105 An Awful Noise (1/2)

That brief reminder was enough for Hui Yin to spring apart from him.

What...just now, what was she doing?

She would gain her freedom by tomorrow, and tonight should be the end of everything between them. If that crash hadn't happened, although they wouldn't have sex, it would still come pretty close to it.

Her body shook, and she pressed her fingers on her lips.

Weak. She was still so, so weak.

Lu Shen groaned and buried his face on one of her pillows, pounding his fists against the mattress. So close...he gritted his teeth, his whole body soaked with sweat.

Who made that noise? He was going to kill them.

”I think...it came from your study.”

Hui Yin's voice was soft. She felt feeble, but she couldn't collapse here. That noise was loud, louder than the sound Lu Shen had made before.

Lu Shen gathered himself, and moving like his whole body was foreign to him, he slowly got up from the bed. He could only pray to his ancestors that prolonged...anyway, this setback probably wouldn't have any fatal consequences to his body.

At least, that was what he was hoping for.

”Stay here,” he told her gruffly, his voice hoarse.

Hui Yin didn't listen. She waited until he closed her bedroom door and the sound of his footsteps became faint before she curiously followed.

His study was only at the end of the hall. Hui Yin was certain that there wasn't any chandelier inside it. What could have made that awful noise?