The Third Ring Road in You City, along with the national highway connected to it, was the fastest route from Qinglin Laboratory to Qinglin Scenic Area.
By early evening, tourists passing through this stretch of road and You City residents were surprised to see traffic police on duty along the entire route.
It looked as if something major had happened. Otherwise, why would they make such a fuss?
Before long, people realized the traffic police were just putting up temporary signs one by one.
Anyone who drove knew what these signs meant. They were used when a road was temporarily closed to traffic, and they displayed the hours when the closure would be in effect.
Zhuang Xingrui was from the provincial capital of Min Province, and he owned a car—a brand-new Panamera.
So he often enjoyed taking road trips.
He had been to You City before, and had even experienced one of its notorious traffic jams: a ten-minute drive had taken a full two hours.
The traffic had been maddening. If Qinglin Scenic Area hadn't been so appealing, and if his previous girlfriend hadn't been so good at keeping him entertained and easing his frustration, he would've lost his temper and started swearing.
This time, naturally, he had a new girlfriend.
She wanted to see the fireflies at Qinglin Scenic Area, so he'd brought her along.
He was traveling on the Third Ring Road.
When he saw that vehicles would be banned from the road starting at two tomorrow afternoon, he started complaining. "Does You City have no idea what it's like here? Don't they know how bad their traffic is? And now they're closing the road?"
Seeing him like this, his new girlfriend couldn't help laughing. "Why are you so upset about You City traffic?"
Zhuang Xingrui glanced at