It must have been around midnight by then. Why wasn't she at home, but at his place instead? Could she have taken a wrong turn?
"I didn't know where to go, and I don't know how I ended up here," Jiang Shuya clutched her white handbag with rhinestones, which reflected the lights in the yard, "I'm sorry to disturb you. I'll leave now."
Because of the humiliation by Huo Jingfeng, she could only think of him and wanted to see him, which led her here as if possessed.
Jiang Shuya lifted her dragging long gown to facilitate her steps, but she hadn't expected to feel numbness in her legs from crouching too long. As she stepped forward, it felt like she was electrocuted, powerless at her feet, and she lost her balance and plunged forward. She instinctively embraced Huo Jingtang in front of her to prevent herself from falling.
