Knock, knock.
Aside from the two times she had left in order to get food, Xiong Liqiu had been inside her room with her daughter for the entire day. Since the hunters were drinking so much, she didn't want Little Qiao to be anywhere near them, nor did she feel entirely safe herself. Although she knew in her mind that she would most likely be fine, she had a tendency of always thinking about the worst outcome.
When she heard the knocking on her door, her heart almost jumped out of her throat. Carefully, she opened the door slightly before peeking out through the gap. Seeing that the person standing there was Yun Lei, she let out a sigh of relief.
"Sir Noble, please come in," she said while opening the door fully. Although Yun Lei, too, smelled like he had been drowning in alcohol, she didn't feel the same sense of unease around him as she did with the rest of the men in the group.
