Yue Xuanji jerked her hand back and turned toward the doorway, then vanished into thin air in something of a panic.
By the time Xia Wanwan entered, the room was utterly still.
But with her keen senses, she detected a faint trace of the Heaven and Earth Laws.
She hurried to check on Mother. Thankfully, nothing was seriously wrong.
Even as she breathed a sigh of relief, Xia Wanwan's face turned frighteningly cold, her little hands clenched tight!
She had already guessed who the culprit behind all this was.
The next day, Liu Wan struggled awake from her dreams. As soon as her fingers stirred, she hurriedly grasped her little girl's hand.
"Wanwan." The events of the previous night still left Liu Wan feeling suffocated.
Though she had been unconscious, the thought of that invisible force clamping around her throat filled her with lingering fear.
Thankfully, her daughter had arrived in time.
Worried about her, the little girl had slept beside her all night.
Seeing her daughter when she woke, Liu Wan drew the child into her arms, her heart aching.
"Mother-you're awake!" Xia Wanwan cried out as she woke, and tears immediately surged forth like water bursting through a broken dam.
She flung herself forward and hugged Mother tightly, burying her little face deep in her embrace as tears freely soaked her clothes.
"Yes, everything's all right now," Liu Wan said through sobs, her own tears falling like rain.
Already weakened by a month in bed, she now cried until her eyes were swollen red like peaches. Yet she still used every ounce of strength to hold her daughter tightly, as though the child would disappear the moment she let go.
Mother and daughter wept in each other's arms, their cries of mingled sorrow and joy filling the room.