Qingming festival was fast approaching, and it rained on and off throughout the whole of March.
As expected during the Qingming season, a continuous drizzle began to fall.
Willow Wave City was a modestly prosperous small county town that could be reached by a two-hour bus ride.
Neither close nor far, yet the journey seemed particularly lengthy.
Jasmine Yale didn't bother Harlow Mackenzie, and took the first bus to Willow Wave City alone early in the morning.
Dawn was just breaking, and a fine rain floated down from the sky.
The weather was a bit cold, and she wore a black trench coat, with the collar turned up.
The scenery outside the window was very blurry, and as the bus moved onto the highway, the view only grew more mundane, nothing more than wildflowers, tall trees – branches and leaves – nothing much to see.
Professor Mackenzie had expressed concern the night before, asking if she wanted Harlow Mackenzie to accompany her, since he had already returned from abroad.
