Spy Shadows of Yangcheng

Chapter One: Trouble Stirs in Guangzhou

1943, Guangzhou. Under the merciless ravages of war, this ancient city in Lingnan was like an old man covered in wounds. Its former prosperity had vanished like a fleeting cloud. The air in every street and alley was so tense it seemed ready to freeze, and every corner appeared to conceal some unknown danger. Japanese sentries crouched like wolves at the city's main thoroughfares, their icy gazes sweeping over passersby as if determined to snuff out even the slightest sign of resistance before it could take root. Collaborator agents lurked like ghosts in the shadows, watching. He