Waking up feeling refreshed, I noticed that my second sister was already gone.
"So early." Xiao Mi yawned as she got out of bed. When she opened the door and stepped outside, a cool breeze made her shiver slightly.
It was raining, a light drizzle just moistening the ground, and the weather was dreary, likely to continue for a while.
From the courtyard next door came bursts of exclamations. Muttering to herself, Xiao Mi jogged out.
The passage to the side yard was through a Begonia Gate. Xiao Mi was surprised — unlike a Moon Gate, the Begonia Gate looked like four petals.
The Begonia Gate symbolized "magnificence and splendor." It was already quite late when she got home last night, and being too tired, she hadn't noticed it.
The exclamations interrupted Xiao Mi's surprise. Following the hall door beside the main house, she saw a Bottle Gate.
Shaped like a vase, it symbolized peace and safety.
And the voices of her elder brother and others came from behind the Bottle Gate.
