A Woman Deeply in Love!
City Lord's Mansion, study!
"City Lord, it's late. The Madam asks you to come over and retire."
A servant spoke from outside the study.
"All right." The man sitting by the window in the study finally put down the book in his hands and walked out of the room.
He followed the servant toward the Madam's quarters.
But just as he stepped out of the study, Luo Cong suddenly furrowed his brow, as though he had sensed something amiss.
Luo Cong's gaze gradually shifted toward the bamboo grove outside the study's courtyard. His expression darkened as he walked inside.
On the dim, lightless ground, Luo Cong saw a pair of footprints.
"They're here..."
Luo Cong muttered under his breath, "It doesn't seem like the Zhao Xing Office's handiwork. If they were martial artists from the Zhao Xing Office, how could they have left such obvious traces?"
The servant walked up beside Luo Cong. Seeing the footprints before him, he asked in a low voice, "What's wrong, City Lord?"
Luo Cong straightened up and said coldly, "Pass down my order. There's an assassin in the residence. Seal the entire estate and search everywhere!"
"The legitimate daughter of the imperial capital's Chen Family has actually fallen into such dire straits. What a lamentable sight."
As a breeze swept past, Lin Bai appeared in the courtyard like a ghost.
Hearing the voice, the woman inside the room immediately grew wary and called out sharply, "Who is it?"
Her voice carried a hint of vigilance, as well as a trace of unease and a trace of joy.
A moment later, she came out of the dim, lightless inner room with an oil lamp in her hands and looked toward Lin Bai, who stood in the courtyard.
The woman