Chapter 1 My Roommate Xu Zhimo
It feels so uncomfortable when I get a hangover and a split headache.
Lin Zixuan struggled to get up. He wanted to drink a glass of water, and was extremely thirsty.
He leaned against the wall, opened his eyes, but he saw something that was not the familiar scene in the past. The decorations in this room were a bit strange.
The whole room is more than ten square meters, and most of the bookshelf placed against the wall are English books, which look like economics works, as well as messy paper and pens on the table, as well as a stack of ink-black English newspapers.
An old-fashioned suit was hung on the clothes hanger and an incandescent lamp was on the ceiling.
Without laptops, household appliances, and colorful pictures, everything looks so old, as if you suddenly entered a black and white picture scene.
This is an unfamiliar room.
Lin Zixuan shook his head, woke up, got off the bed, didn't bother to put on his shoes, and walked to the desk in a few steps.
He held the table with one hand and picked up the newspaper with the other, and saw the date on the newspaper's head.
It's in English, he can understand it.
September 12, 1920.
This is time travel!
Lin Zixuan was shocked.
At this time, a memory that did not belong to him appeared in his mind, which was a memory that belonged to this body.
This body is also called Lin Zixuan. It was born into a commercial family in Shanghai. The Lin family is quite prestigious in the textile industry in Songjiang.
Lin Zixuan is the eldest grandson of the eldest son. He has been smart since childhood. After finishing high school, he was influenced by new domestic thoughts and his family is not short of money. When he thought about expanding his knowledge from abroad, he traveled across the ocean to study in New York and study economics at Columbia University.
It's been two years now.
Two years in New York opened his eyes. While learning the essence of capitalism, he also absorbed the dross of capitalism and became a playfulr, a little happy.
However, the Lin family urged him to return to China as soon as possible, get married and have children, and inherit the family business.
In this era, men who are not married at the age of 20 are late, while women usually have to talk about marriage at the age of 16 or 17.
Lin Zixuan rubbed his temples, walked out of the room, and came to the living room.
He lives in an apartment building with two bedrooms and one living room. The living room is a little messy. He poured himself a glass of water, sat on the sofa, and continued to think about his current situation.
Obviously, he traveled through time to this rich child and did not have to worry about his life for the time being.
However, in order to force him to return to his country to get married, the Lin family warned him in a letter that if he did not return to his country, he would cut off his source of income.
At worst, you can just return to China.
Lin Zixuan has no resistance to this. It is not interesting to stay in a place where he is unfamiliar with his own place. He can still inherit the huge family business and live a rich and comfortable life from now on. What else can he not be satisfied with?
He made up his mind and felt at ease.
Looking at the room opposite, Lin Zixuan thought of his roommate, who seemed to be named Xu Zhimo.
Xu Zhimo is from Haining, Zhejiang. He is also from a business family. He also studied economics at Columbia University. His same family background and learning environment made it easier for the two of them to talk about, so he rented the apartment together and became a roommate.
Could it be that Xu Zhimo?
Lin Zixuan thought in surprise.
The Xu Zhimo he knew was a famous poet in the Republic of China period and a representative figure of the Crescent School. Although his life was short, he was very famous and left a strong mark in the history of modern literature.
I didn't expect that I would have such a famous roommate.
But unfortunately, even if it was Xu Zhimo, Lin Zixuan would not be able to see him.
Because just yesterday, Xu Zhimo left New York and went to London, England.
The reason why Xu Zhimo left New York was because he lost interest in economics and wanted to study philosophy in the UK with philosopher Russell.
Yesterday, Lin Zixuan and a few friends saw Xu Zhimo off. He was drunk and didn't know how he came back.
Perhaps it was because Lin Zixuan was drunk that Lin Zixuan traveled through time.
Lin Zixuan, who traveled through time, is a standard young man in the new century. He has a boring and stable job, a semi-otaku man, and has been unmarried and has always wanted to live a life of a mizuchuang.
In addition to missing his parents, Lin Zixuan accepted the matter of traveling through time.
Anyway, I can't wear it back, so why not think about what to do next.
Returning to China to get married, inheriting the Lin family’s property, and becoming a quiet second-generation rich seems to be a good choice.
He remembered that he had a lot of money left, and before returning to China, he could travel to various countries and travel around the world.
In his memory, there was no such figure as Lin Zixuan among the famous figures of the Republic of China. In other words, compared with people like Xu Zhimo, he was just an optional passerby.
Just as he was thinking, a search bar suddenly appeared in his mind, with the two keywords "Lin Zixuan" and "Republic of China", and the search results turned out to be blank.
It can be seen that in real history, Lin Zixuan has no chance to make a comeback.
Seeing that search bar, Lin Zixuan became interested. He wanted to find information about his good roommate Xu Zhimo.
There were many entries in this search, and the treatment of celebrities was different, and he also saw Xu Zhimo's life.
There is indeed a record of Xu Zhimo studying at Columbia University above, but there is no record of Xu Zhimo's roommate at that time.
In September 1920, Xu Zhimo went to London to study and met Lin Huiyin, a famous talented woman. He thought he had found true love, so he began to pursue Lin Huiyin, who was just sixteen years old. Not long after, Xu Zhimo divorced his wife ruthlessly.
However, Xu Zhimo did not catch up with Lin Huiyin in the end, but married Lu Xiaoman.
This is a very famous event in the literary world during the Republic of China period.
At this time, Lin Zixuan did not have the leisure to pay attention to the trivial matters of Xu Zhimo's life, and he discovered the wonders of this search bar.
This is the golden finger that is against the will of heaven!
He can find future technology, literary works, movies, etc. through the search bar, and then take it for himself.
However, ideals are full and reality is skinny.
After a series of experiments, Lin Zixuan found that what he could search for was something he had seen before. This knowledge was stored in his mind, and most of it could not be remembered. Now it is just found through the search bar.
If he hasn't seen anything he hasn't seen before, he can't search for it, such as the Rocket's design drawings.
Lin Zixuan was not dissatisfied with it. If he could really search for anything, it would be too amazing.
With this magical search bar, he is not in a hurry to return to his country.
When he was in school, he had read many world famous works. Anyway, they were all foreigners' things. It was better to plagiarize them wildly, and maybe he could even become a world-class literary master.
This idea made Lin Zixuan excited.
This is not only a matter of fame, but also royalties and royalties, which are all money.
Chapter completed!