The park, the treehouse.
On the glass terrace, the firewood stove was bubbling with steam. Grains of rice rolled in the thick, white rice broth, and waves of delicious fragrance drifted through the air.
It was the fragrance of rice.
Jiang You was curled up on the sofa beside the stove, holding a beautifully illustrated edition of the Classic of Mountains and Seas as she read.
Zhang Shuhui sat on a low stool, feeding firewood into the stove.
The room was warm and cozy.
The small door to the terrace was pushed open from outside. A gust of cold wind blew in, thinning the heat.
Potato had a faded crown perched on his head. The moment he came in, he eagerly pulled a handful of silver tokens from the pocket of his tattered, pitch-black cotton coat.
"Madam, look! I found more than a dozen."
Princess reached into her Bird's Nest Head and rummaged around a few times, pulling out several silver tokens as well. "I have three here too!"
Jiang You looked at the silver tokens. She had no idea where they had been dug out from; they were all covered in mud.
They were probably left behind by those ability users last time.
Jiang You did not mind. She counted the silver tokens, then pulled a plate of Alps from her space and set it on the small tea table.
Potato grabbed the candy, stuffed it into his pocket, and dragged Princess away.
He was extremely attached to Alps.
A little while later, a gray mouse scurried in.
It gestured on the floor for a long time, then ran off again.
Zhang Shuhui stared blankly at the gray mouse as it waved its limbs around before leaving.
"My lord, what did Little Grey say just now?"
"It said that