She took out the crystal card and projected Li Bate's image onto it.
"Do you know who he is? His name is Li Bate, and he is the only descendant of your Bai family."
"Aren't you surprised to see that he looks so much like you? To be honest, I was also very surprised when I first saw him."
"If you don't come out soon, I'll turn him into one of my own kind, and have him stay by my side every day, serving me, warming my bed, and bathing me—"
"Click-clack—"
A sound of bones grinding came from the corner of the wall.
A skeleton, as white as jade, rose from the chair and walked toward her.
Lan Ying's red lips parted slightly, her eyes wide open.
She had just seen the skeleton and thought it was a skeletal specimen displayed there.
But now, seeing the familiar way the skeleton walked, she felt a surge of panic.
Could this skeleton be—
"Sakura, so many years have passed, how come you're still so domineering?"
The skeleton's mouth opened and closed, emitting a sound so familiar it brought tears to her eyes.
Lan Ying had been searching everywhere for a long time since she had seen him, but now that she had finally found him, she kept shaking her head and backing away.
It's hard to accept the reality before my eyes.
Rhett Butler stopped in his tracks.
Did I scare you?
He described it as terrifying, yet his voice was infinitely gentle.
Lan Ying shook her head, "How...how did you become like this?"
Xuan Tu said that she would see the person she most wanted to see on the ship, and she subconsciously assumed that he was still alive.
He was indeed still alive, but in this form.
Rhett Butler casually remarked, "After a person dies, the body will naturally decompose and become a skeleton."
"Later, the Lan Ying became a spirit, and my dead body regained consciousness and came back to life."
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