He looked around and suddenly saw a bowl of white porridge and a plate of mixed vegetables on the small table. This was specially brought to Qi Xuan after he had finished his vegetarian meal. There was also a note pressed under the chopsticks, with only three words written on it: I ate them all.

Luo Sai put his pocket watch in his coat pocket, picked up the bowl and ate, then took the empty bowl and went to the dining hall to return the bowl and chopsticks.

He walked along ...