When Gao Yi fell asleep, Bai Luoyin took out the small white box and concocted a syringe mixture. She unwrapped the bandage on his arm and injected it.

  “Yi, you’re mine, and you can only be mine.” She put her hand on Gao Yi’s face with a crazed look in her eyes. She was insane, and she had been insane since a while ago.

  Unperturbed, Xia Ruoxin picked up her phone to call again. However, there was no reply. After a while, the phone was even turned off.

  She set her phone down. No, I gotta try again.

  She called Wei Lan, but no one picked up. It was only then that she remembered that Wei Lan had left the country with Bai Zhenfeng. They were probably in some remote place without cell service. She had wanted to get in touch with Gao Xin, but she knew that he was too far away to help. He said that he was going away. Who knew what things would be like by the time he got back?

  She tossed and turned the whole night, feeling inexplicably uneasy.

  She sat up and hugged her daughter in her arms.

  Suddenly, she seemed to have heard a commotion coming from the door. Her heart sank as she broke out in cold sweat. The neighborhood was rather secure; there should not have been anyone there.

  She held her breath, but it was quiet outside.

  Perhaps she had misheard it because of her nerves.

  However, before she could relax, she heard a noise from outside again. It was the sound of the lock being pried open. She glanced around nervously, but she saw nothing under the dim light.

  She picked up her phone and carefully called for the police. She trembled so hard she almost threw her phone on the floor.

  She picked her daughter up. Just as she was about to leave, she heard the door open. Even though it was barely discernible, but she knew it was the door. Her heart tightened as she held her breath. She hurriedly kicked her and her daughter’s shoes underneath the bed before slipping under there, too. It was the only place that could hide the two of them.

  She reached out and carefully covered Rainy’s mouth, just in case the latter suddenly woke up.

  Her hand reached out and covered her mouth to soften her breathing. The house was so quiet that she could hear her own heartbeat and her rapid breathing.

  There was nothing valuable in the house. She just hoped that the person would take whatever they wanted and leave without harming them. It was the first time she was that close to death. In the past, she had never been that nervous or afraid. Perhaps because she knew that she would not die. However, this time, it felt like death was at her door.

  As the door was gently opened, she felt her heart in her mouth. She could not see who it was that had entered. Her face paled, fearing that her daughter would wake up. Or worse, that the man would discover them.

  The man walked over as he felt around for things and mumbled to himself. Because of the speed and his mumbling, Xia Ruoxin could not figure out what the man was saying. From his footsteps, she could tell that he was angry. His footsteps were a lot heavier and urgent that before.

  She dared not move in the dark. The sound of Rainy’s breathing in her ears reverberated in her mind. She only relaxed when the man left the room. There was a commotion from the living room and the stairs. The man must have gone upstairs.

  Xia Ruoxin heaved a sigh of relief.

  The most dangerous place was often the safest place.

  However, she still dared climb out from under the bed. She tried to remain quiet as she heard footsteps by her ears again. Her heart went to her mouth again, but the man seemed to be pacing around in the living room.

  There was a noise at the door, and the door was opened from the outside again.

  Xia Ruoxin clutched her clothes tightly as sweat dribbled down her face.

  When the door was opened, there was a commotion: there was swearing and yelling.

  Bang! The door opened.

  “Is there anyone? I’m the detective.”


  “Ruo, Ruo, you there?” Madam Mei Fu’s voice was full of anxiety and tears. “Detective, you all have to find them, please. She has a four-year-old child.”


  It was only then that Xia Ruoxin finally relaxed. It was like all the energy was drained from her, and her clothes were drenched.

  There was a bright light before her eyes, and a middle-aged man in a police uniform appeared.

  “Miss Xia?” he asked.

  “En……” Xia Ruoxin tried to speak, but her lips were trembling so hard she could not speak.

  After a while, she was holding onto a cup of hot water. She was not as pale as she was before, but her hands were still trembling.

  “Are you okay?” The detective asked Xia Ruoxin.

  “I’m fine, thank you.” Xia Ruoxin smiled as she set the cup on the table.

  “Can you tell me about what happened in detail? We need a statement from you.

  The detective sat down with a pen in his hand alongside a voice recorder. Because Xia Ruoxin was not a local resident, the detective took the breaking and entering case very seriously.

  Xia Ruoxin, on the other hand, did not think it was breaking and entering. It seemed more like a murder attempt on her. There was nothing of value to be stolen in the house.

  She picked up the glass and took another sip before she recounted everything that had happened to the detective.

  If she had not been awake, holding her phone, and alert enough to grab her daughter to hide underneath the bed while the culprit did not have enough luck to find them; she and her daughter might have been dead by now.