For the rest of the winter, Tushan Jing Ci visited Xiao Mo's courtyard ever more frequently.
Whenever her lessons were finished and she had a free moment, she would appear deep within the bamboo forest, right on time, no matter how fierce the blizzard. She would tread through the deep snow to reach Xiao Mo's side.
The bamboo forest was actually quite beautiful on snowy days, but Tushan Jing Ci longed for the winter to end with each passing day.
It was because of something Xiao Mo had once said.
That when he awoke, he would give her a mountain full of peach blossoms.
And the peach blossoms at Cold Mountain Academy all bloomed in the spring.
Which meant Xiao Mo would awaken in the spring.
And so, Tushan Jing Ci counted the days, one by one, eagerly awaiting the spring that would belong to her and Xiao Mo.
As the young woman waited in eager anticipation day after day, winter finally came to an end.
