Kaijie hurried all the way, hoping to find Zixiu before the morning pilgrims filled the temple. He desperately hoped that Zixiu was waiting for him in the wine cellar right at this moment.
Before long, Kaijie reached the entrance of the wine cellar. He hurried down the stone steps, full of eager anticipation that the first thing he would see would be Zixiu sitting at the table behind the wine racks. No matter what Zixiu was doing—even if he was slumped over asleep—as long as he was there, Kaijie would finally be at ease.
To his bitter disappointment, however, when he arrived, there was only the table and a set of teacups. There was no sign of Zixiu anywhere. Panic gripped him. The pilgrims outside were growing in number by the minute, and if Zixiu wandered aimlessly through the crowds without a care in the world, it would bring unimaginable trouble upon himself.
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