Gu Yue had originally planned to use spatial teleportation to enter Lin An's room directly.
But the moment her spiritual power touched the wall, an invisible barrier bounced it back.
Gritting her teeth, she looked around, then leaped up and climbed the exterior drainpipe with both hands and feet.
Rainwater drenched her from head to toe.
Her silver-white hair clung wetly to her back.
Her clothes were soaked through, water dripping from them.
She flipped over the windowsill and stepped into the room.
Dripping wet all over, she looked as bedraggled as a fledgling knocked down by a storm.
The room was quiet.
Shadow Brake was nowhere to be seen.
Only a slightly raised outline lay beneath the blankets on the bed.
Gu Yue irritably shook off the rainwater, spraying droplets everywhere.
She could not care less.
Barefoot, she stepped across the wooden floor, leaving behind a trail of wet footprints.
She walked to the bed and crouched down.
The boy lay sunk into the soft mattress, his face turned to the side, breathing evenly and deeply.
A faint sliver of daylight seeped through the curtains.
It fell across his profile, making him look exquisitely unreal.
His lashes were thick, his nose high, and his lips a very pale pink.
Only the dark gray shadows beneath his eyes made Gu Yue's heart tighten.
"What is wrong with this little female dragon..."
Leaning against the bedside with her chin propped in both hands, she stared at Lin An's sleeping face with watery purple eyes and muttered softly.
"He never replies to messages."
She reached out, intending to poke his cheek and shake him awake.
But her fingertip stopped over the dark shadows beneath his eyes.
Gu Yue withdrew her hand and crouched by the bed with puffed cheeks.
She simply stared