"There are still 32 days until the college entrance examination."
The girl in the white school uniform walked to the blackboard and carefully erased the number 32, changing it to 31, and walked back to her seat. On the calendar board beside the blackboard were written 'May 6th, 2013',' Chongding 13th year, March 28th'. This once again proved that he was living in a specious world.
Li Chencan looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar scene with a complicated expression.
It was April, and the flowers in Tianfu were slowly blooming. In the classroom, the evening light shone in, and the dust from the blackboard was dancing in the evening light. Outside the window, the green grass was bright, and the leaves were swaying in the wind, cutting the sunlight into pieces.
He had traveled from Earth in 2013 to this parallel world that was still Earth but had developed very differently. In his previous world, Li Chencan was a thirty-something-year-old director who barely managed to make a medium-to-small-budget movie. He was busy every day and did not have a wife. He lived on the run.
And here, he was still called Li Chencan, and he still looked like himself. However, he was 18 years old this year. His strong heart was beating actively in his chest, his hair was thick, and he walked with strength. After a month of hard work combing through his memories and merging the memories of the two worlds, Li Chencan finally understood everything.
Li Chencan's parents in this time and space were still his parents from the time and space on Earth, but they were his parents when he was 18 years old…
His country was called the Chinese Empire, and it was of the same race as that space-time. However, this was a different space-time. In 1900, the great Emperor Taizu launched an attack in Northern Zhili. He went straight into Yanjing, expelled the Tartars, established the Chinese Empire, unified the north and south, and reformed the government. After World War I, he rose to become a superpower. After World War II, he became one of the three great powers along with the M Nation and the Soviet Union. He had a vast land of 15 million square kilometers and began to establish a constitution. His national strength became even stronger. In the 1990s, the Soviet Union disintegrated. As a neighboring country, the Chinese Empire plundered countless inheritances and became stronger. It became the only two superpowers in the world that stood side by side with the M Nation.
After transmigrating to another world and returning to his eighteen-year-old self, Li Chencan's heart was filled with gratitude towards the heavens. In his previous life, he could not get into university when he was eighteen. He read a few more books and watched a few more artsy films. He then self-proclaimed himself as an artsy youth and mixed around with the production crew. He slowly climbed his way up to the position of director. When he had the least money, he would go out to sing and read some books when he was free…Therefore, in the new world, Li Chencan was most involved in entertainment, movies, and culture-related matters.
In this time and space, the Chinese Empire had a strong national strength. It was divided into the east and west with the M Nation. The Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean were constantly shuttled by the Chinese Empire's ships. Half of the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia were almost all under the influence of the Empire. It was a pity that the huge empire was not well-matched in terms of cultural industries. This mainly stemmed from the early 19th century, when the country was weak and the people were poor, and everyone had doubts about traditional Chinese culture. Now that a hundred years had passed, Chinese culture was almost extinct. Although the empire had been inclusive for decades, it was already one step behind the M Nation. Although it was on par with the M Nation in terms of national strength, it was lagging behind in terms of culture, especially in the books, songs, and movie industries…
What surprised Li Chencan the most was that many classic movies and songs from his previous world could not be found here.
He randomly picked out a book. It was a high school geography textbook. In this time and space, Li Chencan still chose liberal arts.
The geography was similar to what he remembered. The scariest and most surprising thing for Li Chencan was that after a few months of memory fusion, he could remember every detail of his previous life. For example, even if he had only skimmed through a book in his previous life, he could clearly remember any punctuations in it in this life. Moreover, in this world, he could remember every sentence and word in a book as long as he could read ten lines at a glance.
It only took him two days to memorize every single detail from the three years of textbooks.
"The last monthly exam is in two days. How are your preparations?”A pleasant voice came from beside him. It was as gentle as spring rain. Li Chencan turned around and saw a beautiful face. Although she was wearing a school uniform, it could not hide her plump body. Her long hair reached her waist, adding to her beauty.
This was the deskmate of this world, the prettiest girl in their class, Ye Hanxue.
In his previous life, there was also a Ye Hanxue who was the dream lover of many boys in the class. In this life, Ye Hanxue looked the same and was still the girl who had the most perfect combination of grades and beauty in the class.
"It's alright." Li Chencan nodded, but he didn't have the intention to say anything more. His soul was already in his thirties. Although he couldn't remain calm about many things, at least he wouldn't be as impulsive as the young people.
Ye Hanxue frowned slightly as she looked at Li Chencan, who was a little indifferent.
Li Chencan was originally a top student in the school. He had been in the top five in the liberal arts class for many years. However, after more than half a year of facing the college entrance examination, he suddenly became stupid and slow. His grades plummeted, and he immediately became the last student in the class. This was the last monthly examination. She was a little concerned about Li Chencan, but she didn't expect him to not take it to heart.
