"Hahahahaha..."
A burst of unbridled laughter shook the reeds floating in midair so hard that the drifting fluff flew even more chaotically, making the sky, which had yet to fully brighten, dim again. Yu Wenye slowly lifted his head, his face set in stone, and saw Shi Yutao carrying his hand axe, urging his horse forward at a measured pace.
Through the crowd, he met Yu Wenye's cold, austere gaze with perfect accuracy.
Seeing the other man penned in by his soldiers like a caged bird, Shi Yutao's smile grew even more complacent. He stopped several zhang short of the outer edge of that encirclement and said with a laugh, "Didn't expect it, did you? We meet again."
These words were, of course, spoken for Shen Tu Tai, who stood before Yu Wenye.
Shen Tu Tai gripped his long spear, blocking Yu Wenye like a towering peak, yet he did not immediately strike back. Instead he glanced left and right at the soldiers hemming them in, then said coolly, "Didn't expect it?"
