The early morning light of Leaf Green City filtered gently through the grand, lattice-carved jade windows of the Falling Blossom Villa, casting a warm, amber glow across the polished dark wood of the central dining hall.
Huo Yue let out a long, heavy yawn that seemed to reverberate from the very depths of her core, slowly walking out of her private residential suite.
Her long, magnificent crimson hair was completely messy and uncombed, splaying wildly across the shoulders of her loose crimson nightrobes as she groggily dragged her feet across the pristine floorboards, making her way toward the large wooden dining table situated in the center of the room.
There, she saw the man-stealing Xu Xiansu and Zhu Ziyan already thoroughly awake and present, sitting quietly side-by-side on the long benches.
