When Duan Rong awoke from the bed, the light inside was already quite bright.
He lifted the curtain and saw that the floor mat Ruyi had laid was already tidied up. Then he lazily stretched his waist, slid down from the bed, and dressed himself in clothes and shoes.
He walked around the screen and found the room door open but saw no sign of Ruyi.
Duan Rong walked straight to the basin stand, where he saw that the basin had already been filled with half a basin of clear water. He then washed himself with the cold water; had Ruyi been there, she would have poured some hot water for him. Actually, the hot water kettle was just in the corner nearby, but Duan Rong was too lazy to bother.
The cold water invigorated him a lot, and after wiping his neck clean, Duan Rong slowly strolled out the door.
As Duan Rong stepped out of the door, he saw Chou Luan sitting on the large green stone, staring blankly at the clouds in the sky, his eyes vacant.
