On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the footsteps of the approaching New Year grew ever clearer. In Bianjing City, every household was busy bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new.
Han Zhi was rarely granted leave to stay home, the accumulated case files at the Court of Judicial Review having finally reached a brief intermission before the year's end. Indoors, the underfloor heating system burned warmly, keeping the winter chill at bay outside the windows. Su Zhen sat on the edge of the heated brick bed, gently patting the back of Erxigua, who had just finished feeding, to help her burp.
The little girl wore a brand-new water-red cotton jacket that made her little face look even more pink and tender. She was half-drowning in sleep, wearing an expression of supreme, lazy contentment, her tiny fists loosely clutching a strand of her mother's lapel.
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