A sleepless night-
The luminous pearl in the secret chamber tirelessly gave off its dim glow, illuminating the silence and disorder throughout the room.
Only at noon the next day did Bibi Dong groggily open her eyes.
Her head felt as though it would split apart. Instinctively, she raised a hand to her forehead and propped herself up on the bed.
The dizziness of her hangover mingled with the aching of her body. When she lowered her head, she happened to glimpse bruises of varying shades on her smooth, fair arms.
There were also a few faint red marks in places, like the traces left by someone gripping her hard.
The chaotic memories of last night flooded back in fragments.
Her uncontrollable sobbing and shouting, the pill she had forcibly fed him, Su Yu's flushed face and out-of-control behavior...
Bibi Dong's face instantly turned deathly pale, and the hand pressed to her forehead began trembling violently.
"I... what have I done..."
She murmured to herself, her voice filled with disbelieving panic and despair.
"I actually did something like that to Xiao Yu! How am I any different from that beast Qian Xunji!"
"No... I'm not him... I'm not..."
She shook her head as tears poured out, rolling down her cheeks and splashing onto her neckline, spreading into dark stains.
Bibi Dong clutched her head in anguish and curled up like a child abandoned by the whole world.
Her mind was a tangle of confusion, one thought repeatedly tearing at her nerves:
Xiao Yu was so clean and pure. How could he have been defiled by someone as filthy as me!
Bibi Dong threw back the covers, exposing her shapely body to the slightly cool air.
Several bruises of varying shades had appeared on her once-delicate, fair skin.
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