"Ma'am, why don't you get some rest? I can wait here. If Master wakes up and sees you've been waiting all this time without resting, he's going to blame me again!"
Xu Ruonan had lost count of how many times she had tried to persuade Chu Yan. She knew this time would be no different from the last; it would be fruitless.
"It's fine. You go rest first. I'm not tired yet!" As Xu Ruonan expected, Chu Yan just shook her head gently, unmoved.
「An entire night passed in a flash.」
As dawn approached, Chu Yan finally couldn't hold on any longer. Leaning her head against the sofa, she drifted into a heavy sleep.
Inside the room, Zhou Fan was still sitting cross-legged, just as he had been when he entered. But now, streams of gray energy were gathering around him, constantly swirling about his body.
