"Why are they bringing so many things? Couldn't they just buy them there? It's so tiring," Dongfang Jingjing asked, utterly bewildered.
Zhuge Lan was also confused for a moment. After about tens of seconds, he slowly replied, "Perhaps because many of them are things that can only be bought here?"
"Can't they just use delivery services? They're so advanced now."
Had anyone been meticulously listening to their conversation, they would have undoubtedly realized that these two individuals clearly lacked real-life experience. They possessed a "let them eat cake" sort of mentality.
Neither Zhuge Lan nor Dongfang Jingjing had ever experienced the life of ordinary people since childhood, and thus, they could not understand why this couple was doing what they were doing.
The train arrived.
This time, they weren't traveling too far. The slow train was heading towards Suzhou and Hangzhou, where they planned to experience the Jiangnan water towns of old.
As they boarded, the two of them discovered that this was an entirely new experience for them.
They had never seen such a large number of people, nor such crowding. They had never smelled the mixed scent unique to crowded trains, nor the everyday fragrance of ordinary folk.
Dongfang Jingjing had at least seen such scenes on television. But for Zhuge Lan, all of this was completely new.
Zhuge Lan looked at the people around him with curiosity. Only now did he truly understand why Mr. Zhuge had told him to travel across the country to see all sorts of people and to "enter the secular world."
Because the scenes he was witnessing now, the experiences he was having, could not be gained from books. These were things one could only personally experience by truly entering the secular world.
From initial discomfort, they soon found themselves blending in.
Dongfang Jingjing had also felt a bit uneasy at first. Regardless, she was born into a noble family. As a member of the Dongfang family, she had never even touched housework. She had received an elite education since childhood. She excelled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, possessed extensive knowledge of astronomy and geography, and had diligently studied and referenced various classical literary works. However, she had never experienced this most ordinary of lives.
Therefore, she was now experiencing it.
Even on the train, the two of them appeared out of place. Opposite them sat a young man who glanced at them a few times. Especially when he saw Dongfang Jingjing's demeanor, his eyes involuntarily flashed with admiration and appreciation.
However, he quickly realized that the aura surrounding them was clearly not that of ordinary people. He subsequently chose to lower his head, pretending to know nothing and see nothing.
A woman like Dongfang Jingjing was undoubtedly a celestial beauty, a princess who should live in a grand household, and she was at odds with most people on this train.
He had initially considered himself quite handsome, but now, he didn't feel a difference in terms of looks. He felt as if he couldn't breathe the same air as the two people opposite him.
Those two possessed a sense of distance, as if they had descended from the heavens.
Zhuge Lan noticed that the young man sitting opposite them suddenly lowered his head and asked out of curiosity, "My friend, are you feeling unwell?"