"Squeak—"
Even though the masked man was very careful, the door still made a sound. The wooden door was quite old, but Chu Yunhan had never repaired it.
Gu Qingqiu's heart almost jumped out of her throat. From her angle, she could see a dark figure pause at the door, seemingly observing whether Chu Yunhan had been awakened by the noise of the door.
The shadowy figure drew closer to the bed, and then Gu Qingqiu heard the sound of a knife being drawn. A long sword gleamed in the moonlight, a sign of danger.
In that critical moment, Gu Qingqiu didn't care about anything else. Her first reaction was to grab the clothes she had been holding and throw them at the masked man's face.
The masked man was stunned, not expecting that someone was awake in the bed, but his professionalism made him immediately throw off his clothes and raise his knife to stab Chu Yunhan in the direction of the bed.
As Gu Qingqiu threw the clothes, she tried to kick Chu Yunhan off the bed, but failed. Seeing the masked man's exasperation, she rolled over and lay on top of Chu Yunhan, shielding her with her body, while the long knife pierced straight through her back.
In that instant, Gu Qingqiu felt the fear that death brought; she had never felt the pain that death could bring so directly.
But no! She can't die yet!
Before the masked man could react, Gu Qingqiu swiftly turned and thrust the dagger in her hand at him.
The masked man's knife was still stuck in Gu Qingqiu's back, and before he knew it, Gu Qingqiu's dagger had slashed his chest.
Gu Qingqiu's actions completely enraged the masked man. He never expected that his mission, which he thought was in his grasp, would be interrupted by a woman!
The enraged masked man reached for the dagger in Gu Qingqiu's hand with one hand and began to reach for the dagger in his own pocket with the other.
Gu Qingqiu unleashed the greatest strength she had ever possessed, forcefully piercing the masked man's palm with her dagger, and then using all her strength to pin the masked man to the ground with a heavy thud.
At the same time, the masked man's dagger pierced Gu Qingqiu's heart.
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