The white flag rose. Drumbeats rang out like deep rumbles. People's chatter kept ringing out like a wild cluster of bird cries. Among the more than 300 people surrounding the venue were two people who stood to the side.
Yue Li, and Shan Liyue.
Looking up at the sky, and seeing the darkening clouds, Yue Li had a worried and slightly anxious expression. The whooshing wind didn't aid the situation either.
"What is it, Mother?" Liyue asked with a pat on her shoulder.
Yue Li's thoughts were broken and she looked around. She said with a shake of her head, "Nothing, it seems it might rain soon. I wonder what Xiao Li is up to."
"He said he would come before the ceremony actually began, right?" It was difficult to hear her words amidst the noise of the crowd, so she spoke loudly.
Liyue had gone early in the morning to Han Li's and wanted to visit the ceremony along with him and Yue Li, but he had made Yue Li and her come here alone.