Early in the morning, the door of the east room was opened from the inside, and Alii, dressed in a lotus-themed robe, walked out.
In the past, she was always the earliest to rise in this household, but not today.
On the levee, Run Sheng and Tan Wenbin sat facing each other, heads bowed, sharpening the sickles in their hands.
As Alii passed by, Run Sheng looked up and smiled at the girl: "Good morning."
The girl paused in her steps, then moved again to enter the house and went upstairs.
Although she did not speak, that brief pause was the biggest response she could give.
Pushing open the door to her room, she entered, where the boy was still asleep; the girl started to admire the paintings hanging on the wall that the boy had created.
There were three completed paintings, the first of which was Little Huang Ying.
