—everything seemed similar, yet the world was already running on a different track.

Including the city right in front of him… Shanhai City.

Chapter 3: Love Separated by Mountains and Seas

Ryan Carter suddenly felt like a living being who had lost the ground beneath his feet, floating in the universe.

The world was still that world, including the junior high classroom and the locust tree outside the teaching building that blocked out the sky.

But many things in this world were different.

It was like the computer was still the same computer, the positions of the chips on the hardware hadn’t changed, but the software installed on it was already different. The country’s name had changed, the ideology was different, and the things that developed on this land had also changed.

Could this be a parallel world?

His transmigration and rebirth hadn’t brought him directly back to the familiar world of the past, but instead to a parallel world that was somewhat different from before. Was this a blessing or a curse?

But seeing Shawn Hughes beside him, the junior high teachers, and every familiar person in this classroom, Ryan Carter felt a little more at ease.

Ryan Carter nudged Shawn Hughes with his elbow. The latter was about to cry, “I just want to attend class properly, please leave me alone, you lunatic…”

“Who’s that?” He pointed to a stranger in the classroom.

“Him? Shawn Douglas! He’s from the same unit as Bill Marsh and the others. Don’t you know? He’s been our classmate for all three years of junior high!”