Huo Feng's car disappeared into the traffic, swallowed by the sea of lights. The city was in motion, pretending it didn't care about the scandal boiling beneath the surface.
Inside the car, silence hung like a thin veil. Only the soft clicking of Ah Si's tablet keyboard filled the air as he sorted through files from the day's board meeting.
Huo Feng leaned his head against the tinted glass, his gaze distant. The night outside blurred into ribbons of light and shadow, and for a moment, his thoughts drifted back to another time.
Flashback.
Two boys walked along a quiet stretch of beach, shoes dangling from their hands. The evening wind tossed their hair, and the waves rolled lazily against the shore.
"When are you going back to Shanghai?" young Song Kai asked, squinting against the setting sun.
"In two days," Huo Feng answered simply, his tone calm, but his eyes dimmed a little. "Grandfather wants me home."
"That soon?" Song Kai's lips formed a pout.
