Madame is Pretending to be an Academic Slacker Again!

Was she seeing it wrong?

Why did she feel the route seemed so unlike the Imperial City she remembered?

She once raced her car on the five outer ring highways of the Imperial City late at night; one could say there wasn’t a highway in the Imperial City she was unfamiliar with.

But the road Jing Zhichen’s car was taking, she found quite unfamiliar.

Or rather, the road seemed to be the same road, but the scenery on both sides was completely different.

What was going on?

As she pondered, Jing Zhichen’s gentlemanly inquiry reached her ears: ”Miss Lan, where do you live? Where do you need us to take you?”

Qin Xin hesitated slightly: ”To Xinghe Bay.”

Jing Zhichen paused for a moment: ”Xinghe... Bay?”

He seemed very unfamiliar with that name.

Qin Xin was puzzled, Xinghe Bay was one of the top luxurious residential areas in the Imperial City, no one from the city could not know it, how could Jing Zhichen make such an expression?

Qin Xin thought for a moment, perhaps he just returned from abroad?

Then she changed to a more recognizable address: ”Mid-section of the moat, near the edge of the river.”

Jing Zhichen’s expression was slightly stiff, but he still instructed Qingtuan: ”Drive along the moat.”

The car drove on, and the confusion on Qin Xin’s face grew deeper.

The moat was still the same moat, but the desolate streets, scarce population, and scattered buildings...

This was nothing like the bustling Imperial City.

Soon, they reached the middle section of the moat, the car slowed down because they didn’t know exactly where Qin Xin’s home was, and Qingtuan did not dare to stop, just drove slowly: ”Miss Lan, tell me when we’ve arrived.”

But Qin Xin’s gaze was utterly stunned by the scenery outside the window, unable to respond.

Xinghe Bay had arrived.

But it wasn’t the Xinghe Bay she and Nalan Ye Jue knew.

What should have been a bustling villa district was now an endless grassland plaza, completely deserted.

For miles around, there wasn’t a single building.

Even if Xinghe Bay had been demolished in the past few days, it couldn’t have been leveled like this, right?

This was beyond common sense and imagination.

Qin Xin couldn’t utter a single word for a long time.

Until Jing Zhichen softly said to her: ”Miss Lan, perhaps you have another place to stay? We can drive and search further.”

Qin Xin apologized slightly: ”I would appreciate it.”

Originally, she just wanted a ride, now it turned into a dedicated search for home, but alas, the home was gone.

”Let’s go to 1 Golden Gate Street. On the hillside in the city center.”

Qin Xin said.

That was the location of the Nalan Family’s old residence.

An exquisite landscape, a standalone estate.

Jing Zhichen patiently instructed Qingtuan to change the route and drive towards the hillside.

minutes later.

Qin Xin’s gaze slowly swept over a solitary temple on the hillside, and camellias spread across the mountain, once again speechless!

The location of the Nalan Family’s old residence, similarly, had no buildings, and even the entire mountain’s wealthy district had completely disappeared.

She was speechless, overlooking the entire Imperial City from the hillside.

Only then did she realize, most of the Imperial City was covered by primitive mountain forests, human activity areas were pitifully scarce, and those landmark buildings like the Golden Diamond Corridor and Galaxy Family, simply didn’t exist.

Her Imperial City Stadium for racing, the Imperial Music Hall for conducting orchestras were all nowhere to be found.

After a moment, her voice trembled slightly as she asked Jing Zhichen: ”Do you know Xihe? Racer Xi He?”

Jing Zhichen shook his head blankly: ”Never heard of it. Racer? Is this some sort of supernatural skill?”