Even when Qian Yu was gone for quite a while, Lou Yi remained still in the dark. She kept her eyes trained out on the opened window. After a few more minutes, she sighed and closed it.
'She seems to have a good impression of the general.', Lou Yi worried with her scrunched up brows. She returned to her bed. Despite covering herself with the quilt and willing herself to sleep, she can't help but let her thoughts run wild. Her thoughts led her back to when they were still in the Zhao kingdom.
Seven years ago, it wasn't announced to the outside world but the three sisters were simultaneously poisoned which caused them to fall into a coma for a couple of days. Later on, it was found out that a few of their father's retainers hatched the plan of eliminating all of the Emperor's children to urge him to father another child. After all, their father was quite contented with having them around despite them being daughters and not sons. For their father, as long as he had offsprings to carry on his legacy, no matter their gender, he is satisfied. Not to mention that their father loved their mother very much.
When their father found out, he was obviously furious. Seeing the despairing expression on his Empress' face and his three beloved daughters who have yet to wake up, he almost gave out the edict of exterminating those retainers' families. Good thing that he pulled his tongue right at the last moment. Instead, he ordered for these retainers to provide the antidote as soon as possible. Only then will the Emperor provide leniency to the criminals' families.
It was only after three days that the antidote was delivered to their lips. Since the poison has already spread to most of the body, it took a while for the princesses to recover.
Lou Yi remembered that, on the full three weeks that she was unable to wake up, it felt like she dreamt a very long dream - a dream which spanned more than two decades. In the dream, she was a woman from the 21st Century. The Zhao kingdom doesn't exist. Instead of having the prominent status of being the second princess of a prosperous kingdom, she was the daughter of two high-ranking civil servants. Following through the footsteps of the parents in her dreams, she used her high IQ to slowly rise up the ranks of government officials, eventually bagging the position of Secretary of the State.
In her dream, she was college friends with Qian Yu and Rou Xi. Qian Yu came from a military lineage that has branched out to the underworld. Qian Yu didn't follow her siblings' road of climbing the military ranks. Instead, she walked the tougher path in the underworld, eventually become one of the strongest female leaders there. She was dubbed as "Titania", the queen of weapons, for her amazing dexterity and knowledge when it comes to different firearms.
Rou Xi, on the other hand, was the purer one. She didn't dabble in the dark underworld or in the dirty politics. When she was in college, she was scouted to become a talent in one of the country's top talent management company. She rejected at first but eventually accepted the offer after graduation. With her bright and cheerful personality, her path towards stardom was quite smooth. It was actually a wonder how she didn't have any enemies in the competitive entertainment world.
The only hiccup that they encountered in that life was the madman who became obsessed with Rou Xi. That man's obsession started out with his desire to obtain their friend. He tried to get closer to Rou Xi, but because the security around her, courtesy of her company, is too strict, the man wasn't able to achieve his goals.
That is why, he planned and planned until one chilly night, when they least expect it, he dragged Rou Xi down the parking lot and was able to kidnap her.
Before he can carry out his evil desires though, Lou Yi and Qian Yu, Rou Xi's self-appointed guards were able to triangulate the girl's location and safely rescue her from her captor.
However, instead of deterring the man from getting close to Rou Xi again, it seems that his obsession grew stronger. The thrill of hunting, and eventually becoming the hunted, gave him an all-time high. Targeting Rou Xi's life became a hobby for the madman.