Chapter 226: The Hybrids
There was something else he needed to attend to while his subordinates began reshaping the city in his absence.
But first, the gate itself presented a minor obstacle, or rather, a persistent one.
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As Su Ping approached, he saw the particular problem he'd been thinking about: the same female guard who had questioned his previous departures. She stood at her post, looking like a born diligent soldier, her eyes scanning the people being admitted into the city with what she probably thought was professional vigilance but which Su Ping recognized as barely-contained anxiety.
She was young for her position, about the same age as his wife.
Her eyes locked onto him as he drew nearer, and he saw the familiar mixture of surprise and excitement settle on her features. She stepped forward, intercepting his path just as he reached the checkpoint.
