Xia Mengmeng stopped rubbing her temples when she heard someone speak. She opened her eyes to look at Yunxi, then seemed to lose herself for a moment.
Seeing that Sister Xia said nothing and merely stared at the other woman, the young assistant gave a light cough as a reminder. Only then did Xia Mengmeng seem to come back to herself. She immediately stood and said:
"Hello, I'm Xia Mengmeng."
Yunxi nodded and sat across from Xia Mengmeng, saying calmly:
"Hello, my name is Ranxi."
Xia Mengmeng felt that the female cultivator before her seemed more like an actress than she did. Only after the other woman had taken her seat did she sit down herself. She instructed her young assistant to buy two cups of coffee, and once she had sent her away, she impatiently asked Yunxi:
"Do you know what happened to me?"
Seeing the dark circles beneath her eyes, Yunxi countered:
"Don't you know yourself?"
Xia Mengmeng hesitated for a while before replying:
"Lately, there's always a stretch of time at night when my memories are hazy. I can't remember anything that happened during that time, but when I regain awareness, I find myself in unfamiliar places. Sometimes it's a back alley, sometimes a bar, sometimes even inside my trailer."
As Xia Mengmeng spoke, her face gradually turned pale. Clearly, those experiences had made her deeply uncomfortable.
Yunxi smoothed her sleeve and asked:
"When you woke up, were there unconscious people around you?"
Hearing Yunxi's question, Xia Mengmeng swallowed before answering:
"That time in the back alley, I found an unconscious man by my feet. I was terrified. I thought he had dragged me into the alley, so I turned and ran."
Yunxi continued asking:
"Then did you see any news the next day about a death