In the quiet bedroom, a petite figure lay on the bed, fast asleep.
"Click."
The door suddenly opened. Xia Qing stood in the doorway and called out to Zhou Tongtong, who was still sleeping on the bed.
"Tongtong, time to get up."
Zhou Tongtong gave no response. Xia Qing walked a few steps forward to her daughter's bedside and reached out to shake her several times.
"Mom, what are you doing?" Zhou Tongtong was shaken awake and looked blearily at Xia Qing, who was wearing a floral apron.
"It's getting late. Hurry and get up, wash up, and get ready for breakfast." Xia Qing spoke to her daughter, then left the bedroom and returned to the kitchen to continue preparing breakfast.
"Yaaawn~" Zhou Tongtong yawned, rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand, then threw off the quilt covering her and got out of bed.
The sound of stir-frying came from the kitchen. The range hood sucked away the smoke and fumes from the pan and vented them outdoors.
Xia Qing soon finished cooking two dishes: stir-fried greens and braised hairtail.
When she carried the two dishes into the dining room, Zhou Tongtong happened to finish washing up in the bathroom and come out.
"Come eat breakfast!"
"Mm."
Zhou Tongtong nodded, came to the table, pulled out a chair, and sat down.
Xia Qing served her daughter a bowl of mung bean porridge and handed her the chopsticks.
"Although hairtail doesn't have many bones, you still need to be careful. Don't eat too fast."
Zhou Tongtong loved fish. Before long, she had eaten several pieces of braised hairtail.
After the mother and daughter finished breakfast, there was still plenty of time, so they did not need to rush out.
Zhou Tongtong went to the balcony, intending to water the