The bronze mirror reflected her beautiful face, but her eyes seemed somewhat unfocused.
The strange man named Xie Huaiye, who was in her mind during the day, kept popping up in her head.
His upright posture, his unique temperament...
Ye Qingling's heart was like a lake surface tossed with pebbles.
Ripples spread out in circles.
She was already tired of seeing all those rich young men in town.
I was already half-hearted about getting married.
But Xie Huaiye's appearance was like a ray of light shining in.
In the dead and desolate place in her heart, a tender sprout quietly emerged again.
She sighed softly, her fingers unconsciously tracing the makeup box.
Suddenly, she remembered something.
The family heirloom that her grandmother gave her before she passed away.
A hairpin inlaid with pigeon blood rubies.
Grandma said it brings good luck.
But she had always disliked the hairpin, finding it old-fashioned, and had never worn it before.
With a thought, Ye Qingling carefully opened the bottom rosewood box of the makeup case.
The hairpin lay there quietly.
The ruby shimmered with a mysterious luster in the candlelight.
She picked it up, looked in the bronze mirror, and solemnly pinned it to her hair.
The person in the mirror instantly looked much better.
Her already beautiful face was further enhanced by the pearl hairpins.
It made her look even more radiant, almost unrealistically beautiful.
Ye Qingling looked at herself in the mirror, a shy smile just beginning to curve her lips.
At this moment.
The pigeon blood ruby on the hairpin suddenly emitted a dazzling red light!
The light was extremely eerie.
It instantly filled the entire room!
"ah!"
Ye Qingling only had time to let out a short gasp.
What lay before them was engulfed by an endless crimson.
Then it was plunged into complete darkness.
Lost consciousness...
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