For some time afterward, Cheng Yu generally spent his days in three places.
Ji Han's house, the teahouse, and the bookshop.
After he had leafed through books a few times, the owner snapped at him.
"If you can't afford them, stop flipping through them!"
Cheng Yu got angry, accomplished nothing beyond getting angry, and said,
"Fine, I won't!"
For some time after that, Cheng Yu relied on picking up what other people knew.
One day, Cheng Yu returned to Ji Han's house from the teahouse again.
This time, however, he finally found Ji Han at home. Unlike the dashing, spirited figure he had seen before, she wore casual clothes at home. How should he put it? She was a girl, after all, and her so-called casual clothes were long dresses like those worn by young ladies from wealthy families.
Seeing Cheng Yu in the same outfit as always, Ji Han frowned.
"Why do you keep wearing that? Don't you have a change of clothes?"
Naturally, Cheng Yu couldn't reveal the Pure White Emissary's abilities. He simply gave her a smile peculiar to boys his age.
"All my clothes look the same."
Cheng Yu then asked,
"Have you finished your business, ma'am?"
Ji Han nodded slightly at that, then looked at Cheng Yu and said,
"Yes. Get some rest early tonight. Tomorrow morning, I'll personally take you to the mountain range where Stillwater disappeared."
That night, perhaps because Ji Han was home, Cheng Yu could smell a richer fragrance than usual even in his own room. He mused to himself, She's still a girl, after all.
The next day, Ji Han took Cheng Yu out as soon as the sky began to brighten.
Looking at the horse-like beast covered in black scales before him, Cheng Yu felt a little puzzled.