The next morning, at dawn.
The Calamity Shadow World, inside the Stone Villa.
"Uh..." Xia Yan rubbed her head, opened her bleary eyes, and stared at the ceiling. It took her quite a while to remember where she was.
This was her room.
Xia Yan rose groggily, threw off the covers, and planted both feet on the stone floor. The icy sensation seeped through her toes, as if it could shoot straight into her heart. She hurriedly curled her legs up and tucked her feet back into the warm blankets.
She leaned over and looked down, but couldn't find her shoes anywhere. Helpless, she sat up, looked around, and whistled toward the clothes rack by the door. "Whew~"
The pitch-black Soul Devouring Sea immediately floated over and covered her body.
Xia Yan's body stiffened slightly as well.
Only then did she realize that something was wrong!
The issue now wasn't whether her shoes were lost. She was wearing pajamas! Not the Night Watch Army uniform! The more Xia Yan thought about it, the redder her face became. Wrapped in the Soul Devouring Sea, her body flickered away.
To leave the Calamity Shadow World, Jiang Xiao had to open the gate from outside. The only way to notify Jiang Xiao was to find Jiang Shou, who was stationed here.
After several flickers, Xia Yan found Jiang Shou standing before the kitchen counter in the dining room on the villa's first floor.
"Jiang—Jiang Shou!" Xia Yan stammered, then her brows shot up as she shouted, "Jiang Xiao!"
"Hm?" Jiang Xiao (Jiang Shou) wore an apron, an apple clamped between his teeth. He turned to look at her, a carving knife still in his hand, apparently cutting meat.
Xia Yan asked viciously, "Where are my shoes? Where did you throw them? And my—my