'Apparently, Elysian Fields was some type of paradise,' thought Liu Wei as he looked down and his ringing cell phone. 'As soon as I left, shit managed to hit the fan.'
"Hello," he said, waiting for whoever had called him to respond. He had just made it back to his private apartment and was sitting on the couch when his phone started ringing. At first, it was his grandfather, but when Liu Wei didn't pick it up, the next person to call was Wu Bai Hee. If he didn't answer his grandfather, there was no way that he would answer it for Wu Bai Hee.
When he saw her name pop up, he paused for a second. Wu Bai Hee was the woman that his family had chosen for him to marry. She was the eldest daughter of the leader of the Black Mountain Syndicate and their families had been pushing marriage as a way of strengthening the ties between the two… groups. In City H, where he was from, this type of arrangement was very typical for... those in his situation.
