"Young Master, you're back?"
At their home in Golden City Square, Chai Chai, who had just woken up, was yawning while eating breakfast. The main dish was a green vegetable and lean meat porridge, accompanied by pickled vegetables, boiled eggs, and sour-filled buns (vegetable buns). There were also snacks like oil cakes, Cheese Cherries (made by pouring fresh, un-dried cheese—similar in texture to yogurt—over cherries), rice flower cakes, and crispy honey twists (a type of sugar twist). It was thanks to the hefty earnings he'd made recently; otherwise, affording such a spread would have been tough.
"Uh-huh."
On his way home, Li Ang had already dusted himself off. He composedly walked to the pot, ladled a bowl of porridge for himself, and calmly sat at the dining table, sipping his porridge while listening to the chaotic hoofbeats of the garrison's horses on the streets of Golden City Square.
