Chapter 53 (2/2)

”Count Sinan's estate, yes” Were there any other Fan Manors? He still didn't kno large the Fan clan was in the capital, if Count Sinan was simply head of a minor branch, or whether it was only over the past decade that, thanks to his grandmother, their prosperity had led them to become the most prominent branch of the Fan clan

The shopkeeper respectfully co it under the counter

Fan Xian asked a few questions about the bookseller, and the answers the bookseller gave him made him feel uneasy The bookseller saw that the custo a book, and the chance to chat to a customer made him smile

As they chatted, a faint sound made Fan Xian's ears prick up

As he smiled and chatted with the shopkeeper, he shi+fted his zhenqi around, and his ears inized the sound he was scouting out in the quiet environ, different to any nor, and distant It was clearly someone who kne to control their zhenqi Fan Xian knew that it was someone his father had sent to protect or observe him He frowned

The bookseller saw his custoht it was a handso, and couldn't help but feel anxious

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Co out of the rear door of the bookshop, Fan Xian made sure that he had escaped the two footmen behind his he had learned fro Other than the art of poison, he had learnt how to lose someone as on his tail - it see the crowds as they walked along the flagstones on Tianhe Avenue, he looked at the buildings on both sides of the street They were an interesting sight, particularly the space in front of the buildings, where there stood a channel for gently-running water If you wanted to enter the governe above the water

The gentle waters were like a e and the branches fro over the street It was quiet and beautiful, and peach blosso on the surface of the winter and being carried slowly along

He walked along the side, looking at the floater beneath his feet, and a satisfied smile crept across his face In the few days since he had cos were greatly different froined, and he was tired out Feeling refreshed by spring in the capital, his spirit had been lifted

As he came to the door of the Overwatch Council, he looked at the li, he thought, and it didn't fit in with the interesting-looking buildings with their swooping eaves and strong walls He couldn't help but adface

When he walked in, he noticed that the officials and the ”pedestrians” alked by were all staring at hi sure that there was nothing about hiht have drawn anyone's attention, and lifted his head high - but the strange looks from people around him had still not subsided