The villa district on the eastern side of Liu Jin City was spacious, dotted with several sizable artificial lakes—but few people lived here. Only a handful of scattered households lined the lakeside, maximizing the guarantee of mutual non-interference among residents.
In any populous city, such low residential density would be considered a luxury, let alone in Liu Jin City, which sits amidst the desert.
A young man with a head full of small braids brought a glass of water and some food to the lakeside. He pulled the blanket tighter around the thin woman in the wheelchair and said, "The humidity by the lake is heavy, just sit for a while then go inside. Are you hungry, do you want to eat something?"
