Would you leave a review when you checked out?
What a bizarre trip. The whole world seemed to hold nothing but this solitary car... Being called by name from behind at a moment like this had a touch of horror-movie creepiness to it.
Still, when Old Man Katon asked his question, Fu Qian's first thought was of something else entirely.
"Three and a half stars. The design shows some thought, the location's decent, and parking is easy."
Without even needing to think, he smoothly fell back on the familiar rating system and gave it a fairly respectable score.
It certainly wasn't for a cashback offer or discount. He'd even checked the feng shui just now, so his answer could be called a fair, theoretically supported assessment.
"...I thought you'd say it was a great vacation spot where you could meet a young woman who'd invite you home."
It seemed that rating was still too professional. Katon fell silent again, then, a moment later, even brought up Lucy, whom they'd visited first.
"Why do you think I look so much older than her?"
And with that, the gossip naturally continued.
Katon had raised a question most people would usually avoid.
"Because you are older than her?"
It was an interesting question, to say the least. Like the feng shui, he'd already thought it through.
Fu Qian answered without hesitation.
"You mean I lied to her? That I was already very old back then?"
The old man clearly had plenty to say.
It made one wonder whether the driver had sparked his interest in sharing life lessons, or whether he'd planned to share them all along.
Either way, his question was pointed, and it didn't take much imagination to see how absurd that scenario would be.
"Unfortunately, I wasn't there back then.