The Haughty Young Lady Decides to Return to China to Pursue Her Husband

Chapter 1: The Female Spy Who Was Like Shattered Moonlight When I woke up, my mind was buzzing, as if a whole bustling street had been stuffed inside. A sweet, stale fragrance lingered around my nose, like honey offerings left on an altar for too long, or like the half-dried sweat under a woman's armpits, mixed with a hint of the acrid bitterness of opium. Where am I? Memories flooded in like a tide. I am Xu Fengnian, the only son of the warlord Xu, the Great Marshal of the Beiyang Army. My predecessor was a sycophant who would do anything for a woman; to support an actress named Liu Ruyan, I almost mortgaged the Great Marshal's armory. And now,