Inside the wooden cabin, Yue Jinghua and Helian Sheng were still in a standoff, one a top female spy who had experienced life-and-death situations and seen numerous dark facets of life, and the other, a talent born into a military family, raised amid constant deceit and strategy from a young age.
For the moment, neither was willing to concede.
Outside the wooden cabin, the clusters of Arrow Bamboo that were at the core of their argument bathed in the spring light. The freshly sprouted tender leaves emitted faint whiffs of fragrance, while the withered bamboo leaves, not fully shed from winter, fell from the top, tumbling into Nameless Lake.
Since the arrival of spring, melted snow from Xuan Beast Ridge was channeled into Nameless Lake through ditches dug beside the lake, filling it considerably and even melting the ice on its surface.
The occasional spring breeze rippled the lake, wrinkling the reflection of a charming figure on the water.
