After the man left, Xu Nian sat alone on the bed, her eyelids slightly lowered, concealing the myriad thoughts in her eyes.
"I knew it! A million points won't be easy to get!"
"This time, let alone saving Yu Hao, it's questionable whether we can even save his life," Xu Nian murmured in distress.
On second thought, it wasn't all for nothing. Although Yu Hao was also a minor male lead, it had been ruled out that he wasn't the one.
But who is the man tonight?
Xu Nian knew it couldn't be Zhao Xian; Zhao Xian smelled strongly of cosmetics and powder, which could be detected from a meter away.
That cold, pungent smell was unfamiliar to her.
The problem now is that the other party knows her, but she doesn't know the other party.
Given this man's domineering nature, what happened tonight might happen again in the future. She needs to find out who he is as soon as possible, otherwise she won't even know how she offended him.
I need to go check on Yu Hao tomorrow to make sure he's safe and sound.
Xu Nian sighed. This time, he wasn't someone easy to get along with, and she didn't know what he might do in his rage.
He absolutely must not make a move against Hao; that's worth one million of her points.
Money or a man—it's a tough choice sometimes, and Xu Nian didn't want to put herself in that difficult position.
I let out a soft breath and dragged my tired body into sleep.
She slept very restlessly, dreaming that her vision was covered by red silk and that hot breath was constantly spraying on her ears.
"Ah! No!" Xu Nian cried out in surprise, suddenly waking up. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and realized that she was dreaming.
What you think about during the day, you dream about at night.
She just dreamt that a man killed Yu Hao, and Yu Hao's blood splattered on her face, still warm.
The scene was truly terrifying; she watched helplessly as a million points died right before her eyes, a pain worse than having her heart ripped out.
"A-Nian, did you have a nightmare?" Xu's father, who had gotten up early, heard the noise and immediately came over to ask with concern.
"Father, I have to go out for a while. Don't leave me any food this morning." Xu Nian said hurriedly as she left, her brow twitching as she urged herself to go find Yu Hao.
"What's the matter that's so urgent, child?" Xu's father asked worriedly, watching Xu Nian's retreating figure.
But after a moment, he froze again. The blue dress his daughter was wearing was a style he had never seen before. "Strange, when did Anian buy a new outfit?"
After reciting this, Xu's father's worries deepened, as Xu Nian had been leaving early and returning late every day lately.
The blue dress she was wearing was clearly made of the finest material. Where did she get the money to buy clothes?
Has she done something again?
Thinking of this, Mr. Xu became even more anxious.
But he didn't dare to go out and inquire rashly, fearing that his daughter might be fine, but his inquiry might cause trouble.
Xu Nian left her house and jogged towards the Yu family's house.
It was just dawn, and few people were out at that time.
The Yu family's house was quite a distance from the Xu family's house. Xu Nian ran for a full two miles before finally arriving at the Yu family's door, panting heavily.
Just as she was about to knock on the door, it opened from the inside, revealing the face of a strange woman.
She seemed surprised to see someone at the door and was staring at Xu Nian with a look of astonishment.
"Who are you? Why are you in the Yu family?" Xu Nian took a few steps back warily. The woman in front of her was not in the original owner's memories, and there was no such person in the Yu family.
It was suspicious that she left the Yu family home so early in the morning.
"I am a distant relative of the Yu family. I am just about to go out to buy groceries. Why would a noble lady like you come here?" The woman saw that Xu Nian was dressed in gorgeous and exquisite clothes and mistakenly thought that she was rich and powerful. Her smile was even a little obsequious.
"I've come to see Yu Hao." Xu Nian frowned. This person's reaction was normal, but she still felt uneasy because she hadn't seen Yu Hao.
"Yu Hao is still in bed, I'll go wake him up for you, Miss," the woman said warmly.
The moment the woman turned around, Xu Nian kicked her in the back.
Unexpectedly, the woman easily dodged Xu Nian's attack by sidestepping, and then looked at her mockingly. "Noble lady, what is the meaning of this?"
"Who are you? What did you do to Yu Hao?" Xu Nian's expression was solemn. This woman was skilled in martial arts; the original owner of this body was a weak female scholar.
Even if she takes over his body now, he only knows some fancy moves and can't do anything to this woman.
Knowing her identity had been exposed, the woman immediately clenched her fists into claws and lunged at Xu Nian.
Xu Nian couldn't dodge in time, and the woman's claws tore her outer garment at the chest.
Seeing this, the woman changed her tactics again, using a throat lock.
The two were too close, and the woman was incredibly agile and quick-witted, so Xu Nian's fancy but ineffective moves were impossible for her to dodge.
Just as the woman's hand was about to grab Xu Nian's neck, a person appeared out of nowhere and slapped the woman's hand away.
The man who saved Xu Nian was dressed in all black. He was completely covered by clothes, with only his clear black and white eyes showing.
His gaze towards Xu Nian was urgent, but upon seeing that she was alright, his expression visibly relaxed.
"My lord, why are you stopping me from killing her?" the woman asked the man respectfully.
"My master ordered that she not be harmed," the man in black replied without question.
"Yes, sir." The woman did not hide her conversation with the man from Xu Nian.
Knowing they couldn't hurt her, Xu Nian pushed the woman aside and entered the Yu family home.
The first thing she saw when she entered the house was that the stove in the Yu family's kitchen was on fire.
At this rate, the fire would quickly ignite the firewood next to the stove, thus burning down the entire Yu family home.
If no one had discovered the fire at the Yu family's home, the entire family would have died silently in the accident.
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