GATE OF LIFE (1)

Cold Residence.

It was a Chinese-style siheyuan compound actually named Cold Residence. However, a tall wall had been built around the outside, enclosing it within.

Otherwise, if Cold Residence had been completely exposed, it would have seemed completely out of place among the architecture of this ancient city—the beautiful port city of Cartagena.

Inside Cold Residence, not only was the exterior built entirely in the style of an old capital courtyard, but even the furnishings were steeped in antique charm.

At that moment, a red sports car stopped before the tall gate wall outside Cold Residence. After the gate was unlocked, it slowly drove inside.

A slender young woman around twenty-two or twenty-three years old stepped out of the sports car. She wore a black crop top, and her hair was dyed pink and purple.

The entrance hall of Cold Residence was called Dragon Hall. At that moment, a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties slowly walked out of Dragon Hall, followed by two women in their thirties dressed as maids.

"Miss Sakura, welcome back."

"Fifth Uncle, where's Grandpa?" Miss Sakura handed her car keys to one of the maids behind Fifth Uncle, then walked straight into Dragon Hall.

"Master is in the kitchen," Fifth Uncle replied.

Miss Sakura suddenly stopped and asked in astonishment, "Didn't he just come out of the village? Why didn't he rest? He came to Cold Residence and ran straight to the kitchen?"

Fifth Uncle smiled. "It's like this. Master soaked some top-grade dried abalone while he was still in the village and brought it all the way here. Now he's preparing the other ingredients. He's making a pot of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall for a guest."

"A guest?" Miss Sakura was stunned. "Who's important enough for that? Grandpa hasn't cooked personally in