Chapter 504: The Ways of the World
The shopkeeper hurriedly grabbed a shovel and dug through the piled-up snow.
Beneath the snow, there truly was a corpse, frozen stiff.
"Q-Quick, report this to the authorities..."
A death in front of the shop had left the shopkeeper utterly panic-stricken.
The corpse lay face down, arms stretched forward, fingers clawing desperately at the ground.
He had struggled to crawl forward, fighting for his life, trying to seek help from the shopkeeper, but by the time he reached this spot, his strength had run out, and he had frozen to death.
He had only been a few steps away from the bun shop.
Yet those few steps had been as insurmountable as a chasm.
The shopkeeper steadied himself, gathered his courage, and crouched down to brush the ice and snow from the corpse. Seeing the man's beggar-like appearance, he let out a soft sigh. "It's really Old Qi... No wonder I didn't see him this morning..."
Qin Sang squeezed through the crowd that had gathered, and quietly slipped away.
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The capital of Guyuan Kingdom.