Chapter 56 — Changhe City
The Sword Questions the Heavens · Page 6 of 6
Several patches of Zhang Qingyue's clothing had grown damp, yet he paid it no mind at all. He only stared forward in astonishment.
There in the wind and rain, someone held an umbrella aloft with a pale hand, standing silently beneath the tree in the downpour, utterly still.
Bright eyes like water, their gaze drifting—as though she had heard something, sensed something, the woman gently turned her head.
The heavens were silent; the wind and rain were silent.
He and that woman gazed at each other wordlessly, silently, saying nothing.
And the wind still blew, and the rain still fell...