"I was thinking about something just now. Thank you for your concern.”Li Chencan suddenly glanced at Ye Hanxue. A clear smile appeared in Ye Hanxue's vision, and a pair of strange eyes that were as beautiful and deep as the starry sky. Ye Hanxue had been very concerned about Li Chencan for the past few months, but he was always muddleheaded and did not know what to say. Until today, he seemed to have returned to normal.
"Li Chencan, will you be attending tonight's graduation concert?”
Ye Hanxue was about to say something when a voice was heard.
In front of their table stood a tall and handsome boy in a high school uniform. At this moment, he was hugging his chest with both hands. There was a hint of provocation and disdain in his eyes as he looked at Li Chencan and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"We can watch a good show."
"Another tragedy for Li Chencan." The students 'gloating voices rang out around them.
Ye Hanxue also looked at Li Dong with some anger.
Li Dong was one of the top students in the class. He was handsome, and his father was in the City Education Bureau. Although the citizens of the Empire were not afraid of power, he had a heavy identity, which made him more glamorous. Therefore, many girls liked him. However, Li Dong had always been more interested in Ye Hanxue, and Ye Hanxue was the kind of girl who hated high school relationships. Li Dong could not get Ye Hanxue, so he was more angry at Ye Hanxue's deskmate, who was close to him.
Moreover, Li Chencan was also a talented person. He was good at his studies and was also very good at singing. At the various major galas in the school, Li Chencan and Li Dong were known as the " Two Lis " and were usually the singers that everyone looked forward to the most.
However, in the past few months, not only had Li Chencan's studies plummeted, but his singing skills had also lost their spirit. His originally full and beautiful voice had now become like two wooden boards rubbing against each other, unpolished and tasteless.
Li Dong had always hated Li Chencan. Now that he had such an opportunity, he repeatedly suppressed Li Chencan, especially at tonight's graduation party. He wanted Li Dong to surpass Li Chencan, so that the school would no longer have a second Li.
Ye Hanxue knew what Li Dong was up to. She felt that there was no need to go too far between classmates, so she said,""Li Dong, Li Chencan's voice hasn't been very comfortable these past few months. Don't let him go.”
Hearing Ye Hanxue defend Lee Chencan, Li Dong felt very uncomfortable. He just looked at Lee Chencan, indicating that this was a matter between the two of them."How is it? Are you going?"
"Alright, I'll go." When Li Chencan said this, the people in the classroom gloated even more.
"This guy really doesn't understand the situation. He's going to humiliate himself tonight.”
"With his current voice…he still wants to sing?”
"Are you sure…?" Joy flashed across Li Dong's eyes. He had thought that Li Chencan would be a coward, but who knew that he would really dare to jump out…Since that was the case, tonight, he would use the song he had bought to beat the drowning dog!
"I'll wait for you tonight!" After seeing Li Chencan nod, Li Dong left leisurely.
After Li Dong left, Ye Hanxue glanced at Li Chencan. She felt that he was a little too impulsive, but she was also worried that if she said that he'd better not go, it would hurt his current self-esteem. After hesitating for a while, she said softly,""Li Chencan, are you confident?"
"Yes." Li Chencan suddenly had a kind of confidence that Ye Hanxue could not fathom. This kind of confidence made Ye Hanxue slightly stunned, and she suddenly had more confidence in him.
Li Chencan was touched by Ye Hanxue's concern. There was a tradition in Chengdu First Middle School where men and women sat together. The poor students and the good students would sit together and encourage each other to improve. Li Chencan's grades had also plummeted in recent months. Ye Hanxue, who was once the top student of the liberal arts major alongside him, might have been in a sad mood and took the initiative to sit at the same table as Li Chencan.
Li Chencan felt a little warm in his heart when he thought about how Ye Hanxue had been constantly concerned about him during the past few months. He smiled at Ye Hanxue."I'm very confident. Tonight, I'll sing a song I wrote for you.”
"..." Ye Hanxue felt a little convinced by his smile and slowly lowered her head.
"I'm leaving first. See you tonight." Li Chencan picked up a notebook and walked out of the classroom. He was 1.80 meters tall and had a well-proportioned figure. Even though he was wearing his school uniform, he still looked so good. Ye Hanxue actually believed him for a moment.
Li Chencan came to the library and found a quiet corner. He took out a black hard-shelled notebook and quickly wrote on it.
He opened a new page and wrote:
Emperor Hongwu. Chapter 24 Emperor jianwen
On the second page of the book was the title: Those Things in the Ming Dynasty.
This was the first book he wanted to write in this world. Now, he had written the first 24 chapters of Emperor Hongwu. After a few days of hard work, this book was about to be finished.
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