Just then, a bolt of lightning suddenly split the night sky outside the window. Thunder roared right after it, shaking the windows. Xiao Huainan jumped, and the files in his hands fell to the floor and scattered everywhere. He cursed, “Damn it,” then bent down to pick them up. The moment his fingers touched the papers, a blinding white light shot in through the window and struck the light fixture above his head.
“Rumble, ”
