Because of Zhao Gao’s situation, Zhao Yan did not sleep a wink all night.
Logically speaking, men conscripted for labor were taken away by government officials as a group and should have returned together when their service ended. Yet, people from the neighboring village had already returned, while there had been no news at all from Baiyun Village. This was truly unsettling.
The long night was a breeding ground for wild thoughts. Zhao Yan could not help but let dark speculations surface in his mind. The more he thought, the more alarmed he became, forcing him to shake his head in silence, trying to cast those grim ideas out of his mind.
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