In the following two days, the battles around Tongqiu continued relentlessly, showing no signs of stopping.
The atmosphere in the town was heavy, with wounded soldiers being sent back occasionally.
Xiao Lingqiu appeared quite busy, sometimes riding out alone to survey the terrain, visiting some high-ranking clan members occasionally, and spending most of her time sketching and marking a large map of the surrounding area.
Jiang Shouzhong had no idea what this woman was busy with, but he was certain that she was plotting something else.
This realization brought a faint sense of disappointment to the man's heart.
He couldn't quite understand why he felt this disappointment—perhaps it was the growing awareness that he and this woman, who had braved hardships together, were ultimately people from two different worlds.
