Even to her own ears, Qing Yue's voice sounded breathless.
She blushed. She couldn't help it. Tang Fang had that effect on her.
As the only male she knew in this world, the gentle and refined aura he gave off made her feel comfortable and at ease.
His polite manners, gentle demeanor, and reserved aura resembled that of the noble young masters she grew up with.
"Yue'er, are you not feeling well? Do you want me to help you to the medical cabin?" Tang Fang frowned upon seeing her huddled form and red face.
"May I?" He sat on a corner of the couch and tentatively placed his hand on her forehead, checking her temperature.
Qing Yue cringed, his cool hand-making her shiver.
Looking around, she noticed the girls sitting beside her were absent, the couch empty on either side.
Traitors.
Sighting them on the dance stage, she couldn't help but feel resentment as her muscles tensed.
How was she going to interact with
"Aunt Li, is Dad back?" Qing Yue walked into the open-island kitchen and withdrew a bottle of water from the fridge. She hadn't had anything to drink before leaving home, and she never drank at parties; who knew what they added in them. And after her sudden explosion of anger, she felt as parched as if she was a fish laid out to dry in the sun. Carrying the bottle in one hand, she set her purse on the kitchen counter and moved to the glass cabinets. "No, honey, your Dad isn't home yet. You guys returned early. Have you had dinner? What would you like to eat tonight?" Aunt Li followed her into the kitchen and held her hand, leading her back to the kitchen counter before returning to the cabinets. "Qing Qing, I told you many times not to enter the kitchen. It's beneath your status. But you never listen." She brought out a glass cup and walked to Qing Yue's side, and unscrewed the cap as she gently scolded. Qing Yue smiled. "Sorry
Back in her room, Qing Yue threw her purse and flapped on her bed. She was tired. Living in a world where everything was different, where everyone behaved differently, sapped her energy, leaving her tired and drained. She was confused. If the heavens wanted to give her a chance at life, why did they keep the memories of her previous life intact? Why did they send her to this strange world with the memories of her original world? Why...this world at all? As her violet eyes roamed over the luxurious room with its splendid decorations and purple lavender petals were strewn around, loneliness and desperation oozed off her slender frame in surging waves. "How long...? For how long will I continue to live in the illusions of this dream?" With a heavy heart and disoriented mind, Qing Yue fell into a deep slumber. * "Save us! Somebody save us!" "My baby! My baby is in the fire!" "Move! Mo
Hearing the timid call, the stoic-looking, middle-aged man turned and swept his cold eyes over her. Seeing her bowed head, for a split second, an imperceptible frown appeared on his cold face that mirrored his eyes. Then wordlessly, he turned and proceeded to the dining hall. "Come. It's dinner time." His voice was cold, devoid of all emotion. Qing Yue wiped her sweaty palms on her skirt, her heart beating rapidly in her chest as she took a deep breath and braced herself for another meal in tense silence. Then she gracefully descended the last steps and walked into the hall. The dining hall of the Li Mansion was huge. Diamond chandeliers hung from tall ceilings that stretched as high as the second floor, and mosaics of the era before the New World Formation adorned the glass walls. Bright, creamy moon rays streamed through the one-way grey glasses and illuminated the green vase with white-red lilies sitting on the only glass table in the cente
Her Dad's stepmother, the legal wife of Patriarch Li, schemed and plotted his mother's death with a group of thugs. Low-born and raised in dark alleys, the thugs had zero principles and no morals. As individuals with no bottom line, seeing a beautiful and graceful woman, awakened other thoughts in their vile minds. The thugs performed unmentionable deeds before fulfilling their mission and killing Li Chen's mother. In a twist of fate, the young Li Chen that was still grieving, overheard his stepmother gossiping with a group of friends on how she took care of his mother. Hearing the woman of his so-called father had a hand in his mother's death, Li Chen lost his fuse and raised a storm. Before the nation's media and under public view, he severed all ties with the Li Family and left the Li Ancestral Mansion with only the clothes on his back. Following that, the Great War descended. Using all his savings and the little connection
Li Chen froze. A strange emotion flickered in his eyes as he slowly lifted his head and looked at his daughter. "What did you call me?" He dazedly asked. "Huh?" Qing Yue blinked, her mind turning blank. What did she call him? Did she call him something strange? Her brows furrowed as she went over her words. She was certain she hadn't said anything wrong or weird other than...Ah...Dad? Her eyes widened and she gaped. She called him Dad... Was that what he meant by what she'd called him? Did he not like the address? She shivered and lowered her head again, not daring to lift her gaze lest she saw displeasure in her Dad's eyes. "Qing Yue, what did you call me?" Li Chen's voice turned colder, his violet pupils fixed on the mane of black as he waited with great patience. Qing Yue, sensing his burning gaze, felt her heart flutter like a baby bird. The little thing was close to exploding from the extrem
On the other side, on the east of LiLong Country, in Li Industrial City stood a mansion as large and wide as the Li Mansion in Long Capital City.The Long Mansion was similarly built out of bullet-proof, one-way glass. But where the Li Mansion was grey, the Long Mansion was black and was surrounded by black pillars that released flashes of security lights every few seconds.Armored guards in black suits and black shades patrolled the grounds, their actions robotic and professional as they screened every visitor."Sire, please spread out your hands. We need to scan you before you can enter." One of the gate guards expressionlessly commanded."Hey, I come to see Commander Long every weekend. Is it necessary to do this every time?" A balding man with a potbelly questioned dissatisfiedly as he spread out his arms."Unfortunately, that's the procedure."The guard stepped up and snapped a pair of white-steel ScannerGets on his wrists and powered t
Blood.Blood was everywhere.Red, sticky, warm, wet blood.A sea of blood.It was everywhere.She could not tell where it ended and where it began.All she knew was that nothing was ever going to be the same again.She could not think straight, her head was pounding as if a thousand nails were being hammered into her skull. Her chest felt like it was going to burst any moment, but tears would not fall. Breathing became an arduous task as she scrambled through the pool of blood in search of a familiar face."Anyone there? Anyone!" she cried. But no answer came."Dad! Aunt Li! Yei Yi!" She screamed, blood splashing onto her face."Princess, get out of here…" Came from the dark hall.Qing Yue froze, stunned to hear a voice, and scurried towards the sound, hope the only force fueling her, moving her forward.Everything's okay. Everything will be fine. Nothing bad will happen. I am only overthinkin
No! No! NO! This can't be! Where are the people? Where is everyone!? Qing Yue looked at the black body of water and dazedly drifted towards it, her blank mind unable to process anything further. Then her nostrils flared as the scent of blood and sweat overwhelmed her senses. "Blood...? Is it mine?" She looked at her hands, but no... The scent was coming from the body of black water... "Why would a nice, clean sea of water smell like blood?" She moved closer and stared into the black water, her mind jolting at what her eyes perceived. she blinked and saw... It was nothing more than a sea of black water...then what had she seen awhile ago? Qing Yue could've sworn she saw an eye! It was a giant eye smeared with various vein-like throbbing bloodlines. But the disturbing part wasn't the veins. It was how the intersecting veins resembled the waterlines of the New World Formation? What's