Don't you know I'm a superstar now?

  Time is like water, life is like a song.

  When the camera returns to this person named Yoon Hyun, he is already standing in front of Seoul University. And the time has also arrived at the beginning of 2005.

  "After getting used to calling it Hancheng for so many years, suddenly changing its name to Seoul is really not habitual!" Yoon Hyun let out a sigh of emotion and then slowly entered this school that was very sacred in the hearts of Koreans.

  According to Korean age reckoning, he is 20 years old this year.

  In the previous 18 years, he spent 11 years completing elementary school, junior high school and senior high school, and then spent two years fulfilling his conscription duty that has troubled many men.

  This semi-mandatory military service seems to have not increased his sense of identity as a Korean, but with a psychological age approaching 50, he did not have any rebellious psychology, and adhering to the inertia thinking of an otaku, he actually solved the military service before entering university.

  However, this did not affect his admission to Seoul University at all. In his previous life, he had squeezed through China's high school entrance examination, and for the Koreans' teeth-gnashing college entrance exam, he always held a disdainful attitude. This attitude even affected the instructor of the unit where he served during his military service. When he found out that this usually somewhat introverted but all requirements completed on time and in full young man was asking for leave to take the Seoul University entrance exam with a calm and composed demeanor, his mouth opened wide enough to swallow four eggs.

  Although it was a cloudy and breezy day, otaku have a natural tendency to get lost. This nature is particularly prominent in Yoon Hyun's case, as he had only just entered the campus for a short while before throwing himself into an unknown place.

  Having no choice, I had to make a phone call for help.

  "Sister! Where are you?" Yun Xian's somewhat helpless voice came through the receiver.

  "What's going on? Aren't you supposed to report to school today?" Yunhee, Yoon Hyun's sister, sounded a bit annoyed over the phone.

  "What are you busy with?" Yun Xian asked politely, but he didn't care at all what his sister was busy with.

  "Just say what you want!" Yoon Ji-hye seemed to know that her younger brother had never cared about her affairs.

  "Give me Taehee sister's phone number. I got lost in school and want her to pick me up." Yoon Hyun said bluntly.

  "Taehui? She's been busy every day, I haven't seen her in a long time, do you think she'll be at school? Honestly!" Yoon Ji-hye was somewhat speechless.

  "Then at least give me the phone number! Hen Zhu's will do too."

  "I'm not close to Hyeon-soo, why are you asking me? Never mind, I'll text you Tae-hee's number later, so be sure to greet her for me!" Yoon Ji-hye was clearly busy with something and didn't feel like chatting idly with her brother, so she just hung up the phone.

  Before long, a text message came with a phone number, and the owner of this number was none other than Kim Tae-hee, the Tae-hee sister he had just mentioned to his sister Yoon Ji-hye on the phone.

  It's actually a fairly ordinary story. Many years ago, on a certain day, Yoon Hyun, a second-year elementary school student, was walking home from school when he happened to encounter some older students bullying his classmates. In Korea, this kind of thing where seniors bully juniors is actually very common, and Yoon Hyun didn't think much of it at first and was about to quietly slip away unnoticed, but ended up being seen by the older students.

  The natural consequence was being dragged over and bullied together.

  "Hey kid, you're Yun Xian, right? I know you!" A senior looked at Yun Xian with a half-smile.

  "Sorry to trouble you, senior. I'm really sorry." Yoon Hyun bowed 90 degrees very sincerely.

  "I heard your grades are really good! Come on, let's chat, how did you study?" An upperclassman patted Yun Xian's shoulder with a seemingly friendly gesture, if not for the force being so strong, it would have been a truly friendly intention.

  "Seniors are overpraising me. I just like reading books because my body hasn't been very good lately." Yin Xian slightly furrowed his brow, almost imperceptibly.

  "What are you reading? What book is that?" A senior snatched the school bag from Yun Xian's hand, opened it directly and poured out the books inside.

  When all the books in the backpack fell out, there was a dead silence in the originally narrow alley.

  "What is this?!" several seniors shouted in unison.

  It's no wonder they were surprised, as a few books fell out of the originally unsinkable backpack, and they couldn't even understand the covers.

  "That English book is Nietzsche's 'Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks', and that Chinese one is Nan Huaijin's 'Miscellaneous Talks on the I Ching'. These two Korean ones are 'The Republic' and 'Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals'." Yoon Hyun said humbly. In fact, he had been familiar with these books for over 20 years, or rather, in psychological age, over 20 years ago, and now they were just stuffed in his bag to kill time during class.

  "You stinky brat, did you steal this from home?" a senior student said with a hint of anger and shame.

  "Elder, I've been reading these books..." Yun Xian very humbly picked up the books one by one, then explained what each book mainly talked about and how these ideas had influenced human understanding of the world...

  Scorched earth.

  When Yoon Hyun packed all the books in his backpack and left leisurely, these senior students stood still like being struck by lightning, presenting a stunned expression.

  It was supposed to be over and done with for Yoon Hyun, just a pretentious experience, but unexpectedly one of the senior students went home and told his family about it at the dinner table. The person's name was Kim Hyeong-soo. As the third child in the family, he recounted what he didn't understand in a tone similar to reciting a book, twisting and turning it around for his sister.

  The older sister is already in college and not at home. At this time, the younger brother was bullied. He thought his grades were still good and shouldn't be fooled by a second sister who naturally had to come out and help. Although she also couldn't understand what this little guy, three years younger than her own brother, was saying.

  Kim Hyeong-joo took his sister and found Yoon Hyun again on his way home from school. However, this time Yoon Hyun was not alone on his way home, but with his sister who came to pick him up.

  So, what was originally a fight between two pairs of siblings ended up with them teaming up. Then the two sisters discovered that they were in the same school and class, sitting at adjacent desks...

