Deleting a word did not delete the world around it.
Yang Ruoqian learned this before lunch.
The internal reports no longer said cultural anchor. They said non-revenue footnote, local operating anomaly, or specific operational condition depending on which employee had been frightened most recently. The words looked ugly enough to discourage poetry.
Then the city map updated.
Not Xplendi's map.
Not the ticketing platform.
The city services app.
An unpaid user-submitted location tag appeared beside the old cinema:
Neighborhood Old Cinema Landmark.
Yang stared at landmark.
Landmark was anchor's cousin wearing a municipal jacket.
"Who submitted this?"
Lu Shuyuan checked. "A user."
"Which user?"
"The app hides personal details."
"Then ask the app to remove it."
