The child's eyes moved.
They looked toward the window.
Outside the window, the sky was blue and clear, with white clouds drifting across it.
The view stretched as far as the eye could see.
It made one's heart feel wide open.
"Is the sunlight too bright?"
Noticing the sunlight falling on the child's eyes, Madam Xiao asked.
The child gave a slight shake of the head.
It wasn't too bright.
It was warm and comfortable.
She liked it.
"Is that so?"
Madam Xiao smiled. "That's good."
The child still hadn't said a word.
Madam Xiao wasn't in a hurry, either.
After sleeping for so long, they could take everything one step at a time.
The important thing was that the child had woken up.
Madam Xiao put the flowers she'd brought into a glass vase.
The vase was empty.
Perhaps there had been flowers in it before.
She placed the vase on the windowsill, where the child could see the flowers clearly.
Bathed in sunlight, every petal seemed to glimmer.
"Pretty, aren't they?"
Madam Xiao smiled at the child.
A bright light came into the child's eyes.
Her once-dull gaze soon seemed to bloom with flowers.
Seeing this, the smile in Madam Xiao's eyes grew even warmer.
Orange came back much later than Madam Xiao had expected.
A trace of unease even began to stir in Madam Xiao's heart.
If she hadn't been worried about leaving the child alone, she would have gone out to look for her.
"Orange?"
Madam Xiao got to her feet.
"Mom."
The child's faint, hoarse voice interrupted Madam Xiao.
Madam Xiao swallowed the words she had been about to say.
She smiled at Orange.
"Go talk to your child first."
"I'll