Alii looked up and glanced over.
The water snake gave a shiver and, with a splash, swam away into the distance.
The two walked home, and when passing Xiao Hei, they saw it had already started snoring. Li Zhiyuan gently kicked it, and Xiao Hei staggered to its feet, yawning as it followed them home.
After seeing Alii back to the East Room, Li Zhiyuan went up to the second-floor terrace.
The young man's gaze was slightly focused as he looked through the isolating array to see the construction scene inside that seemed to be fast-forwarded.
Lin Shuyou and Run Sheng Tan Wenbin were out of sync, as if they had pressed the acceleration button twice.
Li Zhiyuan returned to his room, where Alii's painting was almost finished. In the painting, a young man stood in the treasury, with burning Zhao Lu Hai before him, while the distressed and despairing ancestors of the Zhao family lay below. The young man held a lamp, watching them calmly.
