The night mist gradually dissipated, and the dawn flowed over the other side of the mountain, painting the east with a clear, fish-belly white. Before long, the morning light would pierce through the clouds, casting down rays of auspicious light that reached the heavens.

"Why hasn't the Ice Block gotten up yet?"

"She rarely sleeps in, let's not wake her..."

Li Mo wasn't up early; he simply hadn't slept at all.