216: Lion Alley Night (Part I)

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The sound of crying in the hospital ward was sporadic, and it was hard to imagine that it came from a man.

It sounded... so pathetic.

The old man calmly watched his son.

There was no disappointment in his eyes.

Without hope, there would not be disappointment.

"I... don't want to go to the North Continent..."

Zhao Qi lifted his head, tears streaming down, and pleaded, "I want to stay in Dadu..."

Zhao Xilai's expression did not change at all, he just quietly connected the incoming call.

"Hello,"

The voice on the other end trembled.

"Hello... Congressman, it's me."

It was Liu Yi's voice.

"I am now... in Madam's courtyard. But the situation might not be quite as you expected."

Before Liu Yi's neck hung an unsheathed silver knife, held by Nan Jin, who stood there with a cold expression, pressing against her back. The leaves of the banyan tree in the old courtyard rustled, with no other sound.