Ordinary

Shaya.

The Desolate Realm's new economic center.

In just ten short years, Shaya City had undergone earth-shaking changes. Housing prices had risen from a few thousand per square meter to over a hundred thousand per square meter.

In core locations such as the Qingyuan Mountain Scenic Area and the university district, it would take several hundred thousand at the very least.

Those who had invested in real estate early on had made a fortune over the past decade, their bowls filled to the brim.

Like Baili Qingfeng's courtyard beneath Qingyuan Mountain, and that old residence which had already been incorporated into Shaya City as Wuhe District.

Especially the courtyard beneath Qingyuan Mountain. If it were put up for sale, it could not be bought for less than two or three hundred million.

At this moment, the morning sunlight spilled gently over the renovated courtyard, which still retained traces of its former appearance.

The courtyard gates stood open, and the flowers and plants within flourished beneath the sunlight.

Beside the courtyard's main path, one could vaguely make out a narrow gravel path, less than a meter wide. Various flowers and plants lined both sides, leading all the way to an osmanthus tree that was not particularly tall.

A swing hung beneath the tree, swaying with the breeze.

Beside the swing stood a slightly raised wooden platform. It was no more than four meters long and only three meters wide, built against the wall, with a sheet of glass fixed overhead to shelter it from wind and rain.

Other than a few decorative flowers, the platform held only a wooden bench with a backrest, a tea table, and two wooden chairs beside it...

There was room for only four or five people here. Any more, and it would become cramped.

Every corner