They put on hats to hide their identities and climbed up the iron staircases outside the small building, layer by layer.
This building was close to the avenue, and vehicles frequently passed by, causing a noisy commotion. They reached the rooftop but didn't get an open view. All they saw were old buildings crowded together, oppressively gray. To the south of the building were the tracks, and coincidentally, a train passed by, the railway clanging loudly.
Alandia walked to a corner of the rooftop and pointed ahead. Following her lead, Gongsun Ce looked in her direction and, from this angle, saw a gap between the old buildings, faintly able to see the frozen river in the distance, and the white buildings of the Inner City District on the other side of the river.
