The last glance before leaving Jiangdu Palace, although she saw nothing, even when she closed her eyes, Shang Ruyi still had her entire memory stained crimson by that bloody scene.
After that, even when she was trapped in darkness, that bloody hue never faded away.
In fact, it was as if she was drowning in a river of blood, rising and falling, almost suffocating, yet never able to escape.
And that suffocating feeling of rising and falling kept entangling her, devouring all her senses and strength. It was unknown how long it took her to barely wake up from that bloody nightmare.
But before she even opened her eyes, the first thing she felt was pain.
Indescribable pain, as if all the bones in her body had been crushed, making her utter a painful moan before she could even sense everything around her: "Ah..."
Immediately, a pair of arms embraced her.
