"Huh?" said Madam Liu. "You have a family?"
"Yes," nodded Yan Huan. "I do. They live in the Sea City."
"Sea City?" repeated Madam Liu, eyes widening. "You live in the Sea City too? That's a long way from here." Liu Hao had worked somewhere near the Sea City, before travelling to the Sea City. When Mr. Liu asked him how far it was from his initial workplace, he said it was very far. If that was the case, imagine how far it would be from their village!
"It's pretty far indeed," nodded Yan Huan. "I ended up here by accident, and I was stuck because it's too dangerous to descend the mountain during winter. So I stayed and waited for the weather to get better. A few days back, I learned from some people that it was safe for me to make the descent now."
"In that case, why did you come back?" asked Madam Liu, confused. Why would she come back if she could live comfortably at the bottom of the mountain?
