Chapter 314 - Xiao Liuyue (1/2)
That night, as Mia laid on the bed, facing the ceiling, she felt that the moon and the stars looked rather unpleasant. So, she flipped to the side and glanced at the glass wall from where she could see the waves of water hitting the shore in the distance.
But...
Even the sea looked ugly.
She brought her palm near her face and a glow appeared on the center, soon transforming into a mirror.
Did she look just so-so?
If she compared herself to the women with a golden figure that came over to his penthouse, she looked rather different from them.
Although people got their hair dyed, but very few had naturally silver hair like her in this world. Even then, the shade of it won't be this prominent as hers. Her mother's hair was also silver but she looked divine...but what about her?
Her eyes...hazel in color looked rather ordinary compared to her mother's and father's beautiful eyes.
She slowly raised her hand and gently lifted her bangs, revealing the crimson lotus mark on her forehead.
She let out a deep sigh and the mirror in her hand disappeared. She glanced at the stars through the ceiling.
''One sheep...two sheep...three sheep...'' Perhaps this will help her sleep, a thing that she did not do usually after she turned into a fox spirit but she picked it from Yu Mei who slept like a panda most of the time. ''...Ninety-nine fox....hundred foxes...hundred and-'' Her head nodded off to the side as her usual mischievous expressions washed off her face, her face reflected a childlike innocence as she slept.
But a sleep after centuries did not come as peaceful to her...
In the Queen's chamber of Royal palace.
A young Mia stood beside the bed, looking at the woman who was curled up in the sheets.
Face as white as paper, coughing rapidly.
Tears kept flowing down her cheeks, ''Mother, nothing will happen to you. You have been holding on for years. Father will find a way to break the curse this time...''
But there was no response, only her body jerked. Her lips turned purple, ''M-My girl...'' She opened her eyes. Deep purple eyes that once shone like stars were dull now.
Mia sobbed hard, looking at the beautiful woman in front of her who now looked like a dried leaf.
The woman raised her hand and placed it on her shoulder and Mia felt a weird warmth flowing inside her body. Suddenly, she felt something popping up on the side of her face. She touched the thing curiously and it felt furry to touch. Furry ears...like her mother?
The woman laughed. Her gentle laughter sounded like that of soft bells crinkling but amidst this, she let out a series of coughs, spurting blood in her fist.
''Mother,'' Mia's momentary curiosity disappeared as she held the woman's hand, tear welled up in her hazel eyes.