While Xu Lai and Ruan Tang were flirting in their room, snow began to fall outside the window.
As if trying to wash away the filth of the mortal world, the entirety of East Sea City was blanketed in an immaculate expanse of white. Many couples cheered, having snowball fights and frolicking in the snow.
Heavenly Dao sat upon a cloud, eating a candied hawthorn stick and watching the snowflakes fall upon the human realm.
Having experienced countless turbulent times, Heavenly Dao knew that no matter how the snow dressed up this city of over ten million people, it could not wash away the filth of certain people or the ugliness of their deeds.
Even in the first month of the year.
There were still ghostly processions at night and acts of disloyalty, unfilial piety, and injustice.
Yet, amidst the filth, there were also those full of passion and righteousness, fighting against all that was unfair and unjust.
Such is the human heart.
There is both evil and good.
