Chapter Twenty-Two: On the Road

The wind stirred the withered leaves, and a low rumble grew from a distance until it was right upon them. As the train approached the platform, it slowed down quietly, gliding into the station like a shuttle. When the door of the first carriage opened, Lin Nian stepped out and saw the blonde girl who had been waiting by the platform for some time waving at him.

"Hey! Little junior!"

The girl wore a pair of sunglasses. Her long, silky blonde hair possessed a hue somewhere between gold and the languid afternoon sunlight. She was dressed in a goose-yellow casual trench coat that