Morning.
Reyaz had opened Magic Projection in the living room early that morning, intending to see whether the news had reported on the residential fire that had broken out beside the artificial river on East 13th Street late the previous night.
But to Reyaz's disappointment, from the beginning of the morning news program until it ended, he did not see a single report.
Had the authorities deliberately concealed the matter?
Even if they could not report on the Happy Domain club, a residential building that large catching fire in the middle of the night would have been witnessed by plenty of nearby residents.
"Good morning, Reyaz."
Just as the boy was pondering this, a morning greeting jolted him awake—Reyaz hurriedly looked over and, sure enough, saw the big brother and big sister from yesterday walking down from upstairs together.
When Reyaz saw Boss Luo and Maid Miss coming down together, he suddenly remembered something—the upstairs of his apartment only had one room. If the big brother and big sister had spent the night upstairs, didn't that mean they had stayed in the same room?
Underwater City seemed rather strict when it came to sex education.
There was nothing here resembling the internet of the surface world and human civilization... The children of Underwater City received most of their information through Magic Projection, books, and guidance from their elders.
As far as Reyaz knew, only young men and women officially registered with the authorities were allowed to stay in the same room... Men and women without a familial relationship had to live separately until they obtained a marriage permit—of course, they could still meet.
That vague awareness of the opposite sex, stirred into action by the young and gradually awakening hormones, suddenly took effect—Reyaz immediately became too embarrassed to look at