Coming Home for the New Year

Cloud City, deep within Lion Peak Mountain.

Though it was already the depths of winter, the abandoned village hidden in the valley was bursting with spring. The temperature here was clearly much warmer than outside the mountains, and several peach trees scattered around the houses were quietly blooming.

Emerald grass and multicolored wildflowers grew wild and free, drawing frequent visits from bees and butterflies.

It was utterly a scene from a paradise beyond the world.

Awoo~

Little White nimbly leaped onto a rock beside the path, threw back its head, and let out a joyful howl.

The aura here filled it with incomparable delight, like a fish returning to the sea—comfortable and at ease.

"This place is really beautiful!"

Ji Yu gazed at the scenery before her with sparkling eyes and sighed from the bottom of her heart.

Yesterday, Gao Jing had brought her back to Cloud City from Shanghai. This morning, they had climbed the mountain and come here to enjoy the spring scenery.

Although Ji Yu had lived in Cloud City for many years and had visited Lion Peak Mountain Scenic Area several times, she had never known that such a paradise existed within the mountain.

Gao Jing smiled faintly.

He knew very well that the reason this mountain village, abandoned long ago, was so beautiful was not only because it had escaped the effects of human activity. More importantly, it was because of the Spirit Source!

Holding Gao Jing's hand, the senior student took a turn around the village, then asked curiously, "Is this place yours now?"

"It's ours."

Gao Jing corrected her. "I'm planning to build a mountain estate here. We can live here permanently in the future."

"That's wonderful."

Ji Yu's eyes curved into crescents, and she looked delighted. "It feels like living here could