The next morning.
The quiet city had yet to be disturbed by the clamor of vehicles and crowds.
Early-rising birds hopped about in the greenbelt, searching for plump worms.
The abundant rain brought by the typhoon not long ago had filled the city with moisture, causing fog to descend that morning.
Misty white fog shrouded many parts of the city. Some vendors who had risen early to sell breakfast by the roadside appeared and disappeared within the haze.
After sweeping the streets, a sanitation worker listened to the cries from afar and went looking for breakfast vendors.
"Boss, give me two steamed buns, two tea eggs, three spring rolls, and a cup of soy milk."
Lin Li, who had risen early, walked out of the residential complex and bought breakfast near the entrance.
"Kid, you're eating much less than before today! Don't have much of an appetite?" The breakfast vendor remembered Lin Li quite well and asked with a hearty laugh.
"My stomach isn't very hungry today." Lin Li answered casually, pulled out his phone to pay, then took the bag handed to him and carried his breakfast home.
"Ha~" Inside the security booth at the entrance, the guard on the night shift yawned repeatedly. Fortunately, someone would soon come to relieve him.
"Uncle Wu, you were on the night shift last night!" As Lin Li passed the security booth, he ran into Uncle Wu, who had come out to stretch his arms and legs, and greeted him with a smile.
"Little Lin, you're up early today." Uncle Wu spoke with a hearty laugh.
"I went to bed early last night, so I got up early today."
"Early to bed and early to rise keeps the body healthy. Most young people nowadays stay up late. It wasn't like this in