Pei Ye was neatly dressed as he carried [Jade Tiger] down the steps of the medical building at a leisurely pace. At this moment, both the patients and the physicians were asleep, and it seemed as though he was the only person in the entire building.
Pei Ye silently descended the stairs, not stopping until he reached the first-floor entrance, where he suddenly paused.
A sliver of dim dawn light filtered through the narrow gap of the door. In the chilly light of early morning, a tall, upright figure stood quietly beside the door.
With a warm voice, he spoke, "Young Master Pei, where do you intend to go in the deep of night?"
Pei Ye looked up to see an elderly man draped in a cloak, standing like a statue in the shadows—Gao Feigong.
Then Pei Ye remembered that since entering the city, this man had been secretly following him.
