In the days following the middle school exams, the truly hot days of summer began to arrive, and people switched to short sleeves en masse, while girls donned their dazzling dresses.
The sunlight hung stagnant over the city, as if a massive oven were plummeting from the sky, with rays piercing through gaps in the tree shade, dotting the roads of Luo City with a starry trail of light spots.
This was Luo City in 2006, underdeveloped, with nightlife ending early, and the streets devoid of pedestrians by midnight.
Yet Ren He loved it here, for few people dislike their hometown.
He was quite a lazy person, really. Had someone else had his time-traveling opportunity, they might have become immensely rich in an instant, seized more social resources, and eventually looked down upon the world from the very top of society.
And finally, they might have found reprieve from a busy life in death.
