The next day.
The wind and rain had stopped, and the all-night revelry in the Rear Residence had also subsided. Everyone had overworked themselves and slept in, leaving the Marquis's Residence silent and empty of visible figures despite being full of distinguished guests.
In a guest room in the West Residence, Lin Zisu slept fully dressed on Xiao Biao's bed, while pitch-black Coal Ball perched on the dressing table, both sleeping peacefully. But Coal Ball was used to breakfast. With daylight breaking and nobody calling for food, she naturally woke, gazed around blankly, then hopped to the head of the bed and pushed a shoulder with her little paw.
"Gooji goo..."
"Mm..."
Lin Zisu woke groggily. Realizing it was already light, she rubbed her eyes, only to see Jiang Xian sprawled before her, dead to the world. She asked in surprise:
"Xiao Biao? When did you get back?"
"Hm?"
Jiang Xian opened her bleary eyes. Finding herself lying in the room, with Coal Ball and Zisu staring at her with their big and small eyes, she was rather puzzled too.
After all, once Qixia True Person had avenged herself last night, she had gone to the Directorate of Celestial Observation and Purple Emblem Mountain to amend the disciples' Daoist records. When she returned and found Zisu asleep here, she had not woken her, simply dropping down beside her.
In Jiang Xian's memory, however, she had headed home alone, blacked out halfway, and woken up here. Her eyes were thoroughly bewildered:
"Uh... yesterday, I suppose. Where are Young Master Xie and the others?"
Recalling last night's scene, Lin Zisu figured Xie Lang was probably still entertaining his guests, so she promptly got up:
"They're all over at the Main House. I'll go take a look..."
With that, she picked up Coal