Early in the morning, Mi Lan practiced the Fertilizer Scripture while walking to his shift at the Arrest Bureau.
He could have slept straight through to the afternoon, but he had been rudely awakened early in the morning by the two girls, who reminded him not to forget the meeting scheduled for today.
When Mi Lan woke up, he was still in a daze, sitting blankly on the edge of the bed. Qiuhua busied herself helping her young master wash his face, comb his hair, and change his clothes. Finally, after being forced to drink a bowl of "Lotus Seed Qi-Tonifying Soup"—a secret remedy passed down by You Mei—Mi Lan finally came back to his senses, purely because the soup made from ground lotus seed powder was so bitter, explosively bitter.
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