It was still dark on the lakeshore when Ning Que woke up, as he did so before daybreak. He threw the remaining mutton into the ashes of a bonfire in front of him and walked to the carriage with Sangsang in his arms. Then he drove the carriage southwards.
The black carriage no longer moved as fast as it did in the days past. It started before dawn and arrived at the periphery of the city south of Shubi Lake only at high noon.
Sangsang had already woken up long ago and was leaning against the window. She looked at the increasingly familiar scenery outside without saying anything. Her facial expression remained unchanged until she caught the sight of the loess city wall in the distance.
Ning Que looked at the city in the distance and said, "Take a good look at it. We may never see it again in the future."
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