Chapter 1 - The Blind Boy, Li Guanqi
Azure Cloud Continent, Northern Frost City.
A young boy, only six or seven years of age, was curled up next to a stone lion statue at the back door of the Zhao Estate.
Even though it was snowing and the temperature was freezing, the young boy was wearing thin, ill-fitting clothes, and he was shivering.
The strange thing about him was the black cloth strip covering both his eyes. The features not covered by the cloth were a pair of defined brows, a tall nose, and slightly thin lips. His cheeks were sunken because of malnutrition, and his jaw was clearly defined.
Creak ~
The mansion's back door opened, and a dull thud quickly followed.
Someone had flung a stiff corpse out the door. The thin body crashed into the snow, forming a shallow pit. Zhao Qing, who was wearing a thick coat, hesitated. There was a flash of unwillingness in his eyes. He tossed four strings of coins[1] on the ground and put the rest in his sleeve.
The young boy rose hurriedly, shook the snow off his clothes, then forced a warm smile.
“Brother Qing, did someone toss out some scraps just now?”
As he spoke, the boy squatted down and felt the ground next to his feet with his hand. The smile on his face vanished the moment he felt something—a corpse that had long turned cold!
Li Guanqi’s hand froze. He choked and shivered slightly.