Lin Yue opened the cardboard box. Inside was an impressively thick sheet of foam.
In just a few quick motions, she pulled the foam apart. The next moment, a wineglass filled with scarlet liquid appeared before them.
The wineglass was wrapped in a special vacuum-sealed plastic film, and the blood inside still gave off waves of heat.
Even through the glass, Lin Yue felt a faint burning sensation in her palm.
"Just drink it?" She tore open the plastic film and lifted the glass to eye level, carefully examining the liquid inside.
"Should be." Chen Xi opened the instructions. "Don't worry. I'm here watching you. Nothing will happen."
"That's exactly the biggest problem, okay?" Though she said that, Lin Yue had already downed the blood in one gulp.
The scalding blood slid down her throat. A wave of intense pain surged from her chest, and Lin Yue furrowed her brow, her expression on the verge of breaking.
"Are you okay?" Chen Xi clasped both her hands, her face full of concern as she asked.
"It's nothing..." Lin Yue's ragged breathing gradually steadied.
She'd been through far worse pain than this.
Lin Yue was no longer the inexperienced rookie who let pain affect her fighting.
"Draw the curtains for me." She ordered Chen Xi beside her as she used her power to shroud herself in shadow.
At her words, Chen Xi glanced at the still-dark world outside. Without questioning why, she darted to the window and pulled the curtains shut, completely blocking the room from view.
When she returned to the bedside, she also switched off the light.
By the time she looked back at Lin Yue on the bed, the newly formed shadows had wrapped tightly around her, like a black silkworm cocoon waiting to hatch.
The moment she finished