"Get in."
Zhai Liying lifted her into the passenger seat, folded the wheelchair and put it in the back, then sat in the driver's seat and started the car.
An You softly thanked her, then fell silent again.
The car soon started moving. With a whoosh, it shot forward like a fighter jet equipped with a catapult. An You felt a massive force pressing her back, as though the seat had shoved firmly against her and was pushing her forward!
The scenery flew past around them. Gradually, cars and people appeared on the road, and it no longer seemed so deserted.
The car finally stopped at the entrance to a scenic area.
Zhai Liying took out the wheelchair again, lifted An You onto it, then pushed her toward the entrance.
An You felt rather embarrassed. This was the first time someone had taken care of her like this. Though she wondered if that one time after she was born counted.
Zhai Liying, however, remained perfectly calm. Knowing that An You could not understand the speech of the people around them or read the Empire's writing, she kept talking to her so she would not feel lonely. "Today is a holiday, and Luo Garden is fairly famous, so there are quite a lot of visitors. Usually, there are far fewer people. I prefer that kind of quiet."
"Oh, I see." An You nodded thoughtfully.
Suddenly, she asked, "Sister Zhai, has your country undergone any major changes recently?"
"Yes." Zhai Liying's tone remained mild. "More precisely, the whole world has undergone tremendous changes over the past decade or so."
"Oh, right. I forgot that your country is a unified empire." An You's eyes shone with unusual excitement. She felt as though the greatest political upheaval on this planet in a thousand years