Han Yuan slept quietly. Lin Yu looked at her disinterestedly and returned to her bed. She'd begun increasing Han Yuan's sedative dosage, and when the time was right, she would use the drug Lan Long provided to put Han Yuan out of her misery.
'There's no turning back for me now that I've come this far,' Lin Yu silently told herself, and her heart hardened and turned cold at the thought that Xi Cheng was probably together with Gu Man right at this moment.
...
Staring at the insensate and unaware Xiang Yang before him, Shi Ke rubbed his face hard. The grief he felt in his heart strained him both physically and mentally. His phone vibrated, and he picked up the call. It was Shi Nian.
Shi Ke listened to Shi Nian report his findings and muttered, "Lan Long and Lin Yu—"
"Ah!" Xiang Yang let out a sharp cry all of a sudden and curled her body into a ball, trying hard to bury herself in her pillow.
