Before dawn, Gu Jiao emerged from the east room. In recent days, Huangfu Xian had been resting in the west room, while Xiao Hen and Xiao Jingkong originally intended to sleep in the east room, but ended up being dragged away by their grandfather next door.
The sounds of a back-and-forth between an adult and a child already drifted from next door, seemingly waking up as well.
Gu Jiao went to the backyard to wash up. Just as she was wiping her face, she saw a shadow cast by the lantern hanging in the corridor.
Turning around, she focused and saw Huangfu Xian rolling his wheelchair out of the study room. The study room had no threshold, allowing the wheelchair to pass freely in and out.
But how had he managed to come out of the west room?
"Have you been awake for a long time?" Gu Jiao asked.