Hair-raising!
This was Li Ya's first feeling. Overwhelmed by endless terror, Li Ya could not help but scream aloud, "Ah..."
Yet the piercing cry was confined within a radius of a few meters and did not spread in the slightest, costing Li Ya her last chance at rescue.
"Thud-thud (thud)... thud-thud (thud)... thud-thud (thud)..."
The eerie footsteps grew more hurried. Li Ya screamed as she ran frantically, yet she never noticed that she had been circling within an area only a few dozen meters across. Not only had she failed to escape, but she spun faster and faster, gradually becoming so disoriented that she lost all sense of direction. At the same time, her body felt increasingly heavy, increasingly weighed down.
"Splat..."
At a certain moment, Li Ya could run no farther. She crashed face-first onto the ground, instantly smashed into a puddle of mangled flesh, as though she bore the weight of a thousand jun.
Before long, the flesh and blood on the ground slowly seeped deep into the earth. It was as if Li Ya had never existed at all, and she could never be found again...
The next day, Song Ankang was awakened by waves of commotion. He had only just finished dressing with Qiushi's assistance when someone knocked at the door outside.
Song Ankang had Qiushi answer the door. After casually washing his face, he entered the small courtyard and saw Wang Yuliang, whose face was full of worry.
"Manor Lord, something happened at the manor last night." Upon seeing Song Ankang, Wang Yuliang spoke impatiently.
Song Ankang frowned. "What happened?"
"Li Ya from the processing workshop worked a little later than usual last night. It was rather late when she headed back. Judging from the traces she left behind, for some reason she went into