Xue Na wanted to save her buddy, if only in a dream, and at the same time, she wanted to know what Xue Na, whom she had looked up to as her childhood big sister, and Li Pancheng, whom she had regarded as a good person, really thought and did during this drastic upheaval. These were her two knots in the heart...
The Capital Circle of the Lanying Republic...
Lately, anyone in the Capital Circle with a sharp nose for news could sense a storm brewing in the air. Yet, the vast majority of these well-informed people had no idea what the storm actually was—they could only vaguely feel its approach. As for those who truly knew what the storm was about, they had all reined themselves in recently. Either they were people they couldn't afford to cross, or crossing them would bring immense trouble, or there was simply no point in picking a fight.
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