"Junior Sister, are you asleep? I have something to tell you. Open the door, please." Jin Renfeng's shadow was cast on the door. As he spoke, his shadow drew closer.
Dongfang Huaizhu held her breath and hid a dagger in her sleeve. Then, feigning extreme sleepiness, she opened the door a crack.
"What's up, Senior Brother? Why come at this late hour? Can't it wait until tomorrow? Go back and rest quickly." Dongfang Huaizhu said, about to close the door.
Unexpectedly, Jin Renfeng put his hand in the crack to stop the door. Dongfang Huaizhu frowned.
"Junior Sister, I've told you about this before. This time, I still want to talk to you about the same thing. I can't wait until tomorrow." Jin Renfeng said seriously, his eyes full of pain, but unable to conceal the gloom and venom in them.
Dongfang Huaizhu looked cold. She knew what Jin Renfeng wanted to say, but it was absolutely impossible. She would never agree.
"Junior Sister, I'm in love with you. Would you like to marry me?" Jin Renfeng stared into Dongfang Huaizhu's eyes and told himself.
This was the last time. If she still refused, then everything would have to go according to plan, regardless of her safety.
"Senior Brother, I've said many times that I have someone I like. It's impossible for us. So, I'm sorry, Senior Brother. I don't want to."
Dongfang Huaizhu said coldly. Jin Renfeng looked at her deeply, his face slightly distorted.
He pointed at Dongfang Huaizhu as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he said nothing. He just flicked his sleeves and left angrily.
After Dongfang Huaizhu closed the door, she lay on the bed. She thought she wouldn't be able to fall asleep, but unexpectedly, as soon as she covered herself with the quilt, a heavy drowsiness came over her.
"Big Brother, don't blame me for not showing mercy. Take this!"
The familiar voice made Dongfang Huaizhu look around, trying to find its source, but she only saw darkness. Panicked, she ran towards a certain direction. In an instant, she saw the members of the Masked Group standing in front of her.
"Baye, how are you? Are you okay?" Dongfang Huaizhu saw Wangquan Baye standing in the middle and rushed forward to ask, but found that there was an invisible transparent wall between them, blocking her voice.
"No, don't! You're brothers. Wake up!" Just as Dongfang Huaizhu was trying to break the wall, the fourth brother beside Wangquan Baye picked up a sword and stabbed at him.
Dongfang Huaizhu wanted to stop him, but there was nothing she could do. She couldn't even touch Wangquan Baye, and as time passed, she couldn't even move her fingers.
"Wangquan Baye, today is your death day!" Li Quzhuo took out his sword and fought with Wangquan Baye. As he moved, the other members of the Masked Group also started to act.
Dongfang Huaizhu watched as the once harmonious Masked Group fought each other. From time to time, blood would fall in front of her.
She tried to break through the transparent wall, but there was no way. She cried, shouted, and called out, but no one could hear her, not even herself.
"Why, why is this happening? Wake up! Wake up!" Dongfang Huaizhu roared, tears constantly falling to the ground. The next moment, Wangquan Baye fell to the ground, his eyes staring straight in her direction.
"No!" The intense grief woke Dongfang Huaizhu from her dream. She sat up, her inner clothes already soaked in cold sweat. She covered her chest, unable to calm down because of her rapid heartbeat.
At this time, the sky was already getting a bit bright.
"Qin Lan, hurry! Let's go to the wall quickly. I have a bad feeling!"
Dongfang Qinlan was still in her dream when she heard her sister's urgent and sorrowful voice. She quickly got out of bed, tidied her clothes, and opened the door.
A quarter of an hour later, the two sisters rode their horses and galloped towards the desert. They didn't notice that Mei Sanniang was quietly following them.
"You can't go in. No one is allowed to enter here anymore!" When Dongfang Huaizhu was about to rush into the wall, the guard stopped her.
"Please, let me in. Or, tell me what's going on inside the wall. Are they injured?!"
Dongfang Huaizhu grabbed the guard's sleeve and pleaded desperately. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying. The guard looked at her and sighed deeply.
"I can't let you in. If you insist on going in, I'll have to be rude." The guard waved away Dongfang Huaizhu's hand.
Dongfang Huaizhu looked at the wall and suddenly knelt in front of the guard. The sand was flying in the wind.
"What are you doing!" The guard tried to help Dongfang Huaizhu up, but she refused. Dongfang Huaizhu looked at the guard, and the sadness and pain in her eyes softened the guard's heart.
"I really have no choice. Take this and have a look at the situation inside the wall. But going in is absolutely out of the question." The guard said, taking out a small bronze mirror from his bosom, which showed the scene on the other side of the wall.
Dongfang Huaizhu took the mirror and stood up with Dongfang Qinlan's support. She saw the scene in the mirror. The members of the Masked Group were fighting each other just like in her dream, and the blood had dyed the ground red.
"No, don't! Why is this happening? Why is it still like this?!" Dongfang Huaizhu hugged the mirror and cried bitterly. The moment she saw Wangquan Baye being hurt, her desperate and painful voice echoed in the desert.
"I beg you, save them. Please!" Dongfang Huaizhu crawled on her knees to the guard and grabbed the corner of his clothes, constantly pleading.
The guard calmly waved her away. "This is their fate."
"Sister!" Dongfang Qinlan watched Dongfang Huaizhu faint in front of the guard, her heart filled with grief.
The guard took the mirror back and ignored them.
Dongfang Qinlan helped Dongfang Huaizhu up from the ground. Looking back, she saw Mei Sanniang standing behind her and quickly asked her to come and help.
Mei Sanniang quickly hugged Dongfang Huaizhu, and then the two of them took Dongfang Huaizhu away from the wall.
The two of them took the unconscious Dongfang Huaizhu to a small wooden house. There were some simple daily necessities in the house.
Dongfang Qinlan pushed open the door of the wooden house.
"Let her stay here for now. It's close to the wall. If she wants to go and have a look, it'll be convenient." After Mei Sanniang hesitated and said this, she was about to stand guard at the door to give the two sisters some privacy.
Dongfang Qinlan called out to Mei Sanniang who was about to leave. She bit her lips gently and said, "Thank you this time."