In the evening, Leng Youchen returned to the villa, and after searching the first floor without finding Wei Anning, he casually grabbed a servant and asked, "Where is the lady?"
"Third Young Lady came back this afternoon and has been in her room ever since, never coming out," answered the servant.
Leng Youchen let go of the servant and took the elevator upstairs. As he pushed open the door to the master bedroom, unsettling murmurs emanated from within. The bedroom curtains were drawn, and the wall lamps emitted a dim yellow light that fell upon the small figure huddled on the bed.
He approached with furrowed brows as the petite woman on the bed twisted restlessly, her hair damp with cold sweat, her whole body looking as if it had been fished out of water, crying out, "Don't, you're not..."
He sat by the bed, took her flailing hand in his, and said softly, "Wake up, you're having a nightmare."