  Since then, Yoon Hee got to know a brother three years older than herself and a sister seven years older than her own sister.

  Unlike his real sister Yoon Ji-hye, Tae-hee's academic performance was much more reliable. Whenever Yoon Hyun used words that Yoon Ji-hye couldn't understand to say something that sounded very profound, Tae-hee would always respond in a timely manner. So before Tae-hee went to college in Seoul - which was still called Hwangseong at the time - Yoon Hyun had become more attached to this sister than his own real sister.

  Maybe it's also related to the fact that Taehui sister looks prettier than his own sister?

  Of course, this also made Yoon Ji-hye very unhappy. The relationship between the siblings had always been lukewarm. It wasn't until 3 years ago in '02 that Yoon Hyun somehow got a large sum of money and bought several houses in Seoul's Jn district, giving one to Yoon Ji-hye so she could move out of their parents' nagging, that they were able to barely put the past behind them. But before the siblings could further communicate, Yoon Hyun boarded the enlistment train...

  Of course, three rooms, in the era of soaring house prices, is a large sum of money. Especially in 2001, Yoon Hyun's father, Yoon Jung-jae, moved from Ulsan to Seoul, where more than two-thirds of Korea's population lives, due to his outstanding work and various reasons for soothing the emotions of old employees who were acquired by the new company. Compared to Ulsan, in a place like Seoul where every inch of land is precious, a family can hardly afford a comfortable life.

  Let's get back to the topic, for a house man like Yin Xian, the reason why he could only afford to buy a house for his family in 2002 is... because his home didn't have internet all along! Otherwise, as a pseudo football fan who has watched so many years of football, Denmark in '92, Germany in '96, France in '98, which one wasn't a huge profit?!

  Why don't you buy lottery tickets? Big brother, except for those who have made special preparations, can you remember the winning numbers of which issue in which year? Especially, this is in Korea...

  After moving to Seoul in 01, his family installed the internet at Yoon Hyun's strong request. He then used the money he had secretly saved up over the past decade or so, as well as various gray income, totaling less than 200,000 won, to start his journey. Finally, taking advantage of the Korean national team's outstanding performance in the World Cup (everyone knows what that means), he participated in the opening of a European company online and won a large sum of money without any risk.

  Then this money is for those three houses. As for why they had to be in the Jn district, well, mainly it's because this area is considered one of Seoul's wealthy neighborhoods, and the security is a bit better. Also, although there's still some money left, this otaku has already exchanged it for something called Bitcoin...

  Su-gyeong finally got Tae-hee's phone number and Yoon Hyun directly dialed it without hesitation.

  "Hello?" A very gentle and familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

  "Is that Sister Taehui? Hello, I'm Yun Hyun!" Yun Hyun had always been very respectful of this sister who was 7 years older and with whom he had a lot in common.

  "Ah! Little Xian ah! You're good!" Kim Tae-hee's voice had a clear upward inflection, obviously very pleased.

  "Taihee sister, long time no see! Are you okay?" Yun Hyun was also delighted to hear Kim Tai-hee's voice.

  "It's okay, just been busy. How was your military service?" Ji Tae-hee seemed to still care about his brother, whom he hadn't seen in two years.

  "Yes! I'm going to school for registration today!"

  "What school? Which school is it? Did you get into university? Which university is it? Seoul University?" Kim Tae-hee's tone became even more excited.

  "Ah! Seoul University's philosophy department. From now on, I can not only call you sister but also senior!" Yoon Hyeon's tone seemed to lack much pride. After all, although Seoul University is the best school in Korea, when it comes to a sense of achievement... it's hard to compare with the past.

  "Not bad! When are you coming out to meet up? It's been over two years since I've seen you, sis. Didn't you suffer a lot on Yeonpyeong Island?" Kim Tae-hee was filled with relief.

  "Come and see me now! I'm lost in school right now..." Yun Hyun took the opportunity to express his own embarrassment.

  "Get lost? The school isn't even that big! You can get lost in this?" Kim Tae-hee was speechless for a moment.

  "What's wrong, sister doesn't want to come see me?" Yun Xian also blushed a bit, but still said in a spoiled tone.

  "I... am filming now and can't leave." Kim Tae-hee sighed.

  "Film? Are you saying film? What kind of film?" Yin Xian was taken aback.

  "You stinker! Don't you know that your sister is a big star now? I won several big awards last year!" Jin Tai Xi said with half jest and half pride.

  "I just heard that you used to shoot some ads and thought you had returned to the right path as a promising fashion designer." Yoon Hyun was also speechless.

  "Wow! Sister, I'm such an outstanding person. If I don't become a star, wouldn't that be a waste of myself?" Kim Tae-hee was speechless towards her brother who had been making fun of himself since his first commercial shoot a few years ago and kept telling him to study hard instead. "Besides, this doesn't conflict with fashion design, does it?"

  "Alright! Alright!" Yoon Hyun also didn't want to dwell on this matter, "I've just heard that the entertainment industry is very dark, sister you're not young anymore, be careful yourself."

  "Ah!" Kim Tae-hee had an instant urge to blow her top.

  "Since you can't help me, sister, I'll just have to ask for directions myself." Before Kim Tae-hee could say anything else, Yoon Hyun hung up the phone very decisively.

  In fact, Seoul University is not that big, so while walking and asking around, Yoon Hyun finished the registration procedures for freshmen very quickly.

  Yoon Hyun would rather hang out in the dorm than go home every day. However, Seoul University's dormitory system is a very annoying thing, and his mom hasn't seen her beloved son for over two years, so she forced him to live at home, so after completing the registration procedures, Yoon Hyun reluctantly went home.