Night deepened.
Winter nights were cold and lonely. Long before midnight, the streets had already emptied of people. Only the brilliant lights connected with the stars, shining silently beneath the night sky.
The stars lit up the sky, while city lights adorned the mortal world.
A young man draped in a military overcoat and wearing leather boots walked out of the airport. Standing on the streets of Shangjing at night, he looked at the brightly lit metropolis and let out a long sigh.
Chen Han had not returned to a major city in many years.
He was a city boy through and through, having grown up in the metropolis. He had barely even visited his old family home in the countryside. If the Training Camp had not assigned him to Anta County back then, he probably would not even have known what the countryside looked like.
That was precisely why, when the pampered young man had first arrived in Anta County and lived with Li Deyang at the Forest Ranger Station, he had wanted to escape countless times. That harsh environment had been an endless torment to him.
Over the past few years, he had not seen the lights of a city. What he had seen most often was the northern sky at night, with its sea of stars.
And now, he was no longer the spoiled and ignorant Chen Han of the past.
Standing on the streets of Shangjing City, Chen Han felt as though a lifetime had passed... He was somewhat unaccustomed to it.
Just then, a black sedan drove down the smooth road and stopped in front of him.
The engine shut off, the door opened, and Shao Pingge, dressed in casual clothes, stepped out. He rubbed his sleepy eyes, walked over to Chen Han, pulled himself