Xue Yue had gone to bed late last night. She was vaguely aware of He Lang returning in the middle of the night, but she was too drowsy to wake up. When she opened her eyes in the morning, He Lang was already gone.
She picked up her watch and looked at the time. It was almost ten o'clock.
She got up and went to the kitchen, only to find the meal He Lang had left for her had long since grown cold. Xue Yue heated it up.
She'd arranged with Sister Gaihua yesterday to go up the mountain this morning. She wondered if Sister Gaihua had come by to get her, but she had been sleeping so soundly she wouldn't have heard a thing anyway.
Instead of going up the mountain, Xue Yue went next door.
When Li Gaihua saw it was Xue Yue, she quickly invited her in.
"I just went to your house to look for you. I knocked a few times but didn't hear a response, so I thought you'd gone out."
