"Feat" Begins

Night.

The moon was huge. If one's eyesight was good enough, they could see almost everything from this house all the way to the end of the main road.

"Sir! It's already very late. The roof is cold—please go back inside to sleep!" a child's voice called from below the roof.

Fengjin withdrew his gaze and looked down. The little boy, Chengjie, stood by the roadside beneath the eaves, looking up at him.

Seeing that Fengjin did not respond, Chengjie cupped his hands around his mouth again. "You've been sitting up there for half the night already. It's late autumn now, and the nights get very cold. Please come down from the roof!"

Fengjin drew in a quiet breath...