"Is this the Zhang Residence?"
Ji Nian stood beneath the black plaque with its gold lettering. The words "Zhang Residence" were written in a particularly graceful hand, but with what little ink he had in his scholarly belly, the only praise he could muster was, "So big, so pretty, so grand."
Xiao Fei swept his gaze around once more. "There's only one Zhang Residence in Junhua Alley. This has to be it."
"Then what are we waiting for?!" Yun Xing suddenly perked up. "Let's hurry up and find somewhere to lie in wait!"
Xiao Fei nodded and pointed toward the hiding place he had already picked out. "That rooftop over there looks good."
The others looked in the direction of Xiao Fei's finger.
The building was tall, and the far side of its roof ridge lay hidden in shadow. From their angle, they could barely make out anything behind it.
"Come on, come on!"
And so they crept toward that rooftop like thieves.
The catastrophe that had nearly wiped them out back then had left them with little, but it had taught every one of them the importance of Lightness Skill. Over the years, they had practiced diligently day and night, honing their footwork to supernatural perfection. As for their handwork...
The less said, the better.
They scaled the wall and leaped up without making a sound, smoothly reaching the rooftop they had picked out.
"Hey, before we left today, I said I had a feeling everything would go smoothly tonight. See-" Yun Xing was the first to jump onto the roof. His hushed voice brimmed with excitement as he turned to look smugly at the others behind him. "...What's with those faces?"
Ji Nian and the others kept winking and pulling faces at him. Finally sensing something amiss, Yun