After midnight at one o'clock, Chen Shouyi finally dozed off, but his sleep was still shallow, and he was startled awake several times.
When he was startled awake by a loud noise for the last time, he got up and sat up.
He glanced at his watch and found it was only four thirty in the morning.
He walked to the window, the night outside still hazy, with more than two hours until dawn.
The sound of guns and cannons in the distance had been resounding for most of the night, yet it hadn't stopped, instead, it seemed to grow more intense. From here, he could occasionally see flashes of firelight not far away, flickering in the darkness.
Chen Shouyi watched for a while and was preparing to lie back on the bed to nap for a bit.
At this time, a dull noise, resembling that of an old train, gradually grew louder from afar, and the ground began to tremble slightly.
