This is also why, once Xiaomi goes in, she forgets the time, and can't even make it home for dinner.
"Before the exam, we went to the other courtyard to look for you guys, but you had already gone up the mountain, so we didn't stay long."
Last year, because time was short and it was especially hot in the city, Yingying suggested they all go to the other courtyard to escape the heat, so everyone discussed it and went.
This year, it was already cold when they came, and with the exam a long way off, they let Xiaomi go alone.
"I heard from Yingying's courtyard steward that you had just left not long before we went back."
When in the forest before, as soon as she opened her eyes every day, all she thought about was going hunting. She would run all day and collapse into sleep at night, with no time even to dream, naturally not having the chance to miss her family.
