Night fell.
Households throughout the city locked their doors and stayed inside.
Even the night market on Peace Street, which closed all its shops and dimmed the lights that usually brightened the evenings.
With one order from Lord County Magistrate, a curfew engulfed the entire city!
The massive town became unusually quiet.
The cold wind howled, blowing through every street in the county, causing doors and windows to rattle loudly.
This sound was so eerie that it made the ominous night appear even darker and lonelier.
Fang Zhixing returned to his villa, eating dinner and taking a bath as usual.
Xigou also began to enjoy bathing, lying in the basin with his body submerged in warm water, his head drooping over the edge, and his eyes half-closed, looking thoroughly content.
Man and dog, at this moment, were calm and peaceful, coexisting without disturbing each other.
