Yun Meili sat under a tree in her courtyard like she had been doing for the last couple of days. Her face was completely devoid of any emotion. If not for the fact that she was occasionally taking sips from the cup of wine in her hand, it would have been easy to mistake her for a statue.
Sitting beside her was Su Ning, looking off in the distance. Her face was unable to hide the deep sorrow within her heart.
"Still no news, Sister Meili?" She asked. Her voice had lost its melody, sounding hoarse and lifeless.
The reply to her enquiry was a shaking of Yun Meili's head. A reply she couldn't even see yet the deep exhale she heard was more than enough to add a heavy weight upon her heart.
As night gave way to the first rays of the sun, the two of them couldn't help but be saddened. It was the morning of the 23rd day of the 9th month— Yun Lei's birthday.
