When the first rays of morning sunlight crept through the gaps in the curtains, Lin Gantang woke up from her slumber.
Wen Yanqing, still in deep sleep, loosely held her hand, and Lin Gantang carefully withdrew hers.
The house was very quiet, with no cats mewing or birds chirping from the mountain villa's grove.
In the peaceful quiet of the morning, Lin Gantang got up to wash up and entered the kitchen.
It was the smell of breakfast that woke Wen Yanqing.
Having overslept again by accident, Wen Yanqing found no one by his side and followed the scent to the dining room.
"You're up? Go brush your teeth and have breakfast."
Lin Gantang approached him, saw he was yawning and still sleepy, and laughingly pulled him to wash up.
Wen Yanqing caught the toothbrush she handed to him and brushed his teeth drowsily with half-closed eyes.
"You brush first; I'll go serve the porridge," Lin Gantang said as she placed a towel next to him and turned to leave.
