The next morning, warm sunlight filled the bedroom.
Feeling the warmth on her face, Pei Ge was stirred from her sweet dreams.
"Haaa!" She yawningly opened her eyes. Climbing out of the bed, she slipped on her slippers and headed to the bathroom.
Only after she had brushed her teeth and washed up did she notice that it was exceptionally quiet this morning.
Her mother would usually wake up before her to prepare breakfast, yet when she stepped out of her bedroom, she did not see any signs of her.
"Yi?" Feeling apprehensive, she headed into the kitchen, only to find something cooking on the kitchen stove.
She lifted the lid and white puffy steam quickly escaped from the boiling pot of porridge and some buns.
"Mom?" she called out hesitantly. Her mother did not seem to be home.
"Where did she go?" Just as she was wondering about this, there was movement from outside their apartment.
