After the two women left, Xia Changsheng leisurely returned to fishing in the heart-of-the-lake pavilion, quietly waiting for a fish to take the bait.
How much time had passed he did not know, when a sudden ripple spread across the calm surface of the lake, and his fishing rod gave a subtle sign of sinking.
Just then, a maid hurried over to report that Ling family head Ling Haoran was requesting an audience.
Chapter 135