Boom—
Lead-colored heavy clouds loomed over Tiandu City, with muffled thunder rumbling within the layers of clouds. Swallows flew slanted across the roofs, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of moist earth.
"It's going to rain!"
Street vendors hurriedly set up their canopies.
Children squatted by the roadside, watching ants move their nest, then were dragged back home by their ears, creating a bustling and noisy scene throughout the streets and alleys.
…
Drunken Moon Restaurant.
In the middle of the hall, a musician strummed the strings of a lute, producing melodious and pleasing sounds of silk and bamboo.
Shangguan Yunfei sat by the second-floor window, frowning at the sight of the woman in white, sipping her drink alone. "Lord Lin, drinking during duty hours isn't quite proper, is it?"
