nonchalant. But her off-key humming grew increasingly out of tune by the second.After a few more minutes, she listened to the sounds inside and knew that Mo Yunjing seemed to have come out of the bat...At this moment, images of Shuai Shuai's eyes, resembling those of a queen, flashed through my mind. His movements noticeably slowed.

Just as he was stunned, the lantern suddenly attacked him with a rush. He didn't notice and allowed the lantern to successfully spread its poison dust. To avoid inhaling it, he could only dodge first.

Ke Ming's light left swiftly after sprinkling the poison powder. When Yun Si finally recovered, Ke Ming was nowhere to be seen. Even if he chased now, he wouldn't catch up.

His profound eyes followed the departing figure of Ming Deng, then after a moment's contemplation, he turned and headed back to his estate.

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Although An Xuetang went to bed early that night, she didn't sleep well at all.

Fuzzy and groggy, with a dull ache in my stomach. I woke up drenched in sweat.o would probably think she was unwilling to keep the previous incident a secret.An Xuetang took the bracelet in front of Xiao's wife and said, "Thank you, aunt."Mrs. Xiao smiled with relief and pulled...