Jiang Li heard a voice coming from the flower garden and walked in that direction. As she drew near, she froze in her tracks. Zhao Ke and Wen Ji were standing there, talking to Situ Jiuyue about something. Situ Jiuyue had her back to Jiang Li, but Zhao Ke was the first to see Jiang Li's shadow and called out, "Second Miss."
Jiang Li did not respond to him, her gaze drawn to the garden where a deep silence engulfed her.
In the entire garden, most likely due to last night's heavy snow, almost all of the flowers had succumbed to the ravages and were completely devastated. Some were buried in snow, some exposed to the elements, but toppled and scattered in such a state of disarray that it was a pitiful sight to behold.
