Xiao Jinghong entered the wooden building and closed the door. She glanced at Chen Yi through the latticework, then walked up the stairs to the second floor.
Just as she was about to push open the wooden door to the side room, her ears twitched. She could faintly hear a slow, rhythmic beating.
She glanced down at the empty hall below, considered for a moment, then reached out and pushed open the wooden door. Taking two steps inside, she stood still, waiting for something.
A moment later, Pei Guanli, who was hiding in the study, heard the sound and breathed a sigh of relief.
'Why is Sister Jinghong back now? I didn't even have time to hide.'
As she thought this, she calmed her pounding heart, pressed a hand over the bell at her throat, and crept barefoot toward the door.
But just as she reached the top of the stairs and looked up to check on the side room, her gaze met a pair of bright eyes peeking from behind Silver Half Armor.
