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That evening, the Su family did not eat dinner.
Guan Yumei was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), reportedly with a fever.
Su Dazhi and Su Jin had eaten in the cafeteria.
Su Tong had a poor appetite and often ate only a few bites of dinner—he usually sat down at the table to serve food to Su Ruyi.
Su Ruyi had already eaten the vegetarian buns and wasn't hungry anymore.
Su Zhenzhu ate two pieces of pastry that were locked in her trunk.
Ten-year-old Su Manao was starving.
In the middle of the night, Su Ruyi stood by the window and watched Su Manao sneak into the kitchen. She immediately followed and bolted the kitchen door from the outside.
Immediately, she slipped into the west wing, and by the dim moonlight streaming through the window, reached her hand under Su Manao's pillow.
I immediately touched the cool agate bead.
Su Zhenzhu rolled over: "You shameless brat, how late are you going to stop this?!"
Su Ruyi immediately turned around and left.
A pillow hit her on the back.
She stood still.
After Su Zhenzhu finished hitting him, she didn't get up. Instead, she turned over and muttered, "If you make any more noise... I'll fucking beat you to death..."
Before long, her breathing became even again.
Holding the agate beads in her hand, Su Ruyi slipped away quickly and returned to the storage room, locking the door behind her.
Under the dim moonlight, she took out a small knife and cut her left index finger.
I was too nervous to feel any pain.
She placed the bright red agate bead in her right palm, letting the blood droplet on her index finger slowly roll onto the agate.
The blood droplet was instantly absorbed by the agate.
In the darkness, as the three drops of blood fell, the agate bead seemed to faintly gleam three times.
Immediately, Su Ruyi felt a wave of dizziness and saw stars before her eyes.
When she looked at her palm again, the agate bead was gone!
Instead, a small red mole appeared.
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