The traffic was too heavy at noon, and the taxi was stuck on a big bridge. The uncle, bored and fidgeting with the steering wheel, rolled down the window, pointed diagonally across the bridge, and said casually:
"Look, that's the suburban area of South City. Over a decade ago, a big company planned to develop that area, drawing a lot of investment and exciting the people of South City. But unexpectedly, it turned out to be a 'high-frequency earthquake zone.' The buildings were only half-done when it became clear they couldn't be sold, so construction was simply abandoned, leaving behind a whole bunch of unfinished buildings."
Xue Jing followed his pointing, and could see clearly at the end of his line of sight, a large cluster of half-built buildings, most of them with their steel rebar exposed.
