Ye Nai spent an hour taking detours before she leisurely biked to the hotel she had reserved. She stopped at the entrance, put away her bike into Space, and strutted up the steps into the grand hotel lobby.
People in big cities have seen it all, so her little act didn't baffle anyone. The doormen at the hotel entrance didn't say much either. They might have watched her park her electric scooter at the door for two seconds, but once she stowed it away, they knew she was a guest coming to stay and greeted her with a "Welcome" as she passed by.
After checking in at the front desk and getting her room card, she went upstairs and threw herself onto the bed, unwilling to move an inch.
Traveling by train had exhausted her. She had been told it was a rapid train, but it took her a full six hours from Anyuan City to Five Bridges City—hard seats and all, making her calves swell up.