「Noon.」
「Tianduan Mountain, Inner Mountain Pass.」
"Big Brother, Big Brother, wake up."
A young, tender voice traveled from outside the door, growing closer and closer, waking Cheng Zongyang from his slumber.
He had returned with the medicinal materials in the middle of the night, just as the sky was beginning to lighten. He washed up and went to sleep.
"Little girl, what's wrong?" Cheng Zongyang sat up and yawned.
Cheng Zongyun stood beside him, blinking her big, pretty eyes. Her tone was slightly rushed, her words tumbling out in a jumble of childish urgency. "It's time. Dad told me to wake you up, but Mom said to let you sleep in. Big Brother, you said to wake you when it was time. Do you still want to sleep a little longer?"
Cheng Zongyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. 'Waking me up just to ask if I want to sleep longer?'
Before he could say a word, the little girl spoke again, her voice brimming with excitement:
