When Darkness Falls, Light the Lamp
Chapter 1359

Virtue unworthy of the position

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"": "Shangguan Xingyue lowered her head and glanced at Fourth Master Gray. Naturally, she had not understood what he said.

Crouching down, Shangguan Xingyue picked up Fourth Master Gray.

Fourth Master Gray struggled fiercely.

Shangguan Xingyue held him against her chest anyway.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" Fourth Master Gray's whole mouse body trembled.

Shangguan Xingyue stroked his head, then the fur on his back.

"I don't understand what you're trying to say, but I know you're probably trying to help me. It's just that Hu Xing has been consumed by hatred. Cabinet Mountain really did wrong her."

Fourth Master Gray stopped squeaking. He simply closed his eyes in comfort, enjoying Shangguan Xingyue's touch, rubbing against her as his tail swished.

Perhaps his tail tickled her neck, for Shangguan Xingyue gave his head two gentle pats.

Then she set Fourth Master Gray on the ground.

Fourth Master Gray rolled onto his back at her feet, exposing his belly.

Shangguan Xingyue could not help laughing and scratched his neck again.

Just then, Shangguan Xingyue looked up and stared straight ahead.

Luo Shan's room was over there.

The door was closed. It had not opened.

Fourth Master Gray also tilted his head and looked that way.

Shangguan Xingyue straightened and walked toward Luo Shan's room.

Fourth Master Gray sprang upright and actually darted onto Shangguan Xingyue's shoulder.

Shangguan Xingyue reached the room and peered through the crack in the door.

The room was very dim.

It took a while for her eyes to adjust to the darkness. Someone lay quietly on the bed. It was Luo Shan.

Luo Shan's eyes were closed, as though he were sound asleep.

After pausing for a few seconds, Shangguan Xingyue stepped back.

Only when they reached the center of the courtyard did Fourth Master

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