"Vroom~~~"
Perhaps Fang Yun had already given instructions yesterday. They passed through without a hitch, and no one
checked the vehicle at any point. Essentially, any vehicle that showed up
was waved through.
Just like that, the moment they left the shelter, the vehicle picked up speed again, shooting past
eighty and heading toward the nearby city.
Fang Yuxuan had nothing to say to Mu Qing, but the atmosphere in the vehicle was a little too chilly for her
comfort. She hesitated, thinking that
this couldn't go on. She should at least say something to ease the tension.
"Um... what made you suddenly decide to come?"
Well, perhaps the girl would never know how to ease the tension. As soon as she said that, Mu Qing's face turned
ashen, leaving the girl speechless.
And so they spent the journey in silence. Half an hour later, the vehicle reached the outskirts of Peony City. The shelter lay
at the farthest end of the outskirts, whereas now
they had reached the edge adjoining the city. Western-style houses dotted the area all the way into the city proper.
Not far away, there were also vast stretches of slums, beyond which stood high-rises and sprawling villa districts.
That was how things were in Country M. Capitalism produced masses of impoverished people; after all, it was a system of exploitation.
Although things had improved considerably over the years, there were still huge numbers of poor people, most of whom thought only about government assistance.
People... once they grew lazy, it was hard for them to become hardworking again.
The vehicle slowly stopped by the roadside. Bleak gusts of wind and sand occasionally swept through the silent, desolate street, and the dilapidated houses made everything
feel even
colder and quieter.
Yet beneath that silence, hoarse roars