Yang Qing had expected his new guide to take him down a few flights of stairs leading up to the fourth floor, in the hopes that it would have given him the chance to catch a glimpse of the other floors in passing. However that didn't happen.
Su Biya, his guide, instead led him up a single flight of stairs from the ground floor. At the top, they were greeted by a short, empty rectangular hallway with three doors—one to the left and two to the right. Each door had a blue orchid on it, and as Yang Qing observed them more closely, it became immediately clear that while they appeared similar on the surface, each orchid had distinct qualities that set it apart.
The orchid on the left door had a silent, reserved aura. Of the two on the right, one radiated energy and felt as if it were bursting with activity. At the same time, the other carried some mysteriousness beneath the surface, cloaked in a veil that only enhanced the mystery.
