On the night Shao Jingmo left the Qiao residence, Qiao Qiao had insomnia for the first half of the night. She tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. She finally fell asleep in the latter half of the night, but she only slept for less than two hours. When she woke up at four in the morning, she could not fall asleep again.
Without turning on the lights, she crept out of bed, fumbled for her coat at the end of the bed, and put it on. Then she went to sit quietly on the tatami in front of the window.
Without any sense of time, she sat until dawn. Then she was sick. There was no high fever, no nausea, and no dizziness. She was just like an eggplant that had been frostbitten. She was listless, looking very haggard.
