Dew drops clung to the stone lions on the West City stone bridge. Hiding beneath a pier, a man in gray stared across at the brightly lit teahouse, grinding his back teeth in fury. Jiang Wan and Lu Jingyuan, who should have appeared at the Hour of You, were currently surrounded by twenty secret guards inside the teahouse, drinking tea and listening to a storyteller, showing no intention of coming near the bridge at all.
"Boss, what should we do?" His subordinate tugged at his sleeve. "They brought too many guards. There's no chance to strike."
The man in gray stared at the folding fan Lu Jingyuan was toying with—the very style seen in the black market just two days prior. Engraved on the ribs of the fan was a Twin Lotus, the exact handiwork of Jiang Wan. He suddenly recalled intelligence reports stating that Lu Jingyuan had recently changed his habits, bringing at least ten secret guards wherever he went, and even having guards test his tea for poison first.
Chapter 198