The Closed City, the city lord's mansion.
Darkness slowly blanketed the earth as the sun was about to set on the horizon. Meng Xing, who is currently acting as Cheng Pei, is calmly reading books inside Cheng Pei's room while listening to the footsteps of the servants outside in the hallway, going back and forth. Their speed is faster than usual, to which Meng Xing guessed that the city lord's mansion, or highly likely the ones against Cheng Xiong, has some activity. And this activity is more than less bad than good for him, who they think is Cheng Pei – the one that they are targeting to be killed to teach Cheng Xiong a lesson.