Thoughts flashed rapidly through her mind as she quietly reached for the long xiao by the bedside, gently pushing out the short knife hidden within. She carefully moved out from under the covers, crouched behind the bed, and reached for a small blue bottle placed on top of the medicine chest.
Ran Yan pressed her ear against the ground, trying to distinguish the footsteps, but to her surprise, she realized that there seemed to be more than one person!
From the curtain to the inner chamber, a distance of merely two or three zhang, if she were to shout for help now, she feared that the rescuers might not arrive before she was caught or silenced, and moreover, Wan Lu was still sleeping in the outer room...
With this thought, Ran Yan's heart grew somewhat cold, hoping nothing had happened to Wan Lu...
