In his previous life, Zhou Ran lived in obscurity. Given a second chance, he was determined to make the whole world remember his name: I came, I saw, I conquered.
“Grandpa, your son is calling!”
“Grandpa, your son is calling!”
“Who is it?” A hand stretched out from under the covers, and, relying on muscle memory, answered the phone.
As soon as the call connected, a voice came through: “Zhou Ran, come to my office later.”
“Huh? What?” Before Zhou Ran could react, the call was already cut off.
“Who was that? Must be crazy, calling early in the morning just to scold me and say all sorts of weird things.” Awakened by the call, Zhou Ran couldn’t get back to sleep. He simply opened his eyes and decided to get up.
“What the… Where am I?” Zhou Ran sat up and, upon opening his eyes, was completely stunned. He looked around—this wasn’t his home at all!
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through his mind, as if something had been forcibly shoved into his brain.
After nearly a minute, Zhou Ran finally recovered. Now, his head was filled with a host of new memories, revealing that he had crossed over into another version of himself in a parallel world. Whether it was a soul swap or something else, he couldn’t be sure.
The original owner’s name was also Zhou Ran.
Their jobs were quite similar too. On Earth, he was an independent musician. Though “musician” sounded fancy, in reality he was just a bar singer, a total amateur. The Zhou Ran of this world, however, was a trainee—a bit more official, at least.
A year ago, the original Zhou Ran had unexpectedly gone viral after posting a video on a popular short-video app.
Zhou Ran got out of bed, opened the laptop on the table, and planned to searc