It was as if the sky had sprung a leak.
In an instant, with almost no warning, the entire manor was shrouded in torrential rain.
A bolt of lightning slashed across the night sky. The world flashed bright for a moment before swiftly plunging back into darkness.
Rumble—!
A massive clap of thunder sounded, as though the heavens were an infinitely vast stone slab, and the sound of that slab shattering had reached the earth.
Huo Wenting was jolted awake by the thunder. Curled up beneath her blanket, she watched the window occasionally flash and clutched the covers tightly, feeling a little afraid.
Rumble!
With another deafening crash, the window lit up again.
Huo Wenting clearly saw that, in the light cast by a bolt of lightning, three people were standing outside the window!
Like three black silhouettes stamped against the glass.
Huo Wenting immediately screamed!
She swiftly pulled a pistol from beneath her pillow and rolled off the bed.
With another flash of lightning, the three figures were gone.
Huo Wenting breathed rapidly. Gripping the gun, she trembled as she pulled out her phone and pressed the emergency signal button.
Fulin's face hardened. "Move."
After swiping the card and pushing open the door, the three men rushed straight toward the bedroom with weapons in hand.
Huo Wenting had just finished sending the distress signal when she looked up to find an assassin already before her.
The assassin wore a mask and black clothes, a sharp blade in hand. Rainwater streamed from his body onto the floor as he stood right in front of her.
Huo Wenting raised her hand and fired with a bang!
The black-clad man instantly raised his forearm, and his dagger knocked the bullet away with a ding!
Huo Wenting was stunned!
When she tried to