Strolling through Garden City, the air was filled with birdsong and the scent of flowers, along with countless familiar yet unfamiliar signs.
"Burger Queen, Didi People, Mountain Water, Papsi... What's there to be happy about?"
The counterfeit names adorned every street and alley, giving Lu Ping'an a small jolt of cultural shock.
It might be that the "time traveler predecessors" hadn't held back at all, truly leaving nothing for the successors,
but what Lu Ping'an found unbearable was the sight of various "hometown dishes," "home-cooked meals," "authentic hometown cuisine" restaurants... it seemed that without the words "hometown" or "home," the flavors of Eastern Country cuisine on Earth just didn't seem legitimate.
"...I was thinking of finding a local hometown cuisine restaurant, and it's probably just a branch of some Merchant Group. Don't these people care about trademark law at all? Aren't they afraid of being sued?"