Three days later.
In the afternoon, in the study hall of a private college within Huang Manor, near the iron mine. [1]
"I’m leaving, Juanjuan!"
A girl with double braids carrying a cloth satchel waved at her good friend who was still inside the study hall.
Song Yunjuan smiled at her from her seat. [2]
"Hurry and go, or your parents will scold you again if you're late."
"Yea!"
That girl skipped away in a light jog as she left under the evening sky. She went further and further away, until she was no longer visible.
Song Yunjuan waited till she could no longer see her good friend before withdrawing her gaze. She looked around at the empty study hall; everyone had left, leaving only her behind.
"I should get back too," carefully, Song Yunjuan kept her brush, ink and straw paper from her desk. She stuffed them into her little satchel, stood up and tidied herself, then walked out of the study hall.
Under the evening sky, Huang Manor looked especially still and faint.
[1] ED/N: Yeah, private college. I thought it was a mistake as well, since who would actually have a dayum college inside their house, that maybe it was a study or something... but no, the raws don't lie. It's a dayum college. Also, it's a different manor.
[2] ED/N: Just to clarify: Yunjuan is her name, Juanjuan is her nickname created off the "-juan" part of her name.