Your eyes sparkle like crystals

"Qing Yang, wake up… get up its noon already" Qing Yang felt she had just closed her eyes to sleep. But right now, her body was being shaken by someone telling her to get up. Involuntarily she let out a groan and then she raised his hand and shook the hand that was holding her shoulder. With the hope that whoever wanted to wake her up would allow her to sleep a little longer.

Really her eyes still feel very sleepy.

"Qing Yang, wake up…." Again, a child's voice sounded and shook her body.

She took a deep breath "I just slept, let me sleep more, okay…." she whined, still with her eyes closed. And shook off the hand that shook her shoulder.

"What do you mean, you just slept? You've been sleeping since last night, and now it's noon" Shan Du replied impatiently.

Qing Yang's brow furrowed, she recognized Shan Du's voice waking her up. 'As far as she could remember she just had a nap at the phoenix residence and asked Hai Zian to wake her up this afternoon to play with the birds from the forest earlier. Then why did shan du say…'

Her eyes widened, her sleepiness vanished in an instant. The sun shining through the window blinded her vision. Her eyes narrowed to adapt to the atmosphere of the morning. If that's true that's what Shan Du said of course. Spontaneously she raised her hands to cover her face to prevent the sunlight from entering her eyes.

"You don't usually wake up this late. I've cooked breakfast. Come, hurry up Grandma is waiting to have breakfast together" Shan Du informed.

If Qing Yang isn't at Xiao Hai's house, Shan Du takes her place in the kitchen to cook for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Although sometimes Grandma will cook when she's not busy. So, for Shan Du this is something he is used to.

When the sun was already rising on the eastern horizon, and he saw that Qing Yang had not yet woken up. He thought maybe she was tired because last night she came home from the palace still having to cook for everyone at Xiao Hai's house. And she stays up late, so he took the initiative to cook breakfast.

Because he also knows that soon the royal guards will come to pick her up, take her to the palace to receive lessons to take the scholar exam. And he didn't want the royal guard to wait any longer. Because the other children felt pressured by the presence of the royal guards in Xiao Hai's courtyard.

Yes, the children were afraid to see the stature of the royal guards even they put big smile when they meet the children. They still felt that the royal guards were scary. And it stuck in their minds if the royal guards came to arrest the guilty people who violated the palace rules. They often saw in the market the guards broke into people's homes or chases after people and caught them to be brought to the palace and punished. It was clear that they felt uneasy around the royal guards. So, Shan Du hoped that when the royal guards arrived Qing Yang would also be ready to go to the palace.

On the other hand, Qing Yang's gaze was dreamy. Although she was now sitting on the bed, but she did not move immediately to clean herself.

The sound of birds chirping sounded in her ears she was still faint with her surroundings. Confused between real and unreal. She thought the sound of the birds was that it was time to wake up to play with them, but it should have been Hai Zian who had woken her up but why was Shan Du now standing in front of her.

And more the room she's in right now isn't the room in the phoenix residence but her room in Xiao Hai's house. 'Hmm is she dreaming?' she asked herself briefly as she remembered last night after finishing dinner, she went back to her room to rest. But not long after she woke up in the phoenix residence room and at that moment, she felt strange why she could be in the phoenix residence, she even pinched her arm to make sure she wasn't dreaming, she felt pain when she did that. And indeed, it looks very real to her.

"Hey what are you waiting for, stand up clean yourself" Shan Du shouted impatiently because he was afraid that Grandma would wait a long time in the dining room.

Qing Yang's eyes felt very heavy to open. She really felt very sleepy and wanted to sleep again. But Shan Du's voice filled her ears. Reluctantly she got out of bed. Picked up the towel hanging in the hangar beside her wardrobe. Then walked to the door and stepped out into the backyard to wash her face and clean himself.

Seeing that Qing Yang had left her room, Shan Du left right away and walked towards the dining room, joining the others for breakfast while waiting for Qing Yang to come join in.

After finishing cleaning up Qing Yang returned to her room. To change her clothes. But when she entered the room, something caught her attention. On her study table, there was a vase of Oenix flowers, the flowers looked fresh, as if they had just been plucked and placed in the vase. she walked over to the table. wanted to take a closer look at whether she was hallucinating or not because as far as she could remember the flower was only in the backyard of the phoenix residence and she didn't feel like plucking the flower and putting it in a vase and now have been put on her study table.

Then another thing made her eyes even wider, there was another object near the flower vase. which she believed was impossible because she herself still doubted what she was experiencing was real or not. If it's not real, how come there is a Leaf of the Tree of Life on her study table. And she felt, she didn't see that Hai Zian was plucking the leaves while taking the dew of dreams and hopes from the tree of life.

Frowning face, deep in thought. But she couldn't draw any conclusions from the doubts she felt.

Not wanting to sink any longer, because she remembered Shan Du's words that everyone was waiting for her in the dining room for breakfast.

She hastily changed clothes. Brought some books that she needed to study later in the palace. Then she stepped out of the room and closed the bedroom door and stepped into the dining room.

In fact, she felt a heavy head and dizzy. Maybe it was the lack of sleep if what she was experiencing was real, that meant she only slept for a very limited amount of time.

What a power, she couldn't possibly rule out a trivial thing like this that would later be fatal issue. If she is not active and focused on studying, she would be fails the scholar exam later.

She forced herself, puffing out her chest, taking a deep breath and exhaling, hoping the dizziness would go away. And strengthen the spirit of carrying out today's activities cheerfully as usual. Because she also didn't want to disappoint Grandma Fen Fang.

With steady steps she walked down the corridor of Xiao Hai's house and soon she arrived at the dining room.

"Morning Grandma" she greeted as she walked over to Grandma leaning forward and giving Grandma a kiss on her left cheek.

"Morning kids" she greeted the others who is sat in their respected seats.

Then she stepped aside to sit on the chair where she usually sat which was to the right side of Grandma Fen Fang.

"Hmm… you look dull today Qing Yang, did you get enough rest last night?" Grandma asked because it was unusual for her to see Qing Yang showing such a dull face. Usually, she always looks fresh and cheerful every day.

"Are you sick?" Grandma asked again as she raised her left hand and touched Qing Yang's forehead to feel if she had a fever.

"Hmm... just a little dizzy Grandma but it's okay, it will disappear after breakfast" that's what she hoped for, hopefully she prayer inwardly.

"Sister Qing Yang your eyes sparkle like crystals" Lien Hua exclaimed excitedly at what she saw in front of her.