July 12, early in the morning.
After Ke Mingye and An Renchuan each had removed their combat suits at the secret base, they met at Hongdeng Commercial Street, had breakfast, and then took a walk before parting ways.
Ke Mingye took a taxi back to the Old Jingmai District, rode the elevator, and arrived on the 12th floor of the duplex apartment building.
As the elevator doors opened, he stepped out of the car and looked up from the screen of his phone.
Bai Ziling was standing alone at the entrance of the corridor, daydreaming. Her profile was like the empty gaze of a port during the autumn equinox, looking at the sky. The sky was faintly luminous, with the soft and hazy morning light filtering through the dust-covered windows and falling on her pale cheeks.
Ke Mingye stared at the silhouette of the girl with white hair, paused for a moment, put away his phone, and asked.
"Up so early?"
"You woke me up. And then... I was waiting for you to come home."