The Blizzard Is Coming (Big Chapter Seeking Monthly Ticket)

Morning sunlight spilled over the pale snowflakes and over the young man in a tailcoat standing inside the cabin door.

"This is the teacup I made before."

The bespectacled young man held out a wrapped iron cup. "I was going to bring it to you the next time I visited... I made it myself with a machine tool. It's not very well made..."

He Ao reached out and accepted the Iron Teacup.

Compared with the mass-produced teacups sold on the market, this one was clearly rather simple. The welds between the holder and the cup were also quite obvious.

On the front of the teacup was a small laser-engraved image of a Tracked Mining Machine, the toy Nair had loved most as a child.

"It looks great."

Holding the teacup in both hands, He Ao replied with a smile.

"The temperature in the ice plains has been very low lately. Aren't you cold over there?"

The bespectacled young man looked at He Ao's thin tailcoat and asked cautiously.

"I'm not cold."

He Ao shook his head. He reached for the Gold-Inlaid Cane resting beside the door. "That place barely counts as indoors. The wind and snow outside can't get in."

"Take care of yourself."

The bespectacled young man stared at his face. After a brief pause, he softly said, "Be careful. We're already preparing what you told us."

The tall young man standing behind him opened his mouth as though he wanted to say something, but in the end, the words at his lips turned into only a quiet, "Be careful."

"Mm."

He Ao nodded. He looked back at the morning sun rising over the horizon, put on his top hat, and slightly raised his cane. "Third Brother, Fourth Brother, I'm leaving first."

Then he turned around, stepped into